Palm Springs gearing up for Modernism Week, Feb. 17-27, 2011
Palm Springs has long been San Francisco's favorite gay getaway. And if you can travel next month, you can go in style and stay in style.
The city is gearing up now for its annual Modernism Week.
In a not-so-veiled jab at Las Vegas, Palm Springs' official tourism office sent out a blast e-mail on Tuesday, January 25, entitled, "We don't blow up our 50-year old architecture, we celebrate it!"
You can literally experience Palm Springs modernism in your sleep if you stay at one of the city's many modernist hotels. Click on the video on the left for a great tour of the landmark gay Triangle Inn, a great example of Palm Springs architecture at its best.
Here are the highlights from the Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism:
Home to one of the largest concentrations of mid-century modern architecture in the country, thousands of design buffs and architecture fans will be heading to Palm Springs for Modernism Week.
Over fifty events are scheduled! Advanced reservations are encouraged. Check out all the great tours, films, book signings and more online at ModernismWeek.com
Event highlights include:
- Modernism Show and Sale at Palm Springs Convention Center
- Open-air double decker bus architecture tours
- Frey II house tours
- Steel and Shade: The Architecture of Donald Wexler exhibit at Palm Springs Art Museum
- Vintage travel trailer show at Riviera Palm Springs
- Braniff Airline exhibition
- Home tour of Frank Sinatra's Twin Palms Estate
- Interior design tours, screenings and book signings
- Swanky parties at glamorous properties.
Experience Desert Modernism Year-Round in Palm Springs
- Stay in a retro retreat -- many of the Palm Springs boutique hotels and vacation home rentals are mid-century classics.
- Take a guided architectural or celebrity tour.
- Shop for mid-century gems, vintage jewlery and hip artwork in downtown, backstreet art district and uptown design district.
- Pick up a map of mid-century modern landmarks at the Palm Springs Official Visitor Center, which was once the Tramway Gas Station, designed by Albert Frey and Robson Chambers.
- Soar on the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway and see two distinct modern buildings: the Tram Valley Station designed by Albert Frey and the Tramway Mountain Station at 8,000 feet designed by E. Stewart Williams.
- Stroll the modern Palm Springs Art Museum designed by renowned California architect E. Stewart Williams.
- Explore our suggested itinerary to Palm Springs.
- What is Desert Modernism?
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