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‘We Thought of Ourselves as One Community’Some of the best history, characters, and color of Palm Springs unfold in its distinctive neighborhoods from the traditional ones developed from the 1920s until shortly after World War II to the... |
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At Salton Sea, North Shore Yacht Club is Alive!The 53-year-old North Shore Yacht Club is a midcentury modern treasure and a community treasure. The building, recently redeveloped by the County of Riverside, has become a thriving community... |
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Stars Align to LeadCelebrities discovered Palm Springs long before it was incorporated 75 years ago. Here they let their hair down, relaxed in the sun, and began supporting local civic and charitable activities. For... |
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Women With VisionThe mention of Palm Springs usually conjures up images of Hollywood movie stars, a playground for the rich and famous, or the golf capital of the world -— certainly not a hub of women’s... |
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The Woman LeadsShe led an all-women council that changed the financial destiny of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and the California resort communities of Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage. |
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Men on the ForefrontThe expeditions passing through the desert in the mid- to late-1800s saw only arid, barren land. It took vision and grit to see the possibilities of this land. What follows are some of the... |
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Bringing Presence to the PastToday’s architects take inspiration from early masters and run with it |
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Building on Last Century’s InnovationIn the mid-20th century, desert architects eagerly worked in a new, modern idiom — and Palm Springs provided fertile ground for their brilliant designs |
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The Beat Goes OnSonny Bono, Palm Springs’ celebrity mayor, did more for the city than launch one of the world’s most prestigious film festivals. With a revivalist vision and an anti-bureaucratic cause, the... |
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Courtship Among the ProsMore of the world’s No. 1 tennis players hit balls at the Racquet Club: In addition to Budge and Marble, Ellsworth Vines in the 1930s; Bobby Riggs, Jack Kramer, and Pancho Segura in the 1940s and... |
IntelligencerTemple St. Clair’s exposure to European influences, so prevalent in her jewelry design, began well before she spent summers in Morocco and Bavaria and studied at a boarding school in Switzerland. |
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IntelligencerFabulous Figs, Old-Time Rock and Roll, Sunnylands for the Pacific Rim, and Toscana Country Club Sales Soar. |
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INTELLIGENCER - November 2012Liberace’s Piano Bar, The $4,120,000 Difference, Inn the Groove, and Word Association... |
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One Wild RideDo investment strategies that came into play when the bubble burst two years ago and “the new normal” of Wall Street emerged still work? |
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Editor's Letter October 2010Dear Editor: Back in the late 1960s, a college roommate once lectured me, “There’s no such thing as too thin, too tan, or too rich.” Those first two assertions have long since been disproved... |
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Those Were The DaysA decades-long collector of postcards, photographs, and brochures, Peter Moruzzi began picking up those dealing with the Coachella Valley as soon as he moved here in 1998. At this month’s... |