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The Kaufmann Desert House, or simply the Kaufmann House, is a house in Palm Springs, California, that was designed by architect Richard Neutra in 1946. It was commissioned by Edgar J. Kaufmann, Sr., a businessman who also commissioned Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright.
It is located on the edge of a hill at 2175 Southridge Drive in Palm Springs, California. The construction of the house was ordered by Arthur Elrod , the interior designer . One of Lautner's many houses in Southridge and Palm Springs as a whole, the Elrod House is one of his most famous structures and an example of his so-called free ...
Palm Springs Life is a monthly magazine; it also has publications on El Paseo Drive shopping in Palm Desert, desert area entertainment, homes, health, culture and arts, golf, plus annual issues on weddings and dining out. [249] The Palm Springs Villager [250] [251] was published in the early 20th century until 1959.
From 1942 through July 1944, during World War II, the airfield at Twentynine Palms was utilized by the U.S. Army Air Force for primary flight training. What is now the "Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center" was taken over by the Eleventh Naval District, headquartered in San Diego, as Naval Auxiliary Air Station Twentynine Palms, in July 1944.
The site of the Desert Fashion Plaza was formerly a resort hotel named the Desert Inn opened and operated by Nellie Coffman, an early settler of Palm Springs. [8] After Nellie's death in the 1950s, her sons George Roberson and Earl Coffman, who had continuously assisted Nellie in the operation of the Inn, sold it in 1955 to actress Marion Davies.
The property was renamed Radisson Palm Springs Resort, [35] [42] and renovations concluded in 1989. [36] A year later, the hotel was sold to Carpenters Pension Trust of Southern California, [36] which later became Southwest CPT. [43] The Radisson name was dropped in 1992, and the property once again became the Riviera. [44] [45]
Agua Caliente Reservation in 1928 Agua Caliente Band signage in downtown Palm Springs Location of Agua Caliente Reservation. The Agua Caliente Indian Reservation was founded on May 15, 1876 [5] through Executive Order signed by President Ulysses S. Grant covering 31,610 acres (12,790 ha).
Headquarters are located in Palm Springs, in an office complex built in 1991 to replace a smaller building. The paper was published locally for most of its existence, but as with many Gannett publications, printing presses were consolidated. On Sunday, September 20, 2020, The Desert Sun ran its printing presses for the final time.