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The Desert Museum started to transition to an art museum in 1953 when desert landscape paintings by Carl Eytel were donated by Cornelia White, Isabel Chase, and Earl Coffman. [2] A 10,000-square-foot (930 m 2 ) structure was built for the Art Museum in downtown Palm Springs in 1958.
City of Palm Desert [4] Bus Shelter: Allen Root: Country Club Dr. & Desert Willow Dr. City of Palm Desert [better source needed] C is for Cat: Ann LaRose: Palm Desert Public Library Bronze: Approx. H. 33 in. City of Palm Desert [5] Cahuilla: Ron Gregory (designer) Waring Plaza Colored stamped concrete. Approx. W. 35 ft. x D. 61 ft. City of Palm ...
The magazine focused on the desert country of the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico, and covered a broad range of desert subjects including: regional travel and exploration; the visual arts of painting, drawing, and photography; prose and literature; cultural history; prospecting and mining; natural history including geology, wildlife, and flora; river running, and lifestyle ...
Nine acres of desert gardens surround Sunnylands Center. Designed by landscape architect James Burnett, the gardens include more than 53,000 individual plants. [10] After Ambassador Walter Annenberg's death in 2002 and his wife's death in March 2009, ownership was transferred to The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands.
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.
The Palm Springs School of Architecture, often called Desert Modernism, [1] is a regional style of post-war architecture that emerged in Palm Springs, California. [2] Many of the architects who pioneered this style became world-renowned later in their own careers. Numerous buildings and homes by these architects remain in the Coachella Valley.
Salvation Mountain at the LOVE IS UNIVERSAL area; 2008 photo. Salvation Mountain is a hillside visionary environment created by local resident Leonard Knight (1931–2014) in the California Desert area of Imperial County, north of Calipatria, northeast of Niland, near the Slab City squatter/art commune, [1] and several miles from the Salton Sea.
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.