25.04.11
PALM SPRINGS
There are a million reasons why you might find yourself in Palm Springs - clouds, fine arts and music festivals, conventions, golf tournaments. A reader effortlessly from Los Angeles or San Diego, the city and his fellow Coachella Valley to prepare for access to a seemingly endless number of sporting and cultural experiences. Since the 1940s, this sizzling lonely outpost was a hot vacation destination. Here are 10 things to really preferred in this regard:
1 It is modern and is not afraid to say.
At a time when preservationists across the U.S.have a difficult time making the case for the preservation of mid-century modern homes and commercial buildings, Palm Springs has embraced and fell in love with her identity as a modernist mecca. Buildings born at a time during which the board was strong type have been preserved or refurbished for modern use.
Begin your exploration in Palm Springs Visitor Center, the worm north of the city. This circa-1965 building started life as the Tramway Gas Instal, was saved from demolition in 1998 and is now inviting travelers with its hyperbolic paraboloid roof farfetched.This is where you can take a modern Palm Springs map ($ 5), a guide to about 75 gems that put the city on the National Trust for Historic Preservation list of destinations for tourism distinctive architecture.
Source: Los Angeles Daily News