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Retro Road-tripping at Roy’s
As any retro road tripper will tell you, Roy’s Motel and Café on old Route 66 in California’s eastern Mojave Desert is a bucket list must-see of mid-century proportions.
Modernism Week 2022 Preview
Time [to] Travel Back to Palm Springs By Ken MacIntyre November 9, 2021 – When tickets for Modernism Week 2022 went on sale last week, several friends and online acquaintances… Read more »
Palm Springs Living at the Coco Cabana
VACATION RENTAL CONDO AT “THE COCO CABANA” IN SOUTH PALM SPRINGS Located in coveted South Palm Springs, this quiet one bedroom condo is tucked away in the iconic mid-century… Read more »
Stay at a Wexler Masterpiece
By Ken MacIntyre, October 2, 2020 The first thing you notice upon entering the recently restored Dinah Shore Palm Springs Estate – aside from the wood ceilings, stainless steel flooring… Read more »
Aluminaire House Secures New Home
Revolutionary Albert Frey-designed masterpiece of modernist design will soon be on view in Palm Springs PALM SPRINGS, CA – September 3, 2020: The Aluminaire House Foundation announced that it has donated… Read more »
Full Speed Ahead with Charles Phoenix
Hands down, my favorite Palm Springs Modernism Week event every year – in addition to the countless Midcentury Home and Neighborhood Tours, the Cocktail Parties and the Annual Show & Sale – is the Charles Phoenix Retro Slide Show.
The Futuro Is Here
A Midcentury oddity lands in Joshua Tree, California By Ken MacIntyre November 2, 2019 – When LA-based music producer Ronald “Jukebox” Jackson was musing about what to build on his… Read more »
Mid-Century Modern Sojourn Inspires UK Artist
April 1, 2017 When it comes to interpreting the essence of Mid-Century Modern architecture, design and lifestyle as artistic expression, especially in Southern California, many contemporary artists have succeeded in… Read more »
Palm Springs Modernism; 52 Weeks a Year?
By Ken MacIntyre, January 14, 2017 As far as annual celebrations of all things mid-century modern go, Palm Springs Modernism Week is not to be missed. A 10+ day event… Read more »
A Palm Springs Photographer’s Journey
June 1, 2016 Growing up in the 1950s, Gary Dorothy had little use for modernist architecture… that would come later. Rather, Dorothy, who spent his childhood in the farming community… Read more »