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Palm Springs is renowned for its
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midcentury modern architecture which are
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buildings that were developed largely
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during the 450s and 60s and had a very
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distinctive style it really developed
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and grewed when the studio system was in
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place in Hollywood and the actors and
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actresses were contracted to not go
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further than 100 miles from Hollywood
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when films were in production so they
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used to escape out to Palm Springs and
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started building these very beautiful
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homes they're everywhere you go Palm
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Springs so I'm just going to show you a
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couple of highlights let's go take a
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look so this is known as the house of
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tomorrow it was a house where Elvis
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Presley and Priscilla Presley lived for
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a year when their manager actually
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acquired it as a honeymoon Retreat this
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1964 house was commissioned by the
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singer and actress Diana Shaw she didn't
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live here for that long but it is a big
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Springs the Palm Springs City Hall is
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another great example of of mid-century
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modern architecture it was built between
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1957 and it's a lung building and then
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attached to the city hall is the council
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chamber and nice Logan above the parid
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there the people are the city this is
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one of my favorite buildings it's used
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to be the Santa Fe Savings and Loan
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Company it was built in
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1960 and was eventually declared in ear
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in 2010 a national site to be protected
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by Palm Springs it's now the Palm
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Springs Art Museum architecture and
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Design Center one of the most striking
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buildings for me anyway in Palm Springs
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is this one it was the Coachella Valley
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Savings Al loone bank it's still a bank
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it's always been a bank through its
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whole history since 1960 today it's the
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Chase Bank and this is another stunning
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Bank building it was built in 1959 it
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was the City National Bank originally
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and is now Bank of America again it's
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always operated as a bank palmm Springs
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Art Museum Palm Springs Desert Museum is
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a slightly more modern building it's a
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1976 but it's still classified as a
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class one Historic Site by the city of
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Palm Springs it's a very striking
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building with a lot of those features
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that you see in the midcentury modern
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design this incredible looking building
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used to be the enko service station
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today it is the main office of the Palm
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Springs Visitor Center
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it's a fantastic almost Space Age
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looking building remember for more
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