Surrounded by the stark beauty of the desert and the
snow-capped peak of San Jacinto, the lush green golf courses and tree-lined
boulevards of Palm Springs make it the perfect urban oasis-The city’s endless
supply of sunshine made it a winter playground for the rich and famous in the
Fifties, when life was lived with a putter in one hand and a martini in the
other; the exploits of its former Rat Pack residents have passed into legend.
Palm Springs’ world-apart atmosphere is accentuated by its fabulous collection
of mid-century Modernist architecture – in the style’s '50s heyday, even the
most humdrum building merited a futuristic fin or space-age spoiler, to help
propel it still further into the future. In recent years (thanks largely to the
efforts of former mayor Sonny Bono), the city has recaptured its swing – and
not just on the golf course.
