Palm Springs/Camera Found!

I found my camera this afternoon and was able to free my photos from my memory card. This is what happens when you stage your house, go on vacation, never unpack, show your house a bunch and keep it 'for-sale' ready, move your stuff into storage for a month, move to a new province, don't unpack for a month. I was starting to think the camera had been lost forever, but there it was in the bottom of a small box with some baking supplies, right where it belongs.

Anyway, on to Palm Springs. We spent a 10 days in Palm Springs this spring with my family, and it was mid mod marvellous! I had joined the Palm Springs Preservation Foundation (they have a free membership option) before we left to get the low down on the architecture of the area, but it's easy enough to pick up a pamphlet in town for a self guided tour.

Here's what we saw:

Palm Springs City Hall

Detail of City Hall, love the turquoise against the sky blue.

I loved the cut out! The shape was echoed on the facade with slanted cylinders that provided shade to the windows. Didn't get a picture though.

This is the old police station:

I love the mustard color.

This is the outdoor waiting room, the room is similarly mirrored on the interior with terrazzo floors if I remember correctly.

More pics to come!