College Student Premier Double Decker Architectural Bus Tour
Free, ticket required (2 hrs)
Welcome to Modernism Week's 9th Annual Joan Hayward Student Signature Tour! This Premier Double Decker Architectural Bus Tour provides students with a 2-hour overview of significant civic and commercial buildings and residential properties in notable Palm Springs neighborhoods, including the midcentury "leisure lifestyle" communities in South Palm Springs. Led by an entertaining local in the know, this open-air experience offers unique exterior perspectives of Desert Spanish and Midcentury Modern architecture, two predominant styles in Palm Springs.
View the oldest existing structure in Palm Springs, the McCallum Adobe, Leonardo DiCaprio's desert house designed by local legend Donald Wexler for Dinah Shore, and Albert Frey's 800 square foot "Frey House II" perched on the mountainside. Passengers will gain a better understanding of the historical richness and architectural diversity found in this desert oasis.
Tour highlights include exterior views of William Krisel's House of Tomorrow, Richard Neutra's architectural masterpiece, the Kaufmann Desert House, Donald Wexler & Richard Harrison's Steel Development Houses, and E. Stewart Williams' legendary "Twin Palms" estate, the former residence of Frank Sinatra. Other architecturally significant buildings on tour will include Palm Springs City Hall, Saint Theresa Parish, and the iconic Tramway Gas Station, now the Palm Springs Visitors Center. Discover why Palm Springs is synonymous with Desert Modernism!
Free, ticket required. Requires college ID; one ticket per ID.
Things to Know
The bus tour departs promptly at 2:30 PM
Please check in by 2:00 to show your ID and exchange your ticket for your boarding pass.
If you have yet to check in, your seat may be given to a standby guest.
Latecomers cannot be accommodated.
More details are provided on your ticket.
The organizer of this event is Modernism Week.
Event Check-in Location
Hyatt Palm Springs, 285 N Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92262
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Photo Credits: David A. Lee, Arianne Keens
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