CLASSIC OLD PALM SPRINGS

APRIL 12, 2017

I decided to be the typical, classic tourist  in Palm Springs. One of the things Palm Springs is noted for are all the old movie stars that had homes here. In the old days, it was in their contracts that stars had to live  within 2 hours of Hollywood. That is why Palm Springs became the playground and residence  of the rich and famous.  There are several tours to the different neighborhoods.   It was a 2.5 hr walk thru the Las Palmas neighborhood. The old homes were built in the 30's thru the early 60's.  They were either Spanish architecture  or mid century modern. Palm Springs is the mid century modern capital of the world.  It was very interesting. I saw the homes of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Clark Gable and Carol Lombard, Liberace, Kirk Douglas, Gene Autry, Lucille Ball, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell and many others.  The only one in this neighborhood that is current is Leonardo DiCaprio. He now lives in the Doris Day home. He is actually in Palm Springs right now attending the famous Coachella Music Festival. You can't really see very much of the homes, they are all behind huge palm trees, bushes and walls.  I took a few pictures just to show you a big part of Palm Springs history.  Denny can't walk this far, so our friends, Linda and Fred went with me.

Would have been interesting to see what Palm Springs was like in the hey days of the 40's and 50's. I bet it was an amazing place

Typical 

This is Gene Autry's home. The bronze horse sculpture holds the ashes of his famous horse sidekick, Champion 

Side entrance to his home, his wife still lives here, she is 91 years old

This is the home of Jack Warner. This door was a prop on one of his pictures.  If a horse came thru, you opened the entire door. If it was just a person, you only opened the shorter light colored area. A 2 for 1 door,  HA, who knew you needed one!

Mid Century modern home, typical door was ceiling to floor height.  can't imagine how heavy that door is

Typical security walls and trees

This is the best view I could get of the most expensive real estate in Palm Springs. It is 4 acres, worth $4,000,000. A little too expensive for me!!

Anybody remember the TV show, Miami Vice?  This house was used as Sunny Crockett's home  in Miami, but really filmed in Palm Springs. Does look like it belongs in Miami

This was the home of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Notice the floor to ceiling green door to the left. Isn't this a beautiful gate.