Palm Springs: A pleasing mix from low to high
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In Palm Springs, a home built in the 1940s-1960s for about $20,000, today can sell for $600,000 and more. -
An example of mid-century modern architecture in a Palm Springs home. -
The Palm Springs tram travels from the desert floor to a mountain peak. -
The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies troupe entertains from October into May.
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- After months of gray skies and chilly temperatures, a few days in the warm Southern California desert, drenched in sunshine, felt just about right during a winter trip to Palm Springs.
During the day, high temperatures in winter months average between 70 and 80 degrees, which is why October to May is the town's high season for tourism. Visit in the summer and you might just melt: Daily high temperatures average between 100 and 110 degrees.
With a population of a little more than 48,000, Palm Springs is a small town but it's part of a growing region, the Coachella Valley, which also includes nearby Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, La Quinta, Indio and Thousand Palms
For tourists from chillier climes, the appeal of Palm Springs -- beyond the sensation of bare skin absorbing much-needed warmth -- might be as simple as this: Architecture, a show and a ride with a view.
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Fans of "Mad Men" might remember the season two episode featuring Don Draper's (Jon Hamm) visit to Palm Springs and the architectural marvel of a house he stayed in. "Mad Men" actually filmed that scene at a home near Los Angeles, not in Palm Springs, but the look of the house fits Palm Springs' midcentury modern architectural style.
First Published March 13, 2011 12:00 am
