[130] Racquet Club Estates was Palm Springs' first middle income neighborhood and became popular with Hollywood's elite in the 1950's and 60's. [117] These areas started growing in the 1930s as Hollywood movie stars built their smaller getaways from their Los Angeles area estates. The Desert Community College District, headquartered with its main campus, College of the Desert, is located in Palm Desert. Created By Granicus - Connecting People and Government. Built by Nellie Coffman; originally a tent-house resort and sanitarium. There are on average 180 days with a high reaching 90 °F (32 °C), and 100 °F (38 °C) can be seen on 116 days. The school is named after an early teacher in Palm Springs. When Bullock's opened a full department store at 151 Palm Canyon Drive in 1947, J. W. Robinson's, another large L.A. store, took the former Bullock's location and opened its own resort store there.[73]. [25]:120 After the Cochran-Odlum (Indio) and Shadow Mountain pitch and putt courses were built after World II, the first 18-hole golf course in the area was the Thunderbird Country Club, established 1951 in Rancho Mirage. The Census reported that 44,013 people (98.8% of the population) lived in households, 343 (0.8%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 196 (0.4%) were institutionalized. [105], In 2020 Christy Holstege became the mayor of Palm Springs, which made her the first openly bisexual mayor in America, as well as the first female mayor of Palm Springs.[106][107]. [11], Native American petroglyphs can be seen in Tahquitz, Chino, and Indian Canyons. It is located within the Nearctic faunistic realm in a region containing an assemblage of species similar to Northern Africa. Palm Springs' longest-tenured mayor was Frank Bogert (1958â66 and 1982â88), but the best-known mayor was Sonny Bono. The following three parades, held on Palm Canyon Drive, were created by former Mayor Will Kleindienst: For many years, The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies was a stage-show at the historic Plaza Theatre featuring performers over the age of 55. Six thousand seven hundred acres (2,700 ha) are located by Downtown Palm Springs. The average household size was 1.93. [28] According to William Bright, when the word "palm" appears in Californian place names, it usually refers to the native California fan palm, Washingtonia filifera, which is abundant in the Palm Springs area. ", https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2010/cph-t/t-6tables/TABLE%20(1).pdf, "Palm Springs History: Pioneers survived summer", "Wonders of the Far West: George Wharton James's New Book on the Colorado Desert", The New York Times Saturday Review of Books, "1. The racial makeup of Palm Springs was 33,720 (75.7%) White (63.6% Non-Hispanic White),[4] 1,982 (4.4%) African American, 467 (1.0%) Native American, 1,971 (4.4%) Asian, 71 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 4,949 (11.1%) from other races, and 1,392 (3.1%) from two or more races. The original airfield near Palm Springs became a staging area for the Air Corps Ferrying Command's 21st Ferrying Group in November 1941 and a new airfield was built 1⁄2 mile (0.8 km) from the old site. Browse photos, see new properties, get open house info, and research neighborhoods on Trulia. [31]:44, 149 Fourteen years later (1876), the Southern Pacific railroad was laid 6 miles (9.5 km) to the north, isolating the station. Businesses and hotels that used to close for the months of July and August instead remained open all summer. The city is home to 20 clothing-optional resorts including many catering to gay men. The population density was 454.2 inhabitants per square mile (175.4/km2). The city government is a member of the Southern California Association of Governments. $30 Nightly ⦠[92] Between 1947 and 1965, the Alexander Construction Company built some 2,200 houses in Palm Springs effectively doubling its housing capacity. Before you book: need-to-know facts about Palm Springs. "[87] During this period, the city government, stimulated by real estate developers systematically removed and excluded poor people and Indians. A notable tree occurring in the wild and under cultivation is the California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera. [109], Summers are extremely hot, with daytime temperatures consistently surpassing 110 °F (43 °C) while overnight temperatures often remain above 80 °F (27 °C). 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[22][23] When the Agua Caliente Reservation was established by the United States government in 1876, the reservation land was composed of alternating sections (640 acres or 260 ha) of land laid out across the desert in a checkerboard pattern. "Palm Springs Eternal". Inventive architects designed unique vacation houses, such as steel houses with prefabricated panels and folding roofs, a glass-and-steel house in a boulder-strewn landscape, and a carousel house that turned to avoid the sun's glare.[85]. The alternating non-reservation sections were granted to the Southern Pacific Railroad as an incentive to bring rail lines through the Sonoran Desert. The Palm Springs stadium was once the spring training site of the Major League Baseball California Angels (now the Los Angeles Angels) of the American League from 1961 to 1993. [207] The Desert Riders were also significant in providing combination chuckwagon meals and rides through nearby canyons to hotel guests as Palm Springs developed its tourist industry. 23[46] Silent film star Fritzi Ridgeway's 100-room Hotel del Tahquitz was built in 1929, next to the "Fool's Folly" mansion built by Chicago heiress Lois Kellogg. We have reviews of the best places to see in Palm Springs⦠These cars, built by Von Roll Tramways,[142] ascend from Chino Canyon two and a half miles (4 km) up a steep incline to the station at 8,516 feet (2,596 m). [238] The present site now operates as a branch library, research library for the Palm Springs Historical Society, and tourism office for the Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism. Various hot springs were used during wintertime. A book of Doisneau's photographs was published in 2010. The city covers approximately 94 square miles (240 km2), making it the largest city in Riverside County by land area. 333, 1958â1987),[75][76][77] and Saks Fifth Avenue (opened October 16, 1959 at No. [27] The earliest use of the name "Palm Springs" is from United States Topographical Engineers who used the term in 1853 maps. [26]:280[32][33], McCallum, who had brought his ill son to the dry climate for health, brought in irrigation advocate Dr. Oliver Wozencroft and engineer J. P. Lippincott to help construct a canal from the Whitewater River to fruit orchards on his property. To the west of Palm Canyon Drive are the Vista Las Palmas,[128] Old Las Palmas, and Little Tuscany neighborhoods. [189], The Palm Springs area features numerous major sports events, including the annual BNP Paribas Open in March, voted by professional players over several years in the early 21st century as the premier mandatory Tournament of the Year. [252] The most common species is the extremely venomous Mojave rattler, which is considered the world's most dangerous rattlesnake. 233 single family homes for sale in Palm Springs CA. During World War II, the original Sunmor Estates area was the western portion the Palm Springs Army Airfield. Glamorized as a destination in the 1963 movie Palm Springs Weekend,[98] the number of visitors grew and at times the gatherings had problems. The median age was 47 years. [208], Business owners in the village first established a Palm Springs Board of Trade in 1918, followed by a chamber of commerce; the city itself was established by election in 1938[57][209] and converted to a charter city, with a charter adopted by the voters in 1994.[210]. [256], "Palm Springs" redirects here. Relax poolside or visit one of the many area spas⦠or tour some fantastic examples of mid-century modern architecture. H.C. Campbell, and sex ]: Ch was 2.9 and Albert Frey 's private residential complex Villa.! 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