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Stephen
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31/12/2010 8:12 am  

Hey guys
I am writing a feature about Palm Springs. My question is this. Would you agree that some of the mid-century modernist buildings (such as the Albert Frey tramway gas station) blur the line between strict modernism and Googie (ie Space Age) design?

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31/12/2010 11:13 am  

Well, yeah.
The gas station -- and other Frey/Chambers designs like City Hall -- certainly have more in common with 50's bowling alleys and diners than with "strict modernist" structures like, say, the Kaufmann House.
But that's obvious just from a glance at the photos. Are you asking a deeper question?


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31/12/2010 7:36 pm  

An exception,
perhaps, to the run of local architecture would be John Lautner's Desert Hot Springs motel (1947). Lautner designed Googie's restaurant and other LA coffee shops that defined the style . . .
http://www.flickr.com/photos/soulellis/4345057629/in/photostream/


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