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Giants of Architecture

Name: Giants of Architecture
Brand: Sun
Price: 40.0 USD
Availability: InStock

NOTE: During the hot summer months from April-September we only do Private Tours. Please call or text our Tour Coordinator at 760.844.2242 to arrange the date and time you want. We resume the regular tour season in October.

7 Wonders of PS Architecture
Stroll South Palm Canyon Drive and see the most photographed and historically significant concentration of midcentury modern commercial buildings. Hollywood moguls, glamorous movie stars and locals alike banked and shopped on this iconic strip. Visitors flocked here to the buy the latest in resort wear fashions.

Learn about the history of the Cahuilla tribe, early settlers, visionaries, and these giants of architecture responsible for making Palm Springs the modernism magnet of the world.

Neighborhood: South Palm Springs
Days: Sun

Tour Time: Departs 9:30 am

Private tours can be arranged with our Tour Coordinator: To book a tour text or call 760.844.2242

Questions?
Please read the Know Before You Go so you can be prepared for your tour.

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Starting Location:
500 S Indian Canyon Drive meet at the(US Bank - formerly Union Bank) entrance in bank parking lot. Located at corner of Ramon Road and S Calle Ajo.

Park: Free street parking on S Calle Ajo.

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Meet the artists

Shag artwork

Attendees will receive a Shag exhibit poster and meet the artist Josh Agle, known as Shag, plus members of the Lopez family. The directors for the film, "My name is Lopez" P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes, and producers Joan and Gary Gand will be in attendance.

live music by

JChris

Enjoy a pop-up live music performance by urban Latin singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer Chris Urquiaga known as JChris.

Lauded for his high energy Spanish-English performances infusing Latin, Afro and Brazilian influences.

Graciously on display

The Collection

The exhibit was created by Gary Gand with memorabilia from his personal collection, costumes loaned by the Lopez family, plus rare record albums and singles from the Ebersole-Hughes collection and original artwork by Shag.

Trini Lopez

With friends - ZZ Top Billy F Gibbons
+ The Gand Band

If I Had A Hammer

Listen to Trini's 1963 cover of "If I Had A Hammer" originally written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. With Trini's spin it took off selling over one million copies and awarded a gold disc.

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