Post #361674 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Feb 17, 2008 8:29 AM

Babalu, I am bummed we missed each other, I was gonna ask for a hot dog carving demonstration!
Man, you sure have weird taste, you found all the non mid-century modern stuff at that show. :D
I was gonna take photos too, but there were so MANY cool ceramics, lamps, furniture, statues, and all, I didn't know where to start.

Here are some pics from the weekend that show that Palm Springs City is slowly coming around to valuing all the mid-century modernist enthusiasm it generates:

This Corbusier inspired 1959 City National Bank (now a B of A) got a plaque from the mayor:

So did Richard Neutra's iconic, 1946 Kaufmann House immortalized by Julius Schulman:

Owner Beth Harris holding a passionate speech for preservation, next to the mayor and the plaque.

Architect Donald Wexler getting his star on Palm Canyon:

...attended by a sizable crowd

A cool vintage Tiki Modern Tiki that sold at the Modernism Show:

Here I am signing together with my favorite modernism author Alan Hess at the Palm Springs ModCom booth

At the M Modern Gallery, Bosko and Crazy Al discuss Bosko's new abstract art pieces (which have to be seen up close to be fully appreciated)

At the PS ModCom fundraiser bash:

...which sold out and raised 30 grand to go for the preservation efforts of the Palm Springs Mod Com. Yessss!