South Palm Springs plays home to Twin Palms, a family oriented community originally developed by the Alexander Construction Company in 1957. Palmer & Krisel are a couple of architects who worked with the company to design and construct more than 2,500 homes in Palm Springs and established a distinct modernist style that was imitated throughout the rest of the country and is much appreciated by architecture admirers today.
Twin Palms mostly features these Mid-Century homes with their soaring butterfly and pitched rooflines. Other quality homes were added to the neighborhood later as infill by area builders and some of the original Alexander homes have undergone restoration back to their original state.
South Palm Springs residents of Twin Palms have the luxury of Smoke Tree Village Shopping Center being in very close proximity, with its large grocery store, drug store and several wonderful small restaurants. Hiking trails, horseback riding and golfing are also found nearby for lovers of the out of doors.
With the Palm Springs Modernism Week going on now, admirers of midcentury modern architecture will no doubt be touring this cool and chic neighborhood to get a look at that era’s unique neighborhood.
