News
9/26/07 Raze the Fashion Plaza Not The T&CC
The upcoming election has once again brought the issue of revitalizing Palm Springs’ downtown to the fore. In this latest round, however, the fate of the historic Town & Country Center has become the issue instead of keeping focused on the real problem – the Desert Fashion Plaza – the Titanic that’s sinking downtown.
12/13/06 Urgent Action on Town & Country Center
In a courageous act, yesterday the City's Historic Site Preservation Board (HSPB) nominated the T&CC for designation as a Class One Historic Site! Owner John Wessman has come out strongly against the nomination...
9/5/06 Advocacy Document
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Who we are
A group of Palm Springs community leaders, residents, members of the business community, architects, preservationist organizations and historians have joined together as Friends of Town & Country Center (FTCC). The group established FTCC to explore a creative alternative...
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Preservation Efforts
There are a number of approaches that could be considered for revitalizing the Town & Country Center and incorporating it into Wessman's downtown plan. Wessman's mixed residential and retail master plan concept is one such approach. In fact, when the Town and Country Center was built in 1947 it included...
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History
Designed by Renowned Los Angeles Architects
The Town & Country Center was designed by renowned Los Angeles architects A. Quincy Jones and Paul R. Williams in 1947. One year earlier, in 1946, Jones and Williams had designed the ultra Modern Palm Springs...
