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12/08/08 Response to Market Plaza EIR

Read the Attorney’s Response Letter to Museum Market Plaza EIR.

7/01/08 Museum Market Plaza Report

Read the July 1st Letter from our attorney addressing the flaws in the City's Initial Study in preparing the Museum Market Plaza's Environmental Impact Report.

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6/03/08 Town & Country Plaza Alternative

The City’s own historic resources survey found the Town & Country Center to be a “rare and exceptional example of the Late Moderne style” by master architects that meets the level of significance necessary for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.

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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

A. Quincy Jones

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...

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