Palm Springs Town & Country Restaurant, California, 1950s Bird In Hand Franconia’s Chief Engineer J

Franconia’s Chief Engineer J

The original towers were deemed too unsightly by the posh citizenry and funds were raised for new

the white rhino population was near extinction

The fact that celebrities such as Dorothy Lamour and Bob Hope ate there

The hotel was the most luxurious in Los Angeles for a number of years until the construction of the Biltmore Hotel three blocks west in 1923

Palm Springs Town & Country Restaurant, California, 1950s Bird In Hand Franconia’s Chief Engineer JAccording to the Palm Springs Modern Committee the Palm Springs Town & Country Center, built between 1946 and 1955 "was once a glamorous retail, restaurant, and residential mixed use project designed over the years by a number of important visiting and local architects including A. Quincy Jones, Paul R. Williams, Albert Frey, John Porter Clark, Donald Wexler and Richard Harrison." The restaurant opened in 1948 and according to the Desert Sun it was