Tours begin January 4, 2019
Private walking, biking, and driving tours of midcentury Rancho Mirage are available to individuals and groups upon request. Walking tours are two hours on quiet public streets and include exterior visits to some of the best midcentury modern architecture in the desert including 1950s and 60s homes and resort communities by Cody, Kaptur, Krisel, Wexler, Powelson, and more. Tours can be customized to accommodate individual or group requirements. Prices range from $30 per person according to group size.
Historic Neighborhoods
How the City of Rancho Mirage Grew from 1955-1975
Click on link above
Other talks from the Library are also online:
Dream Houses of the Desert
Stately Homes of Rancho Mirage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpmwPq28bmQ
If You Build it They Will Come
The History of Rancho Mirage's Country Clubs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p77bDk1z85Q
Melissa Riche is available for talks on Rancho Mirage history – architectural and social – for groups large or small.
For tours or talks, contact Melissa Riche directly:
t: 323 632 9482
Limited edition prints of greater Palm Springs architecture and Urban Abstracts are available online at the JimRiche.com website or at Coda Gallery, El Paseo, Palm Desert. Open edition prints are sold on the JimRiche.com website and at Destination PSP in downtown Palm Springs on Palm Canyon Drive.