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textInfoStore("lost1", "", "Maslon House", "Richard Neutra’s 'Samuel and Luella Maslon House' (1962), one of the most celebrated houses from his late career, was unexpectedly demolished in April 2002 in Rancho Mirage, California. This 1962 Neutra house, located at the Tamarisk Country Club, was one of only three houses the world-renowned architect built in the Palm Springs area (the others being the 1946 Kaufmann House and the 1937 Grace Miller House).", "");
textInfoStore("lost2", "", "Palm Springs Biltmore Resort", "Designed by Los Angeles architect Fred Monhoff, the Palm Springs Biltmore Resort opened in 1948. Described as the 'grandest' of all Palm Springs resorts, the complex was demolished in 2003. (Photo courtesy Palm Springs Historical Society)", "");
textInfoStore("lost3", "", "Huddle's Springs Restaurant", "Designed by architect William Cody in 1957, the Huddle's Springs restaurant was described as 'one of the most spirited examples of Googie-style architecture in all of Southern California.' It was demolished in the 1990s to make way for a project that has yet to be built. (Photo courtesy Palm Springs Historical Society)", "");
textInfoStore("lost4", "", "Chi Chi Club", "The Chi Chi Club (1936) at 272 N. Palm Canyon Drive, which attracted nationally known performers, was demolished in 1977.  The final incarnation of the building remodeled by architect Howard Lapham included a dazzling interior designed by Haralamb Georgescu. (Photo courtesy Palm Springs Historical Society)", "");
textInfoStore("lost5", "", "Desert Club", "The city of La Quinta's Desert Club was a beautiful art deco building designed by architect S. Charles Lee (1899-1990) in 1937.  Architect Lee was recognized as one of the most prolific and distinguished motion picture theater designers on the west coast.  Over the years, the Desert Club survived floods, fire and an unfortunate Spanish-themed remodeling in the late 1960s.  In 1990 the buildings of the Desert Club were burned to the ground as a practice fire for the Riverside County Fire Department.  The site was deeded to the city and became the Fritz Burns Park. (Photo courtesy La Quinta Museum)", "");
textInfoStore("lost6", "", "Bisonte Lodge", "The Bisonte Lodge (1947), at 260 West Vista Chino Road, was described in this circa 1950 E. B. Thomas postcard as “ultra-modern.”  Designed by local modernist architect E. Stewart Williams, the units were set at a 45-degree angle to maximize mountain views and to afford maximum privacy.  Sadly, the Bisonte Lodge fell on hard times and was demolished in the late 1970s.  The lot remains vacant to this day but for the saw-tooth patterned concrete slab and the occasional fragment of bathroom tile.", "");
textInfoStore("lost7", "", "Bullock’s Department Store", "Opening in 1947, the Bullock’s department store in Palm Springs was designed by architects Walter Wurdeman and Welton Beckett in the late moderne style.  The egg-crate grill above the entrance to the store was one of the most striking features of the store changing appearance as the sun struck the grill at various angles over the course of the day.  Demolished in 1996, this modernist gem was replaced with a group of retail shops and restaurants done in the Spanish colonial revival style.  (Photo courtesy Palm Springs Historical Society)", "");
textInfoStore("lost8", "", "Romanoff’s on the Rocks", "Romanoff’s on the Rocks, a popular “Hollywood hangout,” opened in 1957 in east Palm Springs (now Cathedral City).  Designed by architects A. Quincy Jones and Frederick E. Emmons, the popular nightclub has been effectively “remodeled” out of existence.  A multi-story evangelical church now sits atop the nightclub completely obscuring the original modernist structure.  (Photo courtesy Palm Springs Historical Society)", "");
textInfoStore("lost9", "", "Sun Tan Lodge", "In this circa 1945 Art Press postcard, the art deco style Sun Tan Lodge, at 2231 North Palm Canyon, billed itself as “the perfect spot for relaxation and sun-kissed carefree days in Palm Springs, California.”  Now a vacant lot, the Sun Tan Lodge is one of the many small hotels in Palm Springs that have been demolished over the years.", "");
textInfoStore("lost10", "", "Salton Bay Yacht Club", "Shown in this circa 1960 postcard is a rendering the Salton Bay Yacht Club.  Located  on the shores of the fabulous Salton Sea, the club boasted being \"one of the most luxurious Yacht Clubs in the Western States.  By the mid-1970s the building was flooded by rising water from the inland sea. (Postcard courtesy Western Resort Publications)", "");
textInfoStore("lost11", "", "Belardo Hotel", "In this circa 1955 Dean Higgins postcard, the Belardo Hotel, with its jaunty second-story shed roof, billed itself as “In the Heart of the Village – around the corner from Bullocks.”  A parking lot now occupies the site of the hotel’s original location at 236 South Belardo Road.", "");
textInfoStore("lost12", "", "Canyon Club Inn", "Demolished in the 1990’s for a project that was never developed; the elegant and sophisticated Canyon Club Inn was located at the southeast corner of South Palm Canyon and Murray Canyon Drives.  (Photo courtesy Palm Springs Historical Society)", "");



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