Modernism Week celebrated its tenth anniversary this month. The annual February event — held in Palm Spring, California — is best described as a weeklong festival-like celebration of mid-century modern architecture and design. Growing up by the beach in Northern California, I’ve been blessed with a lifestyle that’s afforded me firsthand knowledge of the glory
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The Getty Center in Los Angeles has drained all its pools and the grass in front of the State Capitol building is Sacramento is turning brown. As 33 percent of the state suffers “extreme drought conditions,” everyone in California is being asked to conserve water. To date, cooperation has been modest, but “if
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