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#149/Modernism Week: The Alexander's Winning Bet + Colleen Duffy of Devil Doll

#149/Modernism Week: The Alexander's Winning Bet + Colleen Duffy of Devil Doll

FromUSModernist Radio - Architecture You Love


#149/Modernism Week: The Alexander's Winning Bet + Colleen Duffy of Devil Doll

FromUSModernist Radio - Architecture You Love

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Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Jun 22, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

There’s a shining star for Robert and Helene Alexander on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars - installed last February during Modernism Week.  Although largely unknown outside of California, the Alexanders were critically important developers and builders to the expansion of Modernism. While other developers were afraid of Modernist design, as a lot still are today, sad to say, the Alexanders went all-in, working with important architects like William Cody and Bill Krisel to create thousands of homes we love around Palm Springs. Host George Smart talks with Jill Alexander Kitnick, daughter of the Alexanders, and Jim Harlan, author of a new book on the Alexanders.  Later in the show, George and Tom chat with special musical guest Colleen Duffy from Devil Doll, singing from her new album plus her biggest hit Bourbon in your Eyes. 
Released:
Jun 22, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Join Mr. Modernism George Smart and crew as they talk and laugh with people who enjoy, own, create, dream about, preserve, love, and hate Modernist architecture, the most exciting and controversial buildings in the world. USModernist Radio is backed by the nonprofit educational archive USModernist, the largest open digital archive for Modernist residential architecture in America. www.usmodernist.org