Tramway Gas Station
| Tramway Gas Station | |
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 Palm Springs Visitor Center, 2009. | |
| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Architectural style | Desert Modern |
| Location |
2901 North Palm Canyon Palm Springs, California United States |
| Coordinates | 33°51′30″N 116°33′29″W / 33.8584°N 116.5581°WCoordinates: 33°51′30″N 116°33′29″W / 33.8584°N 116.5581°W |
| Current tenants | Palm Springs Visitor Center |
| Completed | 1965 |
| Owner | City of Palm Springs |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 2,300 sq ft (210 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
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| Website | |
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The Tramway Gas Station is a landmark former Enco service station in Palm Springs, California, USA, so named because of its location at the foot of Tramway Road, the lone road leading to the base of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. It was intended to be the first Palm Springs building visitors saw when approaching the city from the north via California State Route 111.
History
The building with its distinctive, cantilevered, wedge-shaped canopy (referred to as a hyperbolic paraboloid on a historic marker mounted on the building) was built in 1965 and was designed by Albert Frey and Robson C. Chambers. It is considered to be a prime example of modernism in architecture.
The station had closed by the mid 1990s and its fate was in doubt until its purchase by a private interest who erected a wall around the property and converted it into an art gallery.
It serves today as the Palm Springs Visitor Center.[1]
Photo gallery
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Abandoned Tramway Gas Station, 1997.
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Station with aerial tramway sign in the background, 1997.
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Entrance to visitors center, 2006.
See also
References
- ↑ Lotter, Jane (16 October 2003). "Last Chance for Gas". National Trust for Historic Preservation.