The B.C. connection with Palm Springs, Calif., is a long-standing one, especially for those who took advantage of the plunge in real estate prices during the 2008 financial crisis
Larry Beasley's house, Villa Moda, in Palm Springs , Calif. Mr. Beasley, Vancouver ’s former co-director of planning, bought the house in 2011.A short three-hour flight from Vancouver , it’s possible to walk off the plane and glide into vacation mode within minutes – poolside, under the palm trees, surrounded by cactuses, citrus and olive trees, with desert mountains as a backdrop, and enveloped in the popular luxury design movement of the 1950s, a.k.a. Populuxe.
“The year we bought our house, our real estate agent told us that 50 per cent of the houses in Palm Springs had been bought by Canadians,” says Mr. Beasley, who divides his time between Palm Springs and Vancouver when he’s not flying around the world. “Our house used to be called the ugly duckling on the block. It was overrun with trees and junk and falling apart.
However, the branding between the desert-escape modernist movement and the west coast movement of the fifties and sixties is different, he says. Palm Springs was the escape for movie stars who wanted glamour and decadence. The modernism of Vancouver is an ode to exposed wood and serenity, with trees, creeks, ocean and waterfalls. A big part of Mr. Rodney’s job is educating the public on the importance of an iconic Barry Downs house, for example. Mr.
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