Coming in October 2026!
🎉 NEW: Historic Walking Tours
Visitors are fascinated with the history of our pocket mid century neighborhood. Over the past several years our Modernism Week Neighborhood Home Tours have sold out quickly. During those tours, visitors often comment that they were unaware of our neighborhood discovering it has been hiding in plain sight for nearly seventy years.
We're excited to offer historic walking tours of our neighborhood focusing on the Alexander Construction Company's tract development of sixty-four homes marketed as the Enchanted Village. Join us to learn about our:
👣 History
👣 Architecture
👣 Gossip, Anecdotes & Folklore
👣 Our Connections to Other Alexander Neighborhoods
Our neighborhood historians, David Hyams and Brian Ramos, have uncovered fascinating information about the development of our tract using primary sources such as: original sales brochures, William Krisel, AIA's archives at The Getty Research Institute, archived articles in The Desert Sun, The Villager (predecessor to Palm Springs Life), telephone directories and building records from the City of Palm Springs. David or Brian have turned that research into a walk down memory lane with fun anecdotes along the way.
Tour Details:
✨ Duration: 75 minutes
✨ Please bring water, a hat, sunscreen and wear comfortable footwear
✨ No restrooms are available for use
✨ This will be an EXTERIOR tour only on public sidewalks and streets with no access to the interiors of the homes
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Very informative. The right mix of architecture, history, and gossip—my three favorite subjects.
Tom Dolle, Canyon View Estates
The tour was superb! Well researched, confidently and engagingly presented, and the right content mix balance touching on architecture, celebrated residents, historical and contemporary context, and relationship to other Palm Springs neighborhoods.
Eric Chiel, Twin Palms
Meet Your Tour Guides
David Hyams
Bill Strong, FSMPS, CPSM, AIA
David Hyams
David is a 3rd generation LBH homeowner. He began researching the early history of our neighborhood learning about its first residents. David has conducted historical research that has been published in The Desert Sun. Additionally, he frequently serves as a docent for mid-century home tours in Palm Springs.
Brian Ramos
Bill Strong, FSMPS, CPSM, AIA
David Hyams
Brian serves as LBHNO Communications Officer and co-organizes the Little Beverly Hills Modernism Week Tours. He has conducted primary research for a Class 1 Historic Resource application and serves as a docent for various mid-century tours in the city.
Bill Strong, FSMPS, CPSM, AIA
Bill Strong, FSMPS, CPSM, AIA
Bill Strong, FSMPS, CPSM, AIA
Bill spent his professional career in architecture for forty years. He helped form Seattle Architecture Foundation's tours program including its first tour, "View from Above – View from Below." He lives in LBH part-time serving as a docent and volunteer for various mid-century tours in Palm Springs.
Past Modernism Week Brochures
February 2025
February 2025
February 2025
Our most recent tour included five homes that have never been seen before including the Enchanted Village model home and a home re-designed by acclaimed interior designer Steve Chase in the mid-1980's. Additionally, 2024 Modernism Week featured home, The Shag House, was included on our tour. Video tour of each of these homes is available below.
February 2024
February 2025
February 2025
This tour featured six homes not previously offered for tour including one home that was completed restored from its forgotten past. While each home shared the same floor plan, the homes were all very unique with different decor and various additions added over time.
February 2023
February 2025
February 2023
After a brief hiatus, Little Beverly Hills returned with six homes to tour, including four homes new to our tour. With all but one of the homes featured on this tour located on Bedford Drive, we were able to close off the road taking you back in time to 1958 when the neighborhood was filled with its first residents.
February 2019
February 2025
February 2023
Our first Modernism Week occurred in February 2019 and featured six homes. Five of the homes were designed by William Krisel, AIA and built by the Alexander Construction Company while one home was built by SonGold Land Development Company where Jack Meiselman was its Vice-President. This tour featured The West Elm House I as well as a home that appeared on HGTV's Desert Flippers show.