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A 1963 Buick Riviera ad. |
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A 1963 Ford Thunderbird ad. |
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| These beautifully rendered scenes
show a 1963 Studebaker Avanti in a setting where Hollywood glamour
complimented the desert environment of Palm
Springs in its golden age. This was where Hollywood legends
built world class residences in the Modern Style designed by
architects now recognized as modern masters. Studebaker's startling
Avanti coupe looked perfect beside houses designed by architects
Richard Neutra and John Lautner and locals like William Cody,
Stewart Williams, and Albert Frey. In the late nineties, Frey's
house for Avanti designer Raymond Loewy,
with its amoeba-shaped indoor/outdoor pool and its view-framing
trellis, was restored by metalware manufacturer Jim Gaudineer.
Loewy kept a 1963 Studebaker Avanti parked at the Frey house.
Palm Springs architect Stewart
Williams, designed a house for Avanti owner Frank Sinatra complete
with a piano-shaped pool in which Ava Gardner, Greta Garbo,
and Lana Turner splashed. |
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