The Palm Springs Preservation Foundation (PSPF) is proud to announce
Wexler Weekend, a three-day event in Palm Springs that will  honor renowned modernist architect Donald A. Wexler. The weekend will kick-off on Friday, January 22nd with Design OnScreen’s film Journeyman Architect: The Life and Work of Donald Wexler. Saturday the 23rd (which is also Don Wexler’s 84th birthday) will include a five-hour house tour and an evening fundraiser at the Wexler-designed Leff/Florsheim House (1957).

Wexler Weekend will continue on Sunday the 24th with an event at the Wexler Steel Development Houses in the Racquet Club Estates neighborhood.

A 40-page tribute journal chronicling Wexler’s career will be released in conjunction with Wexler Weekend. The journal will be authored by Patrick McGrew, an architect who has written extensively about California’s historic architecture. McGrew will draw upon extensive personal interviews with Wexler and will have full access to the architect’s archives and photos. PSPF has engaged Wexler’s son, graphic artist Gary Wexler, to do the layout and design of the journal.

PSPF’s mission is to educate and promote public awareness of the importance of preserving the historic resources and architecture of Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley area.

For additional information and updates, along with free membership, visit us at www.pspreservationfoundation.org.

 Contact:

PSPF Board Member

Richard “Kip” Serafin

 (760) 904-0200

Wexler Weekend Event Fact Sheet

 Palm Springs, California

 • Friday, January 22, 2010

 Design OnScreen’s film Journeyman Architect: The Life and Work of Donald Wexler at the Camelot Theater

 • Pre-party before film

Question and Answer after film

Saturday, January 23, 2010 (Don Wexler’s 84th birthday!)

Champagne Jazz Brunch

• Leon’s Bar & Grill in the Indian Canyons Golf Club (formerly the Canyon

Country Club Clubhouse designed by Wexler in 1963). Entertainment by the Palm Springs High School Jazz Orchestra

A five-hour house tour of Wexler designed properties

An evening cocktail fundraiser at the Wexler-designed Florsheim House (1957)

• Sunday, January 24, 2010

 “Steel Some Time” at the Wexler Steel Development Houses in the Racquet Club Estates neighborhood

 Book signing of Wexler tribute journal by author-architect Patrick McGrew at the Just Fabulous bookstore