ABOUT TCGNO
BOUNDARIES
The TCGNO boundaries have expanded as of the General Meeting held on March 16, 2019. This was done in accordance with a request from ONE-PS to fill in certain areas that we not affiliated with any Neighborhood Organizations. The new boundaries range from HWY 111 in the South, the Gene Autry Trail to the West, Dinah Shore Rd to the North and Golf Club Dr/Crossley Rd to the East.
Included in these boundaries are two areas of single family dwellings and five HOAs: Villa de las Flores, Palm Springs Golf and Tennis, Palm Canyon Villas, The Broadmoor and Waverly Park.
A LITTLE HISTORY
The Tahquitz Creek Golf Neighborhood may just be Palm Springs’ best-kept secret. Located near the eastern corner of South Palm Springs, Tahquitz Creek Golf Neighborhood is a bucolic community of condominiums and single-family homes nestled in and around the championship Lawrence Hughes-designed Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort from which we take our name.
Our neighborhood is adjacent to the scenic Tahquitz Creek Wash, and our 900 homes represent several architectural styles. The original 332-acre parcel was purchased in 1958 from the Palm Springs Turf Club for $1 million when the California Horse Racing Board denied them a license for a horse racing track. Development began later that year by the Westview Development Corporation and architect William Bray. Originally planned as a private country club, the Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort was sold to the City of Palm Springs in October 1959, creating a community of affordable golf course homes on fee based land, free of resort fees.
In 1964, George and Robert Alexander and architect Donald Wexler subdivided the eastern most streets to create “Green Fairway Estates” — a unique collection of homes that is an inspired and eclectic mix of midcentury styles. It’s a little-known and rarely seen enclave, even for die-hard modernists.
The Arnold Palmer Golf Management Company took over administration of the Resort in the mid-1980s, with a grand opening hosted by Arnold Palmer himself.
The following article from the Los Angeles Times published on July 27, 1958 gives a little historic perspective of the Tahquitz Creek Golf resort and surrounding area development.