Forgotten places
A selection of excellent photos from the series "No lifeguard on duty" by photographer J. Bennett Fitts. Imagine sipping a cocktail by one of those pools in their heydays, groovy.
If you would like to dig deeper into the history of the Salton Sea, feel free to visit fellow blogger Lee Prewitt's blog The Salton Sea Chronicles.
Salton Sea, California, USA. From jbennettfitts.com
Panama City Beach, Florida, USA. From jbennettfitts.com
Victorville, California, USA. From jbennettfitts.com
If you would like to dig deeper into the history of the Salton Sea, feel free to visit fellow blogger Lee Prewitt's blog The Salton Sea Chronicles.
Salton Sea, California, USA. From jbennettfitts.com
Panama City Beach, Florida, USA. From jbennettfitts.com
Victorville, California, USA. From jbennettfitts.comLabels: architecture, motels, photos
Posted at 12:02 AM | Permalink | 5 comments 
My name is Chris and I live in Sweden. I love the 50s and 60s lifestyle and design. I am very fascinated by the architecture of the period too, for instance googie, modernism, the work of Joseph Eichler, John Lautner and Arne Jacobsen's international style. I have a large archive with space-age, library, bossa, cocktail, retro soundtracks and exotica music. I also believe that things were better in the old days.
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I wonder how much money it would take to buy some of these old places and fix them up. It's a shame to see them just sit there and waste away.
August 24, 2008 3:38 PM
The North Shore Yacht Club at the Salton Sea is moving steadily toward reclamation and renovation, but sadly the motel across the street where the pool shot was taken is long abandoned and because it is not architecturally significant is slated for demolition. The last owner bought it for just under a million dollars about 20 years ago when it was still a functioning motel. Vandals have destroyed a lot of the structure and arson has even been attempted. Because the Salton Sea is not a desirable tourist destination, there is hardly any reason to renovate it. That said, I would love to own it if only to fence it off, remodel one wing of it to be a house and to demolish the rest. Even if I had the financial resources for such a folly, it would be a money pit. It saddens me to know that it will be bulldozed because I also like ghost towns.
Chris, thank you for mentioning my blog.
If anyone is interested in joining the fight to fix the Salton Sea, please email me at leeprewett@hotmail.com
August 27, 2008 1:17 AM
There is a great documentary about the Salton Sea narrated by John Waters. A really, weird, surreal trip.
http://www.saltonseadoc.com/
August 27, 2008 3:46 AM
Actually the Tilapia Films guys have done TWO yes TWO documentaries about the Salton Sea: "Plagues and Pleasures" and "Past Pleasures". BOTH are wonderful.
http://saltonseachronicles.blogspot.com
September 1, 2008 2:31 AM
Please join and support:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Salton_Sea/
We need the help
September 2, 2008 2:36 AM
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