and about palm springs should i added the palm springs gay lgbt pride web site to describe the city of palm springs' world renowned gay population the arenas road indian canyon palm canyon drive was a gay neighborhood since the early s and the first white party was held in downtown or the village locals call it years ago i posted the image of the now demolished bank of america building where the ceremonial first demolition of the palm springs revitalization project took place in february of this year i would head back to the desert sun newspaper site if they have the article