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On every cassette, that day’s top story is layered with her own memories of filming it: the tension, the anxiety, the verbal abuse from her then-spouse. Today, the exes are only able to tell their story through other people’s stories, Gerrard says, as she walks through endless shelves of gray VHS tapes. As the pair cruised the skies looking for trouble, both could ignore Tur’s hot-temper and Gerrard’s emotional exhaustion. Somethingis happening - can distract people from their own reality. (In 2014, Bob transitioned to Zoey.) It’s a documentary about how the drive to document - that itchy awareness that somewhere in their megalopolis, , is the compelling story of the thrill-seeking couple’s rise and descent before their divorce in 2003.

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Funds raised from the Modernism Week tours like the Lawrence Welk Estate will benefit the restoration of the Plaza Theatre. “I just had to scrape away some unfortunate finish choices that had been made over the years.”įor the restoration, Roberts relied on postcard pictures of the house there were no original pictures found to aid in the process.Ī preservationist who has worked with the Palm Springs Modern Committee and served on the Palm Springs Planning Commission and city council, Roberts has taken on the effort to restore the Historic Plaza Theatre in downtown Palm Springs. “Restoration comes easily to me and something I very much enjoy, particularly on a house I love,” says Roberts, who adds that the original features of the house were largely intact.

Roberts, who has an architecture background, has now settled in his new digs after an extensive restoration of the Welk estate that has a Class 1 Palm Springs Historic Designation. Roberts bought the home from an empty-nester couple who lived in it for decades and raised their children there.

Welk sold the home in 1971, and the property changed ownership a couple of other times in the ensuing years. He worked with other prominent Palm Springs architects – Donald Wexler and Richard Harrison - besides Burns. Pawling built numerous homes in Palm Springs, most notably the Southridge home of William Holden. “The first time I walked into this house, I thought it was a Herbert Burns,” says Roberts. Although Pawling designed this home himself, it has some original touches of Burns’ influence which Roberts preserved. The first owners were Burt and Bernice Dutcher, who sold the home to Welk in 1961. Pawling built the 2,600-square-foot home as a spec house. In 2019, Roberts purchased the former Welk home constructed in 1951 by Palm Springs builder Joe Pawling, who had collaborated with architect Herbert Burns on several projects. The former Palm Springs city councilman who purchased the Lawrence Welk Estate in the El Mirador neighborhood has finally gotten his wish. JR Roberts always dreamed of having the enviable sweeping southwest views that are so feverishly sought after by homebuyers in Palm Springs.