http://www.ultraswank.net Retro Living and Design from the 50s, 60s and 70s Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:59:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ultraswank.net/architecture/twin-palms-for-sale/ http://www.ultraswank.net/architecture/twin-palms-for-sale/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:09:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/twin-palms-for-sale/ Frank Sinatra’s old desert hideaway, Twin Palms in Palm Springs, California is up for sale. In the late 1940s Frank had just made his first million and he wanted to celebrate in style, so he commissioned architect E. Stewart Williams to design a lush weekend getaway house for throwing parties and lounging by the pool [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/architecture/twin-palms-for-sale/feed/ 14 http://www.ultraswank.net/music/hugo-montenegro-lady-in-cement-1968/ http://www.ultraswank.net/music/hugo-montenegro-lady-in-cement-1968/#comments Thu, 22 Jun 2006 02:34:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/hugo-montenegro-lady-in-cement-1968/ Time for another album share here at Ultra Swank, this time featuring the groovy beats and melodies of Hugo Montenegro. This is the original soundtrack to the movie Lady in Cement starring Frank Sinatra as a private eye working in the swank (and not so swank) settings of Miami, Florida in the late 1960s. The [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/music/hugo-montenegro-lady-in-cement-1968/feed/ 14