Mr. Palm Spring's 19.5M Estate
Harold Matzner, known as "Mr. Palm Springs," rescued the Palm Springs International Film Festival from collapse in 1999 and turned it into an awards-season destination for Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, and Denzel Washington. He spent nearly four decades building his compound above Old Las Palmas, and it's on the market for the first time since his death last September. The assembled property sits on 1.49 acres at 555 and 575 North Patencio Road: three structures, 15,975 square feet, twelve bedrooms, sixteen bathrooms, multiple pools and spas, and a position above the Coachella Valley that no other residential address in the desert shares. The main residence was designed in 1982 by Palm Springs architect Laszlo Sandor with interiors by Steve Chase, whose client list ran from Gerald Ford to Gene Hackman, and was featured in the May 1983 issue of Architectural Digest. The second residence is a fully resolved estate in its own right, with a great room open on three sides to the valley.

