About the Neighborhood
The City of Cathedral City has embarked on an improvement project for this neighborhood. Streets were just resurfaced and a new park is going to be built as well. Get in now and see all the exciting changes coming to this area.
Cathedral City:
Is actually named after a Canyon South of the actual town, in fact there is no Cathedral in Cathedral City at all. Legend has it that it was once a gangster hideaway and there were illegal gambling halls and saloons sprinkled throughout the area.
Today Cathedral City has a year round population of about 50,000 people. Home to the Mary Pickford Theater, many auto dealerships, a Downtown undergoing a dramatic makeover!
Interesting Cathedral City Facts:
The neighborhood of Minerva Drive has an annual Christmas time light event every December since the first event held in 1987. The homeowners heavily decorate the block's 35 homes and lawns, and streetlights are even covered in holiday decor draws in tens of thousands of spectators to Minerva Drive for a look. It is often renamed Candy Cane Lane during the annual light show. Cathedral City hosts an annual Mexican Independence Day festival on every third weekend of September, also has an "el Grito de Dolores" to commemorate the event at the city hall/movie theater complex. The city has an economic partnership with the Mexican state of Jalisco, a large source of local immigration. Chicano folk musician, Lalo Guerrero lived in Cathedral City in his final years. Also the city was the teenage home of actress Suzanne Somers, and a winter residence for actors Robert Duvall and Martin Landau in the 1960s, and TV show hostMonty Hall in the 1990s. Also US representative and football athlete Jack Kemp owned an auto dealership in Cathedral City.
The Field of Dreams softball complex on the corner of Date Palm and Dinah Shore drives, made up of four softball fields designed as replicas of four major league ballparks. The Pepsi All-Star Softball Game was held there since 1998. Cathedral City High School opened in 1991 is a major educational and recreational center to the city. The varsity football and basketball teams had earned CIF-southern California championship runs in the late 1990's and early 2000's.
Country Clubs in Cathedral City:
Desert Princess
Cathedral Canyon Country Club
Neighborhoods in Cathedral City:
Campanile
Cathedral City Cove
Century Park
Landau Manor
La Paloma
La Pasada
Panorama
Rio Vista
Rio Del Sol
Serenity Cove
Shadowcrest
Tapestry
Verano
Our Top Picks in Cathedral City: Sunshine Cafe, Mary Pickford Theater (stadium seating –plus the lobby is really cool feels like an old movie1 house) – El Gallito Restaurant – Mexican food Like No Other! Trader Joes – Fun Shopping – great prices!