It was a majestic mid-century modern piece of architecture sitting right there on Fremont Street amid the western motif of the Golden Nugget and the western flavor of Benny Binion's Horseshoe Club.

The Mint, all pink and adorned in a necklace of chaser lights and neon, is the one hotel on Fremont Street that to this day, when Hollywood set designers want to reference that era and Las Vegas, the Mint is the go-to choice. With its pylon sign and the chaser lights rising into the night sky to light the neon star at the top of the pylon, the Mint gloried in its mid-century modern finery.

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There is a very real possibility that the whimsical neon fish that has long advertised Davy's Locker bar on Desert Inn near Maryland Parkway may go dark and worse, be replaced by a generic strip mall sign.

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Photo courtesy of Las Vegas Weekly and Sam Morris

How many of these do you remember?

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Here's a taste:

Nashville Nevada Club

To go along with our "Lost Vegas" featue that spotlights Fremont Street this week, we have added a Throwback Thursday slide gallery of our always remembered, Main Street, Las Vegas style.

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In our latest entry of "Lost Vegas", we take a look at Fremont Street.

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and share with us your memories of Fremont Street!