Pete Findlay Oldsmobile

On Thursday, June 4th, Untold Stories will look at Architecture in Las Vegas. Most people tend to think that Las Vegas has very bland architecture with just cookie cutter type homes and McOffices. But our past (and present) is filled with wonderous examples of soaring architecture and many of these wonderful buildings are still standing, though they may be harder to see these days buried behind new facades.

Panelists include:

Architect Eric Strain of Assemblage Studios

Karen Zick Goff, daughter of architect Walter Zick (who designed the Mint Hotel)

Brian "Buzz" Leming, neon designer

Check back as other panelists are added to the list!

Untold Stories

The Las Vegas Springs Preserve

Desert Learning Center

Thursday, June 4th

6:30 pm

Admission is $12

Thanks to RoadsidePictures (Allen Sandquist) for the Pete Findlay photo.

This is our last installment of this week's walk down memory lane.  Tomorrow, as promised, the point behind this trip down memory lane.

In the meantime, I hope you enjoy and remember these places:

Blackjack Motel

Cardinal Motel (gone)

City Center Motel (gone)

Clark Inn Motel sign (gone)

El Sombrero Cafe (thankfully still standing)

El Dorado Club, 1988

Lucky Cuss Motel

Lucky Motel (still standing) but the sign is now in a private collection

New Town Tavern (thankfully still standing)

Showboat Sign (gone along with the Showboat)

Star View Motel (still standing) but the sign has been drastically altered

The Tod Motor Hotel (still going strong)

Fremont Street a long time ago

Las Vegas Convention Center Rotunda (gone)

Hacienda Horse and Rider preserved and restored and riding over Fremont Street

This just in from FCLV pal Heidi Swank:

Dear Downtown Neighbors,

Assemblyman Segerblom has just written that Amendment 938 to Senate Bill 354 restores the provision that would expand the Las Vegas Boulevard Gaming district north of Sahara, as far north as St Louis and as far east as Santa Rita.

This is the same bill we defeated earlier in the session but which has come back from the dead at the last minute. (It was added as an amendment in the Assembly to an unrelated bill; the Assembly had voted on the other bill and then the vote was reopened, the amendment inserted, and then the vote closed; its a classic insider move by developers to keep our input from being felt.)

Pls contact Sen Care (tcare@sen.state.nv.us, 775-684-6503) and urge him to keep Amendment 938 of Senate Bill 354 from reaching the Senate Floor.

Its simply unfair to make such a major change to our neighborhood without any public input. Please act today.

Gregory Brown
southridgena@gmail.com
702 580 7798

Join in and help save the Downtown Neighborhoods!

How many of these do you remember?

As promised, there is a point to all of this.

Coasters from the Mint Hotel (gone)

The Blue Angel Motel circa 1957

The Blue Angel Motel, circa 2007

Nevada Club tourists (gone)

Ad ad for the Lady Luck, circa 1973 (sort of gone)

Golden Goose, circa 1973 (gone)

Fremont Street, 1991

The Ambassador Motel - 1952-2007 (gone)

Union Pacific Train Depot (gone), 1970

Chamber of Commerce ad, 1948

Main Street, 2008

Swim-In-Pool sign, (gone for now)

Not exactly downtown but the Skyway Drive-In (gone)

St Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Church

International House of Pancakes

Tomorrow Classic Las Vegas neon!

Thanks to Allen Sandquist (RoadsidePictures) for letting us use these images!

How many of these do you remember?

There's a point to this extended journey down Memory Lane, I promise.  In the meantime, I hope you enjoy!

The Dunes Hotel (gone) Matchbook art

Aqueduct Building, Sands Hotel, 1991 (gone)

The Hacienda Hotel (gone) circa 1973 (notice all that desert)

Holiday Casino, circa 1970s (gone)

The Landmark, 1973 (gone)

Landmark, circa 1980s (sign is in the Neon Boneyard)

Las Vegas Strip, circa 1980s with the El Morocco (gone) and the La Concha lobby(moved) and its hotel wing (gone) in the foreground.

The Silver Slipper, circa 1970s (gone)

Stardust Hotel, circa early 1960s (gone)

Tropicana Hotel (signage gone) circa 1973

Thanks to Allen Sandquist (RoadsidePictures) for letting us use these images.