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Saturday’s The REALLY Big Day For Historic Preservation Month In Las Vegas

May 15th, 2008 Categories: Historic Preservation

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Sometimes I feel like Kristen Peterson of the Las Vegas Sun is the best friend that the Historic Preservation Movement has. Even if she spelled my name wrong once , I absolutely love not only how she writes, but what she writes about.

Today, she published all of Saturday’s events that we published on Monday, and gave them each her own special commentary.

Don’t be telling yourself on Sunday that you should have!

Morelli House

Neon Museum and Boneyard

Huntridge Theatre

Springs Preserve Cultural History Fair

Mormon Fort

Helldorado Parade

ALL THAT ALL ON THE SAME DAY! WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR?

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1. Kayla Brown-Cestero said at May 15th, 2008 at 2:14 pm

   I would love to see the Huntridge become a cultural hub for our downtown community by providing a meeting location for neighborhood associtions, non-profits/volunteer groups or Las Vegas residents…kind of like a co-op for meetings and the funds from these organizations (charge a small fee for rental of space) would pay for the preservation of it…We could make it the center of ‘Unity in the Community!’for the downtown area.

2. Zane D. said at May 15th, 2008 at 3:02 pm

   There is a precedent for what Kayla is proposing. it often requires a couple of things being in place:

   1. a non-profit organization with the resources to support and maintain a historic property
   2. an owner dedicated to preserving a historic property and willing to donate it to said non-profit.

   For examples of this, check out Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater and Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House. Both were donated to, and are operated by non-profit conservation groups that provide exactly what you are talking about. tours, special events, ect.

3. Kayla Brown-Cestero said at May 15th, 2008 at 3:11 pm

   Those are all great examples! What about a co-op type situation? For example, Friends of the Huntridge or some other organization serves as the main administrator. Other organizations pay a monthly co-op fee for use of the building and the administrator handles the scheduling of the building? I thought of this because I am a member of Civitan. We have five clubs that all do service work in Las Vegas, but our international headquarters is in Birmingham, so we have to utilize restaurants for meeting places. There are other organizations with small budgets that cannot afford to lease a building on their own, but could utilize space at a lower rate if it were shared…What I am proposing may not work in this situation, but it would be nice to get something like that going.

4. Zane D. said at May 15th, 2008 at 3:26 pm

   I think the biggest hurdle in this case is the owner. Aside from the “should we tear it down or leave it standing” issue is the fact that he is at heart a business person who wants to make money off of the property. So operating it as a low-or-no profit entity won’t fly with him and he’s certainly not going to donate it.

   For a non-profit of any size, this would a monumental task to buy this thing as it has a price tag well over $1million.

   Yeah, I sound like a naysayer. but i’m mostly interested in finding the most logical solution that works well for everyone involved.

   I agree it would be a great property to use for tours, events, weddings, ect. just need to find a way to make money from that.

5. Jennifer said at May 15th, 2008 at 11:38 pm

   I used to work with Kristen when I was a reporter at the Sun and she’s completely, 100% all about downtown and the whole First Friday arts and culture scene. She’s a super sweet person too. If you haven’t met her, you definitely should.

6. Keahi Pelayo said at May 15th, 2008 at 11:54 pm

   I don’t know her, but your post is very funny.
   Aloha,
   Keahi

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