March 2010 - Very Vintage Vegas | Las Vegas Mid Century Modern Homes

March 2010

March 24, 2010

Very Vintage Boulder City Hosts “The Green Energy Expo”

If you’ve never taken a drive or a stroll thru Boulder City, it’s something you really ought to do. It’s got lots of very well preserved pre war houses, and mid century modern hotels and […]
March 22, 2010

The Mystery Mid Century Modern Homes Of Las Vegas –

  Anyone recognize this building? It would be a very cool Mid Century Modern home, but maybe it an office building? I don’t have any idea. The address is 1391. It’s one of the mystery […]
March 18, 2010

Mesquite Club To Hold Rummage Sale

“Established in 1911, the Mesquite Club is the oldest non-profit women’s club in Nevada. The club’s formal debut took place just six years after the emergence of early Las Vegas on building lots put up […]
March 15, 2010

The Bonus I Promised You – The Paradise Palms Community Of Las Vegas

I said “But, wait– there’s more”, and here it is. It’s the hand drawn rendering of Paradise Palms from 1963. It was also handed out at the sales office, which I now know had a Desert Inn Address, […]
March 15, 2010

Where Is It? Number 2

Susanne and Gary, who will be residents of Vintage Vegas next month, guessed right on our first mystery photo. They were the only ones who ventured a guess. (I was right, myself, as well.) It’s on […]
March 14, 2010

Can You Help Us Identify The Location Where This Pictures Was Taken?

Now that we’ve (almost) wrapped it up on Paradise Palms, I’d promised you a new series. I think John will recognize this. It’s the only house that I recognize in the new batch of pictures that I’ve […]
March 14, 2010

The Last Of The Paradise Palms Newsletters From 1963

Alas, the last of the 1963 Paradise Palms Desert-News newsletters. I sure was hoping more of them would surface. No luck! Today we find babies, children, a Jackie K hairdo, and a very fabulous dinette […]
March 12, 2010

Plan 8 – The Last Of The William Krisel Designed Models Of Paradise Palms

This is the last of the series showing the original 1963 sales brochures of the William Krisel designed homes of Paradise Palms. I’m just intelligently guessing that about 300 of the 1044 homes in Paradise […]
March 11, 2010

The Downtown Issue From Las Vegas Weekly Magazine

The other day we told you about a PR piece from Fox 5 news featuring Sarah Feldberg of Las Vegas Weekly. Turns out….once the magazine and the online addition appeared…. that it’s a whole “Downtown Edition”. 8 feature […]
March 11, 2010

Brian Paco Alvarez Speaks His Mind About Culture In Las Vegas

Brian Paco Alvarez was interviewed this week at our favorite Las Vegas history blog – Classic Las Vegas. Paco’s one of my closest friends, and he’s taken up the mantle of blogging all things cultural […]