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Las Vegas Arts Commission Dedication Wednesday April 9th In Downtown Las Vegas

March 28th, 2008 Categories: ART, Architecture, Culture

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Mayor Goodman Awards Junior League of Las Vegas Mayor’s Urban Design Award

January 11th, 2008 Categories: Architecture, Downtown Las Vegas, Las Vegas History, Mid Century Modern

Thank you  Kristen Routh Silberman, JLLV PR for the press release and Brian Paco Alvarez for passing it along to us!

Las Vegas, NV – 11 JAN, 2008: Mayor Oscar Goodman awarded the Mayor’s Urban Design Award (MUDA) for Historical Preservation to the Junior League of Las Vegas (JLLV) for their notable restoration of the Morelli House. The award recognizes projects that foster the city’s commitment to sustainability and livability, including those that have made a profound historical perspective to the city of Las Vegas and its’ residents. The award was presented at an official ceremony at the Springs Preserve on January 8, 2008. Stephanie Vogel, the JLLV President and Sherry Colquitt, Project Director of the Morelli House Restoration accepted the Mayor’s award on behalf of the JLLV non-profit organization.

“We are both proud and honored to be included with such a prestigious and accomplished group of nominees and recipients. A large group of people dedicated their time and effort to this project, and we wish to thank them both for their support of the Junior League of Las Vegas, but also for their support to our community.” said Stephanie Vogel, JLLV President.   

The Morelli House has been on the city’s historic property register since March of 2007 based on its architectural and cultural importance to the city of Las Vegas. Since that time, designers, carpenters, architects, and volunteers have donated countless hours to the careful preservation of the city landmark.

About The Morelli House & Restoration

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Urban Development Update

January 11th, 2008 Categories: Architecture, Las Vegas History, The Las Vegas Strip

Via Urban Historian – Brian Paco Alvarez

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REO Mid Mod Fixer Is On The Golf Course For Less Than 250k

January 3rd, 2008 Categories: Architecture, Las Vegas Real Estate News, Mid Century Modern, Paradise Palms

We spotted this Paradise Palms home yesterday. It’s bank owned, and in need of some serious loving. But 250k with a pool on the golf course?

Someone’s going to score with this one.

If you’re interested, call or email me. I’ve got a few others in my radar also.

All Pictures are clickable to see them full size.

Tags: paradise+palms, mid+century+modern, foreclosure, reo

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My Earliest Memory Of “Jetson” Architecture

December 26th, 2007 Categories: Architecture, Las Vegas Real Estate News, Mid Century Modern

Goodness knows I’d never heard the term “modernism” when I was 5 years old. But even when I was 5 I was crazy about a bank building out in a Columbus suburb called Reynoldsburg, Ohio. It looked like a space ship. There was nothing else like it. It was across the street from the roller rink, and next door to city hall. We’d watch July 4 Fireworks from the parking lot.

I asked my brother Ken, who still lives in Columbus to go see if it was still there. He took some pictures, and except for the drive-thru ATM awning that was added sometime in the last 30 years, it’s exactly as I remember it in 1960.

Of course now I know it’s part of the vast collection of America’s love affair with modernist or “googie” architecture from the 1950’s and 1960’s. The classic Las Vegas that we know and love is a result of it. One of our many goals in the next year is to save as much of it as possible. We’ve shown several examples in the past from here in Las Vegas. There was a pretty good discussion and demonstration during or Midnight Bus Tour Of Mid-Century Modern Las Vegas.

Fortunately, there’s a lot of other people interested in what we now call “mid-century modernism”. We belong to 2 local groups who share that mission. The Atomic Age Alliance celebrates all things “modern”. Classic Las Vegas celebrates all things historic. I invite you to come out and play with us in the next year.

Tags: googie, reynoldsburg+ohio, columbus+ohio, modernism, classic+las+vegas, atomic+age+alliance, jack+levine

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Exposed Beam Ceilings Are A Terrific Feature Of Mid Century Modernism

December 4th, 2007 Categories: Architecture, Housing Styles, John S Park Historic Neighborhood, Marycrest, Mid Century Modern

It was the exposed beams more than any other feature that drew me to my home, and I can’t walk into a home that has them without being awed.

The ceiling material above the beams can be tongue and groove planking, or it can be flat panels of plywood or compressed composite. The composite material in my house has been routered with grooves to create another whole texture to the room.

We’ve just listed 2 Mid Mod Homes this week, and both will be “officially” on the market in the next few days. Both have exposed beams and I wanted to give you a little preview.

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Las Vegas Sun Raises Awareness of Mid Century Modernism - Maude Frazier

November 28th, 2007 Categories: Architecture, Events, Las Vegas History, Las Vegas Real Estate News

Kristen Peterson at the Las Vegas Sun once again is doing a great job of reporting on Vintage Las Vegas & raising awareness of endangered architecture.  Our friends Mary Margaret Stratton & the Atomic Age Alliance, Lynn Zook of Classic Las Vegas, and a growing number of the general public are pushing to save the UNLV’s first building that represents so much more than just Mid Century design.  Read the full article here on the Sun’s website.  You can also Sign the Petition to Save Maude’s Hall.

Thanks to Brian Paco Alvarez, who always makes sure we get the Vintage Vegas Important News Stories, no matter how busy we are with end of the month real estate!

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Rancho Bel Air Is An Upscale Vintage Vegas Neighborhood With Deep Roots In Las Vegas History

November 28th, 2007 Categories: Architecture, Housing Styles, Rancho Bel Air

 

One of the premier guard gated neighborhoods of Vintage Vegas is located on Rancho, between Alta Drive and

The 95.

 

Rancho Bel Aire is 122 custom one of a kind homes with guard controlled access to the community. Most of the lots were 1/3 acre. Almost every home has a pool. 

There’s every shape and style home you can imagine. There’s lots of Mid Century Modern as well as English Tudor, Roman, Mediterranean, Contemporary South Beach and many more. It’s really a fun drive, if you can get in the gate.

 

Today there’s still a few vacant lots that have never been built, but most of the homes were constructed in the 1960’s and 70’s. There have been a few built in each decade since then, and there’s only 3 or 4 lots that have never been developed.

 

One of the undeveloped half acre lots is for sale for 520,000. and there’s currently 6 homes for sale between $750,000 and $951,000. You can find them easily if you search the MLS  for zip code 89107 and set the parameters for 750k to 1,000,000.

 If you can get thru the gate, it’s a fun drive.

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”Save Maude’s Hall – The Building that Built UNLV”

November 25th, 2007 Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, Mid Century Modern

November 28, 2007
Historic Preservation Group Atomic Age Alliance co-hosts a Support Rally for the Maude Frazier Hall on the UNLV Campus

Atomic Age Alliance co-hosts “Save Maude’s Hall” Rally with the Anthropology Society of UNLV in support of the preservation of Maude Frazier Hall, the first building ever built on the UNLV campus.

On Wednesday, November 28, Atomic age Alliance and the Anthropology Society of UNLV presents a Rally “Save Maude’s Hall – the Building that Built UNLV”

RALLY:       Wednesday, November 28, 11:30AM-12:30PM

LOCATION:    Valerie Pida Plaza (near the Student Union dining area)
UNLV Campus
4505 S. Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89154

CONTACT INFO: Mary-Margaret Stratton, Director Atomic Age Alliance
(818) 789-5321
info@atomicage.org
Heidi Swank, Anthropology Society of UNLV
(702) 371-6217
heidiswank@yahoo.com

WEBSITE:     www.atomicage.org

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Our Vintage Vegas Neighborhoods - Westleigh Was The Far West Edge Of Las Vegas in 1952

November 24th, 2007