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February 15, 2008

City Guides Story On “Vintage Las Vegas” – Historic Las Vegas Neighborhoods Get A Positive Review

No, VVV didn’t get mentioned, but Steve Sebelius, who is a regular columnist and blogger for City Life, wrote a great piece for the MSN City Guide. Among other things such as the Golden Steer, […]
February 15, 2008

SpongeBob’s Moving To Vintage Las Vegas – Jack LeVine Is Going To Sell Him His New Sea Shell, The “La Concha”

Actually, one of the few extra fabulous mid century modern buildings that has managed to be saved by moving it,  is the La Concha Hotel Lobby which will be the new lobby of the NEON MUSEUM. Our friend, […]
February 7, 2008

Maude Frazier Hall Needs Your Help – Historic Mid Century Modern Building At UNLV Las Vegas

Our favorite Mid Century Modern Enthusiast MaryMargaret Stratton from the Atomic Age Alliance needs more signatures for the online petition to save this historic mid century modern building.           Mark Adams From […]
January 17, 2008

Jack LeVine Is Pleased To Get Corrected Regarding His Las Vegas Real Estate History – The Oldest Tract Homes In Las Vegas Were Not Huntridge

Our very own VVV cultural historian Brian Paco Alvarez emailed me this afternoon to correct something I wrote. I’ll let him tell you himself.     Hi Jack, I wanted to mention that I read […]
January 14, 2008

642 Rolls Of Film

I’ve taken pictures my whole life. Lots of pictures. There’s 642 rolls of film that were developed, and shoved into a box in the hall closet. I started opening them and sorting them a few months […]
January 3, 2008

Average Lot Sizes Continue To Shrink Except In Vintage Vegas

Actually, this picture is from Toronto, and it’s the smallest home for sale there. Mark T. sent me a picture, and thanks to google, I found all kinds of stories about it. Thought you’d get […]
January 2, 2008

Things We Should Have Mentioned About Our Friends In Vintage Las Vegas

We’re usually quick to report or link to press coverage for our favorite people and organizations, so we’re a little late with these, but the kudos are well deserved. Lynn Zook, the founder of Classic […]
December 27, 2007

Mid Century Modern Played A Role In Every Part Of Life In The 50’s and 60’s

I found a great website called swankpad that I thought I’d share with you today. I grabbed a few of the hundreds of images of 50’s and 60’s advertisements, fashion, home decor and other fun mid-century […]
December 11, 2007

How To Spend A Monday Night When There’s No New Episode Of Heros

Didi has become one of our regular readers and most regular commenter. To thank her for that, we thought we’d give her some blog love and direct you to her fine writing about Chicago’s past. […]
December 10, 2007

Upcoming Parties and Events In Vintage Las Vegas

Gonna be a long week: Arts Factory Holiday Open House Tuesday 12/11 5 to 10 pm               Atomic Age Alliance       AAA Las Vegas Chapter  December Meeting […]