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November 11, 2007

Morelli House Is Crown Jewel Of Recent Historic Preservation In Las Vegas

Morelli House Was Final Stop On The Moon Light Bus Tour Of Mid Century Modern Las Vegas – Part 7 We’ve been reporting all week on our midnite bus tour of the historic mid century modern […]
November 9, 2007

Space Age Architecture Survives In The Vintage Urban Core Of Las Vegas

Moonlight Bus Tour Of Mid Mod Las Vegas – Part 6 After a surprise midnite cocktail party at the “Caddy Shack”, MaryMargaret’s fantastic Paradise Palms time capsule of mid century modernism, we headed over to […]
November 7, 2007

The Moonlight Bus Tour – Part 5 – The Las Vegas Country Club

Midnight’s good for seeing well lit buildings, but it wasn’t so great for seeing the clubhouse at the LVCC. It was totally dark, and the bus was outside the gates on Joe S. Brown Drive. […]
November 6, 2007

The Rat Pack In Front Of The Sands Hotel Is The Iconic Las Vegas Photo Of All Time

The Moonlight Mid Mod Bus Tour – Part 4 It took something REALLY exciting like a moonlight bus tour of Modernist Las Vegas to get me onto the strip on a Friday Night. But there […]
November 6, 2007

Edward Durell Stone – Modernist Architect Given Credit For Use Of Decorative Block Facings

Our tour the other night and the subsequent discussions of the decorative block designs led me to do some homework on Edward Durell Stone. His NYC Brownstone is one his most famous and most hated […]
November 5, 2007

The Moonlight Bus Tour Of Mid Mod Las Vegas – Part 3

As I mentioned in part one, the first leg of the tour took us to some of the terrific motor hotels of the mid 1900’s. Las Vegas still has a huge inventory of existing ones. […]
November 5, 2007

The Moonlight Mid Mod Bus Tour – Part 2

Who would have thought that  the power plant of Circus Circus would prove to be an interesting spot on the tour? MaryMargaret showed us the block screens surrounding the building. She was kind enough to […]
November 3, 2007

Moonlight Tour of The Mid Century Modern Heritage of Las Vegas

Chris Nichols author of  “The Leisure Architecture of Wayne McAllister” was a featured speaker yesterday at the Vegas Valley Book Festival. He also graciously conducted the tour along with MaryMargaret from the Atomic Age Alliance. The Wiki […]