http://veryvintagevegas.com las vegas real estate, mid century modern, downtown las vegas homes & urban las vegas living in the Historic Neighborhoods of Las Vegas, retro homes and neighborhoods of las vegas Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:22:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en They’re proposing an expansion of the Redevelopment Districts in the City of Las Vegas. A series of meetings have been set up to discuss this and to get input from the residents who could be affected. The first meeting for Ward 3 is tonight, and I apologize for the delay in ... http://veryvintagevegas.com/2010/08/16/town-hall-meetings-to-discuss-expansion-of-the-redevelopment-areas-in-the-city-of-las-vegas/ Last night’s sunset from my front yard in the historic downtown Las Vegas neighborhoods that I call Very Vintage Vegas. There’s 2 redeeming aspects of the annual August/September monsoon season. One of course is that it should/might rain a lot. The other, of course, is the magnificent sunsets. How it got ... http://veryvintagevegas.com/2010/08/02/catching-up-on-the-historic-downtown-neighborhoods-of-las-vegas/ Might as well bring them back. If you’re a fairly new reader, you might want to check out the HUNDREDS of them that I published in a long series. The last one was just over a year ago on July 3rd, 2009. I’ve been totally slammed since before the holiday weekend. ... http://veryvintagevegas.com/2010/07/09/worst-mls-photo-of-the-day-248/ There’s all kinds of slumps. Batting Slumps, Pitching Slumps, Career Slumps, Income Slumps (if you’re in sales you know what I mean), Oil Clean-up Slumps and Political Capital Slumps (ask the President – he knows). There’s also a new one. IT’S A BLOGGING SLUMP. There’s any number of things that ... http://veryvintagevegas.com/2010/06/29/uncle-jack-says-finally-and-i-hope-youll-agree/ I’m starting a new series on the “historic” neighborhoods of Las Vegas. A few have Historic Status and get a capital H. But all of them are from the 40’s 50’s and 60’s. It’s my intention to do them as much in chronological order as possible, knowing that some of ... http://veryvintagevegas.com/2010/06/29/the-huntridge-circle-park-veterans-memorial-project-the-heart-of-an-historic-downtown-las-vegas-neighborhood/ I wasn’t going to do anything on Paradise Palms for a while after our big long series on the 1963 newsletters and  William Krisel designs. However, there’s still a mysterious shortage of bank owned homes that are available, and a doozy of a good one popped up in Paradise Palms ... http://veryvintagevegas.com/2010/05/15/fun-features-found-in-foreclosures-back-to-paradise-palms/ Mid Century Modern Landscaping Our favorite Mid Mod Blogger — Pam at RetroRenovation.com has started a series on Mid Century Modern Landscaping. I totally pleased that she’s going to do this topic. It’s one I’ve always wanted to do, but the emphasis in Las Vegas has been on xeroscape/desert/low water landscaping. ... http://veryvintagevegas.com/2010/05/13/some-more-catching-up-mid-century-modern-landscaping-and-beautiful-things-in-las-vegas/ Mary Joy handcuffed me. Then she tied me to the chair in front of the keyboard and said “TYPE!!!!” I’m only just barely kidding, since I asked her to do that last Sunday as joke. I can’t explain why I missed 3 whole weeks of blogging, and with a minor exception, ... http://veryvintagevegas.com/2010/05/12/its-hard-to-type-when-you-are-handcuffed/ I kinda lost the bet. JB said I couldn’t get a Huntridge Cottage remodeled in less than a month. I thought I could. It would have been easy if I’d just done a “blow and go”, or “slap up a coat of paint” job. If I’d ripped out the original 1944 bathroom ... http://veryvintagevegas.com/2010/04/14/in-case-youve-been-wondering-where-ive-been-and-what-ive-been-doing/ The opening reception for the new exhibit at the Nevada State Museum – “Mid Century Modern Las Vegas” will be on April 24th. VeryVintageVegas readers are invited, and need to RSVP to sirvin@nevadaculture.org J. Florian Mitchell was a photographer in Las Vegas during the 50’s and 60’s. When he passed ... http://veryvintagevegas.com/2010/04/03/mid-century-modern-las-vegas-exhibit-at-nevada-state-museum/ 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 offices. This Saturday would be a great day to do it, and you can spend ... http://veryvintagevegas.com/2010/03/24/very-vintage-boulder-city-hosts-the-green-energy-expo/   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 pictures from February 1960. All of the pictures in this series are from a single roll ... http://veryvintagevegas.com/2010/03/22/the-mystery-mid-century-modern-homes-of-las-vegas/ “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 for auction by the railroad in 1905. The Mesquite Club took it's name from the ... http://veryvintagevegas.com/2010/03/18/mesquite-club-to-hold-rummage-sale/ 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, though it was the last lot at the end of Dakota Circle. Was it in the ... http://veryvintagevegas.com/2010/03/15/the-bonus-i-promised-you-the-paradise-palms-community-of-las-vegas/ 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 the NE corner of Franklin and 7th in the John S. Park Historic Neighborhood. Today’s ... http://veryvintagevegas.com/2010/03/15/where-is-it-number-2/