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

January 2010

January 31, 2010

The Paradise Palms Brochures From 1963 – The Most Important Mid Century Modern Housing Tract In Las Vegas

One of the coincidental outcomes of the ReVision House (the deep green retrofit that was done for last weeks International Homebuilders show) was that I got to meet a few of the original Paradise Palms owners […]
January 27, 2010

National Trust For Historic Preservation – Online Newsletter

One of my favorite organizations is the National Trust For Historic Preservation. If you’re a member, you get a great print magazine every month, which is aptly called “Preservation”, and your membership helps with preservation […]
January 27, 2010

Our Voices Must Be Heard For The Arts And Culture And CODE ENFORCEMENT

Tonight is the first Town hall meeting on budget priorities for the City of Las Vegas. Each of the wards is having one. I published the complete list of them yesterday. Tonight’s Meeting is for […]
January 26, 2010

Las Vegas Residents Invited To Join Mayor And City Council Members At Town Hall Meetings

City Budget Issues And ‘Your City, Your Way’ Resident Input Results Will Be Presented Las Vegas residents are invited to join Mayor Oscar B. Goodman and their ward city council representative at Town Hall meetings […]
January 26, 2010

Greening The Older Homes Of Las Vegas

I want to thank all of you (about 150 people altogether) who stopped by for the tour of the Revision House. It was a lot of fun, and it was my pleasure to be able […]
January 21, 2010

You Are Invited To Tour “ReVision House” This Sunday

And we’ve finally got pictures of the finished home that’s being showcased this week during the International Homebuilder Show here in Las Vegas. I’ve arranged Sunday’s Tour/Open House is for not only for the readers […]
January 19, 2010

FHA Announces Moratorium Of Anti-Flip Rule

The most common expression in the Real Estate world today is “FRUSTRATED FHA BUYER”. It applies to their agents as well. The vast majority of the bank owned properties on that come to market are […]
January 15, 2010

ReVision House – The Green Retrofit Project In Paradise Palms

YOUR ARE INVITED to the special OPEN HOUSE that I’ve arranged for all the Very Vintage Vegas readers (and their friends). Sunday January 24, from Noon to 3 pm.     Things are really shaping […]
January 14, 2010

Dust Storms Create Fabulous Sunsets

In case you didn’t get out for the sunset last night….It was pretty spectacular. I guess the western edges of town got quite a downpour, but Vintage Vegas got the sunset! Third wave of the […]
January 8, 2010

“Elvis House” To Be Featured On Channel 3 News Today At 5 and 6

Dan Ball from Channel 3 news called. Being Elvis’s birthday and all….he’s doing a story for the 5 and 6 pm news today about the “Elvis House” that we featured on VeryVintageVegas back in August […]