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March 2010

March 10, 2010

Paradise Palms Residents Enjoy Exclusive Privileges – at least they used to

Our Paradise Palms 1963 series is coming to an end soon. There’s only one more floor plan brochure, an after this, the August 1963 edition of the Paradise Palms Desert News, there’s only September left […]
March 9, 2010

Three Articles Of Interest In KNPR’s Desert Companion

If you’re not a supporter of KNPR – you ought to be. One of the benefits, besides great radio programming is their companion magazine –aptly named– “Desert Companion”. There’s FOUR articles this month that I thought […]
March 9, 2010

Gushing Over Downtown Las Vegas

Downtown gets some great PR on Fox 5 news. Las Vegas Weekly Community Editor Sarah Feldberg has written a local’s primer to hanging out in Downtown Las Vegas. It’s really nice to see someone else all excited and enthused […]
March 8, 2010

Glen Heather Neighborhood Affected By Project Neon

One of the great little neighborhoods in Vintage Vegas is Glen Heather. It’s located in the Southeast corner of Rancho Drive and Oakey Avenue, just west of the I-15 freeway. Glen Heather can be accessed via […]
March 8, 2010

Short Sales Are About 65% Of The Inventory

Short Sales account for about 65% of the inventory in Las Vegas. Slightly over half of all the business that I do now involves the short sale. The Short Sale occurs when the house can’t […]
March 6, 2010

What Were They Thinking?

Thanks to reader and client Suzanne for pointing this out.                              
March 3, 2010

Untold Stories – The Las Vegas History Series To Discuss Las Vegas High School

Untold Stories – Las Vegas High School During the formative years of the city of Las Vegas, there was only one high school, Las Vegas High.  The school was built because of the determination of […]
March 3, 2010

Plan 7 – The Bill Krisel Designs Of Paradise Palms In Las Vegas

 Plan 7 is on of my favorites. Plan 7B is so easily recognizable. There’s only 4 of them that were built. All are south of Desert Inn. The Caddy Shack is the most easy to […]
March 2, 2010

Restorable Mid Mod In The McNeil Neighborhood Vintage Las Vegas

This is really a “fun features found in foreclosures” post. This is a very restorable mid century modern home in Vintage Las Vegas. It’s a “desert modern” and one of the few in McNeil. Mostly McNeil is a neighborhood […]
March 1, 2010

The Home Of Walter Zick Featured In Paradise Palms Newletter From July 1963

Where was I before the last week got lost? It’s time for another volume – July 1963 – of the Paradise Palms Newsletters. This one contains a special treat, which we’ll get to on page […]