We’re starting a new series today. It’s about Walter Zick, and an extraordinary career building Mid Century Modern Buildings in Las Vegas. That career spanned 3 decades and was considerably more prolific than I ever imagined. But first, […]
We introduced you to Walter Zick last week. Walter Zick and his partner Harris Sharp started the Architectural Firm of Zick and Sharp in 1949. They had a monumental influence on the mid century years of Las Vegas. Walter’s […]
Lynn Zook and I took a little field trip the other day. We were up and down Maryland Parkway looking at the many bank buildings from the 60’s. Could this be a Zick and Sharp? […]
Walter Zick and his achitectural partner Harris Sharp designed many schools for the Clark County School District. We’re attempting to get a school named for Walter. One of the most unique and cost effective designs […]
VeryVintageVegas is pleased to be one of the sponsors of the “Zick and Sharp” Panel discussion and Bus Tour on OCTOBER 3rd. Zick and Sharp were the most prolific mid century modern architects of Las Vegas. We […]
VeryVintageVegas is one of the sponsors of this panel discussion and bus tour of the architecture of Walter Zick. We’ve waited patiently for the RSVP line to open up. There’s only 72 seats on the […]
The panel discussion, “Beyond the Mint: The Mid Century Modern Architecture of Walter Zick, with Alan Hess, is open to all who show up. It’ll be SRO, but shouldn’t be missed if you’re into Las […]
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 […]
Text & photos courtesy of: Brian Paco Alvarez The Clark County Court House Following the tradition of other county court houses in Nevada the original and elegant Clark County Court House stood as […]
I’ve only ever caught a half dozen rainbows in all the years I’ve lived in Las Vegas. MaryJoy was out at the airshow and says it was spectular from NAFB. I caught it on Bracken […]