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February 21, 2008

Brian Paco Alvarez Is Good For Las Vegas

Brian Paco Alvarez continues to not only lend his creative and historical assets & efforts to the culture of Las Vegas, but this month seems to be riding a whirlwind of media; spreading the word […]
February 20, 2008

Retro Flickering Away On A Rainy Evening In Vintage Las Vegas

Lynn Zook’s Classic Las Vegas History Blog sent me to Alan Sandquist’s Roadside Pictures to look at original drawings of the Paradise Palms Palmer and Krisel drawings. All of the renderings for the Paradise Palms homes […]
February 20, 2008

Worst MLS Photo Of The Day – Seen Any Good Ironing Boards Lately?

It’s just so easy to miss a little thing that doesn’t belong in the picture.   Athol Kay, who we haven’t mentioned in awhile also does daily Bad MLS Photo Of The Day posts. Since […]
February 20, 2008

The “Urban” Debate Continues

The other day I asked for your help in trying to determine whether I should be using the word “urban” as part of my elevator speach. I was a little disappointed that more of you […]
February 20, 2008

A “New” Mid Century Modern Style Home Being Built In Scotch 80’s

There’s a whole new “cocktail house” mid century modern styled addition (or perhaps it’s a whole house if the old one gets torn down) that we’ve been watching. I haven’t taken a picture of it […]
February 20, 2008

The Spring Time Fix Up Season Is In Full Swing In The Classic Historic Neighborhoods Of Las Vegas

We found all kinds of work going on during our recent home shopping tours with James and Sabrina. Yesterday we took them sightseeing thru Scotch 80’s on our way to McNeil. There’s some amazingly great deals […]
February 20, 2008

Worst MLS Photo Of The Day – You Can Live In Suburban Las Vegas Instead Of One Of The Classic Homes In One Of The Historic Neighborhoods

There’s probably a door to the home somewhere. It’s the only picture, so how could we know!         The only thing worse than a bad picture is NO PICTURES AT ALL!
February 19, 2008

Historic Restoration Of The La Concha Is An Major Accomplishment For The Neon Museum and Las Vegas History In General

Kirsten Peterson of The Sun nails it again in telling why this is SO important to the future of Cultural Tourism, and Historic Preservation: We casually reported about the La Concha last week, but the […]
February 19, 2008

Worst MLS Photo Of The Day – How To Keep Your Las Vegas Real Estate Listing From Becoming Wrinkled

I actually use my ironing board all the time….it makes a great temporary work table that’s easy to set up and move around. It’s always covered with paper or some small project or another. But […]
February 18, 2008

Often Called “Stone Screens”, Decorative Concrete Block Can Be Found In All Of The Historic Las Vegas Neighborhoods

I thought I’d found every single pattern that there could possibly be, but lo and behold…. 2 more! Almost every pattern I’ve found can be found on many different homes, but these 2 so far […]