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February 6, 2010

Plan 4 – The Original Sales Brochures For Paradise Palms – The Mid Mod Neighborhood Of Las Vegas

 Both The 4A and The 4B models are easy to spot when you drive around in Paradise Palms. Again, many of the carports have been changed to garages, or living area. There have been many […]
February 5, 2010

Gloomy Day Fun

Gotta love it. Megan sent me a link to a website I’d never met before. “UNHAPPY HIPSTERS”. Amusing new captions to photos from Dwell Magazine. I picked one of my favorites to get you started: […]
February 4, 2010

Dramatic Change In The Downtown Las Vegas Skyline

This one is forever going to change the skyline of the Las Vegas High School Historic District. It grabbed my eye all the way from back behind the El Cortez, 4 blocks away to the […]
February 4, 2010

Some More On The Treniers – The First Televised Rock and Roll Performance?

In preparation for Thursday night’s “UNTOLD STORIES” panel discussion that I told you about yesterday, our regular reader and friend VegasJudy did some youtube digging. The lady who posted this on youtube says: “The Treniers, Dean […]
February 3, 2010

First Friday In Downtown Las Vegas Arts District

VeryVintageVegas has always been a huge fan and supporter of First Friday. It’s the cornerstone of the whole Arts District as well as the driving force that’s helped to create the urban Arts, Music and […]
February 3, 2010

afdf Here’s our second installment of the Paradise Palms Desert-News from 1963! Each page is clickable if you want to read it in it’s full sized 8.5×11.  Walter Winchel, Tony Martin (?) and Ray Bolger get nods […]
February 3, 2010

The Paradise Palms Brochures Are The Work Of Architects Palmer And Krisel

Below you’ll find Plan Three of our series on the group of houses in Paradise Palms that were commissioned by Irwin Molasky. They were designed by the famed architectural team of Palmer and Krisel. NOT […]
February 2, 2010

Untold Stories: The Las Vegas History Panel Discussion Series

We haven’t done any Las Vegas History lately. If you’re new to VeryVintageVegas, it’s one of the things we try to cover. I’m NOT the historian, just one of the students. Lynn Zook of the […]
February 2, 2010

Paradise Palms Original 1963 Sales Brochures – Model # 2

The “Model 2” plan was 1200 sf. I’ve mostly seen it the part of Paradise Palms NORTH of Desert Inn. It was the “starter home” and was base priced (according to the rubber stamp on […]
February 2, 2010

Today Is Jack LeVine’s 25th Anniversary Of Living In Las Vegas

It’s been an very interesting 25 years. I came to town as a 31 year old. I intended to write a big long essay about the changes I’ve witnessed. I didn’t get to it, but didn’t want […]