September 14, 2010
Here’s a great example of the kind of email I get all the time from all around the country…. Mr. LeVine, My name is Robin. I am construction purchasing agent for a Paramount Pictures production […]
September 3, 2010
Flora Dungan built this Mid Century Modern home in Las Vegas in 1964. The Flora Dungan Humanities Building at UNLV was named in her honor. More about her is here. The current owner is Steve Evans, […]
September 3, 2010
Things certainly change. 2009 dragged on forever. 2010 is slipping away in a heartbeat. Seems like it was Valentine’s Day about 3 weeks ago. Life’s still hectic, but I’m fighting the good fight. Lots of […]
August 16, 2010
They’re proposing an expansion of the Redevelopment Districts in the City of Las Vegas. A series of meetings have been set up to discuss this and to get input from the residents who could be […]
August 2, 2010
Last night’s sunset from my front yard in the historic downtown Las Vegas neighborhoods that I call Very Vintage Vegas. There’s 2 redeeming aspects of the annual August/September monsoon season. One of course is that […]
July 9, 2010
Might as well bring them back. If you’re a fairly new reader, you might want to check out the HUNDREDS of them that I published in a long series. The last one was just over […]
June 29, 2010
There’s all kinds of slumps. Batting Slumps, Pitching Slumps, Career Slumps, Income Slumps (if you’re in sales you know what I mean), Oil Clean-up Slumps and Political Capital Slumps (ask the President – he knows). […]
June 29, 2010
I’m starting a new series on the “historic” neighborhoods of Las Vegas. A few have Historic Status and get a capital H. But all of them are from the 40’s 50’s and 60’s. It’s my […]
May 15, 2010
I wasn’t going to do anything on Paradise Palms for a while after our big long series on the 1963 newsletters and William Krisel designs. However, there’s still a mysterious shortage of bank owned homes […]
May 13, 2010
Mid Century Modern Landscaping Our favorite Mid Mod Blogger — Pam at RetroRenovation.com has started a series on Mid Century Modern Landscaping. I totally pleased that she’s going to do this topic. It’s one I’ve […]