April 14, 2010
I kinda lost the bet. JB said I couldn’t get a Huntridge Cottage remodeled in less than a month. I thought I could. It would have been easy if I’d just done a “blow and […]
April 3, 2010
The opening reception for the new exhibit at the Nevada State Museum – “Mid Century Modern Las Vegas” will be on April 24th. VeryVintageVegas readers are invited, and need to RSVP to [email protected] J. Florian […]
March 24, 2010
If you’ve never taken a drive or a stroll thru Boulder City, it’s something you really ought to do. It’s got lots of very well preserved pre war houses, and mid century modern hotels and […]
March 22, 2010
Anyone recognize this building? It would be a very cool Mid Century Modern home, but maybe it an office building? I don’t have any idea. The address is 1391. It’s one of the mystery […]
March 18, 2010
“Established in 1911, the Mesquite Club is the oldest non-profit women’s club in Nevada. The club’s formal debut took place just six years after the emergence of early Las Vegas on building lots put up […]
March 15, 2010
I said “But, wait– there’s moreâ€, and here it is. It’s the hand drawn rendering of Paradise Palms from 1963. It was also handed out at the sales office, which I now know had a Desert Inn Address, […]
March 15, 2010
Susanne and Gary, who will be residents of Vintage Vegas next month, guessed right on our first mystery photo. They were the only ones who ventured a guess. (I was right, myself, as well.) It’s on […]
March 14, 2010
Now that we’ve (almost) wrapped it up on Paradise Palms, I’d promised you a new series. I think John will recognize this. It’s the only house that I recognize in the new batch of pictures that I’ve […]
March 14, 2010
Alas, the last of the 1963 Paradise Palms Desert-News newsletters. I sure was hoping more of them would surface. No luck! Today we find babies, children, a Jackie K hairdo, and a very fabulous dinette […]
March 12, 2010
This is the last of the series showing the original 1963 sales brochures of the William Krisel designed homes of Paradise Palms. I’m just intelligently guessing that about 300 of the 1044 homes in Paradise […]