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August 20, 2008

Colonial Style Architecture Is Rare In Las Vegas

There’s sure a lot of colonial architecture in Los Angeles however. This is Mazie and Eddie’s home. It was built in 1937 as I mentioned the other day. It’s not a style of home I’d enjoy living […]
August 18, 2008

Uncle Jack’s Road Trip – Searching For Mid Century Modern Los Angeles

It may have been a short trip, but we certainly packed a lot in. Of course, business never stops and we negotiated a deal and am opening escrow on the new Papago listing in Paradise Palms, […]
July 28, 2008

What’s It Called? The Flamingo Club Celebrates It’s Anniversary

A very fun debate the other night at the Flamingo Club Cocktail Party. We were at Downtown Steve’s house in Beverly Green. It’s a recurring monthly cocktail party at a different home each month. It’s […]
March 28, 2008

Las Vegas Arts Commission Dedication Wednesday April 9th In Downtown Las Vegas

Thank you to Brian Paco Alvarez for sending us this information!  As you can see, it’s based on one of Jack’s favorite obsessions, decorative block. There’s lots more of them on our old blog.   […]
January 11, 2008

Mayor Goodman Awards Junior League of Las Vegas Mayor’s Urban Design Award

Thank you  Kristen Routh Silberman, JLLV PR for the press release and Brian Paco Alvarez for passing it along to us! Las Vegas, NV – 11 JAN, 2008: Mayor Oscar Goodman awarded the Mayor’s Urban […]
January 11, 2008

Urban Development Update

Via Urban Historian – Brian Paco Alvarez Hello Everyone,   Las Vegas’ first Travel Lodge on Las Vegas Boulevard and Circus Circus is being demolished as we speak. The motel rooms are still standing for […]
January 3, 2008

REO Mid Mod Fixer Is On The Golf Course For Less Than 250k

We spotted this Paradise Palms home yesterday. It’s bank owned, and in need of some serious loving. But 250k with a pool on the golf course? Someone’s going to score with this one. If you’re […]
December 26, 2007

My Earliest Memory Of “Jetson” Architecture

Goodness knows I’d never heard the term “modernism” when I was 5 years old. But even when I was 5 I was crazy about a bank building out in a Columbus suburb called Reynoldsburg, Ohio. It looked like […]
December 4, 2007

Exposed Beam Ceilings Are A Terrific Feature Of Mid Century Modernism

It was the exposed beams more than any other feature that drew me to my home, and I can’t walk into a home that has them without being awed. The ceiling material above the beams […]
November 28, 2007

Las Vegas Sun Raises Awareness of Mid Century Modernism – Maude Frazier

Kristen Peterson at the Las Vegas Sun once again is doing a great job of reporting on Vintage Las Vegas & raising awareness of endangered architecture.  Our friends Mary Margaret Stratton & the Atomic Age Alliance, Lynn […]