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… read more →
I met Chris and Marilyn at a recent event at the Morelli House. They had just bought a very run down house on Hastings in the Alta Rancho Historic District.… read more →
It’s been a year since we ran the series that documented every single decorative concrete block pattern that I could find in Las Vegas. We’ve acquired thousands of new readers… read more →
Anyone know where he lives? I took him to the vet, and he’s chipped, but they NEVER registered the chip. I found him at the corner of Mohigan and Delaware in Paradise… read more →
Marguerite Goswick, a regular reader from Florida sent me a mid century modern concrete block design that I’d never seen before. If you’re new to VeryVintageVegas, you might have as… read more →
I’m astounded, but it seems I missed a couple of patterns back in our series of the 50 different patterns. I found this on a relatively obscure cul-de-sac in Paradise Palms.… read more →
As you know, I’m obsessed with the decorative block sunscreens and walls,. The series that we did about them seems to have long tail search engine value. I gave you… read more →
On my search for mid century modern homes in Los Angeles last week, I stumbled upon a couple of block designs that I’ve never seen in Las Vegas. This first… read more →
I recently discovered that there were names for the patterns that we’ve been discussing for the last 2 months. Some of them can still be obtained. Allied Building Materials, at… read more →
In the lecture by Bill Krisel, that we published last week, he mentions shadow block and integrating accent design into the building itself. There’s many marvelous examples all over vintage vegas. “Buildings… read more →
Well, we finally made it to the end of the “official” series. I know some of you are real happy about that. Personally, I’m going to miss doing them. … read more →
I’ve really had fun showing these to you. This one, pattern #50 is really number 49 as I’ve said before. It’s deeply cut, and has has 2 different mini-patterns criss-crossing each other. … read more →