February 7, 2008
Our favorite Mid Century Modern Enthusiast MaryMargaret Stratton from the Atomic Age Alliance needs more signatures for the online petition to save this historic mid century modern building. Mark Adams From […]
February 1, 2008
Below you’ll find the original memo From the Nevada State Historic Preservation Office, asking anyone interested to start planning their events. We’re personally not so big on the Archeology part, but there’s a great opportunity for us […]
January 28, 2008
Next Tuesday evening, Feb. 5th, at the Nevada State Museum, we are pleased to announce the following event: Howard Hughes: Power, Paranoia and Palace Intrigue This is a new book by Geoff Schumacher and there […]
January 17, 2008
Our very own VVV cultural historian Brian Paco Alvarez emailed me this afternoon to correct something I wrote. I’ll let him tell you himself. Hi Jack, I wanted to mention that I read […]
January 11, 2008
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
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 11, 2008
We forgot to mention that Classic Las Vegas, will be holding it’s monthly meeting this Sunday 1/13/2008 2 PM. The meeting will be in the Auditorium of the Nevada State Museum, which is in Lorenzi […]
December 11, 2007
Didi has become one of our regular readers and most regular commenter. To thank her for that, we thought we’d give her some blog love and direct you to her fine writing about Chicago’s past. […]
December 4, 2007
Join us on Thursday, Dec.6th at the Las Vegas Springs Preserve for another edition of Untold Stories. This month we look back at the way we used to celebrate the holidays in Las Vegas. […]
November 29, 2007
Approximately 75 demonstrators gathered at UNLV on Wednesday to show support for saving Maude Frazier Hall. Channel 8 has covered the issue, and so has the Las Vegas Sun. VeryVintageVegas’s Cultural Historian Brian Paco Alvarez […]