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June 16, 2008

Historic Neighborhoods In Las Vegas Feature Many Mid Century Modern Homes – And Unique Architectural Concrete Block Designs

One way to find out you’ve left “Vintage Vegas” is the decorative concrete block sunscreens, and fence patterns start to disappear. Except for the “Double X” and the “Double Y” (which are still used as […]
June 13, 2008

The Mid Century Modern Decorative Sunscreens That Are Found In The Retro Neighborhoods Of Las Vegas

We’ve covered a lot of ground in our series. No one caught the mistake of a pattern that got repeated twice. I’m not going to re-number them, since no one else noticed. There’s only a […]
June 10, 2008

Retro Las Vegas Neighborhoods Have Decorative Block Walls

Pattern 46 in our series was installed over a solid stuccoed surface on this home in Paradise Palms. So technically, it’s not a sunscreen, it’s just decorative.     I love it’s simplicity, and I […]
June 9, 2008

The Retro Sun Screens Of Vintage Las Vegas – Pattern #45

It’s simple yet elegant, and does great things when laid out in reversing rows.               Can you spot the circles? The diamonds? The scallops?       We’re getting […]
June 5, 2008

Pattern # 44 In Our Series of The Mid Century Modern Sunscreens Of Las Vegas

This one has lots of hidden little designs in it, depending on where you look.                       It’s fairly common, and I’ve found it in both […]
June 4, 2008

The Table Tale

About 5 years ago I went to a garage sale at a “cookie cutter” home in Green Valley. There was this gorgeous pink and chrome 50’s dinette set with a sticky note on the table […]
June 4, 2008

The Privacy Screen Block Walls Of Retro Las Vegas – Pattern 43

It’s as simple as it can get. A square with a rectangular hole.                 Whether set horizontally or diagonally, they make a very fine trellis.     BIG NEWS! […]
June 3, 2008

Our Concrete Block Patterns Are Also Used In The Commercial And Public Buildings Of Las Vegas

Today’s Pattern #42 is from “The Ed Shed” which is the headquarters of The Clark County School District. Yes, the Ed Shed is really it’s nickname among the employees and teachers. You’ll find it on Flamingo Avenue between Eastern […]
June 2, 2008

Showing Off My Neighbor – Custom Mid Century Modern Homes Are Sprinked All Around In Downtown Las Vegas

I took the picture to document the bumper crop of flowers that are starting to form on my organ pipe cactus. Of course I was worrying about lighting the cactus, documenting the most number of […]
June 2, 2008

The Decorative Concrete Sunscreens And Block Walls Of Vintage Vegas – Pattern #41

A pretty similar pattern, at first glance, to the one I showed you in #39 of the series. In fact I had only one sub folder that I’d labeled “square in a square”. I had both patterns […]