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December 11, 2007

How To Spend A Monday Night When There’s No New Episode Of Heros

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

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 25, 2007

”Save Maude’s Hall – The Building that Built UNLV”

November 28, 2007 Historic Preservation Group Atomic Age Alliance co-hosts a Support Rally for the Maude Frazier Hall on the UNLV Campus   Atomic Age Alliance co-hosts “Save Maude’s Hall” Rally with the Anthropology Society […]
November 11, 2007

Morelli House Is Crown Jewel Of Recent Historic Preservation In Las Vegas

Morelli House Was Final Stop On The Moon Light Bus Tour Of Mid Century Modern Las Vegas – Part 7 We’ve been reporting all week on our midnite bus tour of the historic mid century modern […]
November 9, 2007

Save Maude Frazier Hall Meeting Today At 5 PM

As we’ve reported before, there’s a meeting tonight with one of the University Regents to start the ball rolling on trying to save the very first building ever built on the UNLV campus. There will […]
November 9, 2007

Space Age Architecture Survives In The Vintage Urban Core Of Las Vegas

Moonlight Bus Tour Of Mid Mod Las Vegas – Part 6 After a surprise midnite cocktail party at the “Caddy Shack”, MaryMargaret’s fantastic Paradise Palms time capsule of mid century modernism, we headed over to […]
November 7, 2007

The Moonlight Bus Tour – Part 5 – The Las Vegas Country Club

Midnight’s good for seeing well lit buildings, but it wasn’t so great for seeing the clubhouse at the LVCC. It was totally dark, and the bus was outside the gates on Joe S. Brown Drive. […]
November 7, 2007

Seasonal Sunlight Changes Make Mid Century Modern Homes Extra Special

This morning I was up extra early due to the 8am graduation ceremony for the Citizens Leadership Academy. One of the great things about my Mid Mod, post and beam construction home is how the […]
November 6, 2007

The Rat Pack In Front Of The Sands Hotel Is The Iconic Las Vegas Photo Of All Time

The Moonlight Mid Mod Bus Tour – Part 4 It took something REALLY exciting like a moonlight bus tour of Modernist Las Vegas to get me onto the strip on a Friday Night. But there […]
November 6, 2007

Edward Durell Stone – Modernist Architect Given Credit For Use Of Decorative Block Facings

Our tour the other night and the subsequent discussions of the decorative block designs led me to do some homework on Edward Durell Stone. His NYC Brownstone is one his most famous and most hated […]