Mid Century Modern
January 12, 2009
Robert Maheu was the right hand man of Howard Hughes for 15 years. He’s the one who ran everything for Hughes, even though he never met him. Robert passed away this fall. We covered it […]
January 12, 2009
I don’t usually cover short sale properties, but I can’t help myself with this one. It’s one of the 4 two stories homes of this design in Paradise Palms. One of them was on our home […]
December 30, 2008
Paradise Palms is a great place to see many of the decorative concrete block patterns that we showcased all last summer. Most of the Mid Century Modern (or mid mod for short) bones are still […]
December 16, 2008
Walter Zick and his achitectural partner Harris Sharp designed many schools for the Clark County School District. We’re attempting to get a school named for Walter. One of the most unique and cost effective designs […]
December 10, 2008
Lynn Zook and I took a little field trip the other day. We were up and down Maryland Parkway looking at the many bank buildings from the 60’s. Could this be a Zick and Sharp? […]
November 29, 2008
One of my favorite construction styles is the post and beam that was common in Mid Century Modern Homes In Las Vegas. The concept certainly wasn’t new or modern, but the way it was adapted, […]
November 24, 2008
I mentioned last week that one of our favorite mid century modern commercial office buildings in all of Las Vegas was at the last stage before the demolition started. They’ve started the domition at the north […]
November 22, 2008
More pictures from the new secret listing. Just for you Pam! BTW Pam, one of your regular readers found her way to VeryVintageVegas off of your site and deduced that she’s one of my California 2rd cousins […]
November 10, 2008
One of our favorite mid century modern office buildings was the original Sahara Rancho Office Park. It’s wrapped in plastic now as part of the abatement process for asbestos and other hazardous materials. It’s the final step that […]
October 29, 2008
This week we’re looking at some of the rental properties that are available. In general, the rental market is pretty tight, and rents have been rising. Many of the homes that were in the rental […]