For one reason and another, I spent most of yesterday in Paradise Palms. It’s still one of my all time favorite neighborhoods in all of Vintage Vegas. While there, I found 2 more decorative block […]
Our long time readers know about this obsession of mine. I love them! Here’s a new one that I’ve never published before. Click here for all the archived posts relating to decorative block. […]
Who would have thought that the power plant of Circus Circus would prove to be an interesting spot on the tour? MaryMargaret showed us the block screens surrounding the building. She was kind enough to […]
I thought I’d found every single pattern that there could possibly be, but lo and behold…. 2 more! Almost every pattern I’ve found can be found on many different homes, but these 2 so far […]
Thank you to Brian Paco Alvarez for sending us this information! As you can see, it’s based on one of Jack’s favorite obsessions, decorative block. There’s lots more of them on our old blog. […]
Antique radios on display at the Funk House Antiques. I have the blue one in the top left in my own collection of radios. We keep running into “Freddie Mercury”. […]
Today, there’s a renewed appreciation for them. They’re actually called “Stone Screen” after famed mid century modernist architect Edward Durell Stone” . I’ve been collecting pictures of the different patterns for over a year. I’ve […]
Pattern #17 in our series, seems to be everyone’s favorite when the subject of the decorative block walls comes up in conversation. We call them the “champaign bubbles”. I’ve seen […]
This is a fairly common design that can be found all over Vintage Las Vegas. It’s an “X with boxes in a box. But stop for a second and look at any 4 blocks at […]
Here’s a favorite of mine that I’ve only ever found in the part of Paradise Palms that’s north of Desert Inn. Pattern Number 33 In the series of Mid Century Modern Decorative Block Designs […]