Archive for October, 2008

Las Vegas Welcome Sign Parking Lot Construction

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This is the state of the construction of the Welcome To Las Vegas Sign Parking Lot on the afternoon of Friday 24 October 2008.  It’s better if you click to see the larger image.  Some artificial turf has been installed (is that the right term?  installed?) on the north side [...]

Las Vegas Sign Parking Lot Construction Progres Report Thursday 23 October 2008

A quick post without a picture.  Black asphalt (or tar or whatever it is) is being paved at some of the inter-parking lot road, at the construction of a parking lot at the famous Welcome To Las Vegas sign.  There are some curving lanes constructed which segment between Las Vegas Blvd, and the parking lot [...]

Diablo’s Cantina Football Billboard - Las Vegas, Nevada

A currently appearing billboard for Diablo’s Cantina.

Stardust Las Vegas Free Souvenir Line and Final Message Audio File

Above is a photo I took the final morning of The Stardust - 1 November 2006.  Free souvenirs were given out by The Stardust to anyone who was there and lined up at various places in the casino.  This particular line was near the Starlight Lounge.  Click the photo for a larger one.
Below is an audio [...]

Riviera from Convention Center Drive

What does this photo have to do with the text of this post? I’m not sure. Maybe nothing. Yet I am drawn to it.
I took this photo on Monday night, 30 October 2006.
I was standing on Convention Center Drive halfway between the main entrance of The Stardust (Las Vegas Boulevard) and Paradise. As The Stardust [...]

Welcome To Las Vegas Sign Parking Lot Progress Report

Take a look at the construction of a parking lot at the Las Vegas Sign.  The bottom photo is looking south on Las Vegas Boulevard from the same location as the top photo.

Fair On Las Vegas Boulevard

What I’m showing here, is something which will become extinct.  A small fair with rides, ponies, and pumpkins, on the SouthWest corner of Las Vegas Boulevard, and Silverado.X-X Correction, Blue Diamond Road, not Silverado.
In the photo, I have indicated Mandalay Bay, so that you can get an idea of where this is in relation to [...]