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History of Las Vegas. The settlement of Las Vegas, Nevada was founded in 1905 after the opening of a railroad that linked Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. The stopover attracted some farmers (mostly from Utah) to the area, and fresh water was piped in to the settlement. In 1911, the town was incorporated as part of the newly founded Clark County.
The Fremont Street Experience (FSE) is a pedestrian mall and attraction in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The FSE occupies the westernmost five blocks of Fremont Street, including the area known for years as " Glitter Gulch ", and portions of some other adjacent streets. The central attraction is a barrel vault canopy, 90 ft (27 m) high at the ...
Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. Constructed between 1931 and 1936, during the Great Depression, it was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort ...
Architecture of Las Vegas. Interest in the Architecture of Las Vegas began in the late 1960s, when in 1967 architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown traveled to the city accompanied by students in order to study its architecture. [1] [2] They wrote, with Steven Izenour, a report in 1972 on the subject entitled Learning From Las Vegas ...
Las Vegas City Hall. Las Vegas City Hall (1973) Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse. Las Vegas station (Nevada) Las Vegas Union Pacific Station. A Little White Wedding Chapel. Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.
Fremont Street. Appearance. Coordinates: 36°09′35″N115°07′07″W36.15972°N 115.11861°W. Fremont Street 1952. Fremont Street is a street in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada that is the second most famous street in the Las Vegas Valley – and Nevada – besides the Las Vegas Strip. Named in honor of explorer and politician, and coordinator ...
Las Vegas, [ a] often known as Sin City or simply Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the seat of Clark County. The Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area is the largest within the greater Mojave Desert, and second-largest in the Southwestern United States. [ 6][ 7] Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort ...
The building that formerly housed the Las Vegas City Hall, and now is home to the corporate headquarters for the online retailer Zappos.com, is a notable example of 1970s modern architecture. [31] [32] [33] As Las Vegas boomed, more recent buildings tended to take inspiration from a variety of styles.