Save La Concha
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"Please help save me"
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47 years old
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
United States
Last Login:2/26/2007
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| General | Anything that says Classic Vintage Las Vegas, the Strip, Sin City, and the Entertainment Capitol of the World!
Random things that come to mind are: martinis, nightclubs, lounges, friends, matchbooks, googie architecture, Mid Century modern architecture, classic cars, retro anything, the artist Shag, history, and dancing girls. Who doesn't like dancing girls? | | Music | Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peggy Lee, Tom Jones, Andy Williams, Ann Margret, Elvis, Nancy Sinatra, Tony Bennett
Basically anything from the Rat Pack era.
Oh and Liberace... He used to play next door at the Riviera! He was such a nice young man. | | Movies | All sorts of movies that were popular when I was born: 101 Dalmations, Jules and Jim, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Judgement at Nuremberg, Splendor in the Grass, the Absent Minded Professor, The Misfits, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lover Come Back, and West Side Story.
Oh yes. 1961 was a very good year...
| | Television | There was some classic TV on when I was born: The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Leave it to Beaver, The Twilight Zone... and others... sadly it was the last telecast year for I Love Lucy :( | | Books | Some lovely books from 1961 include the Island of Blue Dolphins, James and the Giant Peach, Thunderball and Catch 22... Of course I also enjoy books on architecture and Las Vegas! | | Heroes | Paul R. Williams
Frank Lloyd Wright
Richard Buckminster Fuller
ANYONE who will come out and help save me will not only be my hero - they will be my personal saviors. Literally!
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.::Sin City::., Mod Veterans, Vegas Shuffle, SATISFACTION CLUB, TIKI Paradise, forcesofgood.com, Babes In Sin Burlesque, 'All Things Retro'
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| Status: | Single | | Here for: | Networking, Dating, Serious Relationships, Friends | | Hometown: | Las Vegas, Nevada | | Body type: | 8' 11" / Slim / Slender | | Ethnicity: | Black / African descent | | Zodiac Sign: | Capricorn | | Smoke / Drink: | No / Yes | | Children: | Love kids, but not for me | | Occupation: | Concrete Cast Motel |
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Dear Friends,
The La Concha Hotel has been saved. It was cut into pieces and moved off its original site to the Las Vegas Neon Museum boneyard. This profile will not be maintained anymore. (It actually was not maintained for the last 6 months or more.)
So to keep up to date on all future Las Vegas Preservation News and beyond and show your support for Modern Preservation on MySpace, Please add the Atomic Age Alliance to your friends list.
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Thank you for your support.
Save the La Concha Motel!!!
I am a historic concrete shell motel from the Golden Era of Las Vegas. I have been a part of the old Las Vegas Strip since 1961! And I'm was about to be torn down - but I was SAVED!
I was designed by African American architect Paul Revere Williams, Hollywood's "Architect to the Stars." He designed over 3,000 buildings, including the LAX International Airport Theme Building. A space age symbol of Los Angeles.
As Las Vegas continues to re-invent itself, I have seen famous casinos and famous landmarks like the Sands, Dunes and original Flamingo disappear, but remarkably, I have remained. I may be the most significant piece of Mid Century Modern architecture left in Las Vegas and have become the symbol of classic Las Vegas history.
BY THE WAY, my next door neighbor - The Famous PEPPERMILL may also be endangered...
I am old enough now to be a National Register landmark... on a cultural, architectural AND historic basis. The Las Vegas-based Neon Museum luckily saved part of my original neon sign by YESCO (Young Electric Sign Company) and their board members have a plan to save me by cutting up my shell-shaped structure and gingerly transporting it piece by piece and using it as the Visitor Center for the Neon Museum "boneyard" further up Las Vegas Boulevard. Here I would become a tremendous draw for visitors, architectural historians and students and the growing community.
We need to make sure the city does not give up its fight to save this RARE and very endangered icon. Monetary donations are desperately needed in order to receive the matching funds pledged by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitor Authority. And the city and cultural officials need to know that Las Vegans and visitors alike are behind saving this structure.
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