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Photographs of Alan Albert's signs, Las Vegas (Nev.), 2002
Date
2002
Description
Daytime and nighttime views of the Alan Albert's restaurant signs on the Strip. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survey Data Sheet.
Site address: 3763 S Las Vegas Blvd
Sign details: Following the alleyway created between the Walgreen's and Fatburger establishments, you can find the entrance to the secluded Alan Albert's. The restaurant is located on the Fatburger (north) side of the drive, found headed east down the south side of the building. The building quickly stretches out to the south and then continues east again. Signage is located on this extension of wall. The signage includes a logo wall sign, a neon back-lit glass block wall, as well as three small steel boxes adorned with crafted neon. Signage is also located on the Walgreen's dominated pylon out front.
Sign condition: Structure 5 Surface 4 Lighting 5 Note:The structure of the sign is intact, and appears to be complete in all its parts. The surface of the sign is worn by the weather, but no worse than any other property.
Sign form: Fascia
Sign-specific description: The small face created by the south extension creates the space for the entrance to Alan Albert's. The sign hangs off this wall above a pair of large wooden doors, created with brown painted channel letters in a text specific to the establishment. They are painted white on the exterior. The channel letters are steel, outlined with white neon and filled with incandescent bulbs. White neon tubes underline each word. Almost the entire wall is created of translucent glass blocks. Behind the glass blocks there are tubes of red neon running vertically and horizontally along the open sections of the blocks create a glowing background grid of red light. The entire sign is supported with steel brackets, which are hung from the top of the roof hooking onto the wall of the building. The letters are hung at an angle pointing from the bottom toward the top right hand corner of the building. Below the main text on the right hand portion of the sign are three horizontal steel boxes hung consecutively, supporting text sculpted out of neon. The top box reads "Steaks," the second reads "Seafood," and the third reads "Prime-rib." On the Multi-use pylon the Alan Albert's signage only plays second fiddle to the dominant Walgreen's sign. It is four lines of text with the two lines of "Alan Albert's" filling the top spots. Below that "steaks, seafood, prime rib," sits above the text "so delicious intimate." The top two lines are spelled in brown channel letters, filled with incandescent bulbs, and bordered on the face with red neon. A narrow polished channel underlines each line of text and is lined with a single tube of white neon. The bottom two lines of text are smaller script channel letters lined with red neon. Below this collection of letters and bulbs, a backlit selection of signs also adds to the list. "Lobster House" is spelled in closed channel letters with red faces. A narrow internally lit green cabinet, with rounded ends, is treated with white script.
Sign - type of display: Neon; Incandescent; Backlit
Sign - media: Steel; Plastic; Glass
Sign - non-neon treatments: Graphics; Paint
Sign animation: Oscillating
Notes: The incandescent bulbs inside the interior of the main text, oscillate rapidly. The effect is the shimmering effect seen so often throughout neighboring properties. It can be seen in the main building texts of properties such as the Monte Carlo and the Mirage. The Alan Albert's text on the Walgreen's pylon near the street is animated as well. The incandescent bulbs animate with an oscillating pattern steady burn on, then flash off, then on, off then starts to oscillate once again.
Sign environment: Alan Albert's sits tucked away from the bustle of the main street, guarded on both sided by Walgreen's and the Fatburger establishments. Besides the adjacent archway advertising for the Ginseng BBQ establishment, the signage for the Alan Albert's is the main attraction in the immediate space.
Sign manufacturer: YESCO
Sign - artistic significance: The significance of the Alan Albert's establishment fits in with other facilities on the Strip such as The Rosewood Grill, and Battista's Hole in the Wall, and the Peppermill. Considering that most dining establishments are located on the interior of the properties, these stand as excellent quality, intimate restaurants seen by and available to the pedestrian public. Like the everyday establishments dressed to fit in the Las Vegas Strip such as the neighboring Walgreen's, Alan Albert's is a non-casino dressed up to fit in with the local surroundings. The incandescent bulbs also contain the most common animation seen on the strip. The surface of the wall is turned into a blurry illuminated canvas with glass block wall, backed by a grid of red neon. The surface is a one of a kind for the properties in this survey and the genre that it represents.
Surveyor: Joshua Cannaday
Survey - date completed: 2002
Sign keywords: Oscillating; Neon; Incandescent; Backlit; Paint; Graphics; Steel; Plastic; Glass; Fascia
Site address: 3763 S Las Vegas Blvd
Sign details: Following the alleyway created between the Walgreen's and Fatburger establishments, you can find the entrance to the secluded Alan Albert's. The restaurant is located on the Fatburger (north) side of the drive, found headed east down the south side of the building. The building quickly stretches out to the south and then continues east again. Signage is located on this extension of wall. The signage includes a logo wall sign, a neon back-lit glass block wall, as well as three small steel boxes adorned with crafted neon. Signage is also located on the Walgreen's dominated pylon out front.
Sign condition: Structure 5 Surface 4 Lighting 5 Note:The structure of the sign is intact, and appears to be complete in all its parts. The surface of the sign is worn by the weather, but no worse than any other property.
Sign form: Fascia
Sign-specific description: The small face created by the south extension creates the space for the entrance to Alan Albert's. The sign hangs off this wall above a pair of large wooden doors, created with brown painted channel letters in a text specific to the establishment. They are painted white on the exterior. The channel letters are steel, outlined with white neon and filled with incandescent bulbs. White neon tubes underline each word. Almost the entire wall is created of translucent glass blocks. Behind the glass blocks there are tubes of red neon running vertically and horizontally along the open sections of the blocks create a glowing background grid of red light. The entire sign is supported with steel brackets, which are hung from the top of the roof hooking onto the wall of the building. The letters are hung at an angle pointing from the bottom toward the top right hand corner of the building. Below the main text on the right hand portion of the sign are three horizontal steel boxes hung consecutively, supporting text sculpted out of neon. The top box reads "Steaks," the second reads "Seafood," and the third reads "Prime-rib." On the Multi-use pylon the Alan Albert's signage only plays second fiddle to the dominant Walgreen's sign. It is four lines of text with the two lines of "Alan Albert's" filling the top spots. Below that "steaks, seafood, prime rib," sits above the text "so delicious intimate." The top two lines are spelled in brown channel letters, filled with incandescent bulbs, and bordered on the face with red neon. A narrow polished channel underlines each line of text and is lined with a single tube of white neon. The bottom two lines of text are smaller script channel letters lined with red neon. Below this collection of letters and bulbs, a backlit selection of signs also adds to the list. "Lobster House" is spelled in closed channel letters with red faces. A narrow internally lit green cabinet, with rounded ends, is treated with white script.
Sign - type of display: Neon; Incandescent; Backlit
Sign - media: Steel; Plastic; Glass
Sign - non-neon treatments: Graphics; Paint
Sign animation: Oscillating
Notes: The incandescent bulbs inside the interior of the main text, oscillate rapidly. The effect is the shimmering effect seen so often throughout neighboring properties. It can be seen in the main building texts of properties such as the Monte Carlo and the Mirage. The Alan Albert's text on the Walgreen's pylon near the street is animated as well. The incandescent bulbs animate with an oscillating pattern steady burn on, then flash off, then on, off then starts to oscillate once again.
Sign environment: Alan Albert's sits tucked away from the bustle of the main street, guarded on both sided by Walgreen's and the Fatburger establishments. Besides the adjacent archway advertising for the Ginseng BBQ establishment, the signage for the Alan Albert's is the main attraction in the immediate space.
Sign manufacturer: YESCO
Sign - artistic significance: The significance of the Alan Albert's establishment fits in with other facilities on the Strip such as The Rosewood Grill, and Battista's Hole in the Wall, and the Peppermill. Considering that most dining establishments are located on the interior of the properties, these stand as excellent quality, intimate restaurants seen by and available to the pedestrian public. Like the everyday establishments dressed to fit in the Las Vegas Strip such as the neighboring Walgreen's, Alan Albert's is a non-casino dressed up to fit in with the local surroundings. The incandescent bulbs also contain the most common animation seen on the strip. The surface of the wall is turned into a blurry illuminated canvas with glass block wall, backed by a grid of red neon. The surface is a one of a kind for the properties in this survey and the genre that it represents.
Surveyor: Joshua Cannaday
Survey - date completed: 2002
Sign keywords: Oscillating; Neon; Incandescent; Backlit; Paint; Graphics; Steel; Plastic; Glass; Fascia
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Photographs of Tourist Bureau signs, Las Vegas (Nev.), 2002.
Date
2002
Description
Daytime views of the Tourist Bureau signs near the Las Vegas Strip. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survey Data Sheet.
Site address: 5191 S Las Vegas Blvd
Sign owner: John Morris
Sign details: The Las Vegas Tourist Bureau is the first establishment on the strip after the McCarran Gates. It located in the south end of the property that is also occupied by the Klondike Motel Casino.
Sign condition: Structure 4 Surface 3 Lighting 3 Notes: Some of the lighting no longer works, and the surface seems to be deteriorating in spots. The structural integrity is good.
Sign form: pylon, fascia
Sign-specific description: The Las Vegas Tourist Bureau is the first establishment on the strip after the McCarran Gates. It located in the south end of the property that is also occupied by the Klondike Motel Casino. Upon the small low-rise structure, white, internally lit message centers wrap the flat roofline of the north and west sides of the building. The cabinet's steel housing is painted yellow to match the borders of the doors below. The cabinets form a giant entablature with giant black vinyl lettering. The north face reads "Show Tickets" in all capitals, and the west face reads "Grand Canyon" in smaller all caps lettering on the left hand side. Three words in the large all caps text reads "Tours," "Rooms," and weddings. Above the internally lit cabinets, the roof rises up several more feet, and is finished in red steel siding, with vertical panels made to look like wood. It is the same as the treatment seen on the Klondike. On the surface of this upper extension and above the cabinets, yellow raceways form a series of arches all along the fascia. They are lined with yellow incandescent bulbs. Standing right next to the entrances on the west face is the giant, double pole, pylon sign. The giant blue poles telescope up three levels, before a horizontal, rectangular, internally lit, yellow cabinet, lined with incandescent bulbs on the widths edge. The plastic face is white with red text. "Las Vegas" is written on the left-hand side at an angle in two lines, and "Tourist Bureau," written horizontally in two lines, in all capital text. A steel grated platform sits just above the cabinet on two extensions of the poles. The platform runs well beyond the edges of the backlit cabinet. On top of the grate a black LED message center runs the length of the platform. Next to the driveway into the small parking lot, a small internally lit sign stands street side. The small sign is two yellow steel cabinets, with white plastic faces, and incandescent bulbs running along the width's edge. They are treated to match the message cabinet on top of the main pylon sign. On top of a thin blue, steel post, a smaller cabinet supports another slightly larger one. The top cabinet reads "Entrance" in faded, red, all capital text. Just below the text on the face of the cabinet, a faded red arrow points east toward the parking lot. Neon tubing is crafted to create a reproduction of the shape, hovering over the surface. The bottom cabinet reads "Parking" in the same text, and condition. The three signs together form a cohesive, matching set of signage appropriate for the property. The sign is actually cohesive with the "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign on the median just west of the actual structure.
Sign - type of display: neon, incandescent, backlit
Sign - media: steel, plastic
Sign animation: Chasing
Notes: The incandescent bulbs chase each other around the perimeter of the sign.
Sign environment: Just to the west on the median is the famous "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign, and the Klondike to the north. An expanse of field reaches south, past an attached structure on the south side of the building. That field is the airfield. The structure is highly visible from the north, but a bit less from the south due to heavy foliage placed directly south of the giant pylon. The Giant pylon is highly visible, but has high competition in it's midst. The Klondike when illuminated is very bright, and the Welcome to Las Vegas sign's popularity attracts a great amount of attention. The Las Vegas Tourist Bureau is sort of an afterthought.
Sign - thematic influences: The theme associated around these signs is not so evident. Yes they are the typical elements such as the internally lit cabinet and the border of incandescent bulbs. It is a roadside pole sign design, but it is a bit unique to it's area for it is extremely tall in its surroundings, and it is a double pole supporting internally lit cabinet. The thematic influence is also evident in relation to it's surroundings. It's coloring, and basic principle of design is based on the neighboring welcome to Las Vegas sign. The are both double poled, internally lit, and have incandescent bulbs which chase each other around the outside edge. The coloring of the Tourist Bureau sign parts corresponds with the same parts as the Welcome to Las Vegas sign as well.
Surveyor: Joshua Cannaday
Survey - date completed: 2002
Sign keywords: Pylon; Fascia; Neon; Incandescent; Backlit; Steel; Plastic; Chasing
Site address: 5191 S Las Vegas Blvd
Sign owner: John Morris
Sign details: The Las Vegas Tourist Bureau is the first establishment on the strip after the McCarran Gates. It located in the south end of the property that is also occupied by the Klondike Motel Casino.
Sign condition: Structure 4 Surface 3 Lighting 3 Notes: Some of the lighting no longer works, and the surface seems to be deteriorating in spots. The structural integrity is good.
Sign form: pylon, fascia
Sign-specific description: The Las Vegas Tourist Bureau is the first establishment on the strip after the McCarran Gates. It located in the south end of the property that is also occupied by the Klondike Motel Casino. Upon the small low-rise structure, white, internally lit message centers wrap the flat roofline of the north and west sides of the building. The cabinet's steel housing is painted yellow to match the borders of the doors below. The cabinets form a giant entablature with giant black vinyl lettering. The north face reads "Show Tickets" in all capitals, and the west face reads "Grand Canyon" in smaller all caps lettering on the left hand side. Three words in the large all caps text reads "Tours," "Rooms," and weddings. Above the internally lit cabinets, the roof rises up several more feet, and is finished in red steel siding, with vertical panels made to look like wood. It is the same as the treatment seen on the Klondike. On the surface of this upper extension and above the cabinets, yellow raceways form a series of arches all along the fascia. They are lined with yellow incandescent bulbs. Standing right next to the entrances on the west face is the giant, double pole, pylon sign. The giant blue poles telescope up three levels, before a horizontal, rectangular, internally lit, yellow cabinet, lined with incandescent bulbs on the widths edge. The plastic face is white with red text. "Las Vegas" is written on the left-hand side at an angle in two lines, and "Tourist Bureau," written horizontally in two lines, in all capital text. A steel grated platform sits just above the cabinet on two extensions of the poles. The platform runs well beyond the edges of the backlit cabinet. On top of the grate a black LED message center runs the length of the platform. Next to the driveway into the small parking lot, a small internally lit sign stands street side. The small sign is two yellow steel cabinets, with white plastic faces, and incandescent bulbs running along the width's edge. They are treated to match the message cabinet on top of the main pylon sign. On top of a thin blue, steel post, a smaller cabinet supports another slightly larger one. The top cabinet reads "Entrance" in faded, red, all capital text. Just below the text on the face of the cabinet, a faded red arrow points east toward the parking lot. Neon tubing is crafted to create a reproduction of the shape, hovering over the surface. The bottom cabinet reads "Parking" in the same text, and condition. The three signs together form a cohesive, matching set of signage appropriate for the property. The sign is actually cohesive with the "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign on the median just west of the actual structure.
Sign - type of display: neon, incandescent, backlit
Sign - media: steel, plastic
Sign animation: Chasing
Notes: The incandescent bulbs chase each other around the perimeter of the sign.
Sign environment: Just to the west on the median is the famous "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign, and the Klondike to the north. An expanse of field reaches south, past an attached structure on the south side of the building. That field is the airfield. The structure is highly visible from the north, but a bit less from the south due to heavy foliage placed directly south of the giant pylon. The Giant pylon is highly visible, but has high competition in it's midst. The Klondike when illuminated is very bright, and the Welcome to Las Vegas sign's popularity attracts a great amount of attention. The Las Vegas Tourist Bureau is sort of an afterthought.
Sign - thematic influences: The theme associated around these signs is not so evident. Yes they are the typical elements such as the internally lit cabinet and the border of incandescent bulbs. It is a roadside pole sign design, but it is a bit unique to it's area for it is extremely tall in its surroundings, and it is a double pole supporting internally lit cabinet. The thematic influence is also evident in relation to it's surroundings. It's coloring, and basic principle of design is based on the neighboring welcome to Las Vegas sign. The are both double poled, internally lit, and have incandescent bulbs which chase each other around the outside edge. The coloring of the Tourist Bureau sign parts corresponds with the same parts as the Welcome to Las Vegas sign as well.
Surveyor: Joshua Cannaday
Survey - date completed: 2002
Sign keywords: Pylon; Fascia; Neon; Incandescent; Backlit; Steel; Plastic; Chasing
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter scrapbook: "Welcome to fabulous Las Vegas"
Date
2016 to 2017
Description
From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014).
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Clarence Stay, Jr. real estate documents
Date
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Clarence Stay, Jr. real estate documents
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Lisa Song Sutton oral history interview: transcript
Date
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Description
Oral history interview with Lisa Song Sutton conducted by Cecilia Winchell, Vanessa Concepcion, and Stefani Evans on November 19, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Lisa shares her personal history and childhood memories moving from Seoul, South Korea to Sierra Vista, Arizona at the age of five. She discusses her educational and professional pursuits in business litigation, bankruptcy law, entrepreneurship, modeling, and her time in the pageant circuit winning Miss Vegas and Miss Nevada in 2013. Lisa also talks about her activism and community engagement efforts to empower women within Las Vegas. She concludes her interview with insight into her Korean heritage, traditional celebrations, and religion.
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Mauricia Baca oral history interview: transcript
Date
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Description
Oral history interview with Mauricia Baca conducted by Claytee D. White on March 7, 2019 for the Remembering 1 October Oral History Project. Mauricia Baca discusses her early life, her education, and her experiences living in New York City, New York before she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. She also relates her experiences on and after the 1 October mass shooting. Baca relates information on her agency, Get Outdoors Nevada. Baca shares how her agency worked with the City of Las Vegas in the construction and operation of the Healing Garden. Finally, she discusses the book she helped author regarding 1 October.
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