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building that provides lodging, meals, and other services to the traveling public on a commercial basis. A motel performs the same functions as a hotel but in a format designed for travelers using ...
Las Vegas
city, seat (1909) of Clark county, southeastern Nevada, U.S. The only major city in the American West to have been founded in the 20th century, Las Vegas grew from a tiny, desert-bound railroad ...
James, Harry
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American architect (b. April 9, 1917, New York, N.Y.-d. July 28, 2001, Los Angeles, Calif.), designed a number of landmark casino hotels in Las Vegas, Nev., as well as three brightly coloured Ships ...
Las Vegas
The old downtown at the centre of the city became overshadowed in the 1950s by the Strip, the portion of Las Vegas Boulevard (and adjoining side streets) running some 4 miles (6 km) to the southwest, ...
Las Vegas
Las Vegas is a place of million-lightbulb signs and fantastic architecture, of readily visible wealth and carefully hidden poverty. It is a place of superlatives, both positive and negative. Within ...
Las Vegas
Although Las Vegas claims to have a diversified economy, the service sector unquestionably is dominant. In reality, the city is essentially a one-company town-that "company" being gambling and ...
Las Vegas
With the advent of World War II, Las Vegas grew even larger as the dam builders were followed by defense workers and military personnel. Nevada Senator Pat McCarran successfully lobbied the federal ...
Architecture
Among the notable architects who died during the year were Morris Lapidus, famed for the gaudy hotels he built in Miami, Fla., notably the Fontainebleau and Eden Roc (see Obituaries); Ian McHarg, ...
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