LAS VEGAS | Boom Project Rundown! 2.0 - Page 114

heyyoucharlie · #**2261** Posted **May 6, 2007, 11:36 PM**

QUOTE: Origional post - mdiederi
What's going on with the old Post Office building downtown? Is Christo in town?

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I like how the tarp was cut for the palm trees!!! It looks odd... tarped building with trees???

mdiederi.....

Great shots!!! Looks like all those people who were talking about Cosmo troubles were WRONG... it's good to see the steel going up.

DMaldon762 · #**2262** Posted **May 7, 2007, 2:10 AM**

Great pictures. Thank you.

NYC2ATX · #**2263** Posted **May 7, 2007, 3:59 AM**

This will be my you-know-you-don't-live-in-Vegas-when... comment.

There's an old post office building downtown? Where is it? What does it look like when not entarped?

mdiederi · #**2264** Posted **May 7, 2007, 5:46 AM**

It looks like this

It's across from the Lady Luck on Stewart Street next to City Hall.

kenratboy · #**2265** Posted **May 7, 2007, 5:55 AM**

The Palazzo is looking MASSIVE!

Lots of action everywhere.

heyyoucharlie · #**2266** Posted **May 7, 2007, 6:38 AM**

Now that I think about it... are they covering the PostOffice to protect it from a downtown demolition, (maybe the Lady Luck) across the street???

mdiederi · #**2267** Posted **May 7, 2007, 3:37 PM**

!!BOMB EXPLOSION AT LUXOR!!

http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6478863

1 Dead in Luxor Parking Structure Explosion

May 7, 2007 07:33 AM

There was a deadly explosion early this morning on the top level of the parking structure located at the Luxor Hotel. The victim of the bombing was an employee of the Luxor. Another person was injured.

The explosion happened around 4 a.m. Reports were that the device was inside a backpack, which was either on the vehicle or adjacent to it.

The area is completely sealed off. Metro is on the scene. ATF agents have arrived on the scene. There are also two bomb-sniffing dogs inspecting every vehicle.

Luxor Drive is shut down both directions between Mandalay Bay and Reno.

mdiederi · #**2268** Posted **May 7, 2007, 3:44 PM**

http://www.fox5vegas.com/news/13268708/detail.html

Quote:

Metro police said they were treating the incident as a homicide with an unusual method. They said that there was no threat to customers at the Luxor, and that the victim was the intended target.

reggiesquared · #**2269** Posted **May 7, 2007, 5:22 PM**

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philip · #**2270** Posted **May 7, 2007, 11:45 PM**

That's the nicest looking post office I have ever seen!

LMich · #**2271** Posted **May 8, 2007, 4:59 AM**

You haven't seen many, I take it?

But, yes, that is a great-looking post office; probably Vegas' nicest and most prominent historic structure, and one of the few.

NYC2ATX · #**2272** Posted **May 8, 2007, 1:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by LMich

You haven't seen many, I take it?

But, yes, that is a great-looking post office; probably Vegas' nicest and most prominent historic structure, and one of the few.

one of the few is right, I may not be from Vegas, but this is probably the only older building I've heard of there that looks like it was built before the strip came out in the '50s.

On that note, it is a very nice building.

mdiederi · #**2273** Posted **May 8, 2007, 2:41 PM**

There have been a few proposals to turn it into a museum of one kind or another, such as an art museum or a sports museum, but now the mayor wants to turn it into a mob museum, of all things.

LMich · #**2274** Posted **May 8, 2007, 10:45 PM**

We all know why Oscar wants to turn it into a mob museum, don't we?

Seriously, Vegas has one of the most interesting mayors in the country. Love him or hate him, Oscar loves Vegas to death, and it shows in his often over-zealous support of many controversial things. lol

ScottG · #**2275** Posted **May 9, 2007, 1:18 AM**

soa couple days ago, someone jumped off the stratosphere (obviously suicide)

but you wont see it on the headlines.

it took cnn almost the entire day to broadcast the bombing.

negativity out of vegas is hard to advertise. the hotels have a big say in what gets out into the media. they dont want the properties to seem unfit.

designer3d712 · #**2276** Posted **May 9, 2007, 1:59 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScottG

soa couple days ago, someone jumped off the stratosphere (obviously suicide)

but you wont see it on the headlines.

Most news sources will not cover suicides.

Silas · #**2277** Posted **May 9, 2007, 4:53 PM**

Yeah why should some poor slob's suicide be on the news? Oh yeah, I forgot. CNN has now made this type of entertainment/death/murder/tragedy news a staple. It is very pathetic that the billionaire(s) such as Turner, and hypocrites as Fonda now maximize their $$ by showing personal tragedies on a daily basis. Also sad that this is what the public wants from their news shows.

Sorry for that OT rant. I love the Vegas photos! The more the merrier.

beets281 · #**2278** Posted **May 9, 2007, 5:58 PM**

Back of Allure

BrianFey · #**2279** Posted **May 9, 2007, 6:23 PM**

Here are some pics I took yesterday in LV. They are mostly of Encore and Palazzo.

http://www.dangie.com/fey/veg0507/

Enjoy.

ScottG · #**2280** Posted **May 9, 2007, 6:59 PM**

am i only one who likes the back of allure more than the front?