Any one remember the Globemaster aircraft that sat on the Northwest Corner of MCarran Airport? It was going to be a restaurant but never "got off the ground" with the plan to develop it. If you watch the Gauntlet with Clint Eastwood you can see that Cinerama and off into the distance there is Caesars palace with a tower crane building the Flamingo Hilton tower coming about 3 stories up out of the ground. The Cinerama Theatre which later became a Church, sat off on vacant land East of Paradise. North Las Vegas Airport was literally in the middle of nowhere. Furr's Cafeteria was a great food spot on Sahara to take your family. Odyssey Records was a cool record store off of Las Vegas Blvd and Oakey for vinyl records (my wife worked there.) Flamingo dead ended at the I-15 going West Bound. How about the A&W's on Civic center south of Lake Mead Blvd, Hung out in North Las Vegas where I met my wife to be, she was 20 and I was 19, we're still married! Bucks War Surplus off of Nellis Blvd, had the Apollo Command Module sitting out in the back 40 of his property,it now sits on Hammegrens house. I arrived in Las Vegas in 76' It was a great place back then, it had an out West feel compared to the Mid-West metropolis I left. that old teenbeat club became the first building that Desert Research Institute used. They moved out on Paradise and Alpine Village bought them out when they moved closer into town. but the best Mexican food was El Cholos on 5th st. Bootery next to Ted Vesley's place across Charleston I don't think Maycayo was there yet. I don't remember all the stores in the Charleston mall but I do remember Sybl's Chocolates, Sybil was dating Gene Colton an editor for the RJ. when the freeway came in George & Esther Koier moved the Nursery out on rancho rd. Seven-up Bottling and Gail's bread on Charleston just west of the underpass. Harris Cashman Photography besides having photo girls in all the shows also had a string of film & camera places. Mr Pipes across from White Cross on Oaky and LVBS, He moved in the Boulevard Mall when it opened. There was a Denny's where the coin castle is in the late 60's next to Sal Sagev (pronounced Sal sageee for those who don't know) now Golden Gate. then it was a Gas station for Clark county sheriff's dept and the Lav Vegas Police dept.'s gas station was on 11th & Stewart with the old LTR bus depot. he sold the car lot to Frankie Newman who sold Sunbeams and Alpine car's. Todkill Lincoln Mercury, (He was builder and original owner of Misty Place. What was the underground bar/dining room on 2nd & Fremont next to Cecil Lynch's place? BTW that old car lot where the stratosphere is now, was originally old man Todkill's place. The Guild and the Palace were the same theater but I forget which was first. Mike's 5th street liquors, Mikes market, what was the name of the market on Main & Charleston which became Morgan Pest control? By buddy lived upstairs in the apartment there. and the 1st 7-11 in Vegas was built on the corner of Bldr and Nellis (it was really only open from 7-11). in the 50's they built a Disneyland type place called "Funland" after it went out of business they started the Desert Hill development in the early 60's. Anyway does anyone remember out at Nellis & Boulder There was an old Water tower. Many of these photo's I see were photos I worked with as originals in the Print shop. His Wife Flo, and Daughter Sally used to come over and play all the time when we were kids. photos Like Don English are good memories. My uncle was Gen Mgr of Review journal until Reynold's took over in early 60's. I've been here since '49 My parents owned Silver State Printers on Main Just South of Charleston. Union Pacific Depot/The Beanery (Fremont street) Las Vegas Hotel and Café (Fremont street) Las Vegas Cash and Carry (Fremont street) Dixie Waffle and Sandwich Shop (Fremont street)įifth Street School Kindergarten and Manual Arts Building
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