LAS VEGAS | Boom Project Rundown! 2.0 - Page 64

jazfingr · #**1261** Posted **Dec 17, 2006, 7:58 AM**

One Las Vegas looks cheap and ugly, IMHO. It resembles the low cost housing projects that went up in large cities in the 60's. Retro, yes, but not the right retro. I don't know what the developers were thinking

Too bad their building five of them.

LMich · #**1262** Posted **Dec 17, 2006, 9:40 AM**

They aren't using any different materials that other condo projects are using. From Turnberry to ONE it's all that cheap GFRC and EIFS crap. Still, I think you're really exaggerating about it looking like a housing project.

mdiederi · #**1263** Posted **Dec 17, 2006, 4:20 PM**

Not quite as bad as that new Hilton building next door to Sky, but almost.

mdiederi · #**1264** Posted **Dec 17, 2006, 4:25 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by highriseLV

W Las Vegas in Trouble?

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_ho.../11390644.html

Dec. 15, 2006
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal

W developer to consider options

Kind of smells like trouble ... or at least a delay.

future29 · #**1265** Posted **Dec 17, 2006, 9:09 PM**

if Sullivan square were to be built in downtown LV or on the 61 acres it would be a perfect fit. too bad none of the downtown developers have the foresight to plan something similar.

ScottG · #**1266** Posted **Dec 18, 2006, 5:58 AM**

has anyone seen the new las vegas tower diagram? its extremely well done, even the base has detail.....and it is from a 'phantom' illustrator...'SBROS' i checked his other diagrams...and vegas tower is the one he has done...

didnt vegasrain say he herd the developers were unsatisfied with his diagram? maybe they made there own.....good advertisement no?

mdiederi · #**1267** Posted **Dec 18, 2006, 6:39 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScottG

'phantom' illustrator...'SBROS'

He owns the ad agency handling LVT.

Vtown420 · #**1268** Posted **Dec 18, 2006, 10:48 PM**

More NIMBYs against the Las Vegas Tower, this time it’s the Las Vegas Sun. Perhaps we should all write the paper with reasons why it should be built, and how the airport should work around the skyline and stop holding back progress.

December 13, 2006

Editorial: Safe airport vs. tall obelisk

Strip tower 739 feet taller than the Stratosphere would pose a threat to airport safety

Twelve years after a heated controversy over the height of the Stratosphere tower near Sahara Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard, another proposal has come along for an even higher tower, one that would be the second-tallest building in the world if approved.

Texas developer Christopher Milam is proposing a tower somewhat resembling the Washington Monument for an area just south of the Sahara Hotel, at the site of a former water park. While the Washington Monument stands at just more than 555 feet, Milam's casino tower would stand more than three times as high, coming in at a staggering 1,888 feet.

When Clark County Aviation Director Randy Walker told Las Vegas Sun reporter Liz Benston that Milam's proposed tower would be a danger to aircraft, it brought back memories of the fight in 1994 over the Stratosphere.

This tower was originally approved in 1990 at 1,012 feet. But the Las Vegas Planning Commission in April 1994 approved a request to add another 813 feet. This set off a battle that pitted the city against Clark County, the Federal Aviation Administration, Nellis Air Force Base and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitor's Authority.

Those arrayed against the new height of the Stratosphere argued that to guard against the danger of collisions with the tower, flight patterns would have to be radically adjusted, risking safety. The convention authority also argued that those adjustments would delay departures and arrivals at McCarran International Airport, costing airlines tens of millions of dollars - money that would be passed on to passengers, risking a loss in tourism.

Ultimately, the Stratosphere was approved at 1,149 feet, a height that quieted criticism but that was still considered unwise by aviation officials.

The Clark County Commission will review Milam's plan in March. Given the county's strong opposition to the Stratosphere's extended height 12 years ago, we anticipate that it will have little chance of approval.

Nevertheless, there are sure to be arguments for it, leading quite possibly to another prolonged controversy. Milam says he sees his proposed development as bringing forth an "iconic building" for Las Vegas. In our view, Las Vegas needs a safe airport more than it needs this iconic building.

sky-of-webs · #**1269** Posted **Dec 19, 2006, 2:13 AM**

You would think that the county planning commision document and any subsequent reports (news agents) would have seen the renderings and not refer The Las Vegas Tower to an obelisk. There is no resemblance between the two.
Of course it does say editorial. Was this a reader response or staff writer? If it was a reader please post their name so we can tell if it is someone with an agenda or just a person pointing out history.
And again, 12 years ago 330' ish was the topout on the strip, things have changed drastically since then.

Vtown420 · #**1270** Posted **Dec 19, 2006, 2:37 AM**

Sorry, I forgot to post the link. It doesn't say who wrote it.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/st...566654825.html

mdiederi · #**1271** Posted **Dec 19, 2006, 5:13 PM**

Palms Place
(the sky is gray because it was snowing this morning).

BrandonJXN · #**1272** Posted **Dec 19, 2006, 9:36 PM**

Snow in Vegas?

PuyoPiyo · #**1273** Posted **Dec 19, 2006, 9:39 PM**

^ Yupp during the winter time, but very little snow.

Patrick · #**1274** Posted **Dec 21, 2006, 12:35 AM**

Wow, Palms Place came out of nowhere.

Vegas Grows Up · #**1275** Posted **Dec 22, 2006, 1:15 AM**

I took this pic from the 8th floor of Panorama Towers on December 19th

ScottG · #**1276** Posted **Dec 22, 2006, 2:06 AM**

ok vegas has ALMOST every color now.....

i beleive i see green glass on palms place..wich if you go to VTAT you can see a new model of palms place...looks all blue now

so vegas needs some red glass. and SILVER i want SILVER! W and pinnacle can close this deal!!!!