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Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood Oral History Project

"The John S. Park Neighborhood was the first Las Vegas residential community listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The general boundaries of the John S. Park Historic District are Las Vegas Boulevard and South Ninth Street to the west and east, and Charleston Boulevard and Franklin Avenue to the north and south, respectively. Baby boomers that grew up there include city leaders, county commissioners, and governors. The oral history project divulges neighborhood conflict with Bob Stupak of Stratosphere fame, stories of the Hole in the Wall Gang, and how neighbors built that sense of community through the National Register application process."

Source: https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/ohrc/projects