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De Meis, Joseph L.
Joseph De Meis has 40 years of professional experience in design work. Before retirement, he developed imaginative and artistic themes while also addressing retail centers, such as Caesar's Palace Forum Shops and the Magical Empire. He was responsible as senior art director for completing the Red Sea Astrarium project in Jordan for RGH Themed Entertainment. Mr.
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Stratosphere Tower update and tour: video
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Archival Collection
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KTNV Channel 13 reporter Mark Sayre presents "Tower Trivia"; included are remarks from Stratosphere Tower architect Gary Nelson, project manager Scott Dawes, and construction worker Sandra Lowery; Same clip appears twice. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Bob Stupak Professional Papers (MS-01016) -- Professional papers -- Audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual clips file.
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Vegas World: Status report on tower construction: video
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Archival Collection
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Las Vegas, Nevada newscast with reporter Steve Crupi providing a status update on construction of the Stratosphere Tower; At time of broadcast tower was 10% of proposed height; Comments from Donald Peterson with Vegas World and project foreman Dave Cruce included. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Bob Stupak Professional Papers (MS-01016) -- Professional papers -- Audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual clips file.
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Martinez, Jose Leonardo, 1971-
For Leonardo Martinez, the United States was never meant to be a destination—it was merely a short stop along the way as he awaited the day he could safely return to his family in El Salvador. Now a man who embraces the occasional Big Mac from McDonalds but never turns away a Salvadoran pupusa, Leonardo has embraced both places as home with memories that took him from his humble upbringings in Santa Lucía to the bright lights of the city of Las Vegas.
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Porter, Irene E., 1943-2012
After Irene Porter's father's retirement from the Air Force, the family moved to Las Vegas where her aunt and uncle were involved in the gaming industry. After she married, she and her husband Dick moved to Boston. They moved back to Las Vegas due to the bad economy in Boston. Irene worked for the Clark County Planning Department as a secretary but moved up to doing the work of the director, but without the title nor the pay of that position, so she went to work in the planning department of the city of North Las Vegas and became its director of planning.
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Appraisal Report for Proposed Motel, 1980 February 04
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Contains the appraisal report for a proposed motel.
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Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 029
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Original Riviera Hotel: reproduction of architectural drawings
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Archival Collection
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From the Martin Stern Architectural Records (MS-00382) -- Riviera Hotel and Casino: Las Vegas, Nevada -- Project drawings
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