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Stalled Fountainbleau Project from the Air, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-03-23

Description

The dormant Fontainebleau Las Vegas on the Strip as seen from the air. The Fontainebleau was announced as the Las Vegas version of a classic Miami Beach hotel. Construction started in 2007, and stopped in 2009. In November of that year, financier Carl Ichan purchased the unfinished Fontainebleau out of bankruptcy. The following year, he sold off the fittings and furnishings purchased for the hotel. In late 2015, the Fontainebleau was listed as being for sale.

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Casino Projects on the Las Vegas Strip from the Air, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-03-23

Description

Stalled resort construction and a future demolition project cluster along Las Vegas Boulevard generally between Desert Inn and Sahara. Construction on the Fountainbleau (tall blue building) ceased in 2009, while Boyd Gaming's Echelon Project stopped construction on former Stardust site back in 2008. That project was revived as the Resorts World Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Visitors and Convention Authority has scheduled the demolition of the Riviera Hotel and Casino for in summer 2016 to make way for a convention center expansion.

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Dromant Foutainbleau Hotel and Casino Half Built, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-01-30

Description

The dormant Fontainebleau Las Vegas, as seen behind the Circus Circus Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The Fontainebleau was announced as the Las Vegas version of a classic Miami Beach hotel. Construction started in 2007, and stopped in 2009. In November of that year, financier Carl Ichan purchased the unfinished Fontainebleau out of bankruptcy. The following year, he sold off the fittings and furnishings purchased for the hotel. In late 2015, the Fontainebleau was listed as being for sale.

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Dromant Foutainbleau Hotel and Casino Half Built, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-01-30

Description

The dormant Fontainebleau Las Vegas, as seen behind the Circus Circus Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The Fontainebleau was announced as the Las Vegas version of a classic Miami Beach hotel. Construction started in 2007, and stopped in 2009. In November of that year, financier Carl Ichan purchased the unfinished Fontainebleau out of bankruptcy. The following year, he sold off the fittings and furnishings purchased for the hotel. In late 2015, the Fontainebleau was listed as being for sale.

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Pedestrians crossing Las Vegas Boulevard at Bellagio Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-06-03

Description

Tourists cross Las Vegas Boulevard at Bellagio Drive. The intersection between the Bellagio and Paris Las Vegas and Planet Hollywood properties is one of the last remaining major street level walkways across the Las Vegas Strip. Most intersections feature pedestrian overpass structures to safely move tourists around the Strip.

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New home under construction with rock retaining walls at Ascaya develpment, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-06-13

Description

Looking east up Ascaya Boulevard shows a new home under construction atop the project's massive retaining walls. Infrastructure for Ascaya, a high-end luxury home lot development cut into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada, was completed with materials mined from the site.

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Horseshoe Rock Court in Ascaya prior to home construction with Las Vegas Strip background, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-06-13

Description

Looking northwest towards the Las Vegas Strip, the cul-de-sac terminating Horseshoe Rock Court as seen from above on Epic View Court in Ascaya, a luxury home development carved into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada. The project's infrastructure was built completely with materials mined on site and all major improvements were installed prior to beginning sales.

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Horseshoe Rock Court in Ascaya prior to home construction with Las Vegas Strip background, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-06-13

Description

Looking northwest towards the Las Vegas Strip, the cul-de-sac terminating Horseshoe Rock Court as seen from above on Epic View Court in Ascaya, a luxury home development carved into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada. The project's infrastructure was built completely with materials mined on site and all major improvements were installed prior to beginning sales.

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Ascaya development without homes with Sun City MacDonald Ranch in background, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-06-13

Description

Ascaya touts its views of the Las Vegas Valley and its natural surroundings to sell its custom home lots. Here, home lots await development above the Sun City MacDonald Ranch development. Carved into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada, Ascaya is a custom luxury home development within the City of Henderson. The project's infrastructure was built completely with materials mined on site.

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Retaining walls along Cloudrock Court in Ascaya development prior to home construction, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-06-13

Description

Retaining walls define roadways and new home lots along Cloudrock Court in the upper section of Ascaya, a luxury home development carved into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada. The project's infrastructure was built completely with materials mined on site and all major improvements were installed prior to beginning sales.

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