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A mailbox in the Ascaya development prior residents building homes, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-08-05

Description

Infrastructure for the Ascaya luxury home development, including mailboxes like this one along Cloudrock Court, power, gas, and roads was completed before sales of lots began. This has created the unusual site of having an entire master planned community built but no homes or residents. Ascaya, carved into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada, was completed with materials mined from the site.

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Ascaya advertising signs on lot off Epic View Court before home construction, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-08-05

Description

Signs advertising the Ascaya luxury home development sit on a large lot off Epic View Court prior to homes being built. Infrastructure for Ascaya, carved into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada, was completed with materials mined from the site.

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Ascaya advertising signs on lot off Epic View Court before home construction, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-08-05

Description

Signs advertising the Ascaya luxury home development sit on a large lot off Epic View Court prior to homes being built. Infrastructure for Ascaya, carved into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada, was completed with materials mined from the site.

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Advertising signs off Epic View Court in the Ascaya development prior to home construction, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-08-12

Description

Signs advertising the Ascaya luxury home lot development sit on a prime lot off Epic View Court. Infrastructure for Ascaya, carved into the McCullough Mountain range in Henderson, Nevada, was completed with materials mined from the site.

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Fountainbleau Las Vegas Sits Dormant, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-02-06

Description

The dormant Fontainebleau Las Vegas on the Strip as seen from the SLS Hotel and Casino valet. 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, upper right) ceased in 2009, while Boyd Gaming's Echelon Project stopped construction on former Stardust site back in 2008 (left). 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 (small white buildings below Fountainbleau).

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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, right) 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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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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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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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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