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Proposal for the Playboy Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, 1977

Date

1977

Description

Bound proposal for Playboy Hotel and Casino including artist's conceptions, vicinity map, themes, and architectural drawings for all major components. Includes note on protective cover: "First concept, Constructed as modified."
Site Name: Playboy Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: Florida Ave & Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ

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Photograph of Googie architecture, Ship's Coffee Shop (Westwood, Calif.), circa 1963

Date

1961 to 1965

Description

Martin Stern Jr. is credited as a pioneer of Googie style architecture; his first of that style was Ship's Coffee Shop. Three Ship's Coffee Shops operated in the Los Angeles area from 1956 until the 1990s.
Site Name: Ship's Coffee Shop

Architecture and Design Style: Googie

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Proposal for the MGM Grand Hotel (Las Vegas), circa 1972

Date

1971 to 1972

Description

Bound proposal for the MGM Grand including artist's conception, elevation drawings, vicinity map, site plan, and architectural plans for all major components. The MGM Grand Hotel was built in 1973, burned down in 1980, rebuilt in 1981, and sold to Bally's Corporation to become Bally's Las Vegas in 1985.
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel
Address: 3645 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV

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Index to the architectural drawings, International Hotel, August 5, 1968

Date

1968-08-05

Description

Architectural plans for the International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada from 1968. Includes the initials T. R.; printed on mylar sheet.
Site Name: International Hotel
Address: 3000 Paradise Road

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Index to architectural drawings, Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), November 20, 1985

Date

1985

Description

Index sheet to the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City) architectural drawings. Parchment copy;
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ

Latest Drawing Revision: 1985-11-20

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Photograph of the MGM Grand Reno and reservoir (Reno), late 1970s

Date

1977 to 1980

Description

View of the MGM Grand Reno over the nearby reservoir. Handwritten text on back of photo: "MGM Grand Hotel/Reno, Nevada. Martin Stern Jr. AIA architect & associates. Steel frame with metal decking and concrete slab floors."
Site Name: MGM Grand Reno
Address: 2500 East Second Street

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Index to architectural drawings and general notes, Sahara Hotel 400 hi-rise addition (Las Vegas), December 29, 1961

Date

1961-12-29

Description

General notes and sheet index for the addition of a hotel tower for the Sahara from 1961. Includes items not in contract, allowances, and alternates. Printed on onion skin. Leon Gluckson, architect; Berton Charles Severson, architect.
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
Address: 2535 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Latest Drawing Revision: 1962-02-06

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Index to architectural drawings, legend and symbols, Sahara Hotel Convention Center (Las Vegas), August 15, 1967

Date

1967-08-15

Description

Index, legend, and symbols for the architectural plans for the Sahara Hotel Convention Center from 1966. Printed on mylar. Berton Charles Severson, architect; Brian Walter Webb, architect.
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
Address: 2535 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of a rendering of the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), 1987

Date

1987

Description

Artist's conception of the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City).
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ

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Photograph of a rendering of the International Hotel (Las Vegas), circa 1968

Date

1967 to 1968

Description

Artist's conception of the proposed International Hotel painted by Atkins. The International Hotel was sold in 1970 and renamed the Las Vegas Hilton in 1971.
Site Name: International Hotel
Address: 3000 Paradise Road

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