Tourists cross Las Vegas Boulevard on the pedestrian overpass connecting the Treasure Island and the Venetian Hotel and Casinos. Overpasses like this have become a popular way of keeping tourists safe and traffic flowing on the Strip, but their expense and footprint make them difficult for all locations. Moving pedestrians along the Strip safely has become a major effort over the years.

Tourists cross Las Vegas Boulevard on the pedestrian overpass connecting the Treasure Island and the Venetian Hotel and Casinos. Overpasses like this have become a popular way of keeping tourists safe and traffic flowing on the Strip, but their expense and footprint make them difficult for all locations. Moving pedestrians along the Strip safely has become a major effort over the years.

The corner of Polaris Avenue and Russel Road is slated to see monumental change in the coming years as the Las Vegas Stadium project is slated for its northeast corner.

Mega resorts like Paris Las Vegas often compete for customer attention with a variety of businesses. In this case a CVS Pharmacy and drug store shares a sidewalk.

North Las Vegas Democrats, North Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1960s. Pictured L-R: George Roper, Carl "Curly" Price, Senator Howard Cannon, Sam Pell and Larry McKinney.

Providing security and access to both automobile and pedestrian traffic is handled differently along Las Vegas Boulevard and has changed over the years on the Strip. First installed in the 1990s, the pedestrian overpass has become commonplace along the Las Vegas Strip. Here, a tourist rides an escalator near Caesar's Palace hotel and casino as cars await the light at Flamingo Road.

Full edition of the October 20, 1983 issue of the Las Vegas Sentinel-Voice.