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M. K. Doumani opened the La Concha Motel on the Las Vegas Strip in 1961. The motel was designed by architect Paul Williams, who was one of the first prominent African American architects in the United States. The motel lobby was a futuristic structure made of thin-shell concrete and glass, creating a striking, shell-like shape with large, soaring arches. The shell shape was a direct reference to the motel's name, "La Concha," which means "the shell" in Spanish, and was designed to attract the attention of travelers on the highway.
When it opened, the La Concha was one of the larger properties on the Las Vegas Strip. Various celebrities stayed at the motel, including Ronald Reagan, Ann-Margret, Flip Wilson, Muhammad Ali, and The Carpenters. The La Concha was featured in the 1995 film “Casino.”
Despite the motel's success, Doumani planned to replace it with a boutique hotel that would include condominiums and shopping, which he said would be a better use of the land. In late 2003, it was announced that La Concha would be closed and demolished to make room for the new project.
Though the motel was demolished in 2004, the lobby was saved and relocated to The Neon Museum, where it was restored. It now serves as the visitor center, preserving a key example of Williams' work and Las Vegas architectural history. The museum also saved part of the hotel sign, which uses both argon and neon to create its colors. It was designed by the Young Electric Sign Company.
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Taken of the neon sign in a window at "Everybody's Records" store in the Pleasant Ridge neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Any weary traveler along 301 was greeted by the glow of dozens of neon signs at the postwar Jarratt VA motel & restaurant complex well into the 70's as I-95 in this area was one of the last sections to be completed. You could still see the neon for a while until the forest & new exits slowly diminished its view, and after it finally called it quits the complex itself was retaken by nature. Finally detouring and venturing in 30 yrs. after I first saw the glow, much of the signage was still in there.
I was so excited to see these today at the Chicago History Museum. I was there for a fundraiser. I did not have time to read any of the info about them as I was working, but I may be able to research the Zaretsky sign later. I’ll see ya tomorrow… I’m exhausted.😴
Photographed from an open topped double decker bus during an evening tour of central Las Vegas, Nevada in the USA.
The sign is all that's left.
I've shot it so many times.
This time, I was only carrying the phone.
The light spraying from the nearby streetlight seemed fair enough.
Neon sign from behind the bar in one of the Bourbon Street clubs. I added Allysa since she seemed to match the theme ... although different kind of shots. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, August 2022
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Neon Museum
Neon lights of diners and motels have been some of my favorite subjects to photograph over the years, perhaps second only to art museums. Thus, the Neon Museum was the perfect marriage of these disparate interests of mine and was naturally my top pick to visit in Las Vegas.
However, the weather forecast of successive days of blistering heat plus boring cloudless sky almost made me can the whole idea. Thanks to my intrepid old med school classmates, they dragged me along with them and made it all come true.
To add drama to my story, the Neon Museum reception desk greeted me with a warning sign saying that cameras other than those in mobile phones are not allowed on the premises. I was really pissed when I had to surrender my camera and my tripod. Maybe I wasn't as lucky as I believed I was.
My frustration spurred me to transform challenges into opportunities. So, it soon became a pivotal moment for me to test and hopefully prove that fundamental tenet in photography: The best camera is the one that's with you.
2nd Avenue Deli at the corner of East 10th Street was opened in 1954 by Abe Lebewohl. It was known for its Jewish comfort food including its Matzo Ball Soup. It was forced to close in 2006 after a huge rent increase but later reopened in midtown. To hear more about this iconic deli please join us on our walking and tasting tour of historic storefronts in the East Village with Untapped Cities this Sunday, October 9th at 12pm. To register for tickets: untappedcities.com/storefront-a-historic-east-village-foo...