Question:
I ran across these a while back and got around to scanning them. These
are from one of my very first trips to Las Vegas, and the only time I
remember being there for New Years Eve.
These were taken on Fremont St, waaaaay before the FSE was even
somebody's dream, late 70's, not totally sure of the year.
Answer:
Thanks annie, I moved to Vegas as a young man of 18 starting out on his
own in 1980, stepped right out of the Greyhound bus station next to the
UP. Shortly thereafter I went to a county funded trade school for a
few months located on Main st. about two blocks from downtown, so I
spent a lot of time down there living on cheap eats. Needless to say
downtown holds a tremendous amount of personal nostalgia, and it's
always terrific to see pictures from that time period. I miss the MINT,
it had arguably the coolest exterior of all, very hypnotic watching
that light bar going up, lighting the star and then gliding back down
again. I miss the old Gold Nugget exterior too now. At the time Wynn
remolded it, I thought the new look was fantastic, but now I wish it
still matched up with its neighbors for nostalgia sake. There's still
lots of hotels like the Four Queens that appear untouched by time.
