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My ParisVegas Series contains photos taken exclusively of landmarks in Las Vegas that are accurate replicas of landmarks in Paris, France. The most famous landmark is the Eiffel Tower, or La Tour Eiffel as the French say. The tower in Vegas is the most accurate replica ever constructed in the world, though it is at one-half scale. The Vegas version was precisely designed and constructed based on original engineering drawings by Gustav Eiffel from 1889. It is even painted the exact same shades of brown as the original, involving three shades, varying from light brown at the top to a darker brown at the base to give the illusion that the tower is of a uniform color while viewed from the base. With such faithfulness, photographs depicting the design of the replica in Las Vegas are, for all intensive purposes, also depicting the design of the original Eiffel Tower in Paris. Another intricate replica is the Arc de Triomphe. The Vegas version is an exact replica of the original at two-thirds scale. The original triumphant arch was completed in 1836 to commemorate major victories during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods, the names of which are engraved around the top of the arch. The names of less important victories, as well as those of 558 generals, are engraved on the inside walls. Generals whose names are underlined died in action. The fountain featured in my ParisVegas series is a replica of La Fontaine de Mers. The original bronze fountain was designed and built by Jacob Ignaz Hittorf in 1836 in the Place de la Concorde, the largest square in Paris. The classic building featured in my photographs is based on the Paris Opera House designed by Charles Garnier and built in Paris between 1862 and 1875 on the orders of Napoleon III as part of the great Parisian reconstruction project carried out by Baron Haussmann.
The first time when I came to Las Vegas, I was without a home and money. On one level, things have change in the years since, but some ha…
The first time when I came to Las Vegas, I was without a home and money. On one level, things have change in the years since, but some haven’t ether. All you can eat buffets still abound, though the 99-cent buffet has pretty much joined the nickel cup of coffee. The town can afford to support dozens of new major restaurants. There ’s an expression in LV ” You can’t spend enough money, if it makes money”. With 30 million visitors a years heading here, there’s no limit. Some famous restaurants have got 100,000 people a day- a day walking past their restaurant. This is about to become the hottest visitor town in America. First of all I would like to introduce my favorite places where I have found beauty. Las Vegas itself, as I noticed , is a visitor center for Asians, Hispanic and Americans. Welcome to Las Vegas, the most incredible oasis the world has ever known. / Throughout history, commoners and kings have been drawn to the desert in search of adventure, intrigue, and the wonder of distant lights. Although the footing sometimes was treacherous, the rewards were grand. Time has illustrated that the ancients had the right idea. Las Vegas shimmers like a dream in the middle of the Mojave Desert. It is a place where reality and fantasy mix, a darkly magical destination that exists as much in the mind as in fact. For its millions of annual visitors, a weekend in Las Vegas is a trip to a carnival of Earthly delights. It is a place in which time indeed is relative. Imagine a circus – that never leaves town, and you have begun to appreciate the New Las Vegas. It is a larger than life land lined with casino resorts of intricately developed themes and outright mammoth proportions. Filled with technicolor castles and lions the size of mountains, it is more than a place to gamble. It is also a funhouse filled with entertainment families can enjoy. / But here’s a history lesson: The New Las Vegas isn’t new at all. The city has been evolving toward its status as a multifaceted entertainment mecca for more than half a century. / Long before the days of moving sidewalks and talking statues on the Strip, there was the Hotel Last Frontier. In 1942, theater magnate R.E Griffith and his nephew, William J. Moore, rewrote the pioneer myth by creating an Old West gambling resort with all the amenities. The Last Frontier became known as ” the Early West in Modern Splendor” Splendid, indeed. With its western village and costumed hired help, the Last Frontier featured more than just gambling. Guests could enjoy ,swimming , volleyball, horseback riding and golf. / Where Las Vegas ends, nature begins. Dressed in juniper and pine, teeming with burros,home to deer, coyote, montain lion, and bighorn sheep, bejeweled with Red Rock Canyon’s stunning sandstone and Mount Charleston’s snow-capped peak, the Spring Mountains provide a rich retreat to nature starting just 10 miles from Vegas Vic and Fremont Street.
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