Betty Jane Willis designed what Las Vegas landmark funded in May 1959 and erected soon after by Western Neon?
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Betty Willis Betty Jane Willis (née Whitehead; May 20, 1923 – April 19, 2015) was an American visual artist and graphic designer. Born in Overton, Nevada, she is best known for having been the designer of the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, and has been attributed to being an influencer in defining modern Las Vegas' visual image.
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Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign is a Las Vegas landmark funded in May 1959 and erected soon after by Western Neon. The sign was designed by Betty Willis at the request of Ted Rogich, a local salesman, who sold it to Clark County, Nevada.
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Spring (building) Spring is a 44–story residential condominium in Austin, Texas. Opening and completed in 2009, Spring stands 132 m over west Austin. The building was designed by Vancouver–based architect Foad Rafii. The architect of record is Morris Architects and Pentagram was the graphic designer of the project. Spring was the first point tower in Austin, a term referring to a tall and slender tower, combining high-rise residence with a skyscraper. It is also the first building in the Austin area to feature an "in slab" HVAC exhaust system in which the building exhaust air is carried through horizontal ductwork cast into the floor system and carried to the building perimeter rather than being exhausted vertically to the roof. The main tower structure is cast in place concrete. Austin Energy has given Spring a green rating. The skyscraper features a handful of amenities. Many of these are located on the 5th floor. There are two guest suites, roof top pool with outdoor kitchen and dining, welcoming resident's lounge, private dining room, and an exercise facility.
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Jean, Nevada Jean is a small commercial town in Clark County, Nevada, located approximately 12 mi north of the Nevada-California state line along Interstate 15. Las Vegas is located about 30 mi to the north. There are no residents of Jean, but many people in nearby communities like Primm and Sandy Valley have Jean listed in their mailing address because it is the location of the main post office for the 89019 ZIP code. Las Vegas Boulevard South ends about 2 mi south of Jean, and it contiguously runs northbound past Las Vegas, ending near the I-15-US 93 Junction.
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Sam Boyd Stadium Sam Boyd Stadium is a football stadium in Whitney, Nevada, United States, an unincorporated community in the Las Vegas Valley. It honors Sam Boyd (1910–1993), a major figure in the hotel and casino industry in Las Vegas. The stadium consists of an uncovered horseshoe-shaped single-decked bowl, with temporary seating occasionally erected in the open north end zone. The field has a conventional north-south orientation and is at an elevation of 1600 ft above sea level.
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Las Vegas station (Nevada) Las Vegas Station is a former passenger railroad station in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is connected to the rear of the Plaza Hotel & Casino and was in service from 1971 until the demise of the Desert Wind in 1997.
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Willis G. Sears Willis Gratz Sears (August 16, 1860 – June 1, 1949) was a Nebraska Republican politician.
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May 1960 Claude was also the inventor of neon lighting.
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Ruby Valley Pony Express Station The Ruby Valley Pony Express Station, located at 1515 Idaho St. in Elko, Nevada, was built in 1860 in Ruby Valley, Nevada. It was moved in 1960 approximately 60 mi to Elko, during the centennial anniversary year for the Pony Express, and then restored, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building is significant as one of only two surviving Pony Express buildings in Nevada, out of 43 stations in Nevada.
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Mini Hollywood Oasys (before known as Mini Hollywood) is a Spanish Western-styled theme park, located off the 364 km mark of the N-340 road, near the town of Tabernas in the province of Almería, Andalusia. Originally known as Yucca City, the set was designed by Carlo Simi and built for Sergio Leone's "For a Few Dollars More" in 1965. It was also used as a set for other films, such as "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966). After filming of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" was completed, the extras in the project bought the set and ran it as a tourist attraction. They were later bought out by a hotel group. The park features daily cowboy stunt shows, such as a mock bank raid and a re-enactment of the final moments of Jesse James. It also has a swimming complex, abandoned gold mine, Cowboy style saloon, a Fun Barn for children's activities, a zoo with birds and big cats in cages and many mock western stores.
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Praetorian Building The Praetorian Building, also known as Stone Place Tower, was a 15-story, 58 m high-rise constructed in 1909 at Main Street and Stone Street in the Main Street District of downtown Dallas, Texas. It was regarded the first skyscraper in Texas and the first skyscraper in the Southwestern United States. Some consider it the first skyscraper in the entire Western United States, depending on the definition of "the West", as this title could also go to the 1885 Lumber Exchange Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota).
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Millennium Tower (Las Vegas) Millennium Tower was a 671 m tall, 188-story skyscraper planned to be built in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The project was first reported in the "Los Angeles Times" on April 6, 2001, and would have featured a "sky park" observation deck on the 100th floor. Wind turbines placed at the top of the structure, along with photoelectric cells on the exterior, would provide electricity for the entire building. It was one of many competing proposals for what was the vacant, 61 acre Symphony Park site just north of the Clark County Government Center.
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Beverly Willis Beverly Willis {'1': ", '2': 'FAIA', '3': ", '4': "} (born February 17, 1928) is an American architect who played a major role in the development of many architectural concepts and practices that influenced the design of American cities and architecture. Willis' achievements in the development of new technologies in architecture, urban planning, public policy and her leadership activities on behalf of architects are well known. Her best known built-work is the San Francisco Ballet Building in San Francisco, California. She is the co-founder of the National Building Museum, in Washington, D.C., and founder of the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation, a non-profit organization working to change the culture for women in the building industry through research and education.
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Crown Las Vegas Crown Las Vegas, previously known as the Las Vegas Tower, was a proposed supertall skyscraper that would have been built on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada. If built, the tower would have been 1064 ft tall, making it the tallest building and second tallest structure in Nevada. After two major redesigns, the project was cancelled in March 2008.
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Grace Building, Sydney The Grace Building is a historic building located in Sydney, New South Wales Australia on York Street. Designed by Morrow & Gordon and built by Kell & Rigby during the late 1920s, it was opened in 1930 by Grace Brothers, the Australian department store magnates, as their headquarters. "The building was designed to use the first two storeys in the manner of a department store. The remaining storeys were intended to provide rental office accommodation for importers and other firms engaged in the softgoods trade". Inspired by the neo-Gothic Tribune Tower in Chicago—headquarters of the "Chicago Tribune"—the building was of the Art Deco architectural style and had state-of-the-art innovations and facilities for the time.
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Las Vegas Plaza The Las Vegas Plaza was the working name for a future $5 billion to $8 billion multi-use ultra-luxury hotel, private residences, retail and gaming complex to be developed on the Las Vegas Strip by El-Ad Group.
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Franklin Center (Chicago) The Franklin Center is a 60-story supertall skyscraper completed in 1989 as the AT&T Corporate Center to consolidate the central region headquarters of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T). It stands at a height of 1007 ft and contains 1700000 sqft in the Loop neighborhood of downtown Chicago. It is located two blocks east of the Chicago River and northeast of the Willis Tower with a main address of 227 West Monroe Street and an alternate address of 100 South Franklin Street. in the Loop community area of downtown Chicago.
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Citizens Bank (Williston, Florida) The Citizens Bank is a historic site in Williston, Florida, located at 5 North Main Street. On November 29, 1995, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
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9200 Sunset 9200 Sunset (formerly Luckman Plaza) is a commercial office building at 9200 and 9220 Sunset Boulevard at the west end of the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California.
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The Young Land The Young Land is a 1959 American Western drama film directed by Ted Tetzlaff starring Patrick Wayne and Dennis Hopper. The cinematography was by Technicolor developer Winton C. Hoch and Henry Sharp. The film was distributed by Columbia Pictures Corporation.
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Bank of the Southwest Tower The Bank of the Southwest Tower was a proposed building located in Houston, Texas, at 1,404 ft tall. It would have been second tallest building in North America after the Willis Tower in Chicago. With an estimated construction cost of $350–400 million, the project was cancelled before construction commenced, due to lack of funds during the economic downturn.
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Wallis Foundation The Wallis Foundation is a foundation established by Hollywood producer Hal Wallis. The foundation funded CSU presidential Scholarships in 1999 and has provided donations to the International Foundation for Electoral Systems. The foundation was established in 1959 and as of 2004 had over 44 million dollars in assets.