DOWNTOWN PROJECT
Many of the ideas being put into action to revitalize Downtown are informed by Edward Glaeser’s 2011 book about the ways in which cities enrich the lives of those who call them home. The very subtitle of the Harvard economist’s master work Triumph of the City is a list of adjectives that most of us [...]
We’re a city without an art museum–the Las Vegas Art Museum closed three years ago. The LVAM collection is set to be exhibited at various locations around the UNLV campus. But there are no plans in the near future for a single venue to display the collection. The Smith Center for the Performing Arts is [...]
On March 2nd, First Friday in the Arts District, the first ever burn in Las Vegas will take place. And you can play an important role in building community through art. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jErqVQXqWk The organizers and builders of Lucky Lady Lucy 2.0, a 20 foot tall wooden show girl that will be burned on the corner [...]
Andy White is Executive Director of BoomStartup, a Utah-based accelerator that mentors and invests in tech startups. White was introduced to the Vegas Tech scene when he attended the first LaunchUp event here. Through that introduction to our burgeoning entrepreneurial ecosystem, White has become involved locally making regular visits to Downtown and attending a variety [...]
Urban revitalization is a serious business. The ideas that influence such a massive and important undertaking require contemplation, consideration, collaboration. But thinking about the importance of community and human connectedness amidst the tumult of 21st century isn’t merely the purview of people working on large-scale projects. Case in point: Mike Fenchel, Alex Connelly, and Sam [...]
The idea for Counterless sprouted from a single thought: Chris Shepherd was tired. Tired of waiting in long lines to get his drink and tired of shouting over the din of other people to place his order with the bartender. A few months ago, the UNLV graduate and current CEO of Counterless told a couple [...]
It’s my job to think and learn and write about Downtown Las Vegas. I wonder how many times each day I speak, hear, or write the word Downtown. It’s become a word that I use as much (if not more) than my own name. And then there’s that song. You know the one made so [...]
Alicia Berg is Vice President of Campus Environment at Columbia College Chicago. In that role, Berg works to create a cohesive campus from over twenty buildings dispersed throughout the South Loop. To that end, she has overseen the completion and implementation of a campus master plan including a 20% increase in the college’s footprint and [...]
Danish architectural firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) doesn’t merely create mind-blowing designs that expand the perception of what architecture can be. Their ideas can also expand the ways we look at urban development and revitalization. Founded twelve years ago, BIG has designed projects around the world in such far-flung locales as Dubai, China, New York City, [...]
For three high school friends who grew up in Las Vegas, moving back to Las Vegas to build a startup wasn’t exactly what they had in mind when they left to go to college. Mark Johnson, Mark Cicoria, and Shaun Swanson all grew up here—and their negative and positive feelings about that experience have influenced [...]
