Las Vegas Blvd at Charleston Blvd, 1957. Neon waitress sign for Sill’s Drive-In. Gateway Motel covered in trees on the other side of the intersection. Ektachrome slide scan from Thomas Hawk.
Unfinished Landmark hotel, and construction of The International hotel in the distance. January 6, 1969. Photo by Las Vegas News Bureau, LVCVA Archive.
Tally Ho / Aladdin / Planet Hollywood
Aladdin opened in 1966 with one of the Strip’s first neon-enhanced porte-cochéres, a freestanding sign featuring a revolving, three-sided marquee, topped with an “Aladdin’s Lamp,” designed and fabricated by YESCO.
