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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: A final column of advice, predictions and ponderings
Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014 After two years of covering the Valley's hottest 'hood, columnist Joe Schoenmann is moving on.
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: Is DTP’s sudden severing of ties with Factorli a sign of larger problems?
Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014 Does manufacturing project Factorli's demise signify a lack of planning on Downtown Project's part?
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: Will DTP finally take on housing? Doing so could save Downtown
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Downtown Project's purchase of the land Atomic Liquors sits on has many scratching their heads.
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Joe Downtown
Atomic’s property sold to Hsieh’s Downtown Project — wait until you see the price
Friday, July 18, 2014 Downtown Project made them an offer they couldn’t refuse. Sitting at his usual bar stool Thursday night in the bar at 917 Fremont St., co-owner Kent Johns said the sale won’t change the operations because he and his brother remain in control. “We’re still running the bar,” he said.
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Joe Downtown: New project could pave the way for a tangible tech hub
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 In June, President Obama singled out Jen McCabe, saying Las Vegas could become the center for “a revolution … in American manufacturing.”
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: Why Sunday’s shootings could mean new regulations on the Fremont Street Experience
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 Jerad and Amanda Miller, who gunned down three people last weekend, were reportedly street entertainers on the Strip and Fremont.
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: Tragedy, secrets and the tough side of Downtown development
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 The neighborhood experiences a tragic loss and a brutal app allows bash-friendly conversation.
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: Have Zappos employees answered the neighborhood’s revitalization prayers?
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 Can the Zappos workforce sustain all the area's new businesses?
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Joe Downtown
City to allow dispensaries on LV Boulevard, Fremont Street
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 Ultimately, only 12 dispensaries will be allowed within Las Vegas city limits. There are no numerical limits on cultivation and production facilities beyond distance separation ...
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Joe Downtown
Las Vegas officials bar new liquor stores, tighten rules
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 The belief that drink-fueled problems in the five-block Fremont Street Experience are caused by package liquor sales prompted the Las Vegas City Council to crack down, toughening laws on ...
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: Nevada’s sesquicentennial book is riddled with mistakes
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 According to the coffee table book, the Golden Nugget is no longer in existence. Hmm...
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Joe Downtown: City commission gives $1 million to help revive Huntridge Theater
Monday, May 19, 2014 Questions about the risk Las Vegas might take on if it invests $1 million in historic Huntridge Theater fell to impassioned speeches from neighbors about ...
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: Use of force is prominent topic in sheriff candidate forum
Thursday, May 15, 2014 With just nine days before early voting begins, eight of nine men vying to become the next sheriff answered questions Thursday night on everything from police use of force on people — and animals — to immigration and ...
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Downtown
Joe Downtown: Could a $1 million grant make or break Huntridge revival efforts?
Wednesday, May 14, 2014 Huntridge Revival wants $1 million in public funding to move forward with renovating the historic theater.
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: Taking your time to get to know Las Vegas can pay off
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 Phil Pascal and Demont Daniel brought the party to Picnic on a recent Friday.
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: Why is the successful Mob Museum asking for a handout?
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 The Centennial Commission was to consider a grant request from the Downtown institution earlier this week.
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: Thousands — mostly non-Nevadans — sign online petition opposing horse carriages
Thursday, April 24, 2014 Posted online less than a week, a petition against horse-drawn carriage rides in Las Vegas had collected some 5,400 electronic signatures by Thursday afternoon. Of the most recent 1,000 signatures, only 30, or 3 percent, were ...
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As We See It
Joe Downtown: Horse-drawn carriages and Fremont East’s tug between locals and tourists
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 Horse-drawn carriages, pedicabs and a Disney trolley. All could be coming to Downtown.
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: We might not be ready for the truly nontraditional
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 Tom Haskins lived in the conventional world and attained middle-class wealth and status. He didn’t much like it.
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: Liquor battle brewing at Fremont Street Experience
Monday, April 14, 2014 downtown liquor store operators on Fremont Street are feeling the squeeze. They put up signs telling people not to open containers inside their stores, they hired security, they warned customers not to drink within 1,000 feet of their stores. But even after all that ...
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Food
Joe Downtown: New management at The Ogden’s Wild eyes healthier business model
Thursday, April 10, 2014 The Downtown Project has taken over Wild, the gluten-free pizza restaurant on the first floor of The Ogden, and has employed a former chef to help ...
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Joe Downtown: Has DTP squeezed out other development by buying so much Fremont area acreage?
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 Downtown Project is sitting on buildings and properties until ideas spring up.
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Joe Downtown: Slotzilla zip lines tested with dummies as attraction sets to open
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 No one is saying exactly when Slotzilla will open, but project managers and engineers are this week testing 175-pound dummies on each of the four lower lines of the zipline attraction at the Fremont Street Experience. Lonnie Reed, principal of Themed Development Management, categorized the ride’s testing as some of the most ...
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: Cars towed, spirits dampened on First Friday
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 A tiny dirt lot in downtown Las Vegas became ground zero for bewildered vehicle owners who found their cars had been towed. Downtown resident John Delibos pulled into the lot and found ...
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: New online magazine hopes to be ‘go-to reference site’ for fashion in Las Vegas
Thursday, April 3, 2014 A new online magazine and blog focusing on all things fashion-related in Las Vegas launched today. Called FashionFeedLV.com, it is the creation of founder ...
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: Electric Daisy promoter told to stay away from his downtown clubs
Thursday, April 3, 2014 Pasquale Rotella, whose Insomniac Inc. puts on the popular Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas, has been banned by the city from visiting...
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Joe Downtown: There are signs enthusiasm for the new Downtown has started to fade
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 Is happiness being delivered or are downtown developers just patting themselves on the back?
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: Group lauds Container Park as it pulls plug on 3 shops there
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 Three businesses operated by Future Restaurant Group are moving out of the Downtown Container Park, just a few months after ...
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Joe Downtown: Group working to preserve Huntridge memorabilia opens office
Monday, March 31, 2014 The Huntridge Foundation, which seeks to preserve items from the Huntridge Theater’s past, is opening its office and kicking off its “Memory Project” starting Friday. The new office is in ...
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: Metro Lt. and poet Harry Fagel finds inspiration in the area he patrols
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 The police officer has published two books of poetry and has read to fellow officers during briefings ...
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: The boundaries of Downtown Las Vegas are as fluid as its reputation
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 Where is Downtown Las Vegas? That depends on who you ask, and why you’re asking.
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: Don't call it a cult--Zappos, at its core, is just like any other business
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 "No one is being 'brainwashed.'"
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: Upper-floor Container Park tenant is shuttering store
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 The owner of Alios, an architectural and entertainment lighting business, said he got “great exposure” by being at the Container Park, even though his third-floor location gets little visitor traffic. Todd VonBaastians discusses another possible reason business wasn't booming at the outdoor mall.
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: A rooftop Wranglers arena at the Plaza could be just what Downtown needs
Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 The hotel-casino has eight months to turn its roof into a hockey rink.
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: New logo graces the Huntridge, signaling project's progress
Monday, Feb. 24, 2014 Until today, little new information has emerged about renovating the historic Huntridge Theater. But late this morning, a crew with a hydraulic cherry picker began to erect a massive square banner on the building.
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: One year in, Rangers take it to the streets — with ukuleles
Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 Downtown Project's Rangers don't carry cuffs or guns, but they are trying to create a smile pandemic.
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Joe Downtown: Downtown Project’s growth left some young employees underserved
Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 Two 20-somethings who came to Las Vegas for DTP may move on before their two-year fellowships end.
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: Charles Ressler’s social media experiment is making dreams come true
Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 His #dreamMakers Twitter idea has taken off—to the tune of thousands of followers.
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: Gentrification has arrived. Could it be a good thing?
Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 There seems to be both pros and cons attached to that nasty buzzword.
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Joe Downtown: Walls scouted for next Life Is Beautiful murals
Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 Planning for the next Life Is Beautiful festival began almost as soon as the two-day festival ended in October. But one of the most visible and unexpectedly controversial parts of the festival — its street art program — really got rolling this week.
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Community
Joe Downtown: Las Vegas and the Harvard MBAs: More help from beyond state lines?
Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 After a University of Iowa class used the city as a laboratory last year, a couple of Ivy Leaguers follow their lead. They visited town last week, meeting with people from small and large businesses, UNLV, government, neighborhood associations, law enforcement and, well, me.
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: A Downtown Project death leaves many questions unanswered
Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014 Among them: "If Downtown is such a great community, why didn’t he feel comfortable enough to reveal his inner anguish to someone?"
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: What if you build it and the suburbanites don't come?
Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014 Do people outside the Downtown bubble know what's going on in the neighborhood? Do they care?
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Breaking News
Joe Downtown: Developer planning boutique hotel downtown
Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014 Plans for a high-rise hotel downtown without a casino will be considered by a city commission next week.
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Joe Downtown
Joe Downtown: The area's 2013 sea change was one for the record books
Monday, Dec. 23, 2013 A look back at the year from Life Is Beautiful and SlotZilla to random bag checks at Container Park.
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Joe Downtown: With one man’s dedication, 'Pawn Stars' is becoming a play
Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013 The stage production is the brainchild of Derek Stonebarger, a minority owner of Downtown's Atomic with a 20-year background in theater, film and television.
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Joe Downtown: Las Vegas may as well not have offered free Wi-Fi
Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 The service is slow to connect and isn't offered in convenient Downtown areas.
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Joe Downtown: The decision to cover an LIB mural has launched a worthy discussion
Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013 "What bothers me is the idea of who decides what is 'positive' or 'negative' art?"
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Art
Joe Downtown: Mural removed because it ‘didn’t reflect the spirit’ of downtown, but at least people noticed
Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013 A piece of the Life is Beautiful festival disappeared Tuesday. One of several murals created on downtown buildings for the October festival that celebrated art, music, food and learning was painted over.
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Joe Downtown: Huntridge Circle Park still plagued with homelessness
Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013 "It’s not the sight of someone sleeping under a tree ... or wherever they happen to pass out from street fatigue or drunkenness; it’s entering a realm where many of the people suffer from mental illness."