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Article: 8 wonders of Las Vegas: exploring six decades of high-stakes architecture. (Nevada)
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- February 1, 1994
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Every few decades, Las Vegas seems to reinvent itself, as it has reinvented so much of every other place's history and architecture. Maybe you can't please all the people all the time, but Las Vegas has always tried. Pick a theme--Egyptian, Roman, medieval, Old West--they all await you on The Strip.
Now, with the opening of three mega-resorts and other new attractions catering to baby boomers and their boomlets, Las Vegas is reinventing itself again. Sin City wants to be thought of as Fun Town: the Rat Pack meets Mickey Mouse, and the whole family is invited.
Here, such bizarre juxta-positions as a casino fronting an amusement park should come as no surprise. ...