Neon Sunrise in Downtown Las Vegas

Downtown Las Vegas neon sunrise from the Molasky Building on City Parkway.

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Date Taken: March 10, 2014 6:46 a.m.

Fremont East District in Downtown Las Vegas

In 2006 the city of Las Vegas revealed plans to redevelop Fremont Street east of the Fremont Street Experience as an entertainment district. The Fremont East District offers an eclectic mixture of bars, clubs and cafes along Fremont Street from Las Vegas Boulevard to Eighth Street. The district continues one block north of Fremont Street to Ogden Avenue and one block south to Carson Avenue. In addition, beginning in February 2010, the city began waiving the $20,000 tavern-limited license origination fee for businesses locating within the district.

In the Fremont East District, you’ll be keeping good company with popular downtown venues such as Azul Tequila, The Beat Coffeehouse, Insert Coins, Beauty Bar, Downtown Cocktail Room, The Griffin, Maharaja Hookah Café, The Park, La Comidea, Radio City Pizza, Commonwealth and the Vanguard Lounge and more in the planning and construction stages. . Fremont East is one of the only areas which is non gaming, except for the El Cortez Hotel and Casino.

More on Fremont East here

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Emergency Arts building in the old Fremont Medical Center

The old downtown historic JC Penney’s department store opened on April 3, 1952 and was converted in to the Fremont Medical Center in 1985. It is now called Emergency Arts and it is the home to the Beat Coffeehouse and Records, Lola Pictures, and array of galleries, non-profits, start-ups and co-ops. The old Fremont Medical Center neon sign is still mounted on the building as seen in this photo.

Neon Museum with elements of Las Vegas' past referred to as the "Boneyard"

The Neon Museum in Las Vegas, features signs from old casinos and other businesses displayed outdoors on over 6 acres.

For many years, the Young Electric Sign Company stored many of these old signs in their “boneyard.” The signs were slowly being destroyed by exposure to the elements. The museum is slowly restoring the signs and placing them around the Fremont Street Experience.

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