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Oct. 29, 2013 / Gordon Price

David Brooks in Sprinkler City: America before the bust

Further to the report on The Cost of Sprawl, here is a 2002 article from the Weekly Standard: Patio Man and…

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Jul. 19, 2013 / Gordon Price

Life in the flood tunnels of Vegas

A Daily Mail illustrated story on how, underneath this: . … a thousand people live like this: . … like,…

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Apr. 19, 2013 / Gordon Price

Las Vegas: The Last Boom

Las Vegas was a ground zero for the Great Recession post-2008, and like every moment at the end of one…

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Apr. 02, 2013 / Gordon Price

Las Vegas 7: A dilemma of its own design, final

Given the dilemma that the Las Vegas Strip faces, having maxed out on both road and sidewalk space, with satisfactory…

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Mar. 27, 2013 / Gordon Price

Las Vegas 6: A dilemma of its own design, cont'd

The Las Vegas Strip, now rivalling Disneyland and Times Square as one of the most intensely used entertainment zones on…

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Mar. 22, 2013 / Gordon Price

Las Vegas 5: A dilemma of its own design, cont'd

There is one over-riding imperative in transportation management on the Las Vegas Strip: keep the traffic moving. Las Vegas has bet that…

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Mar. 21, 2013 / Gordon Price

Las Vegas 4: A dilemma of its own design, cont'd

Las Vegas is Motordom Triumphant. The city and county have practically from their birth, and certainly in their growth, assumed the…

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Mar. 20, 2013 / Gordon Price

Las Vegas 3: A dilemma of its own design, cont'd

Las Vegas Boulevard – the ten-lane arterial that services one of the largest entertainment zones on earth – is not…

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Mar. 18, 2013 / Gordon Price

Las Vegas 2: A dilemma of its own design, cont'd

Las Vegas for the tourist consists of three parts: the four-mile Strip, the Downtown and the suburbs. . The majority of…

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Mar. 17, 2013 / Gordon Price

Las Vegas 1: A dilemma of its own design

The week: Reflections on Las Vegas. . Las Vegas is s city of the imagination: we all have a sense of…

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