Lovely as a Tree
Our Lady of Sorrows statue stands in the northeastern section of Plaza Park, in Las Vegas. Photograph by Kate Nelson. IN RETROSPECT, CITY FATHERS SHOULDN’T HAVE planted elms in Plaza Park, the…
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Category: Las Vegas
Return of the Grand Hotel
WE'VE BARELY TOUCHED OUR Bar Castañeda appetizer—a hush-puppy riff on a classic Fred Harvey corn-fritter recipe—when the third of what will eventually be five diners interrupts us to thank Allan…
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My New Old Town
NEARLY 50 YEARS have passed since I went to sleep every night in the slant-roofed room at the top of the stairs on Seventh Street in Las Vegas. One twin bed was mine, the other my grandma Celia’s, one…
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