Historic vs. High-Rise
As talk of ” Manhattanizing and Miamification” downtown Las Vegas continues, debate intensifies over the ability of historic neighborhoods to peacefully co-exist with the push for more high-rise condos.
If the city planning department’s map of future downtown is to be believed, all that talk of Manhattanizing and Miamification is more than just a bunch of buzzwords dreamed up by real estate sharks. Even the map has a sense of excitement about it. It’s not some bland grid for bureaucrats to pore over during half-hour coffee breaks. Rather, this map is a three-dimensional baddie that shows the residential projects in green — and in this vision of a big-city downtown, you can’t throw a $4 latte without hitting a condo tower. According to this map, these more than 50 developments will house almost 20,000 residents.
But not everyone’s catching high-rise fever. Take the denizens of the historic John S. Park neighborhood, a swath of about 450 old bungalows and ranch homes bounded by 9th Street, Las Vegas Boulevard, and Oakey and Charleston boulevards; about 135 homes make up the city-designated historic district. Urban flavor is fine, residents say — just not in their back yards. Continue
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