Developers and locals in Las Vegas are pinning hopes onto the new CityCenter development to bring walkability to the desert city.
"'You see it in Boston and Chicago, and we're going to see more of it in Las Vegas. People are increasingly interested in living in a place where everything they want - shopping, restaurants, entertainment - is nearby,' says Billy Vassiliadis, CEO of ad agency R&R Partners.
And residents aren't the only ones who will benefit from the shift to a higher-density, more pedestrian-friendly Las Vegas."
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Norman Foster-Designed Tower to be Demolished in Las Vegas
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The New 'Urban Community' On The Las Vegas Strip
Hey, Las Vegas. Good to see you! Tough break about all those foreclosures... But, hey, I hear you've got a new mega project opening up. That's cool! I bet those other broke cities are super jealous. Yeah, this new project's gonna bring you back to glory, eh? Oh, what's that? What did you just call it? CityCenter? The Capital of the New World? An urban community? Let me stop you right there.
NFL Draft Inspires Proposal to Block Cars From the Las Vegas Strip
The NFL draft shut down the Las Vegas Strip to car traffic. Some people liked the change so much that a new law proposes to permanently block cars from the street. Yes, you read that correctly.
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Trump deemed the landmark civil rights agreement “illegal DEI and environmental justice policy.”
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