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Artist/Creator (1)	McAllister, Wayne, 1907-2000
Artist/Creator (1).Nationality	American
Artist/Creator (1).Role	architect
Artist/Creator (2)	Zick and Sharp Architects
Artist/Creator (2).Nationality	American
Artist/Creator (2).Role	architectural firm
Artist/Creator (3)	Boyd, Sam, -1993
Artist/Creator (3).Nationality	American
Artist/Creator (3).Role	owner, developer
Title/Caption	Fremont
Variant Title/Caption	Fremont Hotel
Site/Creative Center	2000 Fremont Street, Las Vegas (Nevada)
Date of Work	Opened 1956. Tower added 1963
Description of View	Detail of curved Fremont sign on Fremont Street
Notes	Project Description: This was the first highrise along Fremont Street and the first Fremont casino to offer amenities like a pool and showroom. The original design was California Modern. The ground floor was large horizontal public spaces, while the modular rooms rose as a vertical slab tower that was faced with interlocking concrete panels and sunscreens. Pinks and red-browns concrete panels covered the exterior. YESCO fabricated signage that was integrated into the architecture. A horizontal sign extended out from the roof and individual letter blocks spelled "Fremont" down the side of the building. The signage has since been altered, but it retains the combination of vertical letters down the side and a tall sign over the roof. ;Project History: It was designed by Wayne McAllister and his partner William Wagner. It was 13 stories, cost $6 million, and was financed by San Francisco hotelman Lou Lurie. In 1963 a fourteen story tower was added, designed by Zick and Sharp with Wayne McAllister as consulting architect. In 1983, Sam Boyd purchased the Fremont Hotel.
Technique/Process	architecture, electric lighting
Century	20th Century
Subject	Architecture, American Art, American Architecture -- 20th century Gambling casinos Hotels (public accommodations) Architectural lighting Exterior lighting Decorative lighting Electric lighting Neon lighting Signs (declatory or advertising artifacts) Neon signs
Publisher	ART on FILE
Publisher.Location	ART on FILE. 1837 East Shelby St. Seattle, Washington 98112 (United States). www.artonfile.com
Set/Project Title	Las Vegas Style: Fantasy Architecture and Signs
Reference Number	Art on File LV-10-03-03
Collection Title	Architecture (Art and Art History Department images)
Collection Information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/ah_copyright.html

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