#silverbird

[vintagelasvegas]

“Vegas signs from 1978 taken by my mother.” - Eriks Garsvo.

Elvis impersonator Johnny Harra and Redd Foxx at Silverbird. Sergio Franchi and Nipsey Russell at Frontier. Flamingo, Circus Circus, Dunes.

[hinterland-clans]

glenclan icons pt. 2!

[feral-aether]

So, I was reading through Silverbird on my recent trip up north, and I went back and just reread chapter 10 because I find it so fascinating being able to get in Fell's head. How he thinks, how he muses and what it looks like for him, how he contrasts with Sabre, how he sees himself. It's absolutely fascinating.

I may have checked all the chapters I have left to see if we got another one from his pov but I didn't find one. I'm very interested in what happened with everything where chapter 10 ended. Obviously it's just gonna be Fell for a while, but will anyone outside of Aura notice? Would Eve feel comfortable leaving the bunker with just Fell? 'cause usually she has both Merlo twins as her personal security. How would the next month look like for Fell if he's the only one of the two available for their work?

I'm so curious, and I really wanna see more from his point of view again. There's so many aspects of his character that I find fascinating, I'm not sure I could list them all. He's definitely my favourite by far. He also gets double points for being both a Muser and an Avio lol

Love his character, I'd be very interested if we got a book from his perspective or following him and Sabre. Or, potentially, a book itself on what was going on at Mullardoch before it got destroyed. Both would be very interesting and definitely something I'd snatch up and read

[pixelpapi]

las vegas - (1979)

[krebstar3000]

Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On

[journeysfable]

Silly Divinity MC stuff I made to help me with characters creation. Thought I'd share as like a sneak peak of what I've been working on.

There are more but the rest are either repetitive or lean into spoiler territory

[imagella-blog]

Watercolor tattoo sketch of a silver bird with blending colors and a translucent effect

Silver Tattoo #watercolortattoo #silverbird #blendingcolors #translucenteffect

[bigtreefest]

Omg y’all. I found it. I’ve been looking for this vinyl online, but my mom saw it in the shop today. Treated myself after my exam this week. Also got Jane Eyre thanks to @oh-my-damn for writing about it. I was intrigued.

Ok, thanks for listening, carry on

[clumpsydumpty]

Silver( Silver Bird )

[vintagelasvegas]

Thunderbird / Silverbird / El Rancho

Thunderbird Hotel, 1948

Thunderbird, '48-'76

'46: Marion Hicks and Lt. Gov. Cliff Jones purchase property for a planned Nevada Ambassador hotel on 3/11/46. The property was bought from Guy McAfee, Art Ham, and J.K. Houssels who had planned a hotel called Casa de Oro. Sale price is rumored $85,000.

'47: Construction begins in Oct. Hicks is the builder. Officers of Thunderbird are Hicks, Jones, Joe Wells, Jake Kozloff, Victor Sayer, Jack Lane, and Paul Wagoner. Bonanaza Hotels, Inc. owns the property and will operate the hotel; Thunderbird Hotel, Inc. will operate the casino.

'48: Sep. 2, Thunderbird opens with 107 rooms, 75-foot observation tower. Signs by Graham Sign Co (RJ 8/18/48).

'53: Hicks builds the spin-off Algiers Hotel.

'54: Nevada Tax Commission investigates charges that Jake and Mayer Lansky have hidden ownership in the hotel. The case lasts through May '57 when Nevada supreme court rules there is not sufficient evidence to revoke the Thunderbird gaming license.

'58: Jones disposed of his gaming license after purchasing a controlling interest in a Haitian casino. 

'58: renovation, adding new second floor over casino framed in rectangular box, new porte-cochère. New signs by Western Neon (RJ 11/24/58, RJ 12/24/58).

'59: “Thunderbird” logo changed, road sign replaced in Fall. 4-floor wing addition on the southeast property.

'61: road sign moved to the front-center of the hotel, fire-shooting stick added to both birds.

'61: Marion Hicks dies 9/10/61. Thunderbird is closed for 7 hours on 9/13. Joe Wells is named general manager. Thunderbird owners at the time are the Hicks estate (71%), Wells (17), William Deer (7) Jack Lane (3), and James Schuyler (2). 

'62: new road sign and pylon.

'63: Thunderbird Downs quarter horse track opened, Oct. 5 (RJ 9/24/63). Another 4-floor wing added on the east property.

'64: Sold to Del Webb Corp in Sep.

'65: 700-ft horizontal “Thunderbird” sign by Bill Clarke/Ad Art installed over the south rooms in Jun. (RJ 6/10/65); road sign & pylon replaced with one road sign and new neon bird.

'72: Sold to Caesars World Inc.

'73: Blue/green sign painted zigzag red/orange in summer.

'76: Sold to Tiger Investment Co (Thomas, Mack, K. Sullivan, et al), who leases the resort to Major Riddle/NLV Corp. in Dec.

Silverbird, '77-'81

'77: Reopened as Silverbird in Jan.

'78: Thunderbird signs replaced by the 190-ft sign/porte-cochère designed by Raul Rodriguez for Heath, built by AdArt. (RJ 3/29/78)

'80: Jul. 8, Major Riddle dies.

'81: Silverbird closed 12/3/81.

'82: Feb., Sold at auction to Ed Torres.

El Rancho, '82-'92

'82: Sole owner Torres is approved in Apr. to reopen the hotel as El Rancho. Construction on a new tower, and work changing the sign begins in May.

'82: Aug. 31, Opening of El Rancho Hotel & Casino.

'88: Tower addition, 13 stories, 587 rooms. Hotel total: 1,077 rooms. Though the opening date of the tower is unknown, it was used for only about four years.

'92: Closed Jul. 6.

2000: Tower demolished, Oct. 3. After the site was cleared the El Rancho sign remained, covered with advertised for Turnberry Place until '04 or '05.

Circa '48 – Aerial photos of Thunderbird construction. Las Vegas News Bureau. Radio station KENO-AM west of the Thunderbird.

Circa '48 – During construction, photo taken from the observation tower. Las Vegas News Bureau.

Circa 1948 – The same models appear in the color postcard above. Photo possibly by Las Vegas News Bureau, from the Union Pacific Railroad Photographs (PH-00043) UNLV Special Collections & Archives.

'50 – Thunderbird original layout '65 – Thunderbird with new casino, south tower, east tower, new pool '77 – Silverbird with new casino under construction '98 – El Rancho, closed.

10/3/2000 – The tower set for implosion later that night. Photo by Steve Marcus, Las Vegas Sun.

Other sources include: “New Hotel To Be Built.” Las Vegas Review-Journal, 3/13/46 p1; Vegas as Playground. Review-Journal, 7/31/46 p5; Construction Started. Review-Journal, 10/28/47; Thunderbird Hotel. Review-Journal, 8/29/48; Thunderbird Shut Down For Rites. Review-Journal, 9/14/61 p1; Joe Wells will head Thunderbird. Review-Journal, 9/15/61 p2; High-rise addition set for El Rancho. Review-Journal, 9/3/87; Serio Lalli. Vegas enters gaming supermarket era. Review-Journal, 1/17/88; Martin Stern Jr. profile by P. Michel. UNLV Libraries, archived 3/10/2004.

[tildeathiwillwrite]

Was listening to this while writing today and sorry not sorry I need to yell about this song

IT'S SO GOOD

THE FLUTES

THE WAY THE MUSIC SWELLS GETTING INTO THE EPIC BIT AFTER THE INTRO

HOW IT CHANGES KEY WITH EVERY ITERATION OF THE MOTIF

NOT TO MENTION THE BACKING VOCALS

AND IN THE LAST THIRD WHEN IT CHANGES INTO STRAIGHT HEAVY METAL

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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[feral-aether]

These two are both my laptop and phone lockscreen lol

Wonderful art of Fell and Sabre Merlo flying over snowy mountains by the amazing @scribbly-blue-hearts

[florbelles]

are you unable to listen to music ever while you’re working or doing literally anything because you’ll immediately be consumed by your Fictional Characters in Situations or are you normal

[haskagetoradoneanythingwrong]

Day 1

When one thing ends, another will always begin in its place.

It will be this way until the end of time; the end of all existence.

But who's to say that when the universe ends...

...nothing will come to replace that too?

...

Kagetora has done nothing wrong.

[italiancarssince1946]

1963 Michelotti Ford Silverbird

My tumblr-blogs: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/germancarssince1946 & https://www.tumblr.com/blog/frenchcarssince1946 & https://www.tumblr.com/blog/englishcarssince1946 & https://www.tumblr.com/blog/italiancarssince1946 & https://www.tumblr.com/blog/japanesecarssince1947