Landmark
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| Opened | July 1, 1969 |
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| Closed | August 8, 1990 |
| No. of rooms | 503 (1969); 524 (1977); 498 (1990) |
| Architects | Initial design: Gerald Moffitt; Ed Hendricks; 1966 design: George Tate; Thomas Dobrusky |
| Function | Hotel |
| Themes | Inca Empire |
| Space Age | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2410856 |
About Landmark
The Landmark was a hotel and casino located in Paradise, Nevada, east of the Las Vegas Strip and across from the Las Vegas Convention Center. The resort included a 31-floor tower, inspired by the design of the Space Needle tower in Seattle. Frank Caroll, the project's original owner, purchased the property in 1961.
What should happen to a Glen Coe cottage tainted by Jimmy Savile?
... He says for a long time it was a quaint and well-known Landmark - a symbol suggesting that " at last you d reached Glen Coe"...
Man in his 60s held over Sycamore Gap tree felling
... The Landmark, beside Hadrian s Wall, was cut down overnight on Wednesday...
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... The area is now known as the Grand Canyon of India because of its resemblance to the famous US Landmark...
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Iran blocked Websites access, the UN nuclear watchdog says
... Donald Trump has been a vocal critic of the nuclear deal The agreement was hailed as a Landmark of the city - which he criticized as faulty, and again, US sanctions...
Lewes Castle: Medieval 600-tonne wall collapses on house
... A spokeswoman for castle owners Sussex Archaeological Society said the wall that collapsed was privately-owned and the section that had fallen was part of the curtain wall that ran round the entire outside of the 1,000-year-old Landmark...
Man in his 60s held over Sycamore Gap tree felling
A Man in his 60s has been arrested by police investigating the felling of the world-famous Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland.
The Landmark , beside Hadrian's Wall, was cut down overnight on Wednesday.
Northumbria Police said The Man was arrested on Friday Evening and remains in custody assisting with inquiries.
A 16-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of Criminal Damage on Thursday in connection with The Incident .
Det Ch Insp Rebecca Fenney-Menzies said: " The senseless destruction of what is undoubtedly a world-renowned Landmark - and a local Treasure - has quite rightly resulted in an outpouring of shock, horror and anger throughout the North East and further afield.
" I hope this second arrest demonstrates just how seriously we're taking this situation, and our ongoing commitment to find those responsible and bring them to justice. "
The Tree grew in a natural dip in the landscape near Hexham and featured in the 1991 film Robin Hood : Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner .
Source of news: bbc.com
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