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[she-seemed-to-hate-herself]

I’m just an angel 👼

[ashleyevolving]

Portraits, 2023

[keithj007]

Interstate 24x30 Acrylic on stretched canvas #blackandwhitepaintings #dtlvartsdistrict #dtlv #easternmarketdetroit #emergingartistplatform #modernabstractart #modernpaintings https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqs_AGWJsaJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[travellingfoodie]

3 Best Things To Do in Downtown Las Vegas - Las Vegas Travel Guide #TravellingFoodie #dtlv @Vegas @FSELV @TravelNevada

[wu-nique]

DJ Kelly J

[thatsme55y]

Local band DTLV

[jellogram]

I swore that this was not going to be a Turn Up And Party vegas trip, I am here for hiking and for research for my job, but I can SEE downtown through my window and it's killing me

[frontstrike]

[vintagelasvegas]

Franklin Motel / Ferguson's Motel / Ferguson's Downtown

The motel at 1028 Fremont St. was built by brothers John T. and Albert Franklin. There was a business called Jim’s Fruit Market was on corner of Fremont & 11th when the Franklins bought the property. They broke ground on the motel in Aug. ‘45. A. L. Worswick, H. S. Bradley and R. M. Finlayson designed the structure. The U-shaped, 32-unit motel was open by 1946. In the mid 50s, the 2-floor unit on the front, right was added, and another L-shaped wing was added behind the hotel for a total of 67 units.

In Apr. ’60, the Franklins sold the property to Jack & Irene Ferguson, who operated the motel with sons Donald and Larry. The motel operated as Ferguson’s Franklin from ’60-63. The name Ferguson’s Motel coincided with the installation of the new Ferguson’s Motel neon sign, circa ’63, designed by Jimmy Dix, fabricated by YESCO.

The Fergusons sold the property in 2012 to the Downtown Project. The motel was closed, and the 50s-era addition in the back of the motel was partially demolished. After a years-long adaptive reuse project led by Jen Taler, the original U-shaped complex reopened as Ferguson’s Downtown in 2019.

Photos: Franklin Motel | Fergusons Motel

The Franklin brothers went on to built several other motels in Las Vegas and Boulder City: Lucky Motel, Valley Motel, El Rancho Boulder City, City Center Motel, Golden Inn (demolished), and Orbit Inn (demolished).

Below: The earliest postcard of Franklin Motel, circa 1946; Postcard of Franklin Motel in the '50s; Three images of Fergusons Motel in the '70s – photos by David Lee Waite.

Sources: Largest Auto Court Shapes. Review-Journal, 8/4/45; Franklin Motel Sold. Review-Journal, 4/17/60; Franklins Build Motels. Review-Journal, 10/31/64; Franklin Motel to Fergusons: Family Legacy Preserved. DTLV, 11/3/17. 

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dtlv: Not a still from the Blade Runner sequel, just an extra orange-y, sunset from the California wildfires. Snapped September 12 by @desert0tter

[ashleyevolving]

Downtown Vegas, 2023

[keithj007]

24x36 Acrylic,plaster and marker on stretched canvas Field #blackandwhiteabstract #dtlvartsdistrict #dtlv #easternmarketdetroit #miderndesign https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqq08z-vehg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[travellingfoodie]

3 Best Things To Do in Downtown Las Vegas - Las Vegas Travel Guide #TravellingFoodie #dtlv @Vegas @FSELV @TravelNevada

[pathbend-blog]

Proposal

#Resol.v.ed

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⚖️ House Of The Rising Son Paradise

#Spot

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[loversxxdiary]

Great Memorial, DTLV 2023

[bridgetdickey]

MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU 🌌 Throwing it back to an event I styled for the premiere of Star Wars The Force Awakens 9 years ago with @zappos @downtowntony and Fremont Film DTLV. My moodboard I made for all the #TatooineChic inspired looks and some of the character costumes I helped bring to life for the Mos Eisley Cantina. They transformed @atomicliquors into the cantina for the night. Such a fun project to be a part of!

I thrifted 90% of the costumes and the others were rentals or I custom made some items. So fun!