Neon Eden

Lead Photo Our Downtown columnist offers friendly advice for the area as he prepares to move on

J. Patrick Coolican | Wed, Nov 28, 2012 (4:35 p.m.)

A last installment of Sun columnist J. Patrick Coolican's Neon Eden column.

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Lead Photo The battle for the Huntridge is waged in frustration and misunderstanding

J. Patrick Coolican | Wed, Nov 21, 2012 (midnight)

Will the wrecking ball arrive after all is said and done?

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Lead Photo Does Las Vegas need its own Mayor Daley?

J. Patrick Coolican | Tue, Nov 13, 2012 (11:12 p.m.)

Chicago's turnaround mayor is in Las Vegas this week for a Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

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Lead Photo After a tough stretch, Downtown’s Juhl has seen its fortunes rise

J. Patrick Coolican | Wed, Nov 7, 2012 (4:45 p.m.)

Some poor soul bought a two-bedroom, two-bath unit at the Juhl tower Downtown in 2009 for $465,804. The same unit sold earlier this year for $104,500. And yet, things are looking up at Juhl.

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Lead Photo Las Vegas’ mid-mod homes don’t just look cool — they were built for the desert

J. Patrick Coolican | Wed, Oct 31, 2012 (4:28 p.m.)

The retro homes were designed smarter than the track homes lining suburban streets.

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Lead Photo Should we turn the old Ambassador Hotel site into a Middle Eastern market?

J. Patrick Coolican | Wed, Oct 24, 2012 (5 p.m.)

The possibilities seem endless for the seven acre space.

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Lead Photo Are Downtown landowners waiting for a Hsieh payday?

J. Patrick Coolican | Wed, Oct 17, 2012 (4:17 p.m.)

Are owners in denial about the crash?

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Lead Photo Is Downtown Las Vegas in danger of gentrification?

J. Patrick Coolican | Wed, Oct 10, 2012 (5:47 p.m.)

Will wealthy yuppies and retail outlets like J. Crew soon dominate the area?

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Lead Photo Keeping up with Downtown development can be exhausting

J. Patrick Coolican | Wed, Oct 3, 2012 (4:27 p.m.)

There's no shortage of great projects going on Downtown. Check out our list.

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Lead Photo J. Patrick Coolican comes out of party retirement at the new D

J. Patrick Coolican | Wed, Sep 26, 2012 (2:14 p.m.)

It was time to come out of a six-month retirement from Downtown carousing and check in on the scene.

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Lead Photo Can we solve the homeless situation by … giving them a place to live?

J. Patrick Coolican | Wed, Sep 19, 2012 (4:11 p.m.)

A prominent business person suggested to me that to solve the homeless problem Downtown, we should buy an empty subdivision in the suburbs and move everybody in. This person was joking, but there’s actually some validity to that idea. Why? Well, that’s what we’re already doing, and it’s working.

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Lead Photo After years of ridicule, Neonopolis is poised to become a must-visit destination

J. Patrick Coolican | Wed, Sep 12, 2012 (4:41 p.m.)

Neonopolis, the behemoth mall-ish structure at Las Vegas Boulevard and Fremont, has collected a number of inventive descriptions and nicknames. Its own developer, Rohit Joshi, compared it to barracks. A reviewer on Yelp tagged it “Necropolis” (as in, burial grounds). CityLife writer Amy Kingsley inventively compared it to a bank vault.

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Lead Photo Downtown desperately needs more trails, but don’t hold your breath

J. Patrick Coolican | Wed, Sep 5, 2012 (4:36 p.m.)

There's a long-range plan for trails downtown, but where's the money going to come from?

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Lead Photo Downtown desperately needs more parks. Who will step up?

J. Patrick Coolican | Wed, Aug 29, 2012 (1:18 p.m.)

It's hard to imagine a great city without great parks.

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Lead Photo Small businesses, big beginnings: Talking with Downtown Project’s Don Welch

J. Patrick Coolican | Wed, Aug 22, 2012 (4:52 p.m.)

The Downtown Project’s plan to open dozens of small businesses in the next few years after picking from hundreds of at-times highly creative submissions can seem rather freewheeling, like a certain locally famous online apparel retailer.

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