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1. Name:
Bourbon Street Casino
2. Owner: Carma
LTD
3. Address: 120
East Flamingo Rd. 737-0283
3b. Additional Site
Details: Bourbon Street is located
between the Maxim and the Barbary Coast on the north side of Flamingo,
stretching to the corner of Audrie and Flamingo. The building contains
elements such as brick masonry, stucco and wrought iron grating.
It is a smaller property compared to nearby plots such as Bally's
or the Flamingo. Extending north a short distance for a structure
of rooms and parking, the signage consists of wall signs on the
east and west sides of the building, a main sign on the south side
of the building, a sidewalk and window canopies, as well as a main
pylon.
4. Condition:
Structure 3 }
Surface 3
Lighting
3--notes: The entire façade of the building, as well as canopies
are badly faded and in need of attention.
Notes: See
description
5. Form: plyon,
fasica, porte cochere
6. Specfic Description:
Headed west on Flamingo the first
signage visible of the Bourbon Street is on the east face of the
main building. A giant stucco arch, which runs the height of the
building, is adorned at the very top with a round canopy. The canopy
is divided into striped sections of red and white alternating panels,
separated by gold aluminum polished raceways lined with incandescent
bulbs. The canopy's underside is laden with incandescent bulbs.
White channel letters reside on the surface of the building spelling
out " Bourbon Street," with one word above the other.
The letters are filled with white neon. Below the word "Street,"
the words "Hotel Casino," are spelled in channel letters
and filled with red neon. Below the collection of channel letters
and canopy, the majority of the space is occupied with an internally
lit plastic screen with vinyl letters. Two small canopies flank
the arch over two windows and also contain incandescent bulb raceways.
The top edge of the building is gold polished raceways with incandescent
bulbs. Along the south side of the building, long canopies are hung
upon the top edge of the wall hanging over backlit plastic screens
with vinyl letters. The middle of the building is an archway projected
out into space creating an extension of the side of the building.
The same canopy design seen on the east side of the building is
seen at the top of the structure only larger in size. It is also
treated with the same raceway and incandescent bulb design. "Bourbon
Street" is spelled in al capital channel letters outlined in
red neon and filled with incandescent bulbs. Above and below the
text on the wall, white neon is bent into decorative, scrollwork
patterns. The very top of the arch is crowned with a single internally
lit spherical bulb. Below the text a cabinet with rounded top corners,
houses channel letters filled with red neon. It is bordered with
a raceway lined with incandescent bulbs. Projecting out on either
side of this cabinet, along the face of the building, hanging over
the sidewalk, is a canopy with an exoskeleton of raceways lined
with incandescent bulbs. On the wall of the building, between the
two top and bottom canopies, and on either side of the main entrance
two small canopies hang over windows. They are treated the same
as the window canopies on the east side of the building. On the
west end of the property there is a small porte-cochere, and covered
walkway that extends west to the end of the property. At a slightly
higher elevation than the façade's canopy, the porte-cochere
is a square design with the same external raceways and bulbs, the
same can be said for the walkway extending to the edge of the property.
The canopies look to be made of steel and painted to match the color
scheme of the establishment. The underside of the porte-cochere
is comprised of squared mirrored paneling illuminated with incandescent
bulbs. On the west side of the building above the porte-cochere
the same canopy and arch design can be seen but the text is more
akin to the text on the south side of the building. The channel
letters spell the text Bourbon Street in two lines. They are outlined
in red neon and filled with incandescent bulbs. The text "Hotel
Casino" is represented in channel letters filled with red neon.
The only difference is the yellow neon design placed in between
the two words. To the left of this sign, along the top edge of the
building the canopy design picks up again hovering above a backlit
sign message board. On the extreme west end of the property the
main pylon sign faces east/west on the northeast corner. The sign
basically consists of a large pole with a double-backed cabinet,
crowned with the umbrella canopy shape seen throughout the property.
The cabinet is of rectangular design with the corners cut out in
a circular shape. The majority of the sign is occupied by the red
neon bordered channel letters, which read "Bourbon Street".
These are also filled with incandescent bulbs. The text "Hotel
Casino" is spelled in channel letters and outlined on the interior
with red neon. The left and right sides of the word "Street"
are occupied with a channel scrollwork design lined with yellow
neon. A channel pattern also separates the words "Hotel"
and "Casino" This patterns appears to be like a flier
de lie with its mirror image attached to it from the bottom. It
too is filled with yellow neon. The face of the cabinet is lined
with a raceway containing incandescent bulbs. The umbrella canopy
occupies the top of the sign. It is fully realized in the round,
with the exterior skeleton of the raceways with incandescent bulbs.
The underside is also mirrored with incandescent bulbs spread across
the surface. At the very top of the umbrella shape a streetlight
puts the finishing touches on the sign. A small sign worth mentioning
sits north of the main pylon at the edge of a small parking lot
for the facility. It is a small backlit cabinet denoting hotel registration
and parking. The rectangular cabinet sits upon a small pole with
a rounded section incorporated into its design. On the plastic portion
of this rounded extension the words "Bourbon Street" are
graphically painted along with the image of the red and white canopy.
7. Type of Display:
neon, incandescent, backlit
8. Media: steel,
fiberglass, glass
9. Non-neon treatments:
paint
10. Animation:
oscillation, chasing
Notes: All
the incandescent bulbs on the raceways that are visible, chase each
from other top to bottom. The incandescent bulbs, which line the
raceways on the umbrella shape on the main pylon, chase each other
downward as well as around the border of the face of the sign. The
underside of the umbrella is also encrusted with incandescent bulbs,
which oscillate. The text on the pylon sign all light up simultaneously
in an oscillating pattern, they then steady burn, then shut off.
The main logo marquee seen on the south face of the building contains
the same animation seen on the pylon sign as well. The small vertical
raceways underneath the porte-cochere also animate by chasing downward.
11. Environment:
Headed west toward the strip
on Flamingo, the defunct Maxim is almost invisible at night, while
the first active property is the Bourbon Street. The main pylon
resides directly across Audrie from the Battista's pylon, making
a flanking neon gateway to northern bound travelers on Audrie. |
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