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1. Name:
Greek Isles Hotel and Casino
2. Owner: Mark
IV Realty
3. Address: 305
Convention Center Dr. 734-0711
3b. Additional Site
Details: The property which is
at the eastern end of Convention Center Dr., is one tower at the
east end of the property, and is attached to a low-rise structure
which reaches westward along the east side of Convention Center
drive. Various signs adorn the façade of the Greek Isles
including a small pylon sign, a porte- cochere and two wall/logo
signs. The stucco surface of the front of the building is painted
with images of rustic Mediterranean cottages, as well as the rising
or setting sun image seen on the pylon as well.
4. Condition:
Structure 5
Surface 5
Lighting 5
Notes: The
signage for the Greek Isles is essentially brand new, with exception
to the porte-cochere. The Porte cochere was left over from the previous
establishment with a bit of standard upkeep.
5. Form: plyon,
fasica, porte cochere
6. Specfic Description:
At the east end of Convention center
Blvd. The Greek Isles casino resides at the old site of establishments
such as The Paddlewheel, and The Debbie Reynolds Hotel Casino. The
signage consists a pylon sign, a porte- cochere and two wall signs.
Located on the south side of the street, the signage is located
in relatively small span of space along the north face of the establishment.
At the western most end of the property, a section of the low rise
structure radiuses outward creating a giant white, convex stucco
canvass. A golden sunset has been painted on the entire surface
of this rounded wall. A bright white round section represents it
with the color blending from an intense yellow into a burnt orange
on the top edge of the building. At the top of the wall along the
surface, "Greek Isles is spelled in shallow blue channel letters,
with each letter set upon a white cabinet which mimics the shape
of the font. Incandescent bulbs fill each channel letter, surrounded
by a border of blue neon. The text is very angular, also mimicking
ancient Greek text and the text utilized in Caesar's Palace. Just
below the text on the surface of the wall. A wall sign in the shape
of a rectangle with scrolls on the either sides. The resultant effect
is a two-dimension representation of an Ionic top of a column. The
outer edge of the sign including the spiraling scrolls on either
side is created with a narrow blue channel. Tubes of blue neon line
the interior of this channel. The open rectangular space left in
the banner of the sign reads "Hotel &Casino," in red
channel letters, lined with red neon on the interiors. Further east
on the surface of the building, the white stucco is treated with
a mural of broken tile overhangs and open shutters. Column, and
corbels are other elements represented in the mural of a Greek village.
Another sign is located on the wall between the western most sign
and the central Porte cochere. This sign is two parts. Pair of concrete
columns support a cabinet, crafted in the same fashion as the secondary
portion of the previously mentioned sign. The details of the scroll
are created by gold raceways lined with incandescent bulbs. Painted
in red , all capital, letters, the text "Restaurant &Lounge
Show," lies horizontally across the white surface. Neon is
crafted over the tops of the letters. Sitting on top of the cabinet
is another set of channel letters. The shallow blue letters are
filled with incandescent bulbs. The shadowing cabinet, behind the
letters is painted gold. Blue neon borders each one of the letters.
On either side of the text, three slightly arched rods angle out
of the body of the faux scrolled cabinet. The rods are lined on
the surface with one single tube of blue neon. A pair of gold, polished,
doors lie underneath the sign between the columns. The main entrance
of the building is underneath the porte-cochere, continuing east
along the property. The surface of the awning is illuminated with
lengthy backlit cabinets, lined on the top and the bottom with gold
raceways lined with incandescent bulbs. Blue tubes of neon line
the top and the bottom edges of the surface of the cabinet. The
underside of the awning is divided in clear plastic covered recessed
cubes, forming a grid over the surface. The interiors of the cubes
are mirrored, and sloped to a point in the negative shape of a pyramid.
The centers are adorned with incandescent bulbs. The borders that
periodically broken up with polished, reflective panels of a bronze
hue. The property continues east still, until a north/south drive
separates the building from the pylon sign for the establishment.
A pair of white painted steel poles are capped with a white cabinet,
sculpted itself to add elements to the poles themselves. The left
and right bottom edges of the cabinet are crafted to look lime the
scrolled column capital, represented in the two logo wall signs
on the east surface. The scrolls are created with blue paint, n
the white surface, as well as the address painted in the center.
The combination of the sculpted cabinet and supporting poles create
a solid base for a giant black cabinet which housed a color LED
message center. Atop the cabinet, another horizontal cabinet sits
wider in length than the LED cabinet. The cabinet is crafted like
the two wall signs as well, with bulbous radius ends, adorned on
the surface and edges with the channel raceways creating the scroll
shape. This channel is lined with blue neon. All capital, red channel
letters, filled with red neon, reads "Hotel & Casino."
A top this cabinet another sculpted cabinet hold the main logo text
of the sign. The sign is crafted as a half circle, creating a cabinet
with the entire outer edge being a single radius. The surface of
the sign is painted in the same fashion the sunset mural on the
east end of the building. The sign starts as a dark orange at the
bottom and fades to a yellow at the top. The edge of the radius
is interrupted by the main text. "Greek Isles" is spelled
in the same fashion as all the other signs. The mimicking backing
cabinets for the letters are painted white as well. The outer edge
is also lined with gold polished raceways , and incandescent bulbs.
The width of the sign from the LED cabinet on up is painted black
7. Type of Display:
neon, incandescent
8. Media: steel
9. Non-neon treatments:
graphics, paint
10. Animation:
none
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11. Environment:
The Greek Isles is on the unique
street line of Convention Center drive. To the east there is a nightclub,
a chain motel, The Las Vegas Hilton, and the transplanted Riviera
pylon. To the west, on that side of the street, is a bank complex
and the Casino Royal. Across the street the vast expanse of the
Hilton Convention Centers parking lot, makes the Greek Isles seem
much larger for it's relatively small set of signage. |
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