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1. Name:
Happi Inn
2. Owner: {owner}
3. Address: 3939
S. Las Vegas Blvd. 736-8031
3b. Additional Site
Details: The Happi Inn resides
on the corner of Mandalay and Las Vegas Blvd, stretching east, ending
at Gilles street. The property is the largest of the small roadside
sites. The signage, however, is limited. Three pole signs and an
internally lit cabinet comprise total signage. The two pole signs,
being the tallest, reside on the north end of the property while
a small vertical pole sign resides on the top of the building's
roofline. The small internally lit cabinet sits over the drive,
next to the main office.
4. Condition:
Structure 3
Surface 4
Lighting 3
Notes: The
structure of all the signs appear to be intact, with no visible,
severe damage. Various lighting is out an all the signs, with the
small roof line pole sign, no longer being lit. The internally lit
cabinets on the sign within the pole sign furthest east, are no
longer lit as well. The surfaces of the sign are intact, but are
worn.
5. Form: plyon,
fasica
6. Specfic Description:
Two pole style pylons, reside on
the north end of the property. On the rear of the property on the
corner of Mandalay Bay and Gilles Street, is a simple design. A
single white, steel pole, supports three, two- sided cabinets stacked
on top of each other to create the shape. A small white, horizontal,
rectangular, cabinet, has a white face with "Office" painted
in red text, and a red arrow pointing to the west. It sits slightly
off center the center pole. A tall, thin, vertical, rectangular
cabinet, is painted orange, and has the world "Motel,"
spelled in all capital, white neon letters. Centered on top of this
cabinet, another internally lit cabinet, white cabinet, crowns the
sign. The cabinet has a green face with white text spelling "Happi
Inn" in all capital letters. The main pole sign for the property
is similar to the previous piece, but a bit more elaborate. As the
white pole rises up from the ground it is met with a pair of black,
cabinets, sandwiching the north and south sides of the pole. The
sign itself faces north south. The cabinets are white faced with
text painted upon the surface. Above the two cabinets, a double-backed
cabinet is crafted into an "L" shape, facing north, and
facing south it would be a "J" shape. Either way it is
a horizontal cabinet, which makes a horizontal turn to the east.
The foot of the character curves down to a point, while the vertical
section, runs up the west side of the white pole, which continues
upward. The vertical surface contains the text "Motel"
that is written horizontally downward in all capital, white, painted
text. The graphic text is shadowed over with neon tubing. The horizontal
section has the words "vacancy" written in white all capital
text, with red neon lying over the surface. The top of the sign
is crowned with a double backed, six sided, geometric cabinet. The
surface is green written in capital, white text, with the word "Happi"
written in an arched pattern, with "Inn" written horizontally
below that. Over the entrance to the driveway, stretching into the
east-end of the lot, is a small, internally lit cabinet, with rounded
ends. The face of sign is green plastic with "Happi Inn"
written in all capitals, in a two lined text. White, scroll-type
designs, flank, both sides of the text. Just past the Psychic Sessions,
palmistry establishment, actually standing on the corner of the
building, a vertical pole sign, rises in the sky. I single red pole
shoots upward a short distance, with five double-backed square cabinets
being speared through the center. Each cabinet, also red, contains
1 letter from the word "Motel, in all capitals." The letters
are overlaid with neon as well/ Pointing down toward the property,
an angled arrow, crafted in the same fashion and material as the
cabinet, is positioned just below the east side of the cabinet containing
the letter "E."
7. Type of Display:
neon, incandescent, backlit
8. Media: steel,
plastic
9. Non-neon treatments:
paint
10. Animation:
chasing
Notes: The
incandescent bulbs which form the border of the green internally
lit cabinet, found on the western face of the main office chase
each other from left to right.
11. Environment:
The Happi Inn is part of the
distinctive section of the Strip comprised of older roadside motels,
met with a few of the larger resort casinos. Facing west on the
corner of Las Vegas Blvd and Mandalay Rd., the property resides
in the shadow of Luxor. To the north, vacant land reaches until
ended by the Tropicana property. |
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