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1. Name:
Las Vegas Helicopter Tours
2. Owner: {owner}
3. Address: 3712
S. Las Vegas Blvd. 736-0013
3b. Additional Site
Details: The establishment rests
in a lot on the western side of the strip adjacent to the airfield,
which is utilized for takeoff and landing of the aircraft. The Las
Vegas Helicopter facility is also adjacent to and shares a building
with a souvenir shop.
4. Condition:
Structure 5
Surface 5
Lighting 5
Notes: See
description
5. Form: fasica
6. Specfic Description:
The Las Vegas Helicopter tours
facility possesses a quite elaborate wall sign which wraps the fascia
of the building. The face of the building looks east. The eastern
face is an entablature bordered in with polished gold aluminum raceway
lined with incandescent bulbs. In the center of the eastern face
of the narrow border transforms into a rectangular face, which juts
upward. A giant pan channel representing the American flag occupies
the space in the section. The horizontal red and white stripes are
painted channels, and the blue field in the upper left- hand corner
is a channel itself. The horizontal channels are lined with tubes
of neon in a corresponding color. The blue field is bordered in
blue neon, with incandescent bulbs in the center of graphically
painted stars. The entire flag is bordered in red neon. The entablature
below which runs along the entire face of the building plays home
to several phrases of different text and designs. The center portion
is taken up by a phrase "Las Vegas Helicopters," in black
channel letters painted red on the interior. The exterior edge is
lined with a border of red neon. The text is also filled with incandescent
bulbs. To the left of the main title, smaller black, channel letters
filled incandescent bulbs read, "Nightly Strip Rides"
in all caps. The raceway deviated from the straight form underneath
the secondary text, next to the primary title. On the bottom edge
beneath the phrase, the raceway turns into an arrow pointing downward.
The incandescent bulbs are still present along this deviation.
7. Type of Display:
neon, incandescent, backlit
8. Media: steel,
glass
9. Non-neon treatments:
graphics, paint
10. Animation:
chasing, flashing, oscillating
Notes: The
series of text in the left and right of the east face of the building
which reads "Nightly Strip Rides" and "Grand Canyon
Tours" are filled with incandescent bulbs which oscillate rapidly.
The incandescent bulbs, which line the raceways, also chase each
other. The main text which reads "Las Vegas Helicopter Tours"
is also filled with incandescent bulbs which animate as well. The
words "Las Vegas," star dark, then flash on and oscillate.
Next, the word "Helicopters," illuminates one letter at
a time in a rapid pace. The bulbs also oscillate once lit. The entire
phrase shuts off simultaneously before starting over again. The
word "Helicopters" remains dark until the first portion
of the phrase illuminates. The American flag centerpiece animates
as well. The incandescent bulbs placed in the center of each one
of the stars oscillate rapidly resulting in a twinkling effect.
The stars are constantly animated while the bars of neon slow chasing
pattern. The field remains dark then all the horizontal bars illuminate
all at once. They then chase upward, leaving all the illuminated
tubes blank in it's path. Once it reaches the top then it chases
downward illuminating all of the bars again. Once they are full,
they all shut off and the sequence starts over again.
11. Environment:
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