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1. Name:
Psychic Sessions
2. Owner: {owner}
3. Address: 3941
S. Las Vegas Blvd.
3b. Additional Site
Details: The theme present in
the polo towers revolves around its name, and references to the
sport of polo. But the only exterior images that reference the theme
are the logos themselves. The sign itself is more akin to roadside
pylon signs, utilizing a number of different sign techniques functions
to create an interesting mix of design. The color scheme does seem
to reference the time of its inception, that being the eighties.
The eighties is recognized with the usage of teal, pink and gold.
The brass cabinet enclosed in plexi-glass, references the typical
Vegas adornment.
4. Condition:
Structure 4
Surface 3
Lighting 4
Notes: See
description
5. Form: 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"
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:
graphics, paint
10. Animation:
none
Notes: n/a
11. Environment:
Psychic Sessions has the unique
position of being located in the same lot as the Happi Inn. In fact
its structure is attached to the Happi Inn, on the south side of
the Happi Inn's main office. This facility adds a unique position
to the already mysterious air of the southern Strip, especially
at night. The red illumination of the neon is a perfect tone for
the already mysterious business, which the signs advertise for.
The side of the lot, which it occupies, is considerably less lit
as a whole, making the mood a rather eerie if not "Twilight
Zone-esque" Such establishments are not seen in the modern
day Strip environment. |
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