Showing posts with label yard art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yard art. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

An east side pocket neighborhood you should know about








There's lots of these really nice little neighborhoods on the east side of Vintage Vegas. Spacious homes on good sized lots. Many have pools, many even have garages (at least the ones that haven't been converted).



Let me introduce you to Carriage Square. These were built as semi-custom homes, and there's only 62 homes in the subdivision. It's located between Desert Inn and Sahara and can be accessed from either Mojave or McLeod. All the homes are on Liberty Circle North or Liberty Circle South. Built in 1969, right at the end of the era we call Vintage Vegas, they're still charming and cute, with a dash of mid-mod.



They're well known for having extra large bedrooms and living rooms, and garages. Carriage square is one of the last all single story neighborhoods to be built till they became popular again in the late 90's. Most of the lots were 7000 sf, but there's a few in the corners of the neighborhood that ranged up to 11000 sf.



All the homes have 2 bathrooms, and 3 or bedrooms, though the living area ranged from 1200 to 2100 sf. There is one home that had a 2 story addition added to it.

Currently there are 2 homes for sale, and 3 have turned over in the last year. The 2 for sale are at $305,000 for a 4 bedroom 1996 square feet and $309,000. for a 1880 sq foot, 3 bedroom with a pool. Both still have garages.
And... we found some fun "yard art" while driving around to take our pictures.

Monday, July 16, 2007

folk art? or mass produced?


There's 4 of them, and they're pretty uniform, so I'm not sure, but they make cute yard art none-the-less. We found these on Santiago Dr. in Town and Country Estates, which is one of the up and coming VVV neighborhoods.

Sunday, June 10, 2007

cactus? or mulberry? or YARD ART!


This "little" gem of artwork isn't a cactus. It's a chainsaw art piece on Park Paseo at 8th Place. It came with the house and hasn't changed for the 10 years since Uncle Jack helped the current owners to buy the property. There's another one but it's currently obscurred by a tree that's infringing on it's space. A neighbor told us the original owners of the house carved it from a mulbery stump in the late 70's. Go take a look.

Friday, May 11, 2007

Yard Art in the Rancho/Alta Historic district

It speaks for itself!
(Clicking any Photo at V3 will show you a larger image)

There's stunning, campy, crafty, crazy but always interesting yard art all over Vintage Vegas! Do you have a favorite or one we should know about? Send us a picture. Everyone will appreciate your effort. (and if it's one we don't know about, or a picture we post, we'll send you a $10. Starbucks gift card)



If you're on the "History Hunt", You can take a little side trip onto Pinto Lane, east of Campbell.

Sunday, May 6, 2007

leftovers

Driving around yesterday, I found no less than 30 homes still with some form or other of Christmas lights/decor and IT'S MAY ALREADY. If you have a neighbor that's still dressed for December, offer to help them get them down. The worst is the santa clause and reindeer cutouts still on a lawn in Fran Park.
Amusingly, we found one set of Easter Decor on 8th Street. (at least I hope the blue wheelbarrows are left over from an egg hunt, since there's still an easter bunny, but if not, I'll have to re label this post as "Yard Art??"

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Paradise Palms @ night PART 1







The weather is perfect to take a night drive through Vintage Vegas. Sometimes at night you notice architectural features that would go un-noticed during the day, Also you get the feel of the neighborhoods. Take a chance to Visit Vintage Vegas at night.

Monday, April 2, 2007

ATTN: Wild Animal loose in McNeil


Wild bull attacks Local home!
Residents say the animal is stable at this point and a capture should be easy, but the home owner "Enjoys the beast in his front yard and has no plans of having it removed" Check out this McNeil Yard, and while your at it find all the hidden pockets where Vegas keeps its treasures.
More from UncleJack: (click on the picture to see the great detail) McNeil is the a huge pocket of custom homes Between Charleston and Oakey, west of Rancho. Mostly they were built by Vegas's middle class in the 1960's. Today it's a prized neighborhood of truly classic Vintage Vegas.

Monday, March 12, 2007

YARD ART ON BEVERLY WAY AND CANOSA


These have been downtown for years. Find them on Beverly way between Oakey and St. Louis. I get a little chuckle and a big smile everytime I drive by.



Do you know of any other intersting yard art in ANY of the Vintage Vegas Neighborhoods? Tell us about them in the comments, or email us a photo.

Thursday, March 8, 2007




OUR NEIGHBOR AND FRIEND TONY AT 1311 S. 15TH ADDED A DRINKING FOUNTAIN AS PART OF HIS GREAT NEW LANDSCAPE.GREAT IDEA TONY!