PROS: this looks identical to the real statue. This also has a turf yard off limits to the public…read morebut can be rented for special events. It's also in a good location being that it's next to the main avenue CONS: there isn't any good place to stand and view it. Along it, is a skinny walking path. So you need to stand across the street to really see it OVERALL: it's a spectacular statue to see. It's something you don't wanna miss

Pretty impressive, but not the real one. So it's doesn't count if someone wants to go to NY....but…read moreimpressive nonetheless. Pretty cool towards to end of the "new" strip in Vegas. Come check it out as you can get a better look than you would of the real one.

Located within the Crystals Shopping area of City Center is an Interactive Light Sculpture that…read morevisitors can walk through and around, touch, and just be enveloped by the Light emanating from the angled Plexiglas tubes and the multi-colored Lights embedded in the floor of the Sculpture... the Tubes contain liquid that is spun into Vortices that simulate Water Funnels or Liquid Tornadoes. It seemed as if visitors to Crystals were enjoying themselves traversing through the maze of angled tubes of spinning liquid... taking pictures of themselves with the Sculpture to send home along with other memories and events in Las Vegas. But, I was distracted by the condensation build-up within the plastic tubes... the liquid level does not completely fill the tube itself... combined with heat produced by the floor lamps pointed upwards that will heat the liquid.... results in condensation at the top of virtually every tube. The Condensation problem probably could be alleviated by lowering the ambient light level in Crystals, thereby enabling the lowering of the light level of the floor lights. Or raising the level of the water in each tube to the fill the tube completely with water... don't know how that's going to affect the vortex turbulence within the tube, though. I guess, there was no real-world testing of this Light Sculpture to "catch" anomalies such as this... WET does outdoor venues better... see Bellagio Water Show...

The Strip has changed a lot over the years…read more There's been homeless people here. Some of them are sitting and carrying signs. Some of them could be yelling out at people. There's been illegal peddling of water and other drinks, from large coolers. Now, the city's passed street vendors (food). I don't know. It's all pretty strange. Sometimes you are passing through really quickly and hyper aware of your surroundings. It's kind of a weird side show, really. On the plus side, you can take some pretty cool pictures with certain buildings in the background. But do that in a hurry. Because you want to be safe. It is a safer way to avoid the traffic on some of the Strip's sidewalks. Honestly, the Strip is always changing. You can visit one week, and the following week, there is something new, like a new project in the works. We didn't even realize that we had passed a new shopping center this past sunday, Mother's Day, 2025.

The Las Vegas pedestrian bridges are to Las Vegas what the subways are to New York City and the…read morefreeways to Los Angeles. The Las Vegas pedestrian bridges are utilitarian spaces along the Strip that provide transportation and local flavor along Las Vegas Boulevard. It is hard to believe that it has been a year-and-a-half that I intended to write this review. I guess I was too busy reviewing restaurants and attractions that the pedestrian bridges led me to. Along the four miles of the Las Vegas Strip there are 4 sets of bridges that cross over the road . They are at Tropicana Avenue, Harmon Road/ City Center, Flamingo Road, and Spring Mountain Road / Venetian -Treasure Island. The Tropicana Avenue bridges that serve the MGM Grand, New York - New York, The Excalibur, and The Tropicana are the oldest. I remember my first impressions of Las Vegas back in 1996, were standing on the MGM Grand - New York -New York pedestrian bridge. As I write this, the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard at Tropicana Avenue is one of the most photographed intersections in the world.The MGM-Tropicana bridge is a popular photo spot to photograph the Strip. In more recent times, just up the Strip, Clark County built pedestrian bridges to cross over Harmon Road and connect Planet Hollywood with City Center. These are the most modern pedestrian bridges featuring glass walls instead of wire. This is the only pedestrian bridge where people walk through a mall to return to the Strip. Further north are the Strip at Flamingo Road bridges that date back to the late 90s. The second most modern pedestrian bridges are a spaced apart set connecting Treasure Island,The Venetian complex, and Fashion Show. These are the second most modern that date back to the early 2000s when they built the Wynn. Writing a review on pedestrian bridges seems pedestrian. However, these are the public landmarks of the Las Vegas Strip. This is where some of what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas initiates. The party atmosphere of the clubs and bars overflows onto the pedestrian bridges. This is a public walkway where you can drink an adult beverage and cross paths with a costumed Darth Vadar and Micky Mouse. Clark County builds and manages the pedestrian bridges. With the increase in traffic and new resorts, the County has built the bridges to eliminate the pedestrian and automobile conflict. As I write this, the County is planning to refurbish the bridges around Tropicana Avenue at the same time there is demand for a pedestrian bridge connecting The Bellagio walkway to Planet Hollywood. Unfortunately the County does a better job building the pedestrian bridges instead of managing them. It is poor management, that mandates a star decrease. The poor management can be blamed on a poor police presence. The media makes us so aware of the eye in the sky over the casinos. However, there is a need for security on the pedestrian bridges. On really bad days, the pedestrian bridges remind me of a what Times Square used to be like before Mayor Giuliani cleaned it up. I don't mind the homeless, the costumed street performers, or even unlisenced merchants selling water, sunglasses, and even beer. It is the aggressive people that shatter the experience of the Las Vegas pedestrian bridges. What comes into mind are the people blocking traffic to hound you to buy their CDs. Nearly as bad are the people conning innocent people with card game scams. The worst stories I hear on the news. It is creepy when some of the bridges are dark. For whatever reason, streetlights illuminate over a suburban bike trail yet are nonexistent over a pedestrian connection between the MGM Grand and New York - New York. With the insufficient security presence comes vandalism. Graffiti carved into plate glass walls have marred the Strip at Flamingo pedestrian bridges. Now the County wants to spend tax dollars on putting up plate glass windows at the Strip at Tropicana bridges. The enclosed elevators are an atrosity. The inside of the elevators are so covered with graffiti and vandalism that it feels like you are in a restroom. It seems that certain Clark County politicians enjoy being in the limelight at a press conference when ground is broken on a pedestrian bridge but seem indifferent to maintainance and addressing security concerns. The Las Vegas pedestrian bridges are a necessity to eliminate the pedestrian and motor vehicle conflict. Minus the pedestrian bridges, people would be putting their lives in their hands crossing these major intersections. However, people may be putting their lives in their hands crossing these bridges. Security is a necessity to eliminate the pedestrian criminal and pedestrian con artist conflict. As a consequence of poor management leading to insufficient security and criminal activity including graffiti and conning people, I rate the Las Vegas pedestrian bridges three stars.

Here is the big red shoe. Las Vegas is filled with random statues and public art. This is another…read morecool example of it right when you enter downtown Vegas. It is hanging in the middle of the air next to a few shops. No idea why it is here but its here and its cool to see

What a unique little town in the Springs Preserve. Definitely worth checking out while you're…read morethere. Totally walkable from the main area but I'd recommend taking the train since it's about a 3 minute ride and way faster than walking. Pretty cool stuff to see and learn about the history of this little town.

Town of Paradise does exists. Who knew I would be driving through a town when visiting the City of…read moreLas Vegas? Here's how I came across this revelation... I was heading to the Las Vegas Convention Center. Per Google Map, I can get from A to B without having to drive on Las Vegas Blvd. Sometimes it's much faster driving the back streets than the main attraction street, Las Vegas Blvd. Koval Lane and Paradise Road are key streets that go from south to north. Cool! Paradise is an unincorporated town adjacent to the city of Las Vegas. It contains "Harry Reid International Airport; the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV); the majority of the Las Vegas Strip; and most of the tourist attractions in the Las Vegas area (excluding downtown). However, all Paradise addresses, as well as other unincorporated areas in the Las Vegas Valley, have "Las Vegas" addresses." Who knew? Now we know!

Take me down / to the literal Paradise City / where there is no grass / and the roaches breed…read morefreely! Feels weird for a place with The Strip, UNLV, and McCarran airport to be a "town", but I didn't make the rules. If you aren't familiar, what most people think of as "Las Vegas" is actually a patchwork of smaller cities, towns and unincorporated areas. Actual Las Vegas is really a pretty small area. The Strip up to about where Circus Circus is is in Paradise, the rest is actually in Las Vegas. Paradise is a rough box shape with Decatur as the west border, Desert Inn as the north, Nellis to the east and Sunset to the south, with an annex stretching down south of McCarran just far enough to engulf Silverado Ranch. Though most of the Strip is here I hope people won't review the Strip in here. I'm not going to. The Strip has its own entry packed full of tourists making inane superficial observations that are of no help to anyone. I feel like this should be more about daily life in and around, considering most locals tend to not go to The Strip unless they work there. Or are peddling drugs/ass there. Which I guess is work, really. So if you've lived here, like me, you can say you lived in Paradise for a year and it's technically true. "I didn't find it to be that, exactly" - Sam Elliott. It's not the worst place to live and it's not the best. It has serious trouble spots, mostly along the eastern edge as you get close to Boulder Hwy (which is some level of trouble all the way up and down). But I also never found it to be TOO dangerous or TOO dingy. I've lived in a lotta worse places, and there's a lot that I actually enjoy about the place. It's started to feel like weird, busted home to me. Not a place that I want to settle down forever, but a place that I'm happy to come back to. UNLV is the big showpiece to me, outside of the casinos. What a great school with so many great resources. I'm not gonna list them though because I don't need you hornin' in on my hustle. Worst part is the roaches. They cool out in the colder months but maaan are they out in force when it gets warm. Like every possible variety from around the world is living just underneath the town in like hellish Cockroach Fraggle Rock. You basically have to live up off ground level here, it doesn't stop them completely but it does seem to make a big difference. Living in a legitimate 24 hour area is also really nice if you gotta keep weird hours sometimes. Eh. I can deal with it. You can do a whole lot worse.

Are you new to Nevada? Looking for local information about Boulder City? Stop in at the Nevada…read moreWelcome Center. You'll find brochures and signage about local businesses and attractions. There are men's and women's restrooms available during business hours. Want to have a picnic BBQ? Go ahead, use the recreational area adjacent to the welcome building. Do you play Pokemon Go? There are several PokeStops and one gym at the welcome center.

It was on a recent Monday that I played the tourist at the Nevada Welcome Center on the way to a…read morehiking adventure. As it turns out, I would leave here with resourceful knowledge of the state parks and a new trailhead connecting to miles of Boulder City outdoor adventure. Throughout the years, I have explored Boulder City's parks and attractions. When I drove on US 93, I had been curious about this Nevada Welcome Center that sits off Nevada Way. After seeing so much of Boulder City, it was about time to check out the state welcome center. Although this is a Nevada Welcome Center, it is owned and managed by the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority. With that said it is a visitor center serving Nevada, Boulder City, and Las Vegas. This is one of the four Nevada Centers in Southern Nevada. From the perspective of a reviewer discussing the Visitor Center proper & adjacent hikes, it is best to separate the review into two sections 1: Visitor Center Proper and 2: Trailhead 1: Visitor Center Proper. Before touching on the facility, it is important to note that it has two major flaws. The first flaw is that it is closed on weekends when US 93 is flooded with drivers. The second flaw is that it sits on the opposite side of the US 93 traffic entering the state line. The Visitor Center is a long building parallel to a long parking lot that can handle a lot of vehicles including busses. It reminds me of a concession stand at a drive-in parking lot. The first thing that is noticeable is the "Welcome to Nevada" sign. This is a nice photo spot for a state sign pic. At the opposite end are clean rest rooms. The Visitor Center itself is in the center. It is essentially one room with a floor to ceiling window overlooking Lake Mead, a desk, "This is Boulder City" computer, and two walls of travel brochures. These 11 racks of brochures are the focal point of the Center. The racks feature brochures on the State of Nevada, cupouns, tours, shopping, recreation, parks, entertainment, and attractions. These brochures include directories of local malls, state parks as far north as Ely, and national parks. Over and above the brochures, one of the two knowledgeable and friendly women here made this an enjoyable learning experience as she answered my questions while I loaded up on brochures. Where the Visitor Center looks like a drive-in parking lot from the front, in the back it is a spectacular property that overlooks a dramatic vista of Lake Mead from a hill. Nearby are two banks of shaded picnic tables. This includes 16 shaded picnic tables to the right of the building. A few of them overlook Lake Mead. This is the only spot that I know of where you can enjoy a picnic overlooking Lake Mead off southbound US 93. Adjacent to the picnic tables is a short mult use trail that tunnels under US 93 to the River Mountains Loop Trail (RMLT). This will segue into the second part of my review. 2: As a Trailhead It is the additional role of a trailhead that I am giving it 4 stars. It connects to miles and miles of trails without crossing a major road thanks to the fact that it tunnels under US 93. Due to the Yelp character limit, I will brief. Here are some hikes that the short trail leads to: 1. Hemmingway Valley Park (short distance) 2. Red & Black Mountain via RMLT to River Mountain Trail. (moderate distance) 3. Teddy Bear Cholla Forest via RMLT (long) 4. Railroad Tunnel Trail via RMLT (long) 5. Bootleg Canyon via RMLT (long) 6. Boulder Beach via RMLT (long) & 7. Miles of hiking & biking on RMLT. There is more hiking opportunities when you exit the center and turn right onto Nevada Way. This is the hiking I did from here. A nice relatively hike up the Nevada Way hill rewarded me with a first-rate Lake Mead view from the high up Boulder City overlook. This was the prequel to hours of hiking. Just up the hill from the Visitor Center there are trails that lead into the wilderness of the Boulder City backcountry. This is where I spent around 4 hours enjoying the serenity and beauty of nature. The nice thing about using the Visitor Center as a trailhead is the parking lot. There was a perception that my vehicle was safe here. In conclusion I rate the Nevada Visitor Center 4 Stars. It does a great job serving as both a resource for the State and local parks and attractions and as a trailhead to miles and hours of Boulder City outdoor adventures.

This is probably my favorite City Hall in town. If you are in to City Halls, this is probably the…read morebest one in Boulder City.