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Sayonara Harmon Hotel

Posted by Chuckmonster on 12 Jun 2015
With whimper and whistling wind, Sir Norman Foster's aborted Harmon Hotel - the elliptical City Center cylinder - is nearly gone. Poof... and there goes Jim's Mistake's pet mistake. Harmon was a once...

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Harmon Hotel Lawsuit Settled

Posted by Chuckmonster on 16 Dec 2014
Ending what would've been years of litigation, lawyers representing Harmon Hotel owners MGM Resorts International and building contractor Perini have settled their lawsuit over the botched construction of CityCenter boutique hotel as it is slowly...

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The Harmon Demolition

Posted by Chuckmonster on 15 Jul 2014
The demolition of the Harmon Hotel at CityCenter is in high gear. The entire curtain wall of the western side of the building had been removed, and holes have begun popping up on the eastern...

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Harmon Demolition Is Under Way

Posted by Chuckmonster on 13 Jun 2014
VT reader bgrapes sent us this photo showing what appears to be blocks of Harmon Hotel's windows being removed from the exterior of the hotel. Harmon Hotel at CityCenter, designed by starchitect Sir Norman Foster, was...

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The Demolition of Barbary Bills

Posted by Chuckmonster on 7 May 2013
The transformation of shuttered Bill's Gamblin' Hall and Saloon into Gansevoort Las Vegas is well underway. The main Strip facing signage strangely remains as the rest of the building has been thoroughly gutted. You can...

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