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Downtown Project partners purchased the 65-unit John E. Carson Hotel building at Sixth and Carson in April 2012 for about $2.1 million.

Joe Downtown: Doughnut shop, tavern, offices may be in mix for former John E. Carson Hotel: May 20, 2013; By Joe Schoenmann; Work last week began on the interior demolition of the John E. Carson Hotel, 124 S. Sixth St., purchased a year ago and now part of the realm of the Downtown Project.

Symphony Park, including the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and the Smith Center for the Performing Arts, in downtown Las Vegas on Sunday, March 4, 2012.

Joe Downtown: TV series to showcase Las Vegas arts scene?: May 16, 2013; By Joe Schoenmann; Just beyond the doors of the Smith Center for the Performing Arts, a film crew is focused on Charles Ressler. Living in Las Vegas the past two years, Ressler, a New York native, has thrown himself into various roles supporting and bolstering connections between the arts, culture and community in downtown Las Vegas.

Bob Coffin, far left, and Steve Evans, far right, reminisce about the Huntridge Theater in the historic building's parking lot Wednesday, May 15, 2013. A film crew was recording memories of the theater to be used to raise money to buy and renovate the 69-year-old property.

Joe Downtown: Shared memories of the Huntridge could be crucial to its revival: May 15, 2013; By Joe Schoenmann; If the walls of the Huntridge theater could speak, they might tell the story of Bob Coffin's first kiss. Or of seeing John Angus in stitches at the hilarious musings of Danny Thomas.

Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com, talks about ideas for downtown redevelopment at a Zappos condo in the Ogden in downtown Las Vegas Thursday, June 7, 2012.

Joe Downtown: Tony Hsieh to get new landlord?: May 15, 2013; By Joe Schoenmann; Residents of The Ogden high-rise in Downtown Las Vegas are buzzing about what they say is the impending sale of the building to a foreign company. The Ogden is an activity hub for the nouveau downtown tech crowd and home to Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh.

Former pro wrestler Alex Tauoa is a bouncer you definitely want on your side.

Joe Downtown: Keeping the door and keeping the peace at the Griffin: May 15, 2013; By Joe Schoenmann; You don't wanna mess with a bouncer whose pro wrestling finishing move is called Death From Above.

Joe Downtown: Experience 'Our Las Vegas' artists' works at Emergency Arts exhibit: May 15, 2013; By Joe Schoenmann; Galleries and art on display in the former examination rooms of downtown Las Vegas’ Emergency Arts building, a former medical clinic, will be featured in two events at the end of this month.

The Grill restaurant located inside Gold Spike casino.

Joe Downtown: The Grill at Gold Spike reopens to high praise: May 14, 2013; By Joe Schoenmann; The moderate prices, Muzak-less atmosphere and care taken with my chicken caesar salad – no brown lettuce, freshly grilled chicken, just-right tangy dressing – of The Grill inside Gold Spike just earned my vote as a great place to eat downtown.

Longtime Fremont Street eatery Uncle Joe's Pizza is seen Tuesday, July 24, 2012.

Joe Downtown: Late delivery will keep Uncle Joe's in existing shop: May 13, 2013; By Joe Schoenmann; Uncle Joe's Pizza is staying put. I reported recently that the longtime Fremont Street restaurant had closed and would reopen in the Gold Spike, one of Downtown Project's most recent acquisitions.

First opened as a movie theater in 1944, the Huntridge played host to bands such as Nine Inch Nails and Green Day during its concert venue days.

Joe Downtown: Production company seeks Huntridge memories: May 13, 2013; By Joe Schoenmann; Silver State Production Services wants people with stories and memories of the Huntridge Theater to tell them for the camera Wednesday night.

Joe Downtown: Two new restaurants join downtown scene: May 10, 2013; By Joe Schoenmann; A soon-to-open Italian sub joint, along with Mingo, a new bar/restaurant further near Casino Center Drive and Charleston Boulevard, might just give some of the new Fremont East bar/restaurants a run for their money.

Freeman White III, director of production at Fremont East Studios in downtown Las Vegas, is taking his new film, "Five Thirteen," to distributors and buyers at next week's Cannes film festival.

Joe Downtown: Fremont East Studios producer shopping new film to crowd at Cannes: May 10, 2013; By Joe Schoenmann; Freeman White III has come a long way since his first film, a documentary about buffalo grass. Next week, he’s bringing “Five Thirteen,”a film five years in the making, to Cannes for the international film festival to show to potential buyers and distributors.

The Golden Gate's classic shrimp cocktail.

Joe Downtown: Golden Gate not scrimping on National Shrimp Day: May 9, 2013; By Joe Schoenmann; There may be nothing more “Vegas” than the shrimp cocktail. Well, that is after gambling, neon signage, diminishing water resources and the mistaken belief that prostitution is legal here.

An entry sponsored by the R.O.S.E. Foundation makes its way down 4th Street Saturday during the annual Helldorado Parade.

Joe Downtown: Helldorado Days heralds Vegas' Wild West past: May 8, 2013; By Joe Schoenmann; Computer chips easily outnumber cowboys in Downtown Las Vegas, especially as startup founders and coders find sanctuary around East Fremont Street, soon to be the backyard of dot-com retailer Zappos. But Zappos aside, Las Vegas’ persona remains firmly grounded in the Wild West myth, and downtown’s Helldorado Days, a multiday celebration of the the West’s rugged reputation, fits right in.

The Strip’s casinos and complexes like CityCenter might not be built for us, but Downtown’s are increasingly catering to locals.

Joe Downtown: Urban transformation could make Las Vegas for Las Vegans: May 8, 2013; By Joe Schoenmann; Las Vegas Strip casinos aren't there for locals, but more and more, Downtown development is.

Joe Downtown: Project 100 hiring for transportation positions: May 8, 2013; By Joe Schoenmann; Project 100, the ambitious multimodal transportation system beginning in downtown Las Vegas, is seeking several people to fill a variety of new jobs.

Joe Schoenmann doesn’t just cover downtown, he lives and works there. Schoenmann is Greenspun Media Group’s embedded downtown journalist, working from an office in the Emergency Arts complex.

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