22 May Vegas Variety: See the Big City Beyond the Bright Lights
In Downtown, on the other side of Las Vegas Boulevard from the freakishly touristy Fremont Street Experience (the Zoomline zipline is five blocks long) is Fremont East, several square blocks of small, hip restaurants, chic and quirky bars, public art and a grocery store. The neighborhood isn’t new, but the cultural and culinary makeup is still evolving and growing. Stroll down Fremont Street, past the vintage neon signs in the median, toward the Downtown Container Park, an off-beat outdoor mall and live music venue where the cast changes often. (Yes, all the buildings were crafted from shipping containers.) Read full article