Maryland Parkway businesses

1989-12-02 Flyer for the Underground’s 10^th anniversary party at Bert’s Second Story, in the building which later became the Arts Factory.

1997-04-17 “Notes from The Underground: the venerable indie record store has a new manager and mission: snag the mallpunks.” Las Vegas City Life. by Andrew Kiraly. (Brent Engle takes over the 17-year-old shop.)

1990-10-02 “Poetry is alive at ‘Poetry Alive’.” The Yellin’ Rebel. by William Holt. (The headline writer was immediately offered a job at various local newspapers.)

2001-07-12 “Café Roma: Starbucks all grown up.” Las Vegas Weekly. by Joe Schoenmann.

2002-03-28 “Longtime smoker haven Espresso Roma bans butts.” Las Vegas City Life. by Jarret Keene.

2003-02-27 “Café Espresso to close.” Las Vegas Mercury. by Andrew Kiraly.

2003-03-06 “Café Roma’s future remains uncertain.” Las Vegas City Life. by Megan Capehart.

2003-03-06 “Unstable grounds: Café Espresso gets a last-minute reprieve from closure.” Las Vegas Mercury. by Andrew Kiraly.

2003-03-13 “Roma revived.” Las Vegas Weekly.

2003-11-06 “The last good place: a Roma regular says good-bye to a local landmark.” Las Vegas Weekly. incomplete.

2003-11-27 “Roma closes: café set to reopen in February.” Las Vegas City Life. by Meredith McGhan.

2003-12-04 “Café Roma blues.” Las Vegas Mercury. by N.B.

1997-01-10 “Café cachet: Café Copioh’s ‘weird Bohemian’ atmosphere a genial hangout for teens.” Las Vegas Sun. by Shane Gammon.

2001-01-18 “Good to the last drop: Café Copioh closes.” Las Vegas City Life. by Gigi Generoux. (Arson.)

Flyer for Café Rainbow. Maryland Parkway and Flamingo. Owners Jerry Higgle, Marci Gehrig.

1993-10-21 “Café Rainbow: Oh, the colors.” New Times Las Vegas. by Christianne Cowning.

1994-01 Café Rainbow art show review. Lammel Szeitz curator. Scope magazine. by Gregory Crosby.

1994-03 “New jackpot city.” Café Rainbow review. Details magazine.

1994-03 Café Rainbow closes. Scope magazine. by Gregory Crosby.

2000-08-31 “The importance of being earnest: Big B’s passionate musicologist Alex Vaughan assists buyers hungry for inspiration and good service.” by Joseph Clark.

2000-12-04 “Friends in high places: Balcony Lights tries a community approach to the record store biz.” Las Vegas City Life. by Andrew Kiraly. "Co-owners Harrison Rapp, Karoline Khamis, Frank De Francesco."

1998-06-25 “Closing time: the Wet Stop suddenly finds itself all dried up.” Las Vegas City Life. by Andrew Kiraly. (Famously, The Wet Stop was formerly The Wet Spot until a fatuous politician saw the sign. He threatened to pull the liquor license unless the affront to Vegas public decency was corrected. Already, 1 ½ miles away, the lights of the Strip were blushing from such near proximity to the pun. Co-owner Michael Hessling.)

2004-09-16 “The answer is: Street scene! The question is: what is the key to UNLV’s future?” Las Vegas Weekly. by Stacy J. Willis. (UNLV President Carol Harter notes that Maryland Parkway is not thriving. Fifteen years later, remedies looks near.)

2006-01-19 “The once (and future?) Maryland Parkway. To glimpse Midtown’s potential, look back a decade.” Las Vegas Weekly. by P.J. Perez. Illustration by Hawk Krall. (Source material for P.J. Perez’ 2021 documentary, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams.”)

2006-02-09 Letter in response to ‘Once and future Maryland Parkway’. Las Vegas Weekly. Letter by Bruce F. Dyer.