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Friday, November 15, 2013

Walter Zick and Harris Sharp



Zick and Sharp partnered in 1949 and worked together in Las Vegas, the two of them designed dozens of public schools and commercial buildings, as well as homes and professional structures. Among the most notable of their designs were the Moulin Rouge Hotel and Casino, 1955, the Mint Hotel and Casino, 1957 and the Union Plaza in 1971. 

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