Landmark
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| Opened | July 1, 1969 |
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| Closed | August 8, 1990 |
| No. of rooms | 503 (1969); 524 (1977); 498 (1990) |
| Architects | Initial design: Gerald Moffitt; Ed Hendricks; 1966 design: George Tate; Thomas Dobrusky |
| Function | Hotel |
| Themes | Inca Empire |
| Space Age | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2410856 |
About Landmark
The Landmark was a hotel and casino located in Paradise, Nevada, east of the Las Vegas Strip and across from the Las Vegas Convention Center. The resort included a 31-floor tower, inspired by the design of the Space Needle tower in Seattle. Frank Caroll, the project's original owner, purchased the property in 1961.
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Lewes Castle: Medieval 600-tonne wall collapses on house
A medieval castle's 600-tonne wall collapsed on to A House and garden in Lewes sparking a major search.
Emergency services, including a hazardous area response team and sniffer dogs, went to The Scene of the collapse of the 10m (32ft) by 10m wall.
When the alert first came in at 12:22 GMT, it was not known if anyone was trapped and dogs trained for use in earthquake zones were deployed.
Firefighters later tweeted The Search was over with no casualties found.
Incident commander Matt Lloyd said The Wall had fallen into an adjacent garden and House .
The Wall formed part of the defences of the 1,000-year-old castleThe Wall had been reportedly undergoing work to remove ivy in recent weeks.
A spokeswoman for castle owners Sussex Archaeological Society said The Wall that collapsed was privately-owned and the section that had fallen was part of the curtain wall that ran round the entire outside of the 1,000-year-old Landmark .
The Castle was privately owned and used as a folly before it was given to the archaeological societyIt was one of The Last remaining sections of the historic defence wall, She Said , adding: "There's not much of it left standing. It's one of The Last sections that was still at full height. "
Staff at The Castle closed the attraction on Monday as a precautionary measure, the spokeswoman said.
She Said The Castle walls that are owned by the archaeological society are checked independently on an annual basis.
Several parts of The Castle structure are privately owned by different property owners.
Lewes District Council said officers from its building control team went to The Scene to liaise with emergency services.
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Source of news: bbc.com
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