The 18b Arts District sign, made by YESCO for the RTC’s Gold Line, was installed at a transit shelter in downtown Las Vegas on Casino Center Drive Friday, November 20, 2009. 18b refers to the original number of city blocks that made up the Las Vegas Arts District.
Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 | 3:39 p.m.
About seven years after being designated an official district, the Las Vegas Arts District has a sign.
Installed this morning on Casino Center Boulevard near Coolidge Avenue, the yellow, red, blue and white sign reads "18b Arts District" and is an interpretation of a logo designed about four years ago by the Las Vegas Chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts.
The local chapter of the professional association for design created the logo using a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The designation "18b" refers to the number of blocks that originally made up the Arts District. That number has varied due to zoning changes. Representatives for the Las Vegas Arts District Neighborhood Association say the Arts District is now made up of 21 blocks.
The sign is part of the RTC’s Gold Line that debuts in 2010 and runs through downtown.
More than 100 18b signs will be mounted on light posts in the Arts District.
Those signs are unrelated to the RTC project.
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