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Photos by Joe Schoenmann

Joe Schoenmann

Beck funeral

Officers gather inside the Smith Center for the Performing Arts prior to the start of services for Metro Officer Alyn Beck.
Soldo Funeral

Metro Police Motorcycle Officers and other department officers honor slain Metro Officer Igor Soldo during funeral service at Palm Mortuary Cemetery on Thursday, June 12, 2014.
Soldo funeral

The upper balcony of Canyon Ridge Christian Church fills for the funeral of Metro Police Officer Igor Soldo.
Fremont Street

Metro Police Detective R. Bass stands at the 4th Street entrance to the Fremont Street Experience, where heavy security and police were employed to maintain watch over an expected crowd of some 40,000 people.
dirt lot

This dirt lot at Coolidge Street and Casino Center Boulevard in downtown Las Vegas became ground zero for bewildered vehicle owners who found their cars had been towed while they took part in the monthly First Friday celebration.
VonBastiaans

Todd VonBaastians is shown at his Alios store at the Container Park, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Alios is an architectural and entertainment lighting business with a main office at 1217 S. Main St.
Todd VonBastiaans

Todd VonBastiaans points out an entry in an academic journal that mentions an artist he's worked with for an exhibit at his Container Park pop-up store location for his business Alios Wednesday, March 5, 2014.
A Cut Above The Rest

Michael Jones, left, co-owner of A Cut Above The Rest barbershop, located at Carson Avenue and 7th Street Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Tony Hsieh's Downtown Project has purchased the the barbershop's building but Jones says his business, which has a lease into 2015, is being allowed to stay.
New "Circle H" Huntridge Logo

A banner with the new circle H logo of The Huntridge was hung from the building as part of the continued Huntridge revitalization efforts Monday, Feb. 24, 2014.
New "Circle H" Huntridge Logo

A banner with the new circle H logo of The Huntridge was hung from the building as part of the continued Huntridge revitalization efforts Monday, Feb. 24, 2014.
New "Circle H" Huntridge Logo

The Huntridge General Manager Chris Fahlman talks with the media about the current state of the Huntridge revitalization efforts Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. A banner with the new circle H logo of The Huntridge was hung from the building today.
Jolene Mannina

Jolene Mannina
The Attic

Merchandise on display at The Attic.
The Attic

The Attic located in Downtown Las Vegas specializes in selling vintage clothing and novelty items.
The Attic

Merchandise on display at The Attic.
The Attic

Merchandise on display at The Attic.
JOe Downtown

Rachel Baker, founder of Maidly, a maid service that employs a smartphone/Internet application to make bookings “as effortless as possible,” officially launches her downtown-based business in March.
The Life Cube Art Piece

The start of a mural by Los Angeles artist Christina Angelina, on the north wall of the Life Cube, is seen Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014.
The Life Cube Art Piece

Scott Cohen signals to the Life Cube Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. The Life Cube is a 24-by-24-foot wooden cube that will be filled with smaller cubes and thousands of people's wishes before going up in flames on March 21.
The Life Cube Art Piece

Sheet metal worker Anthony Calderone, lured by the Life Cube, shows off his the steampunk gun he fashioned from all sorts of discarded items of various shapes and sizes Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014.
The Life Cube Art Piece

Steve "Mowgli" Moffett stencils a Pacman game pattern on the floor of the Life Cube, which is on Fremont Street between 9th and 10th streets Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014.
Peter Bastien

Peter Bastien, the owner and executive chef of Bronze Cafe at The Center, 401 S. Maryland Parkway, is seen Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014.
Lenny Payne

Lenny Payne plays Jimi Hendrix in front of Slotzilla in Fremont street experience Wednesday, Jan. 22. 2014.
GMO Protest

GMO-Free Las Vegas leader Angie Morelli deliveres 109 stamped envelopes with letters to Nevada's congressional delegation encouraging them not to support the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation trade agreement. The letters, placed in a coffin, arrived at the Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse via a hearse on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014.
Downtown Happenings

The entire interior of The Bunkhouse Saloon, 124 S. 11th St, has been hollowed out.
Downtown Happenings

A 14-foot yellow fire hydrant is the trademark of the Hydrant Club, billed as an “urban social club and training academy for dogs and their people,” downtown at the corner of 9th and Fremont streets.
Downtown Happenings

Hsieh was on his way to the Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse, 333 Las Vegas Boulevard S., for the naturalization service of Oksana Petrichenko, who was born in Russia and has lived in the U.S. nearly 20 years.
Downtown Happenings

Tony Hsieh in front of Inspire Theater the day after his birthday.
Downtown Happenings

Christmas tree lot downtown.
Protest Downtown

An inflated rat and cat holding a construction worker stand vigil at the old Clark County courthouse, 200 S. 3rd St Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013.
Protest Downtown

A protestor stands in front of an inflated rat and cat holding a construction worker stand vigil at the old Clark County courthouse, 200 S. 3rd St Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013.
Downtown Development

Developer Kevin Plencner plans to invest in the downtown area around the right side of the 900 block between Hoover and Coolidge.
Downtown Development

Developer Kevin Plencner plans to invest in the downtown area on the 900 block between Hoover and Coolidge.
Downtown Development
backpack bed

Tony Clark, who invented the Backpack Bed with is wife in Australia, was in downtown Las Vegas pitching his idea to raise funds to established a non-profit agency to raise money in order to distribute the award-winning devices to the homeless.
Las Vegas Ballet school

Welthy Silva with her young students at Las Vegas Ballet school.
Zappos

Tony Hsieh at Zappos’ headquarters in downtown Las Vegas on Cyber Monday, Dec. 2, 2013.
Zappos

The cafe specialty drink menu at Zappos' headquarters in downtown Las Vegas on Cyber Monday, Dec. 2, 2013.
Life Is Beautiful Mural

A fresh coat of paint is added to the Emergency Arts' building wall, which used to display a Life is Beautiful Festival mural Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013.
Downtown Real Estate

With the help of commercial real estate broker Glenda Shaw, Karl Bonar and Mike Levin of Lucky Dirt LLC have put together 1.72 acres of land on Las Vegas Boulevard, south of Charleston Boulevard.
Scott Cohen

Scott Cohen
Downtown Radio

Daniella Capitano, left, Krissee Danger, right, on the radio for the Joe Downtown Show.
Waiting for Life is Beautiful

Justin and Adrienne Arbitrario set up camp for Life is Beautiful in the middle of Ogden Avenue downtown.
Life is Beautiful

At the media center, which doubles as The Atomic, Andy Hsieh, 37, center, the brother of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, and David Louie, 37, right, pose with Lance Johns, co-owner of the bar. Hsieh is CEO/founder of Lux Delux, a mobile app that simplifies ordering from downtown restaurants. It also is supporting the Life is Beautiful festival. Text “LUX” to 702-800-6826 to download the app to your iPhone.
Life is Beautiful

Todd Korgan, right, and his son, Jonah, view the mural by Aware with 3-D glasses on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013.
Life is Beautiful

A 3-D mural by Aware is on the west wall of City Center Motel on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. 3-D glasses were available for people to use to view the mural.
Life is Beautiful

Artist Zio Ziegler, right, stands with documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock outside the art installation Art Odyssey at the Life is Beautiful festival on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013.
Life is Beautiful

Minutes after the gates opened, people lined up for photos in front of this massive sculpture of a heart, the symbol of the Life is Beautiful festival, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013.
Downtown

Former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, from left, is shown at a forum discussion with Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh and Seth Schorr, head of the Downtown Grand, Monday, Oct. 21, 2013.
Downtown Murals

A mural for the 'Life is Beautiful' festival in mid progress in downtown Las Vegas as seen on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013.