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Adjacent to the Sands was the Carousel Motel, a motel-store property and perhaps the ugliest structure on the Strip. For over 50 years it was positioned out of most tourist photos.
Timeline.
'42: Opened as Park Lane Motel, an 8-unit auto court, by Theodore "Ted" Couch.
'49: A store is built in front of Park Lane.
'53: Carousel Motel, 44-units, and storefront Merry-Go-Round bar open on the south side of the property. Park Lane appears to be integrated into the Carousel Motel property. Possible owner George W. Frisby.
'68: Wishing Well Chapel operates in the former Merry-Go-Round storefront.
'70s: The Park Lane units are demolished circa '70-'71. A man is electrocuted swimming in the pool in the early 70s.
'73: Renamed El Cuardo Motel. Owner Staney Korman, Anzwool Inc, is denied permission to build a high rise on the site.
'74: Renamed Sand Dunes Motel, new owner Howard Hughes, Summa Corp. (Summa may have sold the property to Las Vegas Sands Corp. in the late 80s.)
'90: Sand Dunes Motel is closed and soon demolished. Most of the property is fenced off and used for storage by Las Vegas Sands Corp. The storefronts remain.
2004: The storefronts are demolished. The property is redeveloped as part of the Palazzo, the southernmost point of its driveway.
50s-era Sanborn map, and '59 aerial photo of Carousel Motel.
'74 - Our only photo of the El Cuardo Motel sign.
'75 - Sand Dunes Motel
The store in 2001. Photo by Julio López Saguar.
Longtime LV Figure Couch Dies. Las Vegas Review-Journal, 10/1/63; County Dads. Las Vegas Review-Journal, 10/7/49; Advertisement. Las Vegas Review-Journal, 9/27/53; $1.5 million suit filed. Las Vegas Review-Journal, 3/13/73; Daryl Gibson. New shopping center on Strip. Las Vegas Review-Journal, 6/22/74; Stockholder approval now sought. Las Vegas Review-Journal, 3/28/74
I just wanted to add this quote from the peppermint patty peanuts wiki page about Charles M. Schulz and his relationship with his gay cousin. The source here leads to a book that I did not read but the original source is Schulz's wife who confirmed this in an interview. If I can find the interview again I will link it here but uh. just in case someone tries to claim Schulz was a homophobe on this post again.
