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b'The Landmark existed for 34 years, 1961-1995, and during that time, sat empty and unused for a 3rd of its life.\\xa0 Make no mistake, the Landmark was a great idea.\\xa0 It just never had the support it needed to reach its potential.\\xa0 It resembles everything that is great about Las Vegas.\\xa0 Any grand idea can live here, if only here.\\xa0 Want to build Paris in the desert, sure; Recreate ancient Roman decadence, why not; put a casino in the sky, give it a shot.\\xa0 The sobering reality is it takes much more than a visionary idea to succeed in Vegas and there are many examples to prove that.\\xa0 Rather than lament it\\u2019s passing we should celebrate the fact that it had a chance. There are literally dozens of visionary projects planned for Las Vegas that never make it beyond the concept phase.\\xa0 Currently north strip is home to 3 of them in various stages of incompletion.\\xa0 Regardless of it\\u2019s inability to become a financial success, the Landmark was able to literally live up to it\\u2019s name, establish itself as one of the most memorable properties in the landscape of Las Vegas history.'