Los Angeles and Las Vegas Mirror Each Other
Of all American cities, Las Vegas may seem the one that most resembles a theme park. But if William Fox had to name the “first commercial theme park” of the country, the Strip wouldn’t be first in his mind. “I always thought of it as being Forest Lawn here in Glendale,” Fox said to a laugh from the crowd at the Autry National Center. The cemetery, he noted, directly copied Italian buildings, long before the Bellagio opened. Fox, Director of the Center for Art + Environment at the Nevada Museum …
