IN 1957 THEY OPENED THE "TIFFANY OF THE STRIP" ... THE TROPICANA HOTEL. IF YOU REMEMBER THEY HAD A GIANT TULIP FOUNTAIN OUT FRONT ON THE CORNER .... PEOPLE LOVED TO SIT AROUND IT AND COOL OFF AND TAKE PICTURES AS WELL .... BUT THE SECRET OF THIS FOUNTAIN WAS .... THAT INSIDE THE FOUNTAIN WAS A COOLING SYSTEM THAT PROVIDED COLD AIR TO THE HOTEL ... A PRIMATIVE AIR CONDITIONER OF THE DAY. BEAUTY AND FUNCTIONALITY IN ONE .... THE TROPICANA USED THE FOUNTAIN THEME ON ALMOST EVERYTHING THEY HAD .... ALSO THEY HAD A LONG UNDERGROUND TUNNEL THAT RAN FROM THE FRONT OF THE HOTEL TO THE REAR ROOMS & POOL AREA.... THIS KEPT ALL THE WORKERS MOVING CARTS & BOXES OUT OF SIGHT ... YOUR COMMENTS AND POSTS ARE MOST WELCOMED.