Donald Brinkerhoff, who brought joy to millions of Las Vegas visitors by transforming the once-gray median strip along Las Vegas Boulevard and enhancing resorts with lush landscapes, has died.
Brinkerhoff, a landscape architect who founded Lifescapes International Inc. with his wife, Barbara, was 90 when he died July 16 at his Newport Beach, California, home.
His fingerprints and influence are visible up and down the Strip from the tropical landscape at The Mirage, to the stately pines and fountains creating an old-world vibe at Bellagio and to Lifescapes’ latest project at Resorts World, which involved the planting of around 7,000 plants and trees, including the relocation of about 100 trees rescued from the old Stardust hotel grounds.
