"At the northwestern lip of the [Eldorado Valley], the lamps of Boulder City twinkled brightly, outlining a glimmering triangle on the sloping desert floor. The triangle's apex lay on the crest of a gentle ridge where a silver-sided water tank loomed like a ghostly sentinel. The base of the triangle was outlined by a long row of identical white frame cottages, each one a tiny picket in a thin fence separating the small island of lights from the shadowy sweep of the surrounding desert. "18 - Joseph E. Stevens "The grounds of the Ad Building and dormitory on the hill were planted with broad-leaved evergreen shrubs, elms, Guadalupe cypress, and rye grass. Wilbur Square [front] was planted with a plush lawn, elms, poplars, black locusts, and oleander. This park [now known as Frank Crowe Park] became one of the coolest and most inviting spots in Boulder City: it was the place to go on hot summer nights. Families with their dogs and cats walked among the trees and shrubs, and when night fell everyone stretched out blankets and pillows on the grass to sleep. - Dennis McBride Boulder City was touted as the first fully planned community in the United States. The water tank, at right, overlooks the city, along with the government buildings being built to its left. The Administration Building, the Executive Lodge, and Frank Crowe's home were built a level higher, at the top of the bluff. At mid-distance, Railroad Avenue cuts through town. The new dormitories and the Anderson Mess Hall are nearly complete, at rear center. Built of hollow bricks and stucco, with a red tile roof, the Administration Building sits at the top of the hill on the north end of town, the focal point of Boulder City. In the 1930s, the building signaled the dominance of the federal government.