b'BACK TO LIFEEl Cortez is Old Vegas. Its Bugsy Siegel. Its the Rat Pack. Its ghost stories and bones in the basement. Its boom and bust and boom again. Its a shapeshifter, with countless remodels, renovations and additions speckling its 80-year history.Its the story of an entire city told in one city block. El Cortez never gives up. Theres just something about it.But if El Cortez is the story of Las Vegas, then Las Vegas is the story of America.Boom and bust and boom. Made and remade. Gets knocked down. Always gets back up.Just something about it.KORTE|YEAR IN REVIEWP_1'