Besides the size or scale obvious in most commercial-type buildings in the same area, other obvious patterns exist. Important among these patterns are the size of display windows at street level, clerestories, obvious horizontal pattens in windows, decorative ornamentation on upper-story windows, an ornamental cornices. Symmetry within the structures is also obvious. Bridge Street District Bridge Street exhibits the broadest range of patterns of the several historic districts in Las Vegas. A virtually perfect pattern of setbacks exists.
All buildings are either one or two storied.
Almost all buildings were of a commercial type when constructed, evidencing large display windows an clerestories, although a few of each have been covered over. Two story buildings have a strong horizontal pattern of windows, with decorative ornamentation of the windows of the second story in many instances. Although both streets curve gently in a north-south direction, the similarities end there, requiring separate guidelines for each major street within the district. The buildings on this street display fine examples of Spanish Colonial styles exemplified by predominantly connected facades along the street, with courtyards and other outdoor living spaces protected from traffic on the other side of the buildings. There is a clear pattern of setbacks and building heights.