I was actually present when this was demolished. The hotel had sat empty since 1982, it was eventually purchased by the Reno Redevelopment Agency. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a "Most Endangered Site".
After years of attempts to investigate ways to restore the building all engineering reports deemed the building as poorly constructed and almost impossible to save.
jamesjskier says
I was actually present when this was demolished. The hotel had sat empty since 1982, it was eventually purchased by the Reno Redevelopment Agency. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a "Most Endangered Site".
After years of attempts to investigate ways to restore the building all engineering reports deemed the building as poorly constructed and almost impossible to save.
Wikipedia – Mapes Hotel
detailed photo of the front facade
bbddbdb says
I think this building is somewhere between really ugly and really interesting. I like it, but I don’t know why.
XxxRDTPRNxxX says
Imagine how sweet that penthouse with those giant windows was.