Downtown Reno

[bigd]

Downtown Reno has really gone through a renaissance in the past few years. Many of the old hotels have been converted to condos, and downtown is really looking much better. Many people consider it a mini Las Vegas, however it is completely different. Remember this is a metro area of about 400k:

This set is from urbanblog at flickr of the River District downtown.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28157228@N00/529065574/in/photostream/


West St Plaza along the North Bank of the Truckee:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1111/529065458_9be4419f8f.jpg?v=0

The recently completed Palladio condo tower, along with the century theatres along the Truckee River:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1125/529065574_7baf6fcb22.jpg?v=0

Wingfield Park with The Arlington Tower(condos) in the background:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1139/529065648_5f293364ff.jpg?v=0

Another Wingfield Park photo:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/252/529065884_953530d529.jpg?v=0

On W 1st st looking at the Palladio:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1052/529065966_99e8bbb185.jpg?v=0

The Truckee River, with a newly created extremely successful water park:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1106/529066496_2b42fa7e17.jpg?v=0

Another Truckee River:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1003/529066418_95ab6e180a.jpg?v=0

A shot from the River Walk:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1077/529069122_f8a8722c4d.jpg?v=0

Another River Walk:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/194/529156559_f58f18d303.jpg?v=0

The Lear Theatre which will hopefully open soon:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1160/529154269_bfc9c89ac6.jpg?v=0

The Reno Post Office which will soon be converted into retail:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1115/529155651_0d51bc0aff.jpg?v=0

Another Post Office shot:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1183/529155865_3fc13c186c.jpg?v=0

The Riverside Artist Lofts:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1054/529068418_80a5164139.jpg?v=0

West 1st st:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1045/529156643_dea06e1dec.jpg?v=0

First United Methodist Church:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1184/529069398_d40b896f63.jpg?v=0

Along the River Walk:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1062/529156827_42014dc511.jpg?v=0

Arlington Tower:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1009/529069692_c8154e631d.jpg?v=0

Sierra Nevadas along with the Truckee River:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/243/529157175_53e906e060.jpg?v=0

Looking north up Arlington Ave, the colorful building is the Park Tower:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1153/529157531_05034be037.jpg?v=0

Obama Rally at Wingfield Park:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1073/529157755_e121f7ad60.jpg?v=0

South of River:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/245/529156005_80852b7ac8.jpg?v=0

Another South of the River:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1006/529155547_58885cdda7.jpg?v=0

Another Financial District Shot:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1003/529067582_80c5b851f7.jpg?v=0

One More Financial Shot:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1042/529154555_658a03e6a8.jpg?v=0

Looking North at Virginia St, the Black building is Reno City Hall:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1211/529156193_f607848a89.jpg?v=0




Here is Commercial District South of the River by NevadaMax, some are a few years old http://www.nevadamax.com/

The Siena Hotel, actually part of the River District:
http://www.nevadamax.com/dtown/sfsie2.jpg

The new Ice Rink took the place of the former historic Mapes Hotel:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page3/srink1.jpg

The Park Tower along the river, and the vacant lot next to it could become the site of the wingfield towers which would be the tallest in reno.
http://www.nevadamax.com/page9/s120627.jpg

The Mills Lane Justice Center(now completed), also part of the River District
http://www.nevadamax.com/page21/sljc2.jpg

The Washoe County Courthouse:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page21/swccj1.jpg

Bruce R Thompson Federal Court House:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page21/sfed3.jpg

Nevada Museum of Art, now completed:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page21/snvma2.jpg

Saint Thomas Cathedral:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page21/sstt3.jpg

Trinity Episcopal Church:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page3/stech5.jpg

Pioneer Theatre:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page21/spion2.jpg



Here are some shots of the entertainment district and north of the river in general, also by Nevadamax:

The Silver Legacy, currently the tallest building in Reno:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page11/sfsl.jpg

Another Silver Legacy:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page11/slegst.jpg

The Tri-properties i.e Silver Legacy, Circus Circus, and the El Dorado are connected with very vibrant indoor walkways that cover seven blocks:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page11/stripr.jpg

The Sundowner which is currently being converted into condos. Should really help western downtown:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page11/sdow4.jpg

The Sands:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page11/saand3.jpg

The El Dorado:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page11/seldo4.jpg

The National Bowling Stadium along with the original Harrah's in the background:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page11/sbst1.jpg

The Reno Events Center:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page11/srec2.jpg

Overhead view at night
http://www.nevadamax.com/page16/sdto1.jpg

skyline at night:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page16/sv1.jpg

One more skyline shot:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page16/srob2.jpg




And Finally here are some shots of the University of Nevada, which IMO is a highly overlooked university. It is about 2 blocks north of downtown, also by NevadaMax:

Manzanita Lake:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page22/slakn5.jpg

http://www.nevadamax.com/page22/slak4.jpg

Morrill Hall the first building constructed on campus:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page22/smh9.jpg

The Mackay school of Mines:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page22/sqd2.jpg

The Quad filled with snow, and the Mackay Science Building:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page22/s0117f.jpg

http://www.nevadamax.com/page22/s0117e.jpg

The Palmer Engineering Building:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page22/seng2.jpg

Frandsen Humanities Building:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page22/sfrand1.jpg

Lincoln Hall:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page22/slinh.jpg

Mackay School of Mines:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page22/smack.jpg

Clark Adminstration:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page22/slib.jpg

Raggio College of Education:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page22/scoe1.jpg

Reynolds School of Journalism:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page22/sjour.jpg

Student Services Building:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page22/sssb.jpg

Some dorms:
http://www.nevadamax.com/page22/sent.jpg

thank you for watching the tour

[bigd]

Ah, what happened? The links didnt work. How do you add pics?

[Mr.YGuy]

I don't know what you're talking about. I can see them and they are spectacular! Thanks for sharing.

[Wheelingman04]

Thanks for posting those shots. I have not seen hardly any pics of Reno here.

[dimondpark]

There are lots of Reno Fans in the Bay Area and Sacramento....myself included.

My parents just bought a place just outside of town and I plan on coming up there more frequently to see them.

[peanut gallery]

Count me as one too. I've always liked Reno, although I haven't visited in over 5 years. I hoped they would somehow save the Mapes, but I guess no one came forward with the money to do the rehab. The UNR campus looks great. I've never seen it before.

Excellent find, bigd, thanks for posting these.

[Complex01]

I love Reno, cause of Reno 911, he he. I would like to visit, just to say i have been there. Nice find...

:cool:

[ontheroad]

Quite a few examples of interesting architecture, like the city-hall

[Austinlee]

Looks better than I expected... However I feel those Georgian style college buildings seem out of place compared to the rest of the cities architecture.

[ady26]

I like Reno more than Las Vegas, looks there is more nature in that city,you will never see a river in LV, some snow and stuff like that. Las Vegas is freaky and more like a Hollywood setting city, not my type of anyway.

[Echo Park]

damn. i gotta make it up there one of these days.

[alon504]

Nice...Reno has one scary airport to land into...very steep. Pretty city.

[yerfdog]

Wow, University of Nevada is amazing. A "real" looking college.

Thanks for all those shots. I drove through Reno last summer and I wasn't able to stop because I had a lot more driving to do, but I really liked what I saw of it. It seemed like a really different side of Nevada, even a lot more scenic and greener than Carson City. I was really impressed, enough to consider it for a future career move.

[jwaters943]

Good pics, but about 3 years old. As a 2nd generation Renoite I feel Reno has never looked better. We still have our fair share some seedy hotels, but we've made great strides in terms of improving the liveability/desireability of the area, particularly in downtown within the last 5 years. Once they build the new AAA Baseball Stadium downtown I fully expect this trend to continue and potentially gain more momentum. If there is one thing holding us back it's the general perception that we're nothing more than a gaming town with trailer parks on every other block. Shows like Reno 911! only reinforce that negative stereotype IMO.

Here's a link to some photos I took last year for those interested:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v221/jwaters943/Reno%20Pics/

And another of photos I took this Summer of Reno's (Nevada's for that matter) most historic residential neighborhood:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v221/jwaters943/Neighborhoods/

[Locofresh55]

WOW! I never realized Reno was so nice. I've never seen too many pics of the city other than the casinos and such. I'd like to go to Reno someday. And now that they have the AAA ball team coming in 2009 (Way to go Tucson fans! :hell: :hell: ) I'm sure Reno will continue to have more to offer.

Good job Reno.

[bigd]

Jwaters, great pics. You should post those in the "My City Photos" section.

[jwaters943]

Thanks for the compliment. FWIW, I actually did post those pics on here a while back, but I can't find them using the search function.

[jwaters943]

Some more Reno pics I took this past weekend:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=140648

[WaHrAnI31DZ]

This City looks Clean Cool & Beautiful

[giallo]

So Reno finally split from NA and set it's sails in to the Pacific. Good on 'em!

[Dream'n]

Well I'm pleasantly surprised. Never knew Reno was so big or interesting. Thanks for the photos.