Downtown Reno

[cosybully]

My family stopped in Reno to eat lunch at Harold's Club on the way to California from Kentucky in the summer of 1966. I didn't make it back for twenty five years, and the place was still there, and it looked exactly how I remembered it. Sadly, it was torn down in the mid 1990s. It was once the busiest casino in the world; there was even a billboard sign for "Harold's Club: Reno or Bust!" on US 27 in Jessamine County, Kentucky.

[fehquig]

Incredible! And to think I never heard of it but I hadn't been to Reno before 1999.

[cosybully]

@fehquig Reno was the biggest city in Nevada for many years. The population of Las Vegas in 1945 was around 5,000 people, and all the casinos were on Fremont Street.

I watched a travel film on Reno tonight on YouTube that was made in 1943; the narrator states that most of the people who lived in Nevada at that time lived within thirty miles of Reno, so it's easy to see that Reno was THE place to gamble (legally) in the United States until Las Vegas developed the Strip in the 1950s.

[egisf]

We used to live in east bay and visited Reno a few times...Nice town.Thank you for refreshing my memories...Good job guys

[oitzgr8]

I love Reno-I am going to move there this summer.Great job.Thank You.Can we have another?

[fehquig]

Next time I go to Reno I will make one :)

[kurt666morris]

Thanks for posting. That was a nice, casual look at downtown Reno. I live in the San Francisco bay are and try to make it to Reno 5 or 6 times a year. It's alot more laid back and friendly than Vegas. It's not over built and in your face like Vegas either. The temperature is pretty good too. Thanks again for making this and putting it on You Tube.

[fehquig]

Making this video was my pleasure! I'll have to go back and visit for more than a day or two...

[OnlineAutoAuctions]

where are you from in Canada?

[fehquig]

We live in Victoria, BC... I'm originally from Montreal, and Cindy's from Lethbridge, Alberta.

[RetroTony1959]

Nice video. Didn't you guys mak one driving through some town on the Eastcoast? For some strange reason,I find this video quite relaxing.

[Truth1789]

i grew up in reno,nv.............dont talk to anyone thats not strange.....strangers are renos finest

[atdnext]

Great tour of Downtown Reno. Thanks! I can hardly wait to visit this summer. :-)

[fehquig]

What I like about it is that it's not so much in your face as Las Vegas, but you can still have a good time there...

[prooc]

@fehquig There also isn't any where near as much to do or see.

[rexlv2000]

That was a splendid tour guide you had with you. Tops!  I really enjoy a video like that. And yes, Cindy was doing fine! Smiling. Great video.

[fehquig]

The nice thing about videos like this one is that I can always go back and watch it again... There's more video with my friend Holly. I will eventually be working on it but I'm in Florida now :)

[rexlv2000]

I stay in touch with all my gal pals too! The videos are precious! They like them as much as I do. Good knack to know about. Good hobby!

[TheBlueFlamingo]

I had to peek down at other comments to see who the tour guide is. It's nice to have someone you know in places you visit showing you around, huh?

[fehquig]

Back in 1999, Holly and I took a road trip into the desert. She lived in LA at the time. Pictures from our road trip can be seen in the Berkeley To Inglewood video... She was scouting out places to live, and decided to settle in Sparks, which is just outside of Reno. She's one of those people who informs herself thoroughly about her surroundings. I feel partially responsible for her moving there...

[joealanouf]

you sure do get arownd

[fehquig]

It only looks that way... I shot that footage back in April of last year :)

[Keeneyvlogs]

Who was the tour guide? That's awesome to have someone who really knows the city to explain the architecture and sites. Your wife looked very comfortable back there! =)

[fehquig]

Holly is an old friend of mine... I met her through the internet many years ago, back when everything was text, there was no spam, and every email was one that you wanted to get :)

[Keeneyvlogs]

Yes I remember those days, I still have my IBM cardpuncher in case they ever come back. =D

[Vespur]

Thanks for the tour

[fehquig]

You're more than welcome...

[BillyKess]

I wonder how the cab business is there... I never been to Reno, but as you know, I drove a cab in Las Vegas for a while back in 2004

[fehquig]

It probably sucks just like everywhere else...

[fehquig]

It depends on what you're used to, I guess. Our cars have been getting smaller, and when people twenty years younger than me see my car they often say it's huge. By the standards that I grew up with, my car is what was once called a compact.

[kenrg]

Wow - A lot of new buildings since I've last been there. Is the River Boat casino still around? That was one of my favorites - not on the main drag, but maybe a block behind it, if memory serves...

[fehquig]

I know there's a boat casino down in Laughlin, but I don't remember one in Reno. Of course we didn't see everything in Reno as we were just passing through. It may be gone...

[MrRandomWritings]

those roads are wider than our towns!

[fehquig]

And Reno's not a particularly big city either :)

[imperceptibleme]

Thanks so much Andy. I'm pretty sure I'll never get to Reno, Nevada and it was an interesting drive for me. Hugs!

[fehquig]

I don't know when I will get there next, but it may be several years from now... My friend Holly (who does most of the talking) asked me not to be a stranger so I will have to get down that way again some day...

[BasicModelling]

Ikan Knottrem-Embernow.. the world famous architect!! He did some great builings.. :)

[BasicModelling]

Buildings, even..

[fehquig]

Did he make models of them too? LOL

[BasicModelling]

I don't know.. better ask your friend, she was the one who mentioned him.. :)

[fehquig]

Bwahahaha... She even forgot his name but she knew who he was...

[1DRock37167]

I wouldnt mind seeing the court room in the round myself, sounds interesting.

[fehquig]

Sure does! It would have been interesting to see, but at that point I had been photographing cars all afternoon :)

[AxeMoose]

Cool.

[fehquig]

If only I had such a knowledgeable guide for every town I drive into...

[gvkh16]

Yeah love Reno it is just right for me in gambling and for just having fun in a small but big city!

[fehquig]

It's not quite so big that you get lost or overwhelmed like in Vegas :)

[PuppyZwolle]

Must be a professional tour guide. GOT to be. ;^)

Nice tour.

[fehquig]

Nope... Just an old friend who happens to live there...

[PuppyZwolle]

I suspected that. ;^)

But she sure knows how to sell the place.

[paul1967uk]

Your SatNav sounds just like your wife.

:-)

[fehquig]

LOL Their voices are a bit different and so are their accents...