Flashy renderings, big announcements and crickets. While some major projects in Reno's core have come to fruition in recent ...

RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — Thursday marks 25 years since the downtown skyline changed forever when the iconic Mapes Hotel in Reno was imploded, a significant event in the city's history.

An old black-and-white photograph of downtown Reno from 1954 shows a sign with two cowboys standing side by side, their billowing chaps forming the “M” in Mapes Casino. Just below the sign ...

which reinterprets the demolition of Reno’s historic Mapes Hotel through music and visual abstraction. The project explores how cities change over time, preservation versus demolition ...

Thursday marks 25 years since the downtown skyline changed forever when the iconic Mapes Hotel in Reno was imploded, a ...