VirtualGlobetrotting: Nevada: Reno

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Biplane over Reno
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Over Virginia Street.

William F. Harrah's House (Former)
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William F. Harrah was an American businessman and the founder of Harrah's Hotel and Casinos. Harrah owned the estate known as "Rancharrah" until his death.

Stuart Feigin's House
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Stuart Feigin was the 5th employee of Larry Ellison's Oracle Corporation as one of the original design programmers.
Feigin is currently Chairman and Principal of NorthStar Business Source.
Arch = Will Bruder, 2006

'The Biggest Little City in the World' Sign in Reno
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Circus Circus Casino
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Mills Lane's House
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The boxing referee, and also a former boxer, judge and television personality, lives here. He is best known for having officiated over several major heavyweight championship boxing matches in the 1980's and 1990's, and for starring in the television show "Judge Mills Lane".

Dave Stieb's House
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The former MLB pitcher lives here.

Lacy J. Dalton's House
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The country and western singer and songwriter lives here. She is known for her gritty, powerful vocals. She had a number of hits in the late 1970s and '80s, including "Takin' It Easy" "Crazy Blue Eyes" and "Sixteenth Avenue". Though absent from the U.S. country charts since the late 1980s, she still continues to record and perform, having most recently released an album, The Last Wild Place, in 2004.

John C. Badwick's House
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John C. Badwick is Senior Vice President of Wealth Management at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.

Reno 'R'
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On a hillside just outside of Reno.

Greg Berry's House
Greg Berry is Vice President of Berry Hinckley Industries.

Todd Slusher's House
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The President of Southwest Homes owns this nearly 20,000 sq. foot mansion on 21 acres. He also owns another (slightly smaller) mansion in Las Vegas.

Rudolf Gunnerman's House
Rudolf Gunnerman is the founder, chairman, and CEO of SulphCo, Inc. Dr. Gunnerman has invented a series of successful technologies, including fireproof building materials and wood pellets. Thereafter, in his quest to reduce nitrous oxide, a major source of ozone depletion, Dr. Gunnerman invented A-55 Clean Fuels.

John Worthington's House
John Worthington is the former Chair of the Reno Philharmonic.

Scott McCarron's House (former)
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The professional golfer sold this home for $1.845M in June 2008.

Montreux Golf and Country Club
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The 18-hole "Montreux" course at the Montreux Golf & Country Club facility in Reno, Nevada features 7,552 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course rating is 75.3 and it has a slope rating of 142 on Bent grass. Designed by Jack Nicklaus, ASGCA, the Montreux golf course opened in 1997.
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The only Jack Nicklaus Signature Design Golf Course in northern Nevada, these 18 holes wind through nearly 7,500 yard of our community. It features drops in elevation, quiet meandering creeks, and towering pines. Keeping your eye on the ball may be the biggest challenge when playing a round. (Official Site)
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PGA Tour Event Official Site

Thomas J. Motherway's House
Thomas J. Motherway is the former President of McDonnell Douglas' Financial division. In 1997, McDonnell Douglas merged with Boeing.

Greater Nevada Field
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Greater Nevada Field is a baseball stadium in Reno, Nevada, and the home of the Triple-A Reno Aces in the MiLB Pacific Coast League. Aces Ballpark is located next to the Truckee River and is the centerpiece of a planned downtown Reno redevelopment effort, named the Freight House District.

A Slew of Sabres, a MIG15, and "Large Marge"
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Airplane accident
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NTSB Number: LAX04LA151
Aircraft and Flight Information
Make/Model PIPER / PA 28
Tail Number N6367J
Airport 4SD
Light Conditions Day
Basic WX Conditions VMC
Phase of Flight Landing - Flare/Touchdown
Narrative Type: NTSB FINAL NARRATIVE (6120.4)
The airplane experienced a hard landing. The pilot configured the airplane with a high angle of attack and was flying at a slow airspeed. While over the runway designation markings, the stall warning light flashed. About 50 to 60 feet above ground level, the airplane stalled, and the nose gear contacted the runway surface, with the main landing gear following immediately thereafter. The airplane was about 10 to 15 degrees in a nose down attitude when it contacted the runway. The nose wheel broke off immediately after contact, and the airplane skid on its nose a short distance down the runway. The damage to the airplane was consistent to that of a hard landing. After inspecting the landing gear, investigators found no evidence of abnormalities or mechanical malfunctions.
Narrative Type: NTSB PRELIMINARY NARRATIVE (6120.19)
On March 6, 2004, about 1200 Pacific standard time, a Piper PA-28-180, N6367J, made a hard landing at Reno/Stead Airport (4SD), Reno, Nevada. The pilot/owner was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The private pilot and passenger were not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage. The personal cross-country flight departed Yerington Municipal Airport (O43), Yerington, Nevada, about 1120, with the planned destination of 4SD. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a flight plan had not been filed.
In a written statement, the pilot reported that she was attempting to land on runway 26. While over the runway designation markings, with the airspeed 76 miles per hour, the stall warning light flashed. During touchdown, the main landing gear made contact with the runway, and the right side of the airplane sank. The pilot held the nose wheel off the runway by pulling back on the yoke, but the airplane continued to pull down to the right. The nose wheel made contact with the runway, and the airplane pulled hard to the right. The airplane sank lower and the nose wheel departed from the airplane. The pilot tried to input both brake and rudder controls, but the airplane did not respond. The airplane slid down the runway.
In a written statement, a witness, who was located about 250 feet off the approach end of the runway, reported that he saw the airplane on final approach. The airplane was configured with a very high angle of attack and was flying at a slow airspeed. About 50 to 60 feet above ground level, the airplane stalled, and the nose gear contacted the runway surface first, with the main landing gear following immediately thereafter. The airplane was about 10 to 15 degrees in a nose down attitude when it contacted the runway. The nose wheel broke off immediately after contact, and the airplane skidded on its nose a short distance down the runway.
In a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge (IIC), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector stated that the pilot and passenger reported to him, that during landing, the touchdown was normal. The ground scar on the runway showed that the airplane slid about 220 feet down the runway after the initial impact. The airplane damage included severe wrinkling of the skin on both wings and underside of the fuselage. The inspector thought that the airplane damage was consistent to that of a hard landing. After inspecting the landing gear, he found no evidence of abnormalities or mechanical malfunctions.
Narrative Type: NTSB PROBABLE CAUSE NARRATIVE
the pilot's premature flare and failure to maintain adequate airspeed resulted in an inadvertent stall and a hard landing, which collapsed the landing gear.

Reno-Stead Airport (4SD)
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Reno's general aviation airport.

Bartley Ranch Maze
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Reno Tahoe International Airport (RNO)
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David Lee's House
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The NBA player owes this property.

National Bowling Stadium
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The $43 million National Bowling Stadium, located in the heart of downtown Reno, Nevada, was completed in October of 1994. Major tournaments draw thousands of spectators and athletes annually. The building features 80 Championship lanes, and numerous full-service retail facilities including restaurants, a pro shop, and a domed full-motion theater. Dubbed the "Taj Mahal of Tenpins," by The Los Angeles Times and "Pin Palace" by USA Today, people who bowl at the Stadium say it's "awesome."
The 320,000 s.f. facility also serves as a convention area between scheduled tournaments.
Pictures

Reno - "The Biggest Little City in the World"
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Silver Legacy Casino
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Harrah's
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Leslee Bender's House
Leslee Bender is an American fitness educator.
Leslee Bender developed the Bender Ball, a small, pliant stability ball. She integrates the Bender Ball and her trademarked method of Selective Stabilization to improve the efficacy and safety of abdominal workouts.

U.S Airmail Beacon System Arrow #53
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Around the whole of USA there several giant concrete arrows in the landscape. Most of them are in good condition while others have lost their battle against nature.
These arrows were once used as navigation for the U.S Air Mail pilots. These were active in the 19th century. The arrows would also have a light beacon beside them and a small metal hut for the people who worked at the location. The light beacons would have a small light in them to help guide the pilots during the night.
The arrows are now considered as landmarks and were stopped being used when radar systems started to appear.
More information and history in the links below.

Chris Ault's House
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The (former) Nevada football coach purchased this house in 2008 for $750,000, according to county records.

VW Beetle Spider
Take an old VW Beetle and add legs to create this roadside attraction. Another of these is on display in nearby Moundhouse, Nevada.

Building under construction
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Sands Regency Casino
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Reno police officer

National Bowling Stadium
The National Bowling Stadium located in Reno, Nevada opened in 1995. It has five floors and is used exclusively for tournament and league play. Public use of the lanes is extremely rare.
There are 78 tournament lanes on the fourth floor. It also has the world's longest video screen at 440 feet, used for displaying scores and graphic presentations. Brunswick's high-tech ball return sends the ball back to competitors at speeds in excess of 30 miles an hour.
On the fifth floor is a 172-seat Iwerks Theatre, which has a four-story screen and a six-channel digital surround sound system. The theater is also rarely used, and when it is running it's only available to large groups.
The NBS is a frequent host to the United States Bowling Congress's USBC Open Championships Tournament. The NBS is contracted to host this tournament every three years. It is also host to the USBC Women's Championship every three years.
Its media recognition has earned it a few nicknames, including "Taj Mahal of Tenpins" by The Los Angeles Times, and "Pin Palace" by USA Today.

Reno 'G'
Representing Galena High School

Giant Poker chips
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Circus Circus Reno Hotel & Casino
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McDonnell RF-101B Voodoo
The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo was a supersonic military fighter flown by the USAF and the RCAF. Initially designed as a long-range bomber escort (known as a penetration fighter) for the Strategic Air Command, the Voodoo served in a variety of other roles, including the fighter bomber, all-weather interceptor aircraft and photo reconnaissance roles. Reconnaissance Voodoos saw extensive service during the Vietnam War.
In the early 1970s, a batch of 22 ex-RCAF CF-101Bs were returned to the USAF and converted to RF-101B reconnaissance aircraft with their radar and weapons bay replaced with a package of three KS-87B cameras and two AXQ-2 TV cameras. An in-flight refueling boom receptacle was fitted. These aircraft served with the 192nd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron of the ANG through 1975. They were expensive to operate and maintain and had a short service life.

CH-54 Skycrane
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Contestants for the Reno National Championship Air Races
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Every year the fastest pylon racers from around the country come to reno to compete in the Reno National Championship Air Races. The aircraft in the unlimited class routinely reach speeds in excess of 500 mph.

'Unitarian Universalist' by Peter Pfau
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Mizpah Hotel memorial
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On October 31, 2006 the Mizpah Hotel burned down due to arson; it was the deadliest fire in Reno's history.

Possible P-51 Mustang in flight
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Atlantis Casino Resort
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Reno Events Center (under construction)
The Reno Events Center (also known as the Reno Downtown Events Center) is a 7,500-seat multi-purpose arena, located in downtown Reno, Nevada, that was constructed in 2005.
It is currently home to the Reno Bighorns of the NBA Development League, and starting in 2011 will be home to the Reno Barons of the American Indoor Football Association.
Along with being a basketball and indoor football venue, it has hosted concerts by a wide range of artists.
It has also hosted tour stops on the PBR's Built Ford Tough Series.

Reno Amtrak Station
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Eldorado Resort & Casino
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'Perforated Object #27' by Michael Heizer
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Reno 'N'
Created by University of Nevada students in 1913.

RF-4C & RF-101B on static display
F-4 on the left, F-101 on the right.

Men's Club of Reno
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Cold-War Era Fighters
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'Reno Sparks Auditorium' by Richard Neutra
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1964-65
with Robert Alexander and Lockard, Casazza & Parsons
Base building is still there but the convention center has grown with several additions

Peppermill Hotel Casino

Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts
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McDonnell RF-4C Phantom II
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a two-seat supersonic long-range all-weather fighter-bomber originally developed for the U.S. Navy by McDonnell Douglas. The Phantom was used by the U.S. military from 1960 to 1996, and was the primary air superiority fighter and a workhorse fighter-bomber for the US Air Force, Navy and Marines during the Vietnam war. As of 2001 over 1,000 F-4s were in service with 11 nations worldwide.

National Automobile Museum & Off-road Motorsports Hall of Fame
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This museum features part of the collection of cars that belonged to William Harrah. There are four authentic street scenes, representing each quarter of the 20th century, with facades, autos, artifacts and sounds from each era. There are four galleries of interesting cars to view. The museum also features rotating special exhibits of cars.
The Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame is located inside the National Automobile Museum.

Allegiant Air - McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (DC-9-82)
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Allegiant Air is an American low fare airline, owned by Allegiant Travel Co.

Chengdu JJ-5 at Reno Stead Airport
The Chengdu JJ-5 is a Chinese built MiG-17 Fresco, but with two seats.

Stephen Paddock's House (Las Vegas Shooter)
This is Paddock's Reno house.

Aerovodochody L29 (Delphin) at Reno Stead Airport

Steamboat Springs Geothermal Field
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SB Geo Inc. operates four generating plants as a combined facility located near the junction of U.S. Highway 395 and State Route 431. The SB Geo wells produce from fractured material along a north-northeast-striking fault zone. Submersible pump technology application studies at the plant are ongoing, and a high-efficiency turbine retrofit was completed in 2001. The U.S. Department of Energy provided initial funds ($200,000) to Steamboat Envirosystems LLC to evaluate enhanced geothermal systems technology at Steamboat, and $270,000 for geothermal resource exploration and definition through the GeoPowering the West program. In 2001, SB Geo drilled a 610-m temperature slim hole on its Meyberg Property, 1.5 km south of the SB Geo plants. A maximum temperature of 162C between 335 and 427 m was measured; temperatures decrease below this interval.

Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
University of Nevada Reno

Covered reservoir
Flip to map mode and see it depicted and open water. Must have been covered recently.

Airplane in flight near course for Reno National Air Races (In progress)

Mackay Stadium
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Home to University of Nevada Wolf Pack football

'First Church of Christ, Scientist' by Paul Williams
The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1939, is an historic Classical revival style Christian Science church edifice located at 501 Riverside Drive, overlooking the Truckee River in Reno, Nevada. Anna Frandsen Loomis, a wealthy local Christian Scientist, underwrote the $120,000 cost of the building, including land acquisition and architect's fees. She was responsible for hiring noted Los Angeles architect Paul Revere Williams, the first African-American member of the AIA. In 1998 due to major problems with the building, the congregation moved to a larger location at 795 West Peckham Lane. Church member and local theater patron Moya Lear bought the building that year and donated it to the Reno-Sparks Theater Community Coalition, which renamed it the Lear Theater.

'Jackson' by Donald Lipski
2010

Chengdu JJ-5 and 3 Shootingstars at Reno Stead

Selective censoring on Google Inside imagery

'Engagement' by Dennis Oppenheim
outside the Museum of Art

'Gallop-a-pace' by Charles Ginnever
in Bicentennial Park

Ilyushin Il-14
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LDS Temple - Reno
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St. Marys
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Welcome to Nevada
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General Jesse Lee Reno
Jesse Lee Reno (April 20, 1823 – September 14, 1862) was a United States Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War, the Utah War, the western frontier, and as a Union General during the American Civil War. He died while fighting at Fox's Gap during the Battle of South Mountain in the Civil War. Reno County, Kansas, El Reno, Oklahoma, Reno, Nevada, and Fort Reno in Washington, D.C. were all named after him.

'Nevada Museum of Art' by Will Bruder

Ship's bell from the USS Reno (CL-96)
USS Reno (CL-96) was an updated Atlanta-class light cruiser specializing in antiaircraft warfare.
Laid down: August 1, 1941
Launched: December 23, 1942
Commissioned: December 28, 1943
Decommissioned: November 4, 1946
Struck: March 1, 1959

Francis G. Newlands Home

'Belt of Orion' by Roger Berry
2007

Split Image

Piece of the Blarney Stone
Since 1988 this chunk of the original stone has been available for good luck. Originally mounted on the outside of the Fitzgerald's Casino which closed in 2008. Placed by Northern Nevada Chapter of the Sons of Erin.

Chocolate Bar
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Original Reno Arch
The more popular one that shows up in all the pictures is a couple blocks east of here near the casinos. The first Arch was built in 1926 to promote the Nevada Transcontinental Highway Exposition that ran from July 25 to August 1, 1927, which celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory Highways.

Wilbur D. May Center
The Wilbur D. May Center is an attraction located in Rancho San Rafael Regional Park at 1595 North Sierra, Reno, Nevada. The facility comprises the Wilbur D. May Museum, the Wilbur D. May Arboretum and Botanical Garden and the Great Basin Adventure.

USA - Air Force - Lockheed C-130H Hercules (L-382)
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Reno / Tahoe - International

Silver Legacy Resort & Casino
Tallest building in Reno

20th Century Club
Reno's first woman's club was here.

Reno Whitewater Park

'Arts Center' by Richard Neutra
1961
with Robert Alexander
University of Nevada - appears to have a couple of additions
Church Arts Center

Carpeteria Genie (Reno)

Dog
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'Perforated Object #27' by Michael Heizer
at the Federal Courthouse

Mackay Stadium
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Mackay Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in Reno, Nevada, on the campus of the University of Nevada. It is the home field of the Nevada Wolf Pack of the Western Athletic Conference, the university's venue for football and track & field.

First Church in Reno
Originally a stopover for pioneers on their way to California, Reno became the home to some of the first trailblazers – Methodist missionaries. Their first church meeting took place in the spring of 1869, not long after the town site of Reno was established. In 1870 the first United Methodist Church building was constructed. The cornerstone for this present church building was laid in 1926.

World's tallest climbing wall
On the outside of the Whitney Peak Hotel. The wall is part of the BaseCamp attraction.

'Jackson' by Donald Lipski
Reno Transit bus on a pole