120 year old historic railroad train building in Sparks, Nevada to be leveled? Enough already!

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7 ай бұрын

Time is running out to save the last remaining piece of railroad history in Reno's neighboring town - Sparks, Nevada. Stay until the end as we'll get a special look inside this massive building, which was built in 1903 by the Southern Pacific. The Union Pacific railroad wants its land back. Preservationists say no way! Learn the backstory of this amazing structure and why it would be a tragedy to let yet another historic building, which could be repurposed into something even more transcendent, bite the dust. They just don't build things like this anymore.
See our other railroad related video - physical evidence of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad between Carson City and Reno: • See evidence of the V...
All music composed and performed by Steve Ellison. Drums by Scott Taylor.
Contact info:
Sparks City Councilman Donald Abbott, who is leading the movement to save the building:
dabbott@cityofsparks.us
Write the Union Pacific at:
Union Pacific Public Affairs Dept.
915 L Street Suite 1180
Sacramento, CA 95814
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@cheebawobanu 7 ай бұрын

Needs to be on National Register of Historic Places. PERIOD.

@funnlivinit 7 ай бұрын

If Randy's Doughnuts in Los Angeles can be saved from the wrecking ball by National Historic status, certainly this building can be too!

@manga12 7 ай бұрын

@@funnlivinit as it should there isn't much of the southern pacific left to my knowlege, maybe the sacramento shops but railroads in nevada I am sure were not as plentiful as they were here in the midwest and related memorabillia, the shop looks like its still solid and in no danger of collapse but maybe I am wrong, look dont sit on your duff too often momentos from history are taken for granted and then too far gone to save or no one wants to step up, here we have the old freight shed and some stuff around it as well as small artifacts but its the only building left of our railroad days from the b and o but we did have the biggest roundhouse for 12 years that the b and o built itself, they had a larger one at the washington shops but here was the largest I found that they built, and it was the last roundhouse to have steam engines in it local lore says, before they were carted off and cut up, but by that time the b and o was in such bad financial straights they needed every penny the city had a chance to buy one of the old t 3s for scrap value but wanted one donated and either would not or could not afford the price so none were saved, and it was the class that pulled the last revinue run on the b and o in steam, we dont even have our old shops those too were leveled and now nothing but foundations, same with the old pennsy shops and bass foundry in fort wayne, bass was the largest railcar wheel caster in the world by volume around 1907 at 1000 wheels a day and made many stationary engines, we also dont even have the offices and shell of the old crestline ohio machine shops, people waited too long and the owner wanted too much so it was torn down as a matter of safety and that was where all the big experamental engines were kepts including the pennsy s1 that was the largest ridged frame locomotve ever made 143 feet built for the worlds far in 1939 crestline to fort wayne and fort wayne to chicago were the route it would run no nothing of it is left. as far as shops I mean we still got the old hump tower from the prr and overpasses as well as the old bakerstreet depot, but a far cry from what it was. In my city we could have also saved the old depot and offices but city sat around and railroad tore it down built a new termanal csx dont seem to really be sentamental about history they also look to want to tear down the old parsons roundhouse in columbus ohio there is a push to save it but the railroad dont look like they are going to budge its a solid building still though full of pidgens it was the major chessepeak and ohio terminal as well as hinton west virgina, would likely have been where the most powerful allegheny class steam engines were kept for their short life on the other end of the route in ohio from hauling coal in the mountains and people say it did not haul as much as big boy but the c and o has smaller sidings so it limited the size of trains they could bring, they also hauled 40 + troop trains in ww2 longer then any other I have know of, and longer then the 34 cars pulled by our engine nkp 765 on the new river trains and about twice as powerful, but they want to tear it down. also putting something on the national registry of historic places is not iron clad they wont tear it down it only makes it harder, but if the function of a building is changed the designation can be stripped of it like they did soldier field when they remoded it, and a local church here they tore down as it was in bad shape and a park built in its place with some of the bricks and old cross from the top put on a monument on the corner where it stood, which was a shame it had murels al along the barrel vault celings in the inside and one of a few romanesque style churches in down town the rest are gothic.

@thomasfrench2012 6 ай бұрын

Just so you know, that won't save it. Two such buildings on the Register in my home town we torn down with no problem.

@mikesimms3380 7 ай бұрын

Don't do like Los Angeles, by tearing down historic structures. Designate structures as historic so greedy landowners and corporations don't destroy them.

@bobcuster8930 7 ай бұрын

Mike -- That's nonsense. Los Angeles has many preserved buildings. Do that homework.

@mikesimms3380 7 ай бұрын

@@bobcuster8930 I've lived in LA for over sixty years. LA is known worldwide for its destruction of historic structures. Do YOUR homework. Just because a few have been preserved doesn't mean thousands haven't been bulldozed. We even have a show about the parts of LA that don't exist anymore. Are you just spouting off for arguments sake? Or are you drunk posting?

@bobcuster8930 7 ай бұрын

Many older buildings are falling aparty,,, Stop clinging to the past. @@mikesimms3380

@davidw7 6 ай бұрын

LA of course lost downtown ones to blight and yes some new buildings... Still its original core like the Fashion District has a SURPRISING number of very early 20th century skyscrapers then. Beauties clad in like white terra-cotta that would be at home in Chicago done in their old style. Sadly, not sure gentrification is moving as fast there? Still seems by street-views many will survive now. They survived all the earthquakes of the past they deserve to. Probably could have saved more 50s early 60s Goodie architecture that it had. Still those that remain are probably saved now. There are links that have many mapped that survived and their large signs that inspired the Jetsons old TV cartoon a style that LA had the most of. Houston was one of the worst to remove old Houston downtown for parking lots to await a shiny new city. Many for just large parking lots e and also to build humongous banal parking garages. It raised buildings on its Main St that were its flagship retailers of old... a remnant block remains the most vibrant part now part of a historic district.

@jimwhitsett4736 6 ай бұрын

Exactly.

@donmertle9099 7 ай бұрын

This is a historic landmark that should be officially designated and protected. Step up people contact representatives at every level of government and let them know this irreplaceable building must be saved for now and the future. We can save it one handwritten letter at a time.

@jbenziggy 7 ай бұрын

I think I’ll write a letter of support to keep the building standing. Thanks for letting us know about this. It’s always horrible when we destroy our past.

@SteveTRYK 7 ай бұрын

Thank you sir!

@chesabugg 7 ай бұрын

I would like to thank you so much for doing this video.. I am born and raised in Reno and have seen this building forever. Until recently I didn't even know what it was but I have always admired it. Broke my heart when they blew up the Mapes, and you're right look what sits there now. I'm impressed that the Sparks City council, unlike Reno I hate to say . I've been very upset over this and I will definitely be writing letters.. thank you for the history and it's much easier to envision what was there at one time..

@HaddaClu 7 ай бұрын

On one hand it is within UP's right to demand the building be vacated if the terms of the lease were indeed violated. On the other hand - UP and other railroads have made it almost a tradition to be vindictive and not work with communities when pushed even a little; thus destroying all that should be saved. As a PA resident I'll bet anything the only reason why NS hasnt shut down Altoona yet is theyre too cheap to find land elsewhere to buy and build new.

@jerrytraub8074 Ай бұрын

I can't even imagine tearing that wonderful building down.

@johnbogle6475 7 ай бұрын

Reno native here (currently living in Fernley). In the 80s/90s John Asquaga used that building for many purposes. A interim warehouse, a motor pool garage and venue for sheep auctions, among others. I can remember stringing wire through it's internal skeleton for auctioneer speakers and visiting the motor pool for repairs many times (John Asquaga would keep his vehicles until the wheels fell off :). I'm now a railfan and would hate to see this building go the way of the Mape's hotel where I provided services to the Sky Room (the demolition was a true travesty in my opinion). Love your videos. Thanks

@RobertEGeiger-ly3gk 7 ай бұрын

I'm from sayre pa. This town tore down every part of the Lehigh valley,black diamond shops chimneys and saved only I station and a caboose.dont tear it down!

@councilmandonaldabbott 6 ай бұрын

Hey there! Thank you a ton for taking the time to film, edit and post this video to help get the word out. We have tons of community support so my only ask for everyone is to let Union Pacific hear your voices. The ball is in their court right now to hopefully work with us to save this historical building!

@SteveTRYK 6 ай бұрын

Hey Donald! My pleasure and hoping for a favorable conclusion!

@jamesfisher684 7 ай бұрын

Steve keep up your great work of sharing Northern Nevada history.

@steelman86 6 ай бұрын

Back in the day when the Rolls-Royce Owners club would charter private rail cars out of Oakland, Sparks was a popular destination for us! We would arrive in Sparks while a switcher engine would take our car off of the northbound Amtrak and put us on a siding while we were in Reno or visiting Mozart and Harrahs collections. Our hotel of choice would send an elegant bus which we would step off the private car and directly into the bus while the driver transferred our luggage.....Fun times!!

@joeschmeaux 7 ай бұрын

I've always wondered what that building was. I don't think it would make a good concert venue, but it could easily be earthquake retrofitted and converted to a bunch of restaurants and shops, as the Reno post office was a few years ago. Given the closures in the area, including Karl's Silver Club (which I think later was called Bourbon Street), it would be a boost for the area. The Sparks outlets might whine a little but that would be ridiculous. I think the Mapes and Holiday might have met their demise during that EQ swarms of 15? years ago, but seeing as this building is still standing, it should be preserved. I'm a bay area resident, but I've been working in Reno as a musician for 28 years. I consider it my second home and care a lot about what happens to the area in the future. :-) Thanks for your wonderful videos!

@gosb88 3 ай бұрын

When its cleared, there should be a big concert with crazy lights. And i have heard its more likely to be preserved

@Yodie208 6 ай бұрын

The design, engineering and workmanship that went into the construction of the building is awesome. Everything riveted together in the time before welding was introduced. It is more of a piece of art as it is of historical value. This needs to be preserved at all costs. It absolutely has to be put on the historical registry. It really needs more publicity to gain national attention.

@SteveTRYK 6 ай бұрын

Hoping this video will help - albeit in a small way! Cheers!

@602br61458 5 күн бұрын

Good story. Hope it can be saved.

@SteveTRYK 5 күн бұрын

Still standing as I type this!

@rockwithjerry 7 ай бұрын

The thrift store was nice enough to allow us to marvel at the interior of that space. I’ve always wanted to go back and get video but was only able to get a few pictures. Thank you for capturing it. I hope they are able to find a compromise and not tear it down!

@johnstephen7610 Ай бұрын

Thanks for this informative video. Dealing with railroads is virtually impossible, but here's hoping the City of Sparks can get this done.

@SteveTRYK Ай бұрын

As of the date I type this the deadline for the tenants to clear out has passed. We shall see what will happen.

@kimberlypost4718 3 ай бұрын

I have a feeling this great video might have played a part in this project!

@mikejohns3104 6 ай бұрын

I just clicked the like button and made a comment to help word of this get out.

@LMNevada Ай бұрын

I would like to see some of those lots and old houses that were moved in from Wadsworth in the day. Thanks for a great video.

@SteveTRYK Ай бұрын

That would be cool!

@railbart 7 ай бұрын

Good luck I hope you can save it.

@TheMrPeteChannel 2 ай бұрын

Come on. Save this building!

@1chuck96 6 ай бұрын

At 12:20 in...Yeah, It'd make for a GREAT Concert Hall, (Rock or otherwise), or one hell-of-a fine dining place, but probably not both. My sympathies are with you.

@unr74 7 ай бұрын

Sad. Well built, architecturally pleasing, good potential with minimal imagination. Probably cost effective to bring it up to code. Although I question its acoustic characteristics for concerts. Change isn’t always progress. Hey Steve; Do you remember the name of the drugstore that had the sit down soda fountain counter - I think it was around First and Center. It closed maybe 25 years years ago. Last of the Mohicans

@hughwolfe1176 6 ай бұрын

Not a resident of Nevada, but this is deplorable. You are entirely correct that "once it's gone it's gone for good"... Thus I took some time to contact both the Union Pacific Railroad as well as the Councilman in regards to this issue. I've seen too many old buildings torn down in haste just to sit as empty flat ground, and for what. This building could have many different uses if big business would only see outside of the box... Thank you for sharing this important issue. Subscribed as well.

@SteveTRYK 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for your support and viewership!!

@dcstexbrit 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this, not sure why this particular situation leaves an impression on me, but it guts me to see yet another example of short term short sighted vision and a loss of another historic site, in a country with such a short but interesting history. As someone who moved from the UK with much history and many preserved buildings and artifacts. I moved to the US, became a citizen and now living the other side of the Mountains from Sparks a regular visitor to Reno,. I see so many historic buildings saved around the world, and in the UK during my visit back there last year, re purposed with a mix of modern with the old. You should not move forward without respecting the past. Some sites I visited on my last trip over to the UK was. St Pancras Renaissance hotel fronting the station, Battersea Power Station front and many others. Massive buildings once boarded up and slated for demolition at various times in their recent history, when I was growing up there as a kid. Now thriving buildings revitalized the areas, mixing the Old and modern. Take a look on line. I know Reno can do things like this like the old Post office building down town as one example. Lets see if someone can think a little out the box on this and find a way through, even a token gesture preserving some of the outer walls. Such a shame that there is not any creative innovation being put into this by the current UP owners of the site and a compromise on respecting some of the local and their history in some ways. No point in leaving it to rot for sure but it seems the sub lease situation could have had a different ending if there had not been another agenda and much short term small thinking. Very unfortunate statement they issued indeed. I really hope that something can be done with this site that includes the building. As you rightly said, once its gone its gone, as can be seen by the Round house . Is there a petition or local movement to help the re think , or do locals not realize, or not really care either way ? Thanks again and Cheers.

@SteveTRYK 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! In the UK there are old, preserved buildings everywhere. Not so here...

@dcstexbrit 6 ай бұрын

That’s right so I would have hoped even more reason to treasure the few things left that do exist, as they become more important to preserve.

@spcabforward 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic video, if only those walls could talk.

@Dr_Bombay 7 ай бұрын

i've lived here since 1990, and i've always wondered about this building. So sad that it is in danger of being destroyed, just like the Mapes was. I hope this one can be saved!

@2quintly 7 ай бұрын

Save it!

@josephkritzer7245 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@SteveTRYK 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@markfrench8892 7 ай бұрын

Reno is so close to Hell that you can see Sparks. 😆 On a serious note, I certainly hope this building can be saved. Thanks for posting this video.

@didyou555 7 ай бұрын

That building should be put on the National Registry of Historic Places.

@franciscarodriguez2855 7 ай бұрын

You could get lost Beautiful structure

@stevedale4800 7 ай бұрын

Do NOT demolish this landmark. Come on, this could be the next brewery for -Native, a nevada beer company. Sounds good right? Calling all investors!

@SteveTRYK 7 ай бұрын

I like it!!

@Craziecory 7 ай бұрын

Don't know if it was mentioned but Rail City use to be Plantation Station and was across from a Sambos. Some history does need to be removed. lol.

@robnielsen935 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this. I am a railroad buff and enjoy seeing buildings used by the railroads. Evanston, WY has redone a U.P. car shop and it in the process of restoring the roundhouse, a little at a time. What they have done so far looks great! The car shop is used for an annual model railroad show and the roundhouse is a convention center which is also used during their annual train show. It also features a working turntable. It might be something the Spark City Council might like to take a look at as an idea of how their buildings could be repurposed instead of removed. Shops, convention center or a concert hall would be a great use of these historic buildings.

@JayYoung-ro3vu 6 ай бұрын

Most cities would convert the building to housing or redevelop as somehing else. Good luck! Train firms usually get their way. Designating a building "historic" doesn't prevent demolition.

@JohnShinn1960 7 ай бұрын

Greetings from Baltimore. Coincidence I'm second to comment immediately after subscribing after seeing your video on the Reno's 1964 archway sign constuction and placement. Stayin tuned! 🤠👍

@ericlind454 7 ай бұрын

Just like downtown Reno. Tore down Harolds Club and The Cal Neva,. That was Reno. Now it's just an empty hole with borded up places, and bums.

@accountabilityaudits 6 ай бұрын

With all the money and ridiculous priced homes there in Sparks you would think someone would realize that space could become a very nice indoor market space with produce, meat, coffee shops, restaurants, boutiques and public meeting spaces. I'm sure I could come up with several other current mixed-use formats as well very easily. I can't see that property being worth more than $800k as is. With about $1 M in renovations and retrofits the total cost of build would be around 1.8 M. With a conservative monthly income projection of $15-20 k a month from lease income 8 years of rental/lease would bring just over $1.9 M thus repaying the initial capital investment relatively quickly.

@SteveTRYK 6 ай бұрын

I like your math!

@paulo7200 7 ай бұрын

Good luck fighting Union Pacific. Also, the unreinforced masonry construction is going to be prohibitively expensive to retrofit. UP should relocate back to Fernley, their yard is such an eyesore!

@RailPreserver2K 7 ай бұрын

Add Keep information regarding this structure in its history coming because that will spur people to get more interested in it and fight to save it. The best example I've seen of this tactic working involves an active railroad being replaced with a useless bike trail, a local railfan out there has been making videos explaining the importance of the railroad. Maybe the same could be done here concerning the structure.

@SteveTRYK 7 ай бұрын

If I see something newsworthy I can comment here. Thanks!

@kevinwallis2194 7 ай бұрын

I like any old building regardless of what it is. My house was built in 1920 and i just bought an antique store business, thats in a building built in 1890. I hate seeing any torn down.

@LMNevada Ай бұрын

Carson city had a gorgeous roundhouse that disappeared one night…

@SteveTRYK Ай бұрын

And the shops... I drove by shortly before they came down in the late 80's...

@steverudder3321 7 ай бұрын

Regret is an awful thing to have to carry and hear about repeatedly into the future. Of course, big corporations will never admit to having regrets. Wondering what the lease violation was, and if the structure is earthquake safe? As a railfan and former trucker, I've passed this building on the Interstate a dozen times and wondered about its history. I have the desire but not the money to move to this part of Nevada. However, I have decided to become a subscriber and learn more about the Reno/Sparks area. Thanks for sharing this information and video.👍 "Keep on Track'n!"

@SteveTRYK 7 ай бұрын

Welcome aboard!!

@Narrowgaugefilms 6 ай бұрын

This is the reality of historic preservation everywhere: even something really historic that somehow makes it through to the present day needs to face the demands of Modern Life to survive. Kingfield Station on the former Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Maine narrow gauge railroad was still standing well in the 1990s, over 50 years after the SR&RL itself was scrapped: it "made it". This was an important station on the line, so there were a lot of stories about it and a lot of old pictures: people all over the world knew about it from several classic railroad books. The Kingfield Dodge dealership decided they wanted to expand their lot, so they announced they intended to tear the station down. The Preservationist group was told they could take whatever they could haul away, but there was a deadline when the demolition had to take place. They actually considered sectioning the whole building and trucking it to their museum line, but in the end time and money got in the way and all they could save was architectural details like a few doors and windows. Everything else was lost. The punchline is a few years later the Dodge dealership got knocked out by a recession so there is nothing but an empty lot there today

@jeffreyellison2252 7 ай бұрын

I'm thinking good thoughts. That building needs to be saved. Enough already, indeed!

@johnbogle6475 7 ай бұрын

"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot" Joni Mitchel.

@brucegerard309 2 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, UP is for profit and they don't want to maintain the legacy structure. The sad thing is, this building is one of the only attractive buildings in Sparks.

@fsj197811 6 ай бұрын

Whoever owns the building should be able to do what they want with it.

@garymunson2493 7 ай бұрын

Your ability to spin such good recountings of Reno history make me wish you would host recurring dissertations I could attend. It seems like your concurrent knowledge of the Reno/Sparks craft beer purveyors could be rolled into presentations of local history and beer knowledge where those of us interested in both could slake our physical and intellectual thirst. Have you ever considered creating an email channel where you could send timely notifications of such gatherings? You could create an email persona strictly dedicated to disseminating notifications of such events. I, for one, would have no problem contributing to a pot while also patronizing the establishment that provides the venue (and cover the cost of your imbibing!). Thanks for your continuing efforts. Fun to both be amused and educated at the same time!

@SteveTRYK 7 ай бұрын

Interesting! Something to mull over. This channel takes all the time I have currently - perhaps one day when I retire! ;-)

@darrinbunston5932 7 ай бұрын

You guys are in the desert there's probably plenty of space you can move it to if something that big can be moved We had an old train station quarter of the size of that building you guys have In Charles City Iowa and they moved the old train station to save it

@chrisloomis1489 6 ай бұрын

That building will never return , they will Never build like that again. Save a piece of History and Heritage , that building could be a lovely venue for the community and tourism , another 100 years or more.

@expressarch 7 ай бұрын

It would be tragic to lose that building. Speaking of loss, have you ever researched Rewana Farms by the Reno Airport? Gone now, but it was a nice place to live way back when.

@SteveTRYK 7 ай бұрын

Have not looked at Rewana but something to bank! Cheers!

@user-iu8lf6tj9w 6 ай бұрын

Honestly, I don't understand why Union Pacific doesn't allow the building to be disassembled and moved elsewhere? I could easily see the building being used by the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City, Nevada

@Chuck-gd9rr 6 күн бұрын

3 million bricks?

@SoloPilot6 7 ай бұрын

The city can pass a law to tax parking or storage areas within 200 feet of a rail line at $1 per square foot, and boost the permits to demolish any building larger than x-size to $5 per square foot . . .

@paulo7200 7 ай бұрын

Property tax is limited by the NV constitution so that won't happen.

@happyhippie2853 Ай бұрын

Harrah's Automobile Museum

@judyvance314 Ай бұрын

Same thing in Sacramento.

@richardhunn4298 6 ай бұрын

Second only to the V&T roundhouse in Carson City that was bulldozed!

@bobcuster8930 7 ай бұрын

Steve- IMO, That's no future concert venue. The audio would be terrible...Boomy,... Certainly this is a great historic Nevada building... I believe this same building is where iconic actor Clark Gable looked over some of William Harrah's collectible cars during a break, while filming the movie 'The Misfits,' in the summer of 1960...

@farmerbill6855 7 ай бұрын

Nah, the railroad was still using it in the 60s. There was a lot if buildings built like that across the country.

@aunch3 7 ай бұрын

I hate how cities do stuff like that. I’d be one thing if it were for something that was going to improve everyone’s lives, but it always is for some greedy or idiots reason

@jeffreywoods4040 6 ай бұрын

Hmm… Union Pacific doesn’t allow sub-leases but the whole place is full of stored boats and RVs…

@donalddodson7365 7 ай бұрын

I wish you all the very best. Maybe the land swap will work, but UP is motivated only by money. Hope you find a deep pocket.

@cncshorts1075 2 ай бұрын

What was the name of the machine shop you talked about

@SteveTRYK 2 ай бұрын

I don't know that it has a specific name.

@johnalder6028 6 ай бұрын

Could make a nice railroad museum and bring more tourists and revenue. Sad to see history treated as rubbish.

@WasatchGarandMan 6 ай бұрын

Just another example of the UP removing the SP from history.

@davidkaralus7464 6 ай бұрын

Union Pacific doesn't care about other Railroads history, only their own.

@kevinb9327 6 ай бұрын

Is there a fundraising effort? I'd contribute.

@SteveTRYK 6 ай бұрын

I don't know - perhaps email councilman Abbott. Cheers!

@Drockthe3rd 7 ай бұрын

I'd campaign for the city to acquire the land from the UP

@SteveTRYK 7 ай бұрын

They have budgetary woes like many other cities...

@Manwholikestrains 7 ай бұрын

No just no railroads will make a comeback

@SMG2024 7 ай бұрын

I honestly think music would sound terrible in that space.

@SteveTRYK 7 ай бұрын

As is, you're probably right. Modifications would be necessary.

@charlesmartin3277 6 ай бұрын

Bad to tar down old biding of rail road sparksnv

@whiteknightcat 7 ай бұрын

If the current Union Pacific monopoly could figure out how to make astronomical profits with zero railroad or properties, they would do it.

@farmerbill6855 7 ай бұрын

Wouldn't you? The Union Pacific RR is a very large cog in the machine that makes life so easy in the US.

@mikemyshka1472 7 ай бұрын

The Railroad is destroying their early history, that railroad may good out of business because of this in the long run. Then who will remember them.

@monostripezebras 6 ай бұрын

shame

@mow4ncry 6 ай бұрын

UP or as I prefer to call them Utterly Pathetic, does not care about historic structures or anything else except they're steam locomotives

@cpl_0503 6 ай бұрын

I get what everyone says about it being historic. It is. BUT, you can't save something just because it has a theoretical value WITHOUT a PLAN to realize that value. If it is so important NOW that someone wants to tear it down, why wasn't it important 2 decades ago, 3 decades, whatever? It strikes me as the guy that ignores his wife and family until she says she wants a divorce and is moving out. Then he whines about how they are the most important thing to him. Even as they are giving tours and claiming the building is significant, the guy leasing an presumably making money off it has plywood sheets on the floor to cover leaks from a roof, it is piled with junk and looks more like a Hoarders Paradise. So my completely uninvolved and otherwise uninformed opinion is: Unless someone is actually going to make it into a concert venue (as the lessee suggested) or rehab it into a viable market place and multi-use area for the benefit of the city and the people...say your goodbyes and let the Owners (Union Pacific) use THEIR land. Sorry, that's just my worthless thoughts.

@SteveTRYK 6 ай бұрын

I love me a spirited debate!

@johnwood551 7 ай бұрын

Sparks will fill it with Apartments for all the Californians moving in here. Bah, who needs history ? Tear everything down. Sad to see the old places destroyed for ugly modern crap that won’t last 50 years.

@KenLou 6 ай бұрын

Born, raised and lived in Reno for 42 of my 44 years. I had family working for the railroad, my late stepdad was the last one. I have no particular love for the building, it's never been open to the public in my lifetime. So talking about using it as a concert venue is some strawman argument. Not that I have a say but unless it's opened to the public I don't care what they do with it. It's wasted as storage. Funny how now everyone cares about it.

@robertcornelius3514 6 ай бұрын

First America, and now this 120 year old depot. What's next, our faith in our government?

@damaddog8065 7 ай бұрын

Stop demanding other people pay for something you want. If you want to save it scrap up the money to buy it, and the money to maintain it.

@adriaanboogaard8571 7 ай бұрын

Sounds like something foolish with poor planning to take it down. I would thing the Railroad and Town would respect there local History. Sounds like something they do here in Utah. You can destroy anything as long as you put up a historical marker and Name the New development after what they ruin.

@ronwade5646 7 ай бұрын

Impossible to heat or even begin to reseal those huge windows. It's dangerous too, tear it down already.

@SteveTRYK 7 ай бұрын

Heating would be an issue.

@AV84fun_GC 7 ай бұрын

Seems adding it to the National Register of Historic Places could help save it. It is a neat building, and as a native to this area it is an important part of our past. Please work to save it!

@davidw7 6 ай бұрын

You need those Liberal Preservationist to at least get the ball rolling also. Reno may not be that kind of town...... They saved many of old building in other cities especially 80s onward up North and East. Some areas it is not a core value and inhibits free-enterprising as nimby's in cities do to protect single-family housing or older low-rises from replacement for something new and larger that is out of character for the area. Still our solid single-homes are worth saving as once gone they are gone forever in a era multi-residential buildings are increasingly taking over with like huge forever HOA's.