Prior to the opening of the Mapes Hotel in 1947, the El Cortez was the tallest building in Reno. This postcard dated 1970 shows the juxtaposition of Reno's older hotel buildings with the modern hotel casinos, which dominated the downtown landscape beginning in the late 1960s. It is hard to miss Harrah's 24-story tower in the background. | Date: 1970 | Source: Special Collections, University of Nevada, Reno LibrariesDownload Original File
Source
Special Collections, University of Nevada, Reno Libraries
Date
1970
"No longer the tallest building in Reno" appears in: El Cortez Hotel
