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spdmrcht



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PostPosted: Mar Sun 10, 2013 1:48 pm    Post subject: Cal Neva Clock? Reply with quote

Does anyone know if that old clock they were restoring, got
put up on virginia St.?
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LilyJDragonfly



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PostPosted: Mar Mon 18, 2013 12:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I vaguely recall seeing it downstairs in the Amtrak station when we rolled through last summer.... the train station has some cool stuff both upstairs and downstairs in the passenger area.
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spdmrcht



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PostPosted: Mar Mon 18, 2013 8:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'll have to check that out, only took amtrac once in the 80s got snowed
in Reno and couldn't go back to work, Darn? That was before they
put it under ground.
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PostPosted: Mar Tue 19, 2013 12:16 pm    Post subject: Old Reno Clock Reply with quote

Old Reno stuff always arouses my curiosity. I googled "Old Reno Clock" and got pictures of alarm clocks, casinos, neat old clocks in Prague, Czech Republic etc. Do you have any more info on the clock? Should we ask our intrepid Webmaster or Mammoth to check this out?
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PostPosted: Mar Tue 19, 2013 2:55 pm    Post subject: This clock? Reply with quote

About.


Support the Historic Reno Street Clock Project


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Reno’s Historic Street Clock
Club Cal Neva: Now IS the Time.

March 28, 2012 (RENO, Nev.) – When Park Lane Mall closed its operations in 2007, it was decided by the powers that be that a piece of Reno’s history would not be razed along with the property. Thanks largely in part to the efforts of Reno Mayor Bob Cashell, the new owners of the Park Lane Mall property, M&H Realty Partners, were convinced that the clock needed to remain in Reno and graciously donated it back to the city.
Since that time, the clock has remained safely tucked away, dismantled in several boxes until the right time, and the right people, with the right money, can convince the city to have it refurbished and put on display in an appropriate place.
The Club Cal Neva, in conjunction with its 50th Birthday Celebration, would like to convince Truckee Meadows residents and city council that now is the time.
The Cal Neva has pledged to have the clock restored and would like to see it placed at 10 North Virgnia Street (also known as City Plaza or the Rink on the River) and presented as a gift to the City of Reno from the employees of the Club Cal Neva.
“Reno is such a historic city,” said Jeff Siri, chief executive of the Club Cal Neva and lifelong Reno resident. “From its roots as a river crossing and transportation hub for Virginia City, to what amounts to the birthplace of legalized gaming, to some of the Nation’s and World’s most historic events. The preservation of our past is just as important as the development of our future. There are so few historical landmarks left in Reno and this is our chance to preserve one of them.”
Club Cal Neva representatives will be on hand at a City Council meeting on April 25 to discuss placement of the clock at the highly visible 10 North Virginia Street site. However, it will be up to the Reno City Council to approve the placement.
“It would be great if we could get a nice little groundswell of support from the local community,” said Dennis O’Brien, director of marketing for the Club Cal Neva and more than 30-year resident of the Truckee Meadows. “Even if you’re not originally from this area, but live here now, you can appreciate the history of this city. And I have to believe that most people would be supportive and in favor of anything that will beautify any part of the downtown Reno area, especially when it will cost the city nothing. We highly encourage people to come to the city council meeting on the 25th to lend their support to this project.”
O’Brien referred to the fact that no taxpayer dollars will be used to fund this project and all costs of refurbishing the clock, creating the base, and placement of the clock would be absorbed privately by the Club Cal Neva.
Upon approval, the clock will be looked at by an unnamed clockmaker from Massachusetts who will then make the determination of whether or not the clock can be fixed right here in Reno or needs to be sent back east for the restoration. When the clock is returned, Club Cal Neva officials hope it can be placed in its rightful spot on the south end of the Virginia Street Corridor.
Known simply as the “Reno Street Clock”, the iconic symbol has been part of Reno’s history since the 1920s. Originally, the clock was placed at in front of Ginsberg Jewelers at 133 North Virginia Street (now the site of the Club Cal Neva’s Nevadan Hotel). In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, clocks like this were often placed in front of jewelry stores and served not only advertisements, but as a means to give towns a central timekeeping. Since they were slightly out of the price range of the average citizen, street clocks served a practical, as well as decorative, purpose. In fact, the clock in front of Ginsberg’s was not the only clock in town, there was one right across the street at Griffin Jewelers, however, it was nowhere near as elaborate, and presumably wasn’t able to stand up to “time” and the harshness of Northern Nevada weather.
The clock was thought to have been designed and manufactured in the late 19th Century by Joseph Mayer, a Seattle clockmaker, with parts made from the E. Howard Company, another prominent clockmaker from Boston. There are conflicting stories as to which manufacturer actually made the clock, however, several local news articles in the past seem to attribute the clock’s manufacturing to the Mayer brothers. However, according to one source, the design of the clock can be attributed to the E. Howard Company based on some signature details of the overall design. Whichever is the case, it is known that Sam Ginsberg did purchase the clock from Joseph Mayer. The Mayer brothers also manufactured street clocks for many cities on the west coast including Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego, and Oakland. Many of those clocks still stand today and serve as historical landmarks in these cities.
The Reno clock is approximately 15-feet tall and has four faces instead of two which distinguishes it from many street clocks of the time. The faces sit atop a slim post with a wide base made of cast iron, and it was recently rediscovered in 2006 that clock actually had the ability to be lit – an attribute that seems to have gone undetected since middle of the twentieth century. The base contains three windows through which people can see the movements working. The head of the clock is made of wood and copper and has been refurbished because the copper develops pinholes over time which allows water into the inner workings of the clock and rots the wood. A system of pulleys and weights were used to make the clock work, however, that was changed by the Mayer Company at an unknown time and replaced with an electric motor.
By the middle of the twentieth century, the usefulness of street clocks began to fade – especially in Reno. State-of-the-art Buildings began to rise from the asphalt of Reno streets and neon signs and more affordable watches began to replace the once decorative and functional street clocks.
As clocks began to disappear from downtown Reno, one developer thought the historic clock was worth saving. In 1967, Sonner Greenspan purchased the clock for the new Park Lane Mall development where the clock stood until Park Lane Mall was razed in 2007.
The clock was donated back to the City of Reno in 2007 by M&H Realty Partners and it currently sits in seven boxes at an undisclosed storage location until the city decides how to have it refurbished and where its proper placement is going to be.
Today, the clock has an estimated worth of anywhere between $60,000 and $100,000.


Dennis O'Brien
Director of Marketing & Events
Club Cal Neva
Office: 775.954.4185
Mobile: 775.741.1319
denniso@calneva.net
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PostPosted: Mar Tue 19, 2013 3:40 pm    Post subject: Thanks! Reply with quote

That's a great response to my question. Thank you very much! I dimly remember a clock associated with the Park Lane Mall. Armed with the information you provided I was able to find a link to a picture of the clock. http://www.timeless-ent.com/news1.htm

Best of luck Mr. O'Brien in your quest to see the clock restored and put back into service.

More pics can be found by Google Image Searching "Reno Street Clock".
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spdmrcht



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PostPosted: Mar Tue 19, 2013 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was under the impression that the clock had already been sent to some
one back east to restore it?? I think that's what the story in the RGJ stated
That I read?
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PostPosted: Mar Tue 19, 2013 8:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

snipped from: http://thisisreno.com/2012/04/highlights-from-april-25-reno-city-council-meeting/

April 25, 2012 Reno City Council meeting


Agenda Item J.8
The City Council accepted the donation along with approving an agreement with the Club Cal Neva Hotel and Casino. The Cal Neva Hotel and Casino offered to pay all the costs associated with the refurbishment, transportation, installation and insurance necessary to repair the Howard-Mayer Clock, which previously resided in the Park Lane Mall. In the 1920s, the clock was located in front of Ginsberg Jewelers on North Virginia Street. The final location of the clock after it is refurbished has not yet been determined, but it is anticipated to be placed in a prominent downtown Reno location.

In 2007, the owners of the Park Lane Mall made the decision to demolish the structure to make way for development. As a result, the clock, having been relocated to the Park Lane Mall in the mid-1960s, needed a new home. The mall owners offered it to the city, and Mayor Cashell accepted it on the city’s behalf. The clock was dismantled and placed in storage by the city, where it has remained.
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PostPosted: Aug Mon 26, 2013 10:04 am    Post subject: It's back Reply with quote

http://www.mynews4.com/news/local/story/Historic-Reno-Street-Clock-moves-locations/S_OjkWqUAEqo8bBD7EJrIw.cspx
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stan_allen



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PostPosted: Aug Mon 26, 2013 11:59 am    Post subject: Clock of ages Reply with quote

Dave, you live right in Vancouver, don't you? You could have gone to Gastown at night, yanked out that steam-clock, and shipped it down to Reno - I'm sure no one would have noticed!
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PostPosted: Aug Mon 26, 2013 6:58 pm    Post subject: Sounds like Cuckoo's Nest Reply with quote

Stan, upon reading your post I immediately thought of the big "Chief" from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". I'm sure if I yanked it off it's foundation it would fall through a window. (Even if it had bars!) It is a pretty cool clock though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pf9YluAU64

Legal note: I don't intend to try this. BCD
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PostPosted: Aug Tue 27, 2013 12:01 pm    Post subject: Moe better blues Reply with quote

I do indeed recall that scene - there's something about pulling a fixed appliance right off its floor moorings that's very inpsirational.

Nevertheless, I think I'll let someone of Chief's size handle it.

Have you seen that episode of the "Simpsons" where that same scene is played out, with Barney as 'Chief'? After he smashes through the window, and runs off, Moe can be heard saying, "He really, really needs a girlfriend." - classic!
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PostPosted: Aug Tue 27, 2013 7:01 pm    Post subject: I hope! Reply with quote

that they put it some where that the Retards that hang over the train
tunnel, by the eldo can't trash it, like they do everything else!
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PostPosted: Aug Fri 30, 2013 4:00 pm    Post subject: It's Here Reply with quote

Interesting "timing" on the revival of this topic, as the clock in question was just recently installed at the southeast corner of Virginia and N. First St., where the Mapes used to stand and the rink on the river is located every winter. It's still surrounded by temporary fencing and the plain iron cylinder it is mounted on looks like it's intended to be the core of a larger, more deluxe pedestal that is yet to be built, but the pendulum is swinging, the gears are slowly turning and the clock appears to be keeping pretty accurate time.
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PostPosted: Aug Fri 30, 2013 4:01 pm    Post subject: It's Here Reply with quote

Interesting "timing" on the revival of this topic, as the clock in question was just recently installed at the southeast corner of Virginia and N. First St., where the Mapes used to stand and the rink on the river is located every winter. It's still surrounded by temporary fencing and the plain iron cylinder it is mounted on looks like it's intended to be the core of a larger, more deluxe pedestal that is yet to be built, but the pendulum is swinging, the gears are slowly turning and the clock appears to be keeping pretty accurate time.
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