Mapes Bags

Description: REMEMBER THE DEMOLITION OF THE MAPES HOTEL ON JAN 30 2000

Description: RENO'S LANDMARK HOTEL

Description: The Mapes is the place to be, whether you want dinner in the Terrace Room, coffee with a friend in the Coffee Shop, entertainment in the Sky Room or the Kingston Trio in the lobby.

Description: RENO'S LANDMARK HOTEL

Description: A black background with bold, multi-colored text arranged in blocks. The center reads "I AM BLACK" in large red letters with "PROUD" and "FEARLESS" above. Below it are "WOKE", "MAPES", "STRONG", "SMART" and "HISTORY". Vertical text "FEARLESS", "POWERFUL", "POWVERSS", "PROUES", "PROJES", "PAENUL" surrounds the central words. The bottom features "HISTORY" in large yellow text.

Description: Growing up in Reno in the 70s and 80s, I would ask my mom to drive downtown so I could see the Casino lights. One of the hotels I was fascinated with was the Mapes and how the 2 cowboys stood making the M in Mapes. This was one of the reasons I went in to Graphic Illustration and Logo Design. I wish I had been old enough to go inside the Casino and see this beauty on the inside. In her honor I have re-created and modified the matchbook illustration from the 1950s in 3 colors Blue, Pink and Green