Walking Journal #17 -Northline

I left The Nugget and headed towards 4^th Street. Allison lived in an apartment on 4^th Street. She did not like the apartment at first, but cleaned it up and grew very fond of it, for a little while. She headed towards the local Salvation Army on 4^th Street, and guess what, there is a thrift store on 4^th Street! Probably not the same one. I ventured mostly west on 4^th Street so I could visit the Eldorado Casino. This casino is definitely one of the better looking ones, yet, there is still plenty of homeless people roaming around the area and kids/students asking for rides. There are constantly cops patrolling this street because of the drunks that walk from bar to bar or casino to casino ready for a fight. My ultimate impression of this particular street was that of a nicer part of downtown Reno because it had the Silver Legacy which is very spectacular as well as the Eldorado, another gracious casino in downtown Reno. Both are on either sides of 4^th Street and make this part between Sierra Street and Virginia Street look like the best part of downtown that I have been to.

Eldorado Casino

Silver Legacy Casino

           

Bridge inbetween the Two

In the book, Allison mentions the Eldorado many times and elaborates on how it is a grand casino, so I believe that they have kept up with the renovations and prestigious look in order to continue having customers and passer-byers stop and think of it as one of the only few casinos/hotels worthwhile to stay at. 

           Later on during that day I drove down 4^th Street in an east direction to see what the apartments look like and if there was a Salvation Army. The part of town was trashier than downtown and did not look at all like a good living condition. All of the apartments there where unkempt, were not aesthetically pleasing, and looked like it could be Northern Reno’s ghetto because of the risky buildings and people. I understand why Allison’s inner mind, Paul Newman, told her not to live here anymore and try to look for a new place to go.

 Map: Head out of the Nugget onto Virginia Street.

            Make a left and head North on Virginia.
            Continue until 4^th Street, make a left.
           Head towards Sierra and make a loop.