NEVADA VERNACULAR: PART 3, WINNEMUCCA
Two things ought to happen to outsiders when they encounter vernacular architecture. They should recognize it with something approaching familiarity yet at the same time it should strike them as exotic. The two aren’t as contradictory as they appear. Anybody who has the vaguest image of Nevada probably associates it with neon-lit casinos and small desert towns. These are the things we expect to see and it’s no surprise when we do. It is the vernacular, the run down motels and cracked neon, not the colossal hotels that confirm we are in Reno ...
Two things ought to happen to outsiders when they encounter vernacular architecture. They should recognize it with something approaching familiarity yet at the same time it should strike them as exotic. The two aren’t as contradictory as they appear. Anybody who has the vaguest image of Nevada probably associates it with neon-lit casinos and small desert towns. These are the things we expect to see and it’s no surprise when we do. It is the vernacular, the run down motels and cracked neon, not the colossal hotels that confirm we are in Reno ...
