Tag: doppelgangers

So, two things about this photograph. First, a big thank you to Doppelgangers for ridding Carson City of that putrid turquoise facade that used to hang off of the Lucky Spur building. We've been living with that for the last two years with Stew's, and it was so great to drive by yesterday and see that it's been painted. Not that yellow would have been my first choice, but I've got to say that if I was forced to go with yellow, this is probably the best shade I could have picked.

Second thing, it's sad to see the old Lucky Spur lettering come down from the sign. That was one thing that Stew's did; even with the turquoise, they still kept the sign reading "Lucky Spur" as a nod to the building's past. Now it's gone, replaced with the "Doppelgangers" lettering that barely fits onto the sign. I guess it is confusing to have a sign that says "Lucky Spur" on your business when your business is not, in fact, named "Lucky Spur". And at some point history has to be just that, history, and you have to say goodbye to the past. So goodbye Lucky Spur, hello Doppelgangers. Next you can do something about that sandblasted brick along Proctor Street. Maybe a nice mural.

Some time ago I was expressing how desperately I hoped they would get rid of the turquoise on the old Lucky Spur building as it underwent its transformation into Doppelgangers Bar and Grill. Well, I got half my wish. The turquoise on Carson Street still remains, but it has been banished from the side entrance and sign on Proctor Street.

Doppelgangers opened this month, but I haven't had a chance to try out the food yet. I only ate at Stew's once, and I can remember it was kind of a grim experience. Hopefully things are better with the new owners. You also can see from this photo that the most abused sign in Carson has gotten yet another facelift. This time it shed the turquoise, and the Stew's lettering, and now just barely manages to squeeze in the word "Doppelgangers".

Also today comes the news that Alan Adams, who owns Doppelgangers and also the Carson Nugget, has bought the old Stewart Title building directly to the south across Proctor Street from the Lucky Spur. Adams says he has no idea what he's going to do with the building yet, but please please please let it involve some major remodeling and a facelift. Because damn:

These diamonds haunt my nightmares.

This building was put up in 1962 as Security National Bank, and a comtemporary newspaper article praises it as being "modern in every respect." But remember, this is the 1960s we're talking about, when "modern" was a synonym of "ass-ugly". If Alan Adams can be the one to make those diamonds go away, he will be the town hero.

Here's what was at that corner before the bank.

The Eagle Market and Tim's Liquor House shared the corner building. Next door is Sprouse-Reitz, which moved from downtown into the Carson Mall before closing completely in the 1990s.