Tag: ormsbyhouse

Shock! Horror! Mystery! When I first saw this last week I couldn't believe it. Afterwards I thought I might be hallucinating so I had to go out and take some photos to prove to the world, to prove to myself, that it was really real. But here it is, here's the photographic evidence.

Last week a crew of workers was out actually working on the Ormsby House. These rare pictures show the aftermath, a completed course of FakeRock™ surrounding the casino. This job was left half-finished last year when the workers packed up and went home one day. It would have literally taken them two more days to finish it, but instead they left it half done for months and months. Then last week they came back to finish the job, and guess how long it took? About two days.

But the funniest part, the part that puts the cherry on top of the entire farce that the Ormsby House has become, is this. This crew was here on special assignment to finish the rockwork around the casino. But guess what? They didn't even finish it!!

Look on the left, in the shadow.

I swear, the Ormsby House these days is nothing more than the punchline to a years-long joke.

The Nevada Appeal today has a shockingly content-free article about the Ormsby House on the front page. The only real point to the article seems to be that work has stopped, and there are a couple of interviews that confirm that, yes, indeed, work has stopped. But the one big thing that goes unanswered is, "Why?" No reason is given for the work stoppage, which is kind of strange, even for the Ormsby House. In the past when they've given interviews they've always be careful to place blame on the city, or the permitting process, or some kind of surprise they found when they opened up a wall. But this time there's not a word about what's holding them up, just a vague "waiting for drawings" and "waiting for materials". Both of which wouldn't hold up any normal construction job, because all of that stuff is usually arranged for months in advance of when it's needed. "We are working on it diligently," says the owner. I wonder what definition of diligent he is operating under.

Work is supposed to resume in "a few months", with 50-100 workers back on the job by then. The aforementioned drawings are given as a reason that they're not at work now, but there are things that need to be done that don't require drawings. Like finishing up the rockwork that was abandoned months ago, with shims still in place. But at least they have big plans for the summer. The contractor says that if they work really hard, nothing unforeseeable happens, and if we don't have an early winter, they can finish the parking lot this summer.

The Empire State Building was built in a little over a year. The Golden Gate Bridge took four, and Hoover Dam five years. The Ormsby House has been closed nearly six years now. That's longer than most TV shows run. There are children in kindergarten that were born after the OH closed. Thousands of people have moved to Carson since then, that don't even remember when the Ormsby House was open. We're starting to get to the point where we've run out of slack to give the owners. The delays were reasonable at first, but they've quickly progressed to ridiculous. Soon it's going to become a full-blown Greek tragedy. The Ormsby House has become a joke, just like anything else that long been promised but is constantly pushed back.

The Ormsby House has become the Windows Vista of Carson City.

New Ormsby House Update

New Then And Now:
#17 - The Two Houses of Ormsby

I know it’s been a few months, but I’m back with an update to the Ormsby House Renovation Gallery.

This time it’s a “State of the Ormsby” update. They haven’t done any work lately, but I show what they have done so far, and what they still need to do. The amount of work still left to go, coupled with the apparent fact that they haven’t done jack in the last three months, is pretty disheartening.

Two pages — One | Two

Ormsby House Update

Got five seconds? That’s all you’ll need to check out this month’s Ormsby House gallery..

Just one page, and three pictures. Don’t get too excited!

It’s the 10th of November, so you know what that means. Yes, boys and girls, it’s time for another Ormsby House update!

There’s always exciting stuff in these little monthly outings, and the October update is no different. A street reopens! Painting is drawing to a close! There’s a mysterious hole for us to peek into! Plus, more little details are showing up on the outside. Just one page this time, so your poor brains won’t be overloaded from too much excitement. Go check it out.

Wow, I’m late. No, really late. Here is October, half over, and I’m just now posting the September update to the Ormsby House Gallery. That’s just sad.

You’d think there couldn’t be any more exciting stuff to be done. But you’d be wrong. Go to the update to see where they’re putting paint now!

It’s a few days later than I like, but I’ve posted another monthly update to the Ormsby House photo gallery. This time there’s more outside progress. In fact, they’re almost done! With the exterior of the building, at least.

The August Gallery is now live. Two pages this time, One — Two