While everyone is talking about the end of the Dom and sub, I was interested in the implosion of the apartments. I got to witness in January of 2000 the implosion of the Mapes Hotel in Reno. I watched it from the steps of the County Courthouse with non other than Judge Mills Lane. I was a Deputy Commissioner of Civil Marriages and my office was next door. Since I didn't have a ceremony, I went out and watched. It was a "straight down" implosion fortunately because the Truckee River ran right beside it. This chapter brought back memories.