![]() ![]() played.[one of Wayne’s (along w/ his brother Frank) first gigs as an “entertainer”, when he was all of 15-16 (not old enough to be in there !). The Sage Room in Harvey’s is about the only piece of ‘real estate’ that’s close to original, along with the outline of the old Carriage House coffee shop (the space where Straw Hat pizza is now) – between the Sage Room and the Carriage House (now occupied by their Cashier) was the famous bar, behind which there was a stage, upon which the Newton Bros. The southern end of Harvey’s (before connecting) was George’s Gateway Club (owned by George Cannon, NV’s Senator) before Harrah’s bought it and used it for the first South Shore Room (1957- 1959), when the new one opened) – the Historical Society has a photo of the front of Harrah’s Lake Club with a prominent sign on the facade announcing Anna Maria Alberghetti as the ‘star’, and most people don’t even remember Anna Maria. To restate: that Quonset Hut that was the theatre (roughly where Applebee’s is now) was owned by Judge Rudy Buchanan and his wife Jeannie, who also owned the theatre in Meeks Bay, and used to ferry the movies across the Lake via the Stateline Marina at the end of Park Street… they also built the Buchanan building, across from Denny’s, which was where the Al Tahoe post office was…a building I believe was moved to the Senior Center area. Garry Bowen says - Posted: August 11, 2014
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