Marilyn Marston, Art Marston Printing

In 1958, Marilyn Marston moved from the Bay Area to Reno, where she met her future husband, photographer and artist Art Marston. He founded Art Marston Printing, renting office space until 1974, when the Marstons purchased the old Zellerbach Paper Company building at 420 Valley Road. After Art’s passing in 1986, Marilyn sold the business to Valley Print and Mail, where she worked for ten years. Since 2001, she has rented the building to a series of tenants. She also speaks of her involvement with the Reno-Sparks Business Corridor Association. Photo by Patrick Cummings

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Marilyn Marston discusses the history of her building, originally the Zellerbach Paper Company warehouse, which was constructed in 1939 by Harry Stewart, who owned the neighboring Nevada Transfer and Warehouse Company. Recorded by Laura Wilhelm.

Marilyn Marston describes the layout and structure of the Zellerbach Paper Company warehouse, built in 1939, which she and her husband acquired in 1974. Recorded by Laura Wilhelm.

Marilyn Marston describes the original reasons for founding the Reno Sparks Business Corridor Association, a corridor business organization for which she serves as treasurer. Recorded by Laura Wilhelm.

Marilyn Marston describes the Christmas on the Corridor event and other activities sponsored by the Reno Sparks Business Corridor Association (RSBCA) to benefit the residents of the motels along the 4th Street-Prater Way corridor. Recorded by Laura Wilhelm.

Ed Scalzo, Owner, Forever Yours Fine Furniture

Ed Scalzo and his wife, Susan, own Forever Yours Fine Furniture, located in the historic Flanigan Warehouse building at 701 East Fourth Street. They started the business in 1976 in Kings Beach, Lake Tahoe, moving to an old Ford dealership building on Virginia and Fourth Streets in Reno in 1980. Around 1982 they began to lease the historic IXL Laundry building at 601 East Fourth Street, operating there until 1998, when they purchased the Flanigan building.

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Doug Quilici, Copenhagen Bar

Doug Quilici is owner of the Copenhagen Bar at 2140 Prater Way in Sparks. The bar was previously located several blocks to the west, and run by Doug’s father, Gino “Bear” Quilici. That location was demolished in 1966 to make way for Interstate 80. Doug became his father’s business partner even before Bear passed away in 1997. Longtime customer and bartender Ray Maldonado also chimes in with his memories of Bear and the popular bar.

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Gaye Canepa, Co-owner, Fred's Auto Repair

Born and raised in Ely, Nevada, Gaye Canepa moved to Reno after completing high school. At the time of her interview, she and her husband, Fred Canepa, owned and operated Fred’s Auto Repair and Supply at 500 East Sixth Street. She was the longtime president of the Reno-Sparks Business Corridor Association (RSCBA), spearheading community efforts to promote redevelopment and resist efforts by the City of Reno to locate a new homeless shelter along East 4th Street.

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Marilyn Marston, Art Marston Printing

Ed Scalzo, Owner, Forever Yours Fine Furniture

Doug Quilici, Copenhagen Bar

Gaye Canepa, Co-owner, Fred's Auto Repair

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