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Re: Things that have changed since I left Omaha

by ireybob » Mon Dec 18, 2023 4:18 pm

I remember Saner's (for more reasons than one) I Saw "Bump Fuzz" perform there in about 1982. I was a punk kid from North O, and it was a cool spot while it lasted. So happy somebody else remembers it !

Re: Things that have changed since I left Omaha

by GRANDPASMUCKER » Wed Oct 15, 2014 5:56 pm

I ate at that A&W next door to St Vincents about 500 times. They sold KFC chicken and it was the best in the world. KFC chicken bought anywhere else was just not the same. And the 4th of July fireworks shows at Fontenelle Park were fantastic. At the end of the fireworks show for the finale they would blow up the island. When they moved the fireworks shows to Rosenblatt it was never the same.

Re: St. Vincent Home

by larimore61 » Wed Oct 15, 2014 5:03 am

Pat-in-Omaha wrote:
nativeomahan wrote:St. Vincent's Retirement Home.  My great uncle lived there in the 1970s.  I did volunteer work there back then.  Closed in the late 1980s or early 1990s I think and torn down a few years later.

Lots of memories of the place.  It was pretty big.  Six or seven stories.

My Great Uncle and Great Aunt lived there around 1966.  It was a huge place.
When my mom was visiting with them I would go down the hall to the sitting area and watch Batman on TV.
In the mid-60s my older sister and I would make necklaces and bracelets out of colored uncooked elbow macaroni (using food coloring) and then take them to the St. Vincent Home and give them out to the residents. We also used to make necklaces out of buckeyes (horse chestnuts) that grew on a big tree right in front of the St. Vincent Home right off of the circular drive. We also would take these necklaces to the home to give out to residents. We were such nerdy kids! One thing I also recall about the home was that the nuns who worked there used to get out their golf clubs and practice putting on the east side of the facility in the summers. We used to hang around and chase after the golf balls for them, dragging them out of bushes etc. That was such a beautiful facility. The grounds were extremely well landscaped. BTW I grew up on 43rd and Larimore right off of Fontenelle Blvd.

Re: Things that have changed since I left Omaha

by larimore61 » Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:44 am

The "hospital" in question on Ames Ave. was in fact the St. Vincent Home (retirement facility) which was located at 45th and Ames. This was a large facility with beautiful grounds that spanned from 45th to 47th streets, and Ames all the way to Fowler (two blocks to the north). The covered stairs that were right on Ames were a part of the St. Vincent facility and we used to play there as kids. We called it The Shady Rest. The bar/restaurant located next to St. Vincent's was called the Parkside Lounge in the 50s and 60s. In the early 70s my uncle (Paul Saner) bought this lounge/restaurant and renamed it Saner's Lounge. He was pretty progressive as the bar owner because in the early 80s he used to let punk and new wave bands perform there. Saner's Lounge was located on the northeast corner of 45th and Ames. As I recall he had some neat neon lights in the windows. BTW the tornado siren for the neighborhood was located atop the St. Vincent Home. It used to be tested every third Saturday morning in the spring and summer months as I recall. Does anybody remember the Standard Oil gas station that used to be located at the intersection of Ames Ave. and Fontenelle Blvd? My dad used to gas up his 1959 Ford there when we were kids. The gas station was torn down around 1970 when Ames Ave was widened from two to four lanes.

by Pat-in-Omaha » Thu Dec 05, 2013 10:02 pm

nativeomahan wrote:St. Vincent's Retirement Home.  My great uncle lived there in the 1970s.  I did volunteer work there back then.  Closed in the late 1980s or early 1990s I think and torn down a few years later.

Lots of memories of the place.  It was pretty big.  Six or seven stories.

My Great Uncle and Great Aunt lived there around 1966.  It was a huge place.
When my mom was visiting with them I would go down the hall to the sitting area and watch Batman on TV.

by Bosco55David » Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:59 am

nativeomahan wrote:St. Vincent's Retirement Home.  My great uncle lived there in the 1970s.  I did volunteer work there back then.  Closed in the late 1980s or early 1990s I think and torn down a few years later.

Lots of memories of the place.  It was pretty big.  Six or seven stories.
Finally! Someone who remembers.  :mrgreen:

Do you remember if there was in fact a tornado siren on, or near that property? I know the sirens were very loud at my house (41st and Ames) and I seem to remember it being located at this facility.

Vroom-vroom

by Guest » Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:59 am

Oops---that Super Bee was a Dodge.


vroom vroom

by Guest » Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:51 pm

Things that have changed?  Just about everything.

(ahem) Let's get in the 'way back' machine and go back to 1972.

Downtown Omaha: Thousands of people shopping, going out, going to movies, restaurants, etc.. Old Market full of hippies doing whatever hippies did---Jobbers Canyon looming to the East.  City busses packed full of people during rush hour.  16th St. packed with street life---during Christmas it was like Time Square.  South Omaha (S.24th) was Omaha's second downtown---packed on the weekends.  72nd St. was Omaha's gleaming "Strip".  Peony Park was the ultimate Summer hang-out for all-ages.  Aksarben was one of the nicest horse-racing tracks in the nation---the colosseum had public ice-skating and curling lanes (downstairs).  Roller-skating rinks were all the rage back then, as were gas guzzling muscle-cars (I took driver's ed as a 15-year old in a Pontiac Super Bee).  Bowling alleys had nice restaurants attached to them.  Boy's Town was way out in the country.  The zoo was crappy.  Papillion was a country town.  People would go to Eppley and Offutt to watch the jets take off.  The Missouri River reeealy stank.  Air and water pollution were real problems.  Lots of racial tension.  Older cousins coming back from Vietnam all messed-up.  Rock music didn't suck.  People read newspapers.  Independent bookstores were the standard. People walking and kids riding their bikes everywhere.  Kids made their own fun (pick-up games in the parks---without a permit!); their lives weren't scheduled down to the minute.  Kids climbing trees (god forbid). Kids walking to school. Kids roller-skating on the sidewalks. Tree houses in the back yard. In the late 60's, Dutch Elm disease killed off Omaha's tallest and most majestic trees---most of them were gone by the early 70's----entire streets in Omaha had green tunnels formed by towering Elm trees.

Would I want to go back to that era?  Nope. All things considered, I think Omaha's a better place now---much more diverse and inclusive, although I do think we should start planting the new disease resistant strain of Elm trees.

by nativeomahan » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:56 pm

St. Vincent's Retirement Home.  My great uncle lived there in the 1970s.  I did volunteer work there back then.  Closed in the late 1980s or early 1990s I think and torn down a few years later.

Lots of memories of the place.  It was pretty big.  Six or seven stories.

by bbinks » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:29 am

Bosco55David wrote: That's what I thought it was, but now I don't know. That's the plot of land I highlighted in the first picture and it looks a little small to be a hospital.
If it was not for the lack of parking I'd say that is where Walgreen's was before they moved to the East.  The YMCA built a new facility on 35th, not sure if that was a new or relocation.  It does not look like it could have been that either though.

by Bosco55David » Tue Aug 31, 2010 3:31 pm

DeWalt wrote:Was it a different hospital right north of Ames, between 45th & 46th?
That's what I thought it was, but now I don't know. That's the plot of land I highlighted in the first picture and it looks a little small to be a hospital.

by DeWalt » Tue Aug 31, 2010 12:54 pm

Bosco55David wrote:What's the building here on the corner of 66th and Ames? That looks sort of like the building I'm talking about.

http://maps.live.com/?mkt=en-us#JnE9eXA ... c3ODkxOQ==
Currently, that is a Dialysis Center on the north side of Ames.  DaVita Dialysis is the name, I think.

On the south side - on the corner - is a Chinese Restaurant.  Beside it, to the east, is a sort of Supper Club/Keno place.

by DeWalt » Tue Aug 31, 2010 12:51 pm

I'm pretty sure that Immanuel Hospital was - at one time - located just north of North High School, on 36th Street.  Right by 36th & Larimore.

Unless it has changed in the last year, there is now an "alternative school" that is there.


Was it a different hospital right north of Ames, between 45th & 46th?

by Brad » Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:35 am

I have been in that neighborhood.  Its right across from the golf course and looks like a typical suburban neighborhood.  I think I put a bid in on it when I worked at the Lawn Service about 7 years ago.

by Bosco55David » Tue Aug 31, 2010 1:25 am

Bosco55David wrote:Also while we're talking about Ames, wasn't there a hospital at one time on the north side of the street? It might have been torn down before we left but I remember that there was a tornado siren located at this site.
GetUrban wrote:The Hospital you are referring to must be Immanuel Hospital which is further north by 72nd and Redick.
Bosco55David wrote:It's not Immanuel. This one was right there on the north side of Ames, kind of on a hill. My mom doesn't remember what it was called, but she says it was fairly small, never did too well and was closed before we moved to Council Bluffs, which was 96...so it was probably torn down a short time after that. The tricky part is that it wasn't very visible from Ames with the tree line there, but there was a small set of stairs right off the sidewalk on Ames. I think that small set of stairs had a cover over it too, but the walkway leading up to the hospital didn't. I'd like to know the logic behind that
So, I'm about 99% certain I found this "hospital" I was looking for, however it doesn't look like a hospital to me. Maybe someone here can tell me what it was.

Here it is in 1993. The streets bordering this plot of land are 45th and 46th Streets, and then Ames and Fowler Avenues.

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In 1999, the building has been demolished and the land almost completely cleared.

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Present day, with houses.

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by Bosco55David » Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:41 am

That's cool stuff! Thanks for the link!

by UNOstudent » Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:53 pm

Map Viewer for Nebraska. You can zoom in/out over Omaha or wherever. In Omaha, they have aerial pictures of 1993, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2007. Also, you can add an elevation layer with 10 foot contour lines, etc.

http://dnrmap2.dnr.state.ne.us/website/ ... viewer.htm

by nativeomahan » Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:14 pm

Bosco55David wrote:What's the building here on the corner of 66th and Ames? That looks sort of like the building I'm talking about.

http://maps.live.com/?mkt=en-us#JnE9eXA ... c3ODkxOQ==
The old Nasr's.  Later it became Cartier's and had lots of problems with clientele.  It was Cleopatra's in between.  A supper club type atmosphere.  I saw Lou Rawls in concert there in the 1980s.  He was awesome.

by GetUrban » Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:48 pm

UNOstudent2 wrote:
Bosco55David wrote:That's awesome UNO! Thanks again!

Where do you find those pictures at?
For whatever reason I cannot login again. When I enter my username and password the screen just goes blank.

For one of my classes I took a recent aerial image and used it as an underlay for an older aerial image. I took an old photo of the area covering 80/480/JFK before the interstate and laid it over a current image. It gives you a good idea to see what was removed when the interstate was constructed.

Anyways, the website is: h t t p : / / d n r d a t a . d n r . n e . g o v / C O Q I n t e r f a c e /

At this website you can enter the county, click submit, click view for the part of the county you want to view, then select the year and quadrant of that area, then click the top link to get the picture.

So for the old image of 72nd and Ames, I selected: Douglas, Irvington, SE 1999 Mercator, then the .jpg link.

h t t p : / / w w w . d n r . n e . g o v / C o q A r e a / c o q 9 9 / c o q u t m / 4 1 _ 0 9 6 / 4 1 0 9 6 4 8 S E . j p g

---When you copy and paste the link, make sure you delete the spaces
Thanks for posting...Good info!

by Coyote » Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:12 pm

UNOStudent - Try deleting your cookies.

by Bosco55David » Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:00 pm

Thanks UNO!

Hopefully the admins can fix your account.

by UNOstudent2 » Mon Dec 01, 2008 4:52 pm

Bosco55David wrote:That's awesome UNO! Thanks again!

Where do you find those pictures at?
For whatever reason I cannot login again. When I enter my username and password the screen just goes blank.

For one of my classes I took a recent aerial image and used it as an underlay for an older aerial image. I took an old photo of the area covering 80/480/JFK before the interstate and laid it over a current image. It gives you a good idea to see what was removed when the interstate was constructed.

Anyways, the website is: h t t p : / / d n r d a t a . d n r . n e . g o v / C O Q I n t e r f a c e /

At this website you can enter the county, click submit, click view for the part of the county you want to view, then select the year and quadrant of that area, then click the top link to get the picture.

So for the old image of 72nd and Ames, I selected: Douglas, Irvington, SE 1999 Mercator, then the .jpg link.

h t t p : / / w w w . d n r . n e . g o v / C o q A r e a / c o q 9 9 / c o q u t m / 4 1 _ 0 9 6 / 4 1 0 9 6 4 8 S E . j p g

---When you copy and paste the link, make sure you delete the spaces

by Bosco55David » Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:55 am

That's awesome UNO! Thanks again!

Where do you find those pictures at?

by UNOstudent » Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:50 pm

1999
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Current
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by Bosco55David » Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:03 am

UNOstudent wrote:Here is a scan of a Standard Oil 1973-74 map of Omaha.

1. Immanuel Hospital used to be on 36th St, just north of Ames. If you look at Google Maps, it now shows about two dozen houses in its place. From the assessor's page, they were all built in 1992. The parcel just north of the old hostpital is a nursing home built in 1950.  

2. The old Chicago and Northwestern Railroad tracks are seen where present day Sorensen Parkway is. However the tracks did go further north between 56th and 72nd (behind the current Immanuel Hospital) than does Sorensen Parkway. Also, the small railroad you see at the bottom right was part of the Omaha Belt Line which was owned by Missouri Pacific Railroad.

3. Intersection of 72nd and Ames with Ames turning SW to intersect with 72nd and Military.

4. North 30th St was Highway 73. Before I-29, Highway 73/75 was Fort Crook Road in Bellevue, 13th St in Omaha, then split downtown. Highway 75 crossed into Iowa with Highway 6 then turned north. Highway 73 followed 30th St north through Blair.

5. Another old road map I have shows a school at the NW corner of 32nd and Ames. It must have been torn down in the 80s or 90s, as today it is Meredith Manor housing and was built in 2000.
Thanks for the info and the map! The 36th and Ames area looks like the piece of land I remember.

by UNOstudent » Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:41 pm

Here is a scan of a Standard Oil 1973-74 map of Omaha.

1. Immanuel Hospital used to be on 36th St, just north of Ames. If you look at Google Maps, it now shows about two dozen houses in its place. From the assessor's page, they were all built in 1992. The parcel just north of the old hostpital is a nursing home built in 1950.  

2. The old Chicago and Northwestern Railroad tracks are seen where present day Sorensen Parkway is. However the tracks did go further north between 56th and 72nd (behind the current Immanuel Hospital) than does Sorensen Parkway. Also, the small railroad you see at the bottom right was part of the Omaha Belt Line which was owned by Missouri Pacific Railroad.

3. Intersection of 72nd and Ames with Ames turning SW to intersect with 72nd and Military.

4. North 30th St was Highway 73. Before I-29, Highway 73/75 was Fort Crook Road in Bellevue, 13th St in Omaha, then split downtown. Highway 75 crossed into Iowa with Highway 6 then turned north. Highway 73 followed 30th St north through Blair.

5. Another old road map I have shows a school at the NW corner of 32nd and Ames. It must have been torn down in the 80s or 90s, as today it is Meredith Manor housing and was built in 2000.


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by Brad » Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:02 pm

Back in the day, they had to locations.

by Bosco55David » Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:01 pm

Brad wrote:
Bosco55David wrote:What's the building here on the corner of 66th and Ames? That looks sort of like the building I'm talking about.
Back in the day it was a Joe Tess restaurant.
That's it! Joe Tess is the one I was thinking of! It looks like they moved to South 24th St.

by GetUrban » Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:48 pm

Bosco55David wrote:What's the building here on the corner of 66th and Ames? That looks sort of like the building I'm talking about.

http://maps.live.com/?mkt=en-us#JnE9eXA ... c3ODkxOQ==

Not sure what that is....I'll have to do a drive-by and report back. I seem to remember some sort of large 60's style night club in the area on the south side of Ames.

BTW....here's a link to an EOmahaforums thread about that Benson Park Plaza area:

http://eomahaforums.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=4434


They finished building the new Steve & Barry's clothing store north of Home Depot, but the chain went bankrupt before they ever opened. The new never-occupied building sits vacant now. :-(

by Brad » Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:30 pm

Bosco55David wrote:What's the building here on the corner of 66th and Ames? That looks sort of like the building I'm talking about.
Back in the day it was a Joe Tess restaurant.

by Bosco55David » Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:10 pm

What's the building here on the corner of 66th and Ames? That looks sort of like the building I'm talking about.

http://maps.live.com/?mkt=en-us#JnE9eXA ... c3ODkxOQ==

Re: Things that have changed since I left Omaha

by wheel » Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:32 am

dandr1229 wrote:
A restraunt or a bar?    A cartoon character sign at that location reminds me of Tiger Tom's Pub.
Which moved a few years ago from the west side of 72nd just north of military to the south side of military just east of 72nd.

by DTO Luv » Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:17 am

Big E wrote:
Bosco55David wrote:
Admin wrote:How about a draft at our next eOmahaForums meet and greet.  :cheers:
I'll get in on that action. With all the help I've gotten from our members, I'll be glad to buy to a round or two!
Careful.  Some of us are raging alcoholics with expensive tastes.

Or is that just me?
Ditto.

Re: Things that have changed since I left Omaha

by dandr1229 » Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:27 am

Bosco55David wrote:One last question about Ames. In the same general area as the hospital was a restaurant that I always wanted to go to but never got the chances. It was on the north side of the street and the sign had a cartoon character fish or frog, can't remember which. I'm pretty sure it was a popular restaurant but I don't remember the name so I can't look to see if it's around anymore.

Thanks everyone!
A restraunt or a bar?    A cartoon character sign at that location reminds me of Tiger Tom's Pub.

by Bosco55David » Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:23 am

GetUrban wrote:
Big E wrote:
Bosco55David wrote:
Admin wrote:How about a draft at our next eOmahaForums meet and greet.  :cheers:
I'll get in on that action. With all the help I've gotten from our members, I'll be glad to buy to a round or two!
Careful.  Some of us are raging alcoholics with expensive tastes.

Or is that just me?

Count me in! :cheers:
What do you drink? I'm pretty fond of Jager Bombs, Washington Apples and Rum n' Coke myself. If we're talking beers, Corona, Sam Adams, Rolling Rock and Land Shark are my weapons of choice.  :mrgreen:

by Bosco55David » Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:21 am

GetUrban wrote:
Bosco55David wrote:
The Home Depot at 72nd and Ames is new and was built when they completely re-aligned the 72nd - Ames - Military intersection. I remember that K-Mart though...it had a huge sea of asphalt in front of it, much like Home Depot does today.
So they tore down that building and started fresh? Can you elaborate on the realignment? I had absolutely no clue that anything like that had happened!
Ames, 72nd, & Military used to all come together into an awkward 3-way intersection. Ames used to curve further south more directly into 72nd. That's the way you probably remember it.

In the late 90's (I think that's when it was done) they reconfigured the whole intersection, tearing down the old K-Mart in the process, creating new areas for retail development, where we now have Home Depot, Ihop, McDonalds, Arby's, Hancock Fabrics, and south of Ames are Famous Daves, Bakers, Block Buster, Sonic, PepperJax Grill, etc.

Ames now intersects 72nd at 90 degrees further north of the Military/72nd intersection. It was a major improvement for traffic flow in the area and was the catalyst for alot of new development, which was badly needed in the neighborhood.

I tried to find some "before and after" aerial pictures of the intersections, with no luck. It would be easier to explain with a side by side comparison.  I'll keep looking :-)

Oh, and now I remember It was a Hinky Dinky at 72nd & Dodge next to the Safeway, not another Bakers.
Ahh yes, now I see what you are saying! Thanks for the clarification. I checked the aerial photos on Live Search and can see exactly what you're talking about now. That intersection is completely different than I remember.

I think that probably happened in the early 2000's. We moved to Florida in early 2002 and I don't remember that project happening...but then again, as we witnessed with the Baker's thing, my memory is suspect at best.  :?

by GetUrban » Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:56 pm

Big E wrote:
Bosco55David wrote:
Admin wrote:How about a draft at our next eOmahaForums meet and greet.  :cheers:
I'll get in on that action. With all the help I've gotten from our members, I'll be glad to buy to a round or two!
Careful.  Some of us are raging alcoholics with expensive tastes.

Or is that just me?

Count me in! :cheers:

by GetUrban » Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:53 pm

Bosco55David wrote:
The Home Depot at 72nd and Ames is new and was built when they completely re-aligned the 72nd - Ames - Military intersection. I remember that K-Mart though...it had a huge sea of asphalt in front of it, much like Home Depot does today.
So they tore down that building and started fresh? Can you elaborate on the realignment? I had absolutely no clue that anything like that had happened!
Ames, 72nd, & Military used to all come together into an awkward 3-way intersection. Ames used to curve further south more directly into 72nd. That's the way you probably remember it.

In the late 90's (I think that's when it was done) they reconfigured the whole intersection, tearing down the old K-Mart in the process, creating new areas for retail development, where we now have Home Depot, Ihop, McDonalds, Arby's, Hancock Fabrics, and south of Ames are Famous Daves, Bakers, Block Buster, Sonic, PepperJax Grill, etc.

Ames now intersects 72nd at 90 degrees further north of the Military/72nd intersection. It was a major improvement for traffic flow in the area and was the catalyst for alot of new development, which was badly needed in the neighborhood.

I tried to find some "before and after" aerial pictures of the intersections, with no luck. It would be easier to explain with a side by side comparison.  I'll keep looking :-)

Oh, and now I remember It was a Hinky Dinky at 72nd & Dodge next to the Safeway, not another Bakers.

by Big E » Sun Nov 23, 2008 9:32 pm

Bosco55David wrote:
Admin wrote:How about a draft at our next eOmahaForums meet and greet.  :cheers:
I'll get in on that action. With all the help I've gotten from our members, I'll be glad to buy to a round or two!
Careful.  Some of us are raging alcoholics with expensive tastes.

Or is that just me?

by Bosco55David » Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:11 pm

Admin wrote:How about a draft at our next eOmahaForums meet and greet.  :cheers:
I'll get in on that action. With all the help I've gotten from our members, I'll be glad to buy to a round or two!

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