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by Bosco55David
Mon Jun 28, 2021 12:06 am
Forum: Council Bluffs Development
Topic: Mall of the Bluffs
Replies: 207
Views: 51332

Re: Mall of the Bluffs

During it hay day back in the 90’s it was fairly nice mall. And sometime after the 90’s it started to decline. I know in the winter it was a popular place for people in CB to take a walk around and get some exercise. Like Omaha’s Oak View mall it peaked and died out rather quickly. I left Omaha in ...
by Bosco55David
Thu Oct 22, 2020 11:23 am
Forum: Omaha Metro Area Government
Topic: OPD Able One
Replies: 22
Views: 7056

Re: OPD Able One

Brad wrote: Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:00 pm The new Omaha Police Helicopter with the perfect N Number "402PD" took its maiden flight today!
Not a huge fan of that livery but the N-number is pretty sweet.
by Bosco55David
Thu Mar 05, 2020 12:28 pm
Forum: Omaha Metro Area Government
Topic: Omaha Police Helicopter
Replies: 21
Views: 5426

Re: Omaha Police Helicopter

Good move. The 407GX is a far more capable aircraft than the OH-58 and 206L-4 it is replacing.
by Bosco55David
Thu Mar 05, 2020 12:25 pm
Forum: Omaha Metro Area Government
Topic: OPD Able One
Replies: 22
Views: 7056

Re: OPD Able One

nebugeater wrote: Fri Aug 16, 2019 2:14 pm Is it the pilots or the choppers that are the weak link?
Neither.
by Bosco55David
Thu Jul 18, 2019 1:53 pm
Forum: Omaha Metro Area Government
Topic: OPD Able One
Replies: 22
Views: 7056

Re: OPD Able One

Brad wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2019 3:09 pm
Bosco55David wrote: Sun Jul 27, 2014 6:47 pm It appears the original aircraft (the white one) is still operational as well.
Not anymore...
That is repairable damage.
by Bosco55David
Thu Nov 15, 2018 4:27 pm
Forum: Council Bluffs Development
Topic: Bomgaars (former KMart location in CB)
Replies: 10
Views: 3855

Re: Bomgaars (former KMart location in CB)

Surprised but not surprised to see that KMart finally succumb to the market. That one seemed to hang on way longer than it should have.
by Bosco55David
Mon Feb 15, 2016 4:15 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Holland's Greenspace
Replies: 582
Views: 53830

Re: Holland's Greenspace

Glad to see this happen!
by Bosco55David
Mon Dec 07, 2015 3:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: WC Franks
Replies: 32
Views: 11267

Re: WC Franks

There was also one in Council Bluffs - was in a shopping center pretty much east of the city before you get to Iowa Western Community College. I think there was a K-Mart there at one point. Pretty sure it was Railroad Avenue by the K-mart there. I remember getting a super cheap hot-dog so I'd have ...
by Bosco55David
Wed Nov 11, 2015 2:46 pm
Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
Topic: Park Fair Mall
Replies: 10
Views: 3421

Re: Park Fair Mall

mr. omaha wrote:Does anyone have photos of the inside of the mall during its heyday?

I started a similar thread awhile back. There were no responses.
by Bosco55David
Wed Nov 11, 2015 1:45 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Holland's Greenspace
Replies: 582
Views: 53830

Re: Holland's Greenspace

It will be quite interesting if these buildings (or at least the Specht building) can be relocated and preserved.
by Bosco55David
Thu Nov 05, 2015 4:56 pm
Forum: Council Bluffs Development
Topic: West Broadway Corridor Plan
Replies: 102
Views: 25082

Re: West Broadway Corridor Plan

The city has purchased 3 parcels of land including this one, 3549 W. Broadway, which is the first building on the south side of Broadway when entering from Omaha. The structure is going to be demolished within 60 days of closing. No immediate plans yet, but sounds like they are working toward creat...
by Bosco55David
Thu Nov 05, 2015 4:45 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Funktown
Replies: 6
Views: 1148

Re: Funktown

nativeomahan wrote:"Funkytown"? Is it any wonder they didn't get their liquor license? Just saying.
Yeah, I can't imagine too people in my demographic (mid-late 20s) is going to be drawn in with a name like that.
by Bosco55David
Thu Nov 05, 2015 4:39 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Dundee Flats
Replies: 177
Views: 34215

Re: 49th and Dodge Project

Interesting. So they built a bridge that never got used and then turned around and tore it down years later?
by Bosco55David
Wed Nov 04, 2015 4:38 pm
Forum: Projects Never Built
Topic: Downtown HDR Corporate Headquarters
Replies: 982
Views: 111429

Re: New HDR Corporate Headquarters

Talk about disappointing!
by Bosco55David
Wed Nov 04, 2015 4:35 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Dundee Flats
Replies: 177
Views: 34215

Re: 49th and Dodge Project

There was a connector built for traffic to continue west on 480 were the Interstate turns downtown that went all the way to 30th street but it was never used because the construction of the road stopped. The bridge sat unused for 30 years and was torn out when the Interchange was rebuilt in the 90s...
by Bosco55David
Wed Nov 04, 2015 4:29 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Holland's Greenspace
Replies: 582
Views: 53830

Re: Holland's Greenspace

Wow...this has really turned into a huge soap opera.

Personally, I hope the buildings get preserved just to upset off the OPA, who are coming across as real assholes in this whole situation.
by Bosco55David
Mon Oct 26, 2015 8:36 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: Chiefs to expand “Red Thursday” throughout the kingdom, to Omaha in 2015
Replies: 15
Views: 1830

Re: Chiefs to expand “Red Thursday” throughout the kingdom, to Omaha in 2015

Chiefs can't find a decent QB for the life of them going back for decades and haven't been able to get a good O-Line together since the Shields, Roaf, Waters era. They can't find a decent quarterback because they haven't invested in one. They haven't drafted a quarterback in the first round since 1...
by Bosco55David
Mon Oct 26, 2015 8:32 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: Chiefs to expand “Red Thursday” throughout the kingdom, to Omaha in 2015
Replies: 15
Views: 1830

Re: Chiefs to expand “Red Thursday” throughout the kingdom, to Omaha in 2015

I have to disagree that the fans tolerate losing and does the owner. When Clark Hunt took over he brought in Scott Pioli who was widely regarded as top GM candidate around the league. He did fail spectacularly. Attendance started to dip (I was getting emails from the Chiefs on ticket specials), and...
by Bosco55David
Mon Oct 26, 2015 8:27 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: Chiefs to expand “Red Thursday” throughout the kingdom, to Omaha in 2015
Replies: 15
Views: 1830

Re: Chiefs to expand “Red Thursday” throughout the kingdom, to Omaha in 2015

The Chiefs have the same problem Nebraska has. Both teams have quarterbacks that have hopelessly flawed passing skills. This is Alex Smiths 3rd season at the Chiefs helm and the word is out in the NFL and everybody knows it. This guy can't put the ball where it needs to go. Now that Jamal Charles i...
by Bosco55David
Mon Oct 26, 2015 9:43 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Missouri River Commons (Riverfront Development)
Replies: 850
Views: 327631

Re: Riverfront Development (Rick's & Storz area)

Tear down Storz and put the boats from that one park there. Considering the statues on the west side of that street, that might work if you could correctly engineer the support structures given the cap over the contaminated soil. Yes, and it definitely needs to be well secured, or |expletive| like ...
by Bosco55David
Mon Oct 26, 2015 9:41 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Missouri River Commons (Riverfront Development)
Replies: 850
Views: 327631

Re: Riverfront Development (Rick's & Storz area)

Tear down Storz and put the boats from that one park there. You mean Freedom Park? The place where the only two ships of their kind still in existence are displayed, a long with many other military artifacts? The park looks run down in all the pictures. I bet you most people don't know where those ...
by Bosco55David
Mon Oct 26, 2015 9:13 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: Chiefs to expand “Red Thursday” throughout the kingdom, to Omaha in 2015
Replies: 15
Views: 1830

Re: Chiefs to expand “Red Thursday” throughout the kingdom, to Omaha in 2015

The Chiefs have the same problem Nebraska has. Both teams have quarterbacks that have hopelessly flawed passing skills. This is Alex Smiths 3rd season at the Chiefs helm and the word is out in the NFL and everybody knows it. This guy can't put the ball where it needs to go. Now that Jamal Charles i...
by Bosco55David
Sun Oct 25, 2015 2:12 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: Chiefs to expand “Red Thursday” throughout the kingdom, to Omaha in 2015
Replies: 15
Views: 1830

Re: Chiefs to expand “Red Thursday” throughout the kingdom, to Omaha in 2015

The Chiefs have the same problem Nebraska has. Both teams have quarterbacks that have hopelessly flawed passing skills. This is Alex Smiths 3rd season at the Chiefs helm and the word is out in the NFL and everybody knows it. This guy can't put the ball where it needs to go. Now that Jamal Charles i...
by Bosco55David
Sun Oct 25, 2015 1:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Freedom Park
Replies: 54
Views: 7236

Re: Freedom Park

On a side note, the LSM-45 that was displayed at Freedom Park from 1998-2004 was recently scrapped after the museum that the LSM Foundation moved it for ended up changing locations and did not want it.
by Bosco55David
Sun Oct 25, 2015 1:52 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Missouri River Commons (Riverfront Development)
Replies: 850
Views: 327631

Re: Riverfront Development (Rick's & Storz area)

PotatoeEatsFish wrote:Tear down Storz and put the boats from that one park there.
You mean Freedom Park? The place where the only two ships of their kind still in existence are displayed, a long with many other military artifacts?

Image
by Bosco55David
Wed Oct 14, 2015 11:38 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: History of Re-imagining Omaha's Downtown and Riverfront
Replies: 3
Views: 876

Re: History of Re-imagining Omaha's Downtown and Riverfront

Thanks for posting this. I'll give it a read.
by Bosco55David
Wed Oct 14, 2015 5:47 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL 2015
Replies: 46
Views: 3741

Re: NFL 2015

iamjacobm wrote:God they have tanked hard this season. That Thursday night was all time bad choke job and now its all a spiral. Maybe we will do bad enough to draft a real QB next year.
You'll probably have a new coaching staff too.
by Bosco55David
Wed Oct 14, 2015 4:04 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL 2015
Replies: 46
Views: 3741

Re: NFL 2015

nebugeater wrote:But ... but.... but... The Chiefs won the preseason.....
To be fair, they win the preseason trophy every year. :mrgreen:
by Bosco55David
Wed Oct 14, 2015 4:02 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Missouri River Commons (Riverfront Development)
Replies: 850
Views: 327631

Re: Storz Trophy Room Grill & Brewery (Rick's Boatyard)

Brad wrote:Time for the Bulldozer!!!
I had no idea that area was as massive as it was. HUGE waste of usable space, IMO.
by Bosco55David
Wed Oct 14, 2015 3:48 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL 2015
Replies: 46
Views: 3741

Re: NFL 2015

Have seen the Chiefs play in Houston and Green Bay so far. Nice to see them win in Houston and they played like |expletive| in Green Bay. Cool to see Lambeau though. I think the loss to Denver on Thursday is going to cost them a playoff berth though. The Chiefs are playing for 2nd place in the AFC ...
by Bosco55David
Sat Oct 10, 2015 10:30 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: Nebraska Football 2015
Replies: 309
Views: 17503

Re: Nebraska Football 2015

Well, that's the NFL. This is College. Those kinds of offenses don't always work. No offense always works. That said, any offense that works in the NFL can work at the college level. The NFL is where the absolute best football is played and the talent gaps are very small. Even the worst NFL player ...
by Bosco55David
Sat Oct 10, 2015 9:17 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: Nebraska Football 2015
Replies: 309
Views: 17503

Re: Nebraska Football 2015

Only this year's Nebraska team can get the break they need at the end of the game and still find a way to lose. Coaches called the last three offensive plays that they needed last week. You need look no further than the defensive coordinator. You don't sit back in a soft cover 2 shell and only rush...
by Bosco55David
Sat Oct 10, 2015 9:10 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: Nebraska Football 2015
Replies: 309
Views: 17503

Re: Nebraska Football 2015

I had to ask. I mean, Riley's a West Coast coach who uses a pro-style offense. Bill Callahan tried that and look how that turned out. You're really not suggesting that the WCO can't win games, are you? A vast majority of the Super Bowls from the 1980s to now have been won by teams running some vari...
by Bosco55David
Wed Oct 07, 2015 12:11 pm
Forum: News and Events
Topic: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"
Replies: 93
Views: 10123

Re: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"

Eli finally reveals what the call means: http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Eli-Manning-reveals-meaning-of-Omaha/61bfc4c1-dcf9-4d2c-93b1-31606f88d540 “So Omaha was in the playbook,” Eli explained, sitting onstage at the special event for season-ticket holders with wide receiver Victor C...
by Bosco55David
Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:12 am
Forum: Omaha Metro Area Government
Topic: The Stothert Administration
Replies: 451
Views: 67919

Re: The Stothert Administration

The democrats should have let him lose the recall instead of using Sienna Francis for election fraud. Well first off, let's get some basic facts right. - The Sienna-Francis fiasco was the result of Forward Omaha, not Suttle himself. - What happened there was not illegal, per the Nebraska State Patr...
by Bosco55David
Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:58 am
Forum: Omaha Metro Area Government
Topic: The Stothert Administration
Replies: 451
Views: 67919

Re: The Stothert Administration

Suttle could be pretty ignorant at times. With all of the budget issues we had going on (he inherited them), the bike czar was really poor timing on his part. Not debating if it was needed but was not the right time. Actually I think that was just typical Becka/KFAB idiocy. If I recall correctly, a...
by Bosco55David
Tue Oct 06, 2015 7:54 pm
Forum: Projects Never Built
Topic: Streetcar coffee shop at 14th and Leavenworth
Replies: 31
Views: 11074

Re: Streetcar coffee shop at 14th and Leavenworth

I'm still surprised no one remembers the streetcar or subway car that was in the lot right off the CB viaduct. That thing was there for years.
by Bosco55David
Mon Oct 05, 2015 10:01 am
Forum: News and Events
Topic: IC Swing Bridge could be removed...
Replies: 7
Views: 1497

Re: IC Swing Bridge could be removed...

Any updates on this?
by Bosco55David
Mon Oct 05, 2015 9:45 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL 2015
Replies: 46
Views: 3741

Re: NFL 2015

Have seen the Chiefs play in Houston and Green Bay so far. Nice to see them win in Houston and they played like |expletive| in Green Bay. Cool to see Lambeau though. I think the loss to Denver on Thursday is going to cost them a playoff berth though. The Chiefs are playing for 2nd place in the AFC ...
by Bosco55David
Mon Oct 05, 2015 9:42 am
Forum: Omaha Metro Area Government
Topic: The Stothert Administration
Replies: 451
Views: 67919

Re: The Stothert Administration

bigredmed wrote:A lot of people gave him |expletive|. The next two mayors showed us how good he was. Thankfully, we now have Stothert.
Daub was a very good mayor, but so was Fahey. Suttle actually did a lot of good too, despite being a horrible PR guy.