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What is the building that was torn down on Douglas Street for the Woodmen Tower Parking Garage? http://eomahaforums.com/download/file.php?id=308 The buildings on the current site of the woodman are (east to west), The Bee Newspaper building and then west, the Omaha City Hall. The "C" shap...

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I was there that cool, crisp fall Sunday? morning (close to Thanksgiving, if I remember),watching with my now ex-wife, straight north, close to I-480. Also attended the implosion of the Medical Arts bldg...what a difference...nighttime, a cold miserable drizzle had been falling for hours, most of us...

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Wow...For anyone that remembers this area (I shure do) which was mostly a brownfield, before ASARCO (lead smelter), the city dock, Arter scrap yard, UP shops/yard and all the other derelict rundown buildings and dead end (some dirt/gravel) streets that were bulldozed, what a dramatic change. I won't...

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Check out the website (or not, take my word for it?)...#30, 'beautiful Omaha sunsets'... can't say I've ever seen the sun set in the east, as that's the direction this shot is aimed.

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I don't know you personally, but this just smacks of "trolling"...sorry about the concept of "turnabout is fair play", but how can any of us suggest there are trolls on this website, if one of this blog's most staunch supporters delves into that realm, even if it's a "joke&q...

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The whole course of events was a travesty... Caniglia field could have been looking like this by now... perhaps event hosting FXFL games. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3411/3655236103_ba749a7f83.jpg How can we know anything as it pertains to UNO's future? Lots of conjecture...my take...both of my ...

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Maybe our version of Seattle's Pike Place Market? First and maybe second floor for produce/perishables, second/third floor for jewelry, candles/incense, restoration bits etc. shops...basement/track level...who knows? Hope I'm close.

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iamjacobm wrote:Haha clearly we need faster recruits if a cop was able to catch a wide receiver and tackle him.

Plenty of former NU football players end up with criminal justice degrees and then onto the LPD.

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On the surface, this should be an apples to apples comparison with "Chicago land", but since Safeway (Dominic's... their local brand) recently pulled out, Whole Foods is in a (should I call it a face off?) with other supermarket chains to inhabit/re brand/remodel/discontinue former Dominic...

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As one who participated in this (semi) flashback blog... (me = Omaha, late 50's & 60's) I appreciate your interest/comment, especially since I'm also no longer in the big o. Comment as often as you can as this group is mostly younger than my generation.

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I can't help myself, sorry...NoTrac and SoTrac, for north of the tracks and, you guessed it, south of the tracks. What do I say now?...drops mic and walks off stage?

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I can address some of your questions...from what I know and observed, when they make Ice, they have to bring in a refer unit on a flatbed trailer, which is what they used to test the arena floor for ice shown in Brad's re-posted photo above. I'm told that utility connections for an on-site ice plant...

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How many remember Bishops downtown location (or alternatively, don't care)?

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That would should be interesting looking. Wonder if they were going to leave the sign behind it as some sort of artifact that people will find in the future? More likely, to lazy to remove..."Aaay...somebody better take this down, or we're going right over it". Add whatever accent you mi...

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Are they planning on removing the pool for the sea lions? That pool was there even before the zoo was formed. Riverview Park once had a swimming pool, which closed when the photo below was taken in 1940. The 1916 pool was buried in 1944. It was rediscovered in 1970, was reconstructed and became th...

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The first seven floors have practically identical floor plate size/configuration and are poured concrete construction. Collin's view (above) looks southwest. The four floors of apartments that have green colored sheathing are wood framed and "attached" on the east and north sides of the ga...

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The deck referred to in Brad's 12/18 picture is all that is left (south end) of a continuous enclosed pedestrian bridge from Union Station (present Durham) south above all the tracks to the Burlington station. Â I recall aprox. 12 - 16? tracks in this area at the height of passenger travel. Â The no...

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12/4...shot of GLM from the Barker Bldg. by Brad...this is an inspirational view of Omaha's new riverfront (or near riverfront...ie, Aksarben Bridge view east). Â So many of the modern photos of DT Omaha are from the 10th St bridge west, which are great, but this is easily my new favorite shot of mo...

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In my day, we thought it was something special to eat/drink at the "Top of the World" restaurant/bar top floor of the (new) WOW building. Â Great views, esp. at night...

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I remember those "tracks". Â Unless you owned a auto (guestimating less than 50% did...mid WWII era), if you're from north of Ames St (really north of Cuming St), you took the streetcar south on 16th, or 24th (my neighborhood), transferd to west bound at either Douglas ...(which, then at a...

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For background info purposes only... the "Lied (whatever) center, previously known as Methodist Midtown (IIRC) was the former location of Nebr. Methodist Hosp. Â I know this because I, as well as two of my siblings were born there. Â When Methodist built their new campus at 84th & Dodge, th...

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Not much change from Brad's photos http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v71/paulw57/DSCF0968_zps7975433b.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v71/paulw57/DSCF0971_zpsaf5aa467.jpg WOW...Is this the image we want ESPN, etc., to show nationally, for the downtown centered CWS, of Omaha in <two> weeks, or...

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Brad...I'm guessing that you work for/at Ferris Engineering? Â (also it's a small chance it's Prochaska & Assoc.) Â I knew and worked w/several of both companies Â Principles over the last 40 years. Â I'm not bragging, as I am not now employed in this industry. Â I somewhat know that neighborhoo...

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KETV? Â The horizontal bits on the left side are the antenna. Â This is what the new digital TV antennas look like. Â Also, it's their stand by transmitter/antenna, as the primary site is on 72nd & Crownpoint. Â Hope that Â answers your question.

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I just have to comment...If they need more support, Lincoln should be strongly considered as the western terminus of this line, even though Iowa is in the lead on this. Â Consider...UNL is in the BIG (ten) now, duh. Â Lincoln/Omaha to Iowa City (U of Iowa), Chicago (Northwestern), and via Chicago, M...

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also a "V.I.P." multi-level garage (started,but barely above ground) that is connected directly to the arena on the southwest corner of the lot, similar to the quest/clink center.

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Not completely sure of my memory on this, but either an Omaha National Bank branch (drive through facility?, as branch banking regulations were very different back then), and then a Western Union Office. Â I could be wrong on the specific banking company(s), but it was definitely built for the bank ...

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Brad...since you're now posting pictures from earlier, pre-rehab visits, can you also now show us any from the first floor lobbies and bay(s)?

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Right address, wrong building name. Â Ameritas Insurance Co. (the former Bankers Life) building, not Ameritrade.

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nativeomahan...it may be dark, as in no sunlight, but ample job (artificial) lighting in the area of the pour is typical. Â As to why the 5 AM time...concrete mixes are designed to cure (dry out...evaporate water from the mix) at defined rates to produce the strength necessary for the load (weight s...

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Re: Â iamjacobm's last post...7 elevens in Chicago (Rogers Park)...the first one on your list, Sheridan and Broadway (Loyola U) was only a few blocks from where I used to live. Â All-in-all, a pretty great neighborhood! Â What some (many?) on this forum may not know is that most urban Chicago 7 elev...

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Wisconsin may not admit this, but almost everything suburban Chicago (read... north to Milwaukee & northwest, almost to Madison) is affected by what Chicago (and northern Illinois) does, in spite of what they "say".

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The irony in Seth's post, which is probably lost on some here, is that Hollywood Video was a chain that started in Omaha (yes, Nebraska... if my time warped brain hasn't let me down again).

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Good reference...I agree (in case anyone wanted to know).

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"Omaha has always been a Pepsi town" ... while this sounds authoritative, is definitely not true. Â During my 20 plus years in Omaha (late 50's through early 70's), Coke had as large if not larger presence in town with their bottling plant on north 30th (between Lake or Sprague Sts. ?, clo...

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Yeahhh...please share...I remember the upper floors were mostly/all offices, but at least one 15th Street bay was a [cool] men's clothing store with lots of wood paneling and casework. Â Also, the Lobby(s...at least on the 15th Street side) were fairly impressive, with lots of brass and marble? terr...

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Yeahhh...please share...I remember the upper floors were mostly/all offices, but at least one 15th Street bay was a [cool] men's clothing store with lots of wood paneling and casework. Â Also, the Lobby(s...at least on the 15th Street side) were fairly impressive, with lots of brass and marble? terr...

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Greg S, & all others: I've commented here and elsewhere about the potential influence upon Lincoln, and Nebraska of the (now current) UN-L membership in the B1G Ten. My opinion, for what it's worth, after living in Omaha (hometown), SW Iowa, Chicago, SE Nebraska, and now, for the last 20 years...

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That's what happens when the Canadians get involved? Each to their own. Â Probably good that this wasn't built downtown, as it might fit the eclectic architecture of that area and then p!ss off other forum commenters.

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Ladies & gentleman...this is my take: the "dark" areas are solar tinted transparent windows (you can look out of them and make out typical detail, like your home windows), and the lighter green areas are either internally insulated and opaque, or translucent (lets in light only, withou...

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