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- Thu Jan 19, 2006 2:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: POTUS Departing
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1083
POTUS Departing
Well, the time has come. My stay here appears to unwelcome any longer. I'm leaving this forum not because I feel like I've been pushed out of here, but because I find it really hard sometimes to be pro-Omaha and a member of this forum. My views of good Omaha growth are to different from most everyon...
- Thu Jan 19, 2006 2:48 pm
- Forum: News and Events
- Topic: In depth..A 24/7 DT Omaha..
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1464
You're right..It's really a detailed recap of developments moving Omaha towards a 24/7 DT..Hence the story title: 'All Nighter..Omaha plans to be open around the clock'. Thank you for completely dismissing what I thought about this article. Other than a few insertions of the words 24/7 and allnight...
- Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:10 am
- Forum: News and Events
- Topic: In depth..A 24/7 DT Omaha..
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1464
- Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:06 am
- Forum: Business
- Topic: Scooters Expands National Market
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1913
Scooters Expands National Market
The following list is available at http://www.scootersjavaexpress.com. This company has only been around for 7-8 years. Arizona Scottsdale Coming Soon Iowa Council Bluffs 31st & Broadway West Des Moines Coming Soon: 7450 Bridgewood Blvd, Suite 240 Coming Soon: 860 1st Street Kansas Kansas City L...
- Wed Jan 18, 2006 3:58 pm
- Forum: Urban Omaha Development
- Topic: Official: Missouri River Pedestrian Bridge
- Replies: 2315
- Views: 356248
- Wed Jan 18, 2006 3:50 pm
- Forum: Urban Omaha Development
- Topic: Official: Missouri River Pedestrian Bridge
- Replies: 2315
- Views: 356248
There are far more significant portions of my taxes going to things I don't like. Suck it up Potus. I can not and will not. I am an American. To me that still means I have a say in how things are done. In 1776, we Americans sent a Declaration of Independence to the king of England. Among the reason...
- Wed Jan 18, 2006 3:29 pm
- Forum: Urban Omaha Development
- Topic: Official: Missouri River Pedestrian Bridge
- Replies: 2315
- Views: 356248
The city is not paying the entire bill. You guys have to understand this. THE CITY IS NOT PAYING FOR THE ENTIRE BRIDGE. The federal government is paying for most of it and the rest of the cost is split between the two cities (which is not that much and is already set aside). I pay federal taxes as ...
- Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:58 pm
- Forum: Urban Omaha Development
- Topic: Official: Missouri River Pedestrian Bridge
- Replies: 2315
- Views: 356248
My god, what a boring world we'd live in if everything had to have been justified with a satisfactory cost/benefit analysis. This is the United States of America- capitalism demands cost/benefit analysis. I'm with joeglow on this one. I hate the bridge. It goes to Iowa. More specifically, it goes t...
- Mon Jan 16, 2006 6:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: View from down under
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2536
Sounds to me like some of you guys are crying about an Australian newspaper calling Omaha a bad name. Talk about getting his facts wrong. I like the sentance that said warren buffet bought his house for only $30,000. What a load of |expletive|. The paper's not wrong until you prove them wrong. Calli...
- Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:43 pm
- Forum: Photography and Videos
- Topic: Just a Streets Photo Sampler
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5138
- Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:35 am
- Forum: Rumors
- Topic: Circuit City Returning...
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5721
I worked in the kitchen at Earl's back when it was a Charlie's Seafood and Grill. The steak, fish, and pasta combination was working there, so the owner switched to a steak, chicken, salad and soup bar. I've heard good reviews, and bad reviews. I wouldn't put the place above closing with no announce...
- Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:33 pm
- Forum: Rumors
- Topic: Circuit City Returning...
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5721
Now personally, I wouldn't like this idea because I'm all anti-sprawl and what not, but I think it might be the best for Circuit City if they built just east of the whole new Home Depot-Walmart-Sam's Club lot in front of the old Lucent-Avaya-Connectivity building. It would probably serve them best t...
- Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Metered Ramps
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2339
My two pennies: 1) The best solution is longer on ramps, and I'm talking of the part that connects to actual highway lanes. Here in O we have long on ramps, but then they dump you into the far right lane as soon as you get there. The on ramp lanes need to be longer to allow more adjustments between ...
- Mon Dec 26, 2005 6:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Untapped: North 25th Street Bridge
- Replies: 4
- Views: 765
Untapped: North 25th Street Bridge
http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/4098/n25tha8hj.jpg http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/4250/n25thbig8oo.jpg http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/4214/n25thsmall1sg.jpg Ah, Carter Lake, IA: The red-headed stepchild of the Omaha Metro. But let's not hate, let's cooperate! As expansions continue in th...
- Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Downtown Retail
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4596
I took a moment to consider DTO as a multi-district place. I did use PaintBrush a little liberally when drawing the boxes around the districts, for please forgive me. These are approximations and are open to debate, but in general this is DTO, as is. http://img468.imageshack.us/img468/3640/dtomap6cb...
- Wed Dec 14, 2005 8:48 pm
- Forum: Projects Never Built
- Topic: WallStreet Tower Omaha
- Replies: 2388
- Views: 320151
We have yet to see the building from the south. :( You can see the gap I was talking about earlier in the first picture. All of the (affordable?) 1 bedroom condos are on the north side of the building. If you don't mind the view of North Omaha, then fine, good for you, but the more expensive ones fa...
- Wed Dec 14, 2005 6:55 pm
- Forum: Projects Never Built
- Topic: WallStreet Tower Omaha
- Replies: 2388
- Views: 320151
Wow, this story just broke hours ago, and we are already on page three. Is anyone excited? Anyone? Cuz it doesn't show! Ha. I'm a little worried about the gap between the UPC and WSO (which is the parking garage). Though there are plans for street level retail all the way 'round, that gap once you g...
- Wed Dec 14, 2005 9:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My North Downtown Development
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6514
Hands Across Omaha Okay, I know the title is cheesy, but here's my idea ( I was thinking about staging this myself this summer, but since avanzee brought up this thread, here goes): Omahans link up from the airport to the zoo, along Abbott Drive and 10th and 13th Streets- the best first step toward...
- Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Google Maps & Google Earth
- Replies: 381
- Views: 173160
I was surfing around Omaha with Google Earth today when I noticed they had updated some areas of the metro. I don't know when they did this, but my guess is the images are from early 2005. The Qwest and UPC are done (as seen in the picture) but SoMa has only a few foundations poured and one building...
- Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Predictions/hopes/dreams/visions for 2006 in Omaha
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4277
My big thing to dream/wish/want for O in 2006 is much like OmahaJaysCU's #8 on his dream list: landscape our main streets. Omaha really does lack in the beautification department. Our city looks drab in the wintertime. The idea I propose is to just line the interstates, main roads and through roads ...
- Tue Dec 06, 2005 9:01 pm
- Forum: Rumors
- Topic: NIN coming to Omaha
- Replies: 31
- Views: 5872
You really can't group NIN with Korn or Nickelback, they are not even close to the same kind of music. They actually put thought into their lyrics, make good music. Did Korn or Nickelback have one of their songs covered by Johnny Cash? NO! I'd have to agree to this. Though they couldn't have fit th...
- Sun Dec 04, 2005 2:52 pm
- Forum: Urban Omaha Development
- Topic: Saddle Creek and Cuming construction
- Replies: 31
- Views: 5629
Actually, we do already know. It's going to be a Sonic.
http://www.eomaha.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... ight=sonic
http://www.eomaha.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... ight=sonic
- Sun Dec 04, 2005 11:20 am
- Forum: News and Events
- Topic: 402 Area Code almost full
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4358
I'd rather have the overlay option than the split. Regardless which method is chosen, it will be expensive. I'm assuming that new phone numbers would get the new area code, but the old ones will keep their old numbers. The money comes in when all companies, new and old, have to change their advertis...
- Thu Nov 24, 2005 9:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Thanksgiving!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 991
From the entire staff of... well, on behalf of me, thank you. Be thankful that you have the opportunity to eat till you puke today, as many people around the world don't. In this picture, Bush is serving a fake turkey to our troops in the MidEast: http://img494.imageshack.us/img494/968/bushturkey1pd...
- Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:40 pm
- Forum: News and Events
- Topic: Millard to get it's identity back
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1838
Thank you swift, you said what I didn't. We are becoming homogenous by design. Buca di Peppo just closed at Oak View. It served family sized platters. Obviously a different concept than TGIF, Red Lobster, Outback, Chili's, Applebees, whatever... which led to its demise. As far as the people that mak...
- Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:27 pm
- Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
- Topic: Yet another Starbucks
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1708
It appears this Starbucks, given the address, is in the new strip mall in front of the Wal*Mart in Bellevue. In which case, it's a football throw's away from a Scooters, and within eye contact of another Scooters on the other side of the JFK. So, this Starbucks, they do little research on new locati...
- Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:45 pm
- Forum: News and Events
- Topic: Millard to get it's identity back
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1838
- Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 24th and Vinton
- Replies: 4
- Views: 951
- Sat Nov 05, 2005 12:02 pm
- Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
- Topic: 108th St. - Sarpy County
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2604
- Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:21 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Omaha Streetcar Discussion
- Replies: 3549
- Views: 486241
The route from the airport, throught downtown, to the Blatt and Zoo is a relatively flat one. There would be no call for a subway. Any route going west from downtown might be a different situation. Regarding the different grade for these LRTs, an 8 inch curb would qualify without adding too much to ...
- Fri Nov 04, 2005 5:24 pm
- Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
- Topic: 108th St. - Sarpy County
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2604
Wooooooooooooo Hoooooooooooo! I used to travel that length of road all the time. Going around to 96th Street is now so yesterday! Why did this project take so long, I wonder? Coyote, looks like you are having a great day. Good for you. This weekend would be really great with a Husker win, but eh... ...
- Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:18 am
- Forum: Welcome to Omaha
- Topic: Dog Day Care Suggestions...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1102
Most dog day cares in this town are expensive, a lot of them costing more than to board your dog all day and night at a kennel. If your day is between 9am and 6pm, they can stay at my work, http://www.karsimkennel.com . Otherwise I recommend calling a vet clinic on your side of town and asking them....
- Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:08 pm
- Forum: Rumors
- Topic: Now HERE'S a rumor pro
- Replies: 82
- Views: 15455
- Sat Oct 22, 2005 2:53 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Official: West Dodge Expressway
- Replies: 975
- Views: 84137
- Sat Oct 22, 2005 2:40 pm
- Forum: Business
- Topic: When the heck is Millard Lumber moving?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2762
I take this road often, and have thought about it. This first image is the intersection as it appears now. http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/3540/132gilesa0by.jpg The second image is my proposal. Considering that 132nd is going to expand in the future to accomadate traffic coming north off of 370, ...
- Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:42 pm
- Forum: Rumors
- Topic: Mother's Good Food
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1177
Move this out of the Rumors section. Mother's Good Food in Ponca Hills is closed. The owner, Mike, is moving to the liqour store on Saddle Creek. Might be open sometime in November. The place has been closed/open since July. I'm told that's when his wife died in Iraq. I don't want to speculate becau...
- Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hypothetical SPSF "Superline" light rail system
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1913
I think there is a problem with your plan to run it down 16th Street. First, the Double Tree is in the way. Why the heck they span the block like that I don't know. The other problem is that 16th is only two lanes through there. I'd love to see these couple of blocks closed off to regular vehicle tr...
- Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:04 pm
- Forum: Business
- Topic: New Charlie's Seafood Location
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2300
New Charlie's Seafood Location
Sprigs on 88th and Maple has closed. Charlie's Seafood and Grill has opened. Charlie's On The Lake - 144th and F Charlie's Seafood and Grill - 72nd and Grover Charlie's Seafood and Grill - 88th and Maple Also owned by the same guy: Earl's - 36th and 370 Previously owned by the same guy, still great ...
- Wed Oct 12, 2005 10:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Official: Out of Omaha, the movie
- Replies: 61
- Views: 13558
The shooting at 98th and Mockingbird was inside the Animal Emergency Clinic. I was making a delivery and walked in on it. The trailers around back might have tipped me off... I didn't disturb the movie, they were just doing practice shoots. So, we know the movie involves a dog at the vet. Let's piec...
- Tue Sep 27, 2005 4:20 pm
- Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
- Topic: T.G.I. Fridays - Omaha
- Replies: 63
- Views: 12939