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i like the rendering. it has a nice look about it

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So recent news out of NYC gives me even more pause. A brand new luxury supertall residential building in Brooklyn is being foreclosed on because it hasn’t sold enough units https://www.curbed.com/article/9-dekalb-brooklyn-tower-foreclosure-default-michael-stern.html that building is great looking

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Heard something quite interesting and exciting about a LEGO store in Omaha - that's from a very reliable source. 😁 Not sure if it's intended for public knowledge at this point in time but let's just say I think there will be many pleased people in the Omaha area later this year! Would an assumption...

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Garrett wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:16 pm Cancer is about to write a book about how it would kill OJ, if it did it.

hahaha

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there is some heavy machinery onsite under the approach on the iowa side. Even a gravel road that leads towards the trees. I was there yesterday. I should have taken more pics, but it looks like they cleared a lot of trees/foilage and created trails or something. https://i.postimg.cc/5XGfnyzb/IMG20...

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no wind or hail...but some good lightning and thunder is overdue

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https://www.13abc.com/2024/04/11/oj-simpson-dies-age-76/ O.J. Simpson dies at age 76 O.J. Simpson dies of cancer at 76 https://youtu.be/UzWEmLuBaRE?si=knU_JhscGW58uNeJ O.J. Simpson, the former NFL star and broadcaster whose athletic achievements and fame were eclipsed by his 1995 acquittal in the b...

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there is some heavy machinery onsite under the approach on the iowa side. Even a gravel road that leads towards the trees.

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I went back and looked at a couple of dates with street view photos: 3/17: 8 floors 3/24: 9 floors 4/7: 11 floors So looking at this probably a little quicker than we thought, maybe about 7-8 days per floor. (the floors I posted would be the one they are working on or basically the one under the ye...

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Not my photo but yes they did go up another floor yesterday evening: https://i.postimg.cc/Z0J92kLx/IMG-3951.png doing rough math here. If they ascend a floor every two weeks, they should reach floor 44 around July 10, 2025 (and I have no idea how tall each floor is or what the actual height is now,...

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this photo is great

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i know we knew it'd be a big canopy, but it seems bigger than i thought. That's some serious steel there

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you can see the yellow cap rising up between the buildings when you merge from I-80 to I-29 by Ameristar. You could see it before, i'm sure, but now it's more easily visible

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They were moving up a floor when I drove by at 5...

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i drove by last night; it looks pretty massive

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EricHaley wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:59 pm Found an old pic of FNBO Tower under construction:

man, UP being there also really made a difference. looks odd without it!

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good God

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I drove by last night, it is starting to look massive. Now up to 7 stories?

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this whole thing just smells like disappointment. This should have been about done by now, much less not even started.

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ItsAllAboutMe wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:48 pm
Hawkeye wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:45 pm Is it almost done yet???

Well, the elevator slip form is currently moving up another floor

topping out ceremony could break out at any time.

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it's simple, but i don't think it's fugly...though i wouldn't mind something a little more creative.

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Brad wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:06 pm Here you go. Put the NHL team at Oakview... LOL

Hockey rink inside a mall in Edmonton, Canada:

brick-invitational.jpeg

that's awesome!

The Coralville Mall (in Coralville, next to Iowa City for those unfamiliar) has an ice rink it it, too. They had a pee wee game going on while we were there

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is the green concrete crane arm thing in the bottom right new to the site? maybe they will be doing concrete more rapidly?

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mega saver could be the sponsor of an NHL facility here. "Omaha Vapes at Mega Saver Arena"

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First and foremost I think this is great. That being said, and I hate to be that guy, but anyone else surprised this will be $175 million and only add a net 40k sq feet? I know inflation and construction costs have increased, but the whole thing arena/convention center was built for $291 million. A...

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looks like it

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It's insane how people seem to know very little about Nebraska. So much misinformation in this video alone (just as an example). Omaha is not the "Capital". Denver is not the closest international airport (among other things I'm sure): https://youtu.be/Irkzt2F2w0A?si=-GRJZROUAYTcQn54 I ag...

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it'd be cool, but don't see them doing it. But it would be better to have a retail store like that, especially if there was a full service grocer at civic square

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Louie wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:06 am
thenewguy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:04 am hopefully it doesn't mean that we are going to get clobbered with severe weather...
Hahah, the perfect balance of 'we need rain' and 'not that aggressive kind!'

got that right!

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hopefully it doesn't mean that we are going to get clobbered with severe weather...

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SkyWarrior55 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:14 am

Groundbreaking video

doesn't seem all that groundbreaking to me. I've seen videos like this a hundred times.

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(after a quick search, didn't see a thread for this- mods, feel free to move it if need be) First and foremost, I'm a huskers fan, through and through. I love the Big Red...but it's really been impressive watching the Iowa Women on the court. Sure, they have had some tough losses, but they are genui...

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May put a damper on the DGX up on 16th, but if it included a pharmacy, i'm sure it'd do alright

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guy4omaha wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 3:26 pm
thenewguy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:27 am i hope they include a vape shop...

(i have to say that i'm kidding, cause i don't want that to really happen, ever.)
ah, come on, why not?

i feel like i'd jinx it into existence, haha.

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I was at hy-vee on Sunday, and they were selling 73/23 ground beef at 2/$9 (i don't buy that, but it shows how expensive even the fatty stuff is). 93% is almost $7 a pound. Part of your problem is, you were going to Hyvee. They are so high on everything. Right now you can get a 3lb roll of 80% at B...

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super saver and fareway have had bacon on sale a lot lately. Their strategy worked to get me in the door; i ended up walking out with other stuff i didn't really need. As a side note, i still don't understand why beef continues to be disproportionately higher than everything. Around 11 years ago, pr...

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i hope they include a vape shop...

(i have to say that i'm kidding, cause i don't want that to really happen, ever.)

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Does Rapid City have/would be getting a station? I could see a Mount Rushmore/Black Hills destination. I was thinking the same thing. Rapid and/or Wall (Badlands National Park) would be cool. Free ice water and 5 cent hot coffee! At least that’s what maybe 1 or 2 billboards tell me…. these signs mu...

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the way i see it is this: Many Americans view auto-ownership like the right to have a gun. You can say what you want until you are blue in the face, but the harsh reality is that a lot of people like them and will absolutely not give them up. All you can do then at that point is work to balance it o...

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Does Rapid City have/would be getting a station? I could see a Mount Rushmore/Black Hills destination. I was thinking the same thing. Rapid and/or Wall (Badlands National Park) would be cool. Free ice water and 5 cent hot coffee! At least that’s what maybe 1 or 2 billboards tell me…. these signs mu...

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