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by annad
Wed Jun 01, 2022 10:56 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Wolfson Cars Lot on Saddle Creek & Hamilton
Replies: 70
Views: 8566

Re: Wolfson Cars Lot on Saddle Creek & Hamilton

I went to the neighborhood meeting for this development last night. Developer was patient in answering questions, and Pete Festerson was there to champion the city's/taxpayers' involvement. My biggest takeaway was the permanent closure of the stretch of Saddle Creek from NW Radial to Hamilton. That ...
by annad
Wed Apr 06, 2022 1:49 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Downtown Omaha Master Plan
Replies: 521
Views: 75670

Re: Official - Downtown Master Plan

I moved to Omaha for a job in 2006, not knowing anyone. I was 25. I used Roommates Dot Com to find a place to live; I ended up in a house off 108th & Fort for $500/month - my own room and bathroom; I made $29,000.00 ($14/hr) at the time. Stranger-as-roommate situation was fine. I then moved to a...
by annad
Wed Dec 01, 2021 9:53 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Kiewit Luminarium (Riverfront Science Museum)
Replies: 274
Views: 265562

Re: Kiewit Luminarium (Riverfront Science Museum)

Where would be a good place to get a look at this? Where's the best view?
by annad
Mon Oct 11, 2021 1:53 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Former Duds 'n Suds (4002 Dodge)
Replies: 27
Views: 3603

Re: Former Duds 'n Suds (4002 Dodge)

I hate to say it, but this is pretty much a perfect site for a 5,6,7,8 story apartment project. You hate to say it, but Dodge west of 36th and east of 52nd is littered with sites like this. In any case, I’d like to see Church’s Chicken re-enter the Omaha market. .and I think that original spot woul...
by annad
Wed Aug 11, 2021 11:46 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: 13th and William Revitalization
Replies: 173
Views: 56545

Re: 13th and William Revitalization

This was the house and guesthouse of the former pastor of Countryside Church who moved last winter. I'm glad to see their beautiful property being put to creative use.
by annad
Wed Jun 09, 2021 12:14 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Classic Rock Coffee
Replies: 6
Views: 1165

Re: Classic Rock Coffee

I hear they are closing permanently on 12/1/2020. Probably doesn't help that they just opened a Starbucks a block away. Actually, I heard that Starbucks has closed too. It no longer shows up on Starbucks store locator: https://www.starbucks.com/store-locator?map=41.296359,-96.022853,15z That's inte...
by annad
Wed Jun 09, 2021 12:11 pm
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Starbucks - 86th & Dodge
Replies: 5
Views: 587

Starbucks - 86th & Dodge

(I couldn't find anything on this here, so feel free to combine if there's another thread.)

Starbucks going in on the south side of 86th & Dodge, somewhere along that frontage road.
by annad
Wed Jun 09, 2021 12:00 pm
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Starbucks - NW Corner 90th and Fort
Replies: 20
Views: 2350

Re: Starbucks - NW Corner 90th and Fort

A new Runza with expanded drivethrough lane.
by annad
Wed Jun 09, 2021 11:00 am
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: The Joslyn Art Museum
Replies: 212
Views: 35063

Re: The Joslyn Art Museum

Some version of this is still in the works. Scheduled to begin work in August, I believe.
by annad
Wed Oct 14, 2020 10:47 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Cosgrove Apartments (3802 Leavenworth )
Replies: 123
Views: 19368

Re: 3802 Leavenworth (Down Under Lounge)

Still in permitting. Hope they can get foundations in before winter.
by annad
Wed Oct 14, 2020 10:27 am
Forum: Omaha Metro Area Government
Topic: The Stothert Administration
Replies: 451
Views: 69684

Re: The Stothert Administration

I started a 2020 Mayoral Campaign thread.
viewtopic.php?f=25&t=21186
by annad
Wed Oct 14, 2020 10:19 am
Forum: Omaha Metro Area Government
Topic: 2021 Omaha Mayoral election
Replies: 165
Views: 17142

2021 Omaha Mayoral election

Stothert is running again.

Omaha North teacher Mark Gudgel is running.

Anyone else announced?
by annad
Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:36 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Erbert & Gerbert’s
Replies: 12
Views: 1551

There's a PB&J restaurant in the Detroit airport and I loved it.  Used to eat there when I was traveling for work.  After a week of room service, a PB&J always sounded good.

(Potbelly is amazing)
by annad
Thu Jan 27, 2011 2:12 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Portovino @ MTC (formerly Loft 610)
Replies: 40
Views: 6741

The bf and I ate at Loft 610 last Saturday night.  It was fairly slow for a weekend, but not bad considering the blizzard outside.  The blue cheese chips, as recommended to me by Ben's gf were, indeed, to die for.  My risotto was not solid but not spectacular.  The side of honey-roasted root veg...
by annad
Tue Sep 28, 2010 11:20 am
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Dante Pizzeria Napoletana
Replies: 68
Views: 12169

I've been there twice - their pizzas are sort of hit and miss for me.  I LOVE whatever pizza they have that has potatoes on it.  And the white fig pizza is good too.  I've tasted a few that I really didn't enjoy - but I may just be unusually adverse to fennel.  But I love their appetizers (espec...
by annad
Wed Aug 18, 2010 5:06 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: MH Landing Landing - Ramada redevelopment (72 & Grover)
Replies: 145
Views: 43820

We're dropping our Holiday Inn flag and going independent...new launch date is 8/31. CoCo Key Flag to Fly Over Omaha’s Largest Convention Hotel OMAHA (August 16, 2010) - A well-known Omaha hotel is changing flags. Denver-based Sage Hospitality announced Monday the Omaha Holiday Inn Convention Center...
by annad
Thu Aug 05, 2010 2:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Oakview Mall Discussion
Replies: 77
Views: 13891

Now...  The fact that you said "I'd take VP over Oakview any day" is telling.  I think you're one of many people.  Can I ask you why you prefer VP to Oakview?  I think your answer may reflect what's actually going on, and why Oakview seems to be struggling. I'm definitely in the Prefe...
by annad
Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:37 am
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: TD Ameritrade Old Mill Campus
Replies: 378
Views: 80816

I was wondering what's going on here...thanks for the update.  Worst traffic in town on Sunday mornings - 3,000 people trying to go to church with construction cones blocking at least a full lane.
by annad
Fri Jun 18, 2010 1:02 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Downtown Hilton
Replies: 117
Views: 25497

That's 9 of them within a 4-5 block radius.  The restaurants will fill in as the rest of the area does.  Frankly, i didn't think there were that many until i looked it up. I wonder if the Hilton has a directory showing all of them?  I would doubt it.  If they're only known to locals, they're missin...
by annad
Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:25 pm
Forum: Welcome to Omaha
Topic: Good Russian food in Omaha...
Replies: 13
Views: 8743

Sadly, not that I know of.  The Bohemian Cafe on 13th Street has borscht on occasion, but I think it's seasonal or rotates as a soup of the day.  There is a Lithuanian Bakery restaurant at about 74th & Pacific; however having lived in Lithuania for a year, I would say it's more generically eas...
by annad
Thu Apr 15, 2010 10:17 am
Forum: Welcome to Omaha
Topic: Lofty in downtown Omaha?
Replies: 20
Views: 6157

You guys are great.  So far, what I hear about friendly people in the midwest is true.   Can anyone tell me where exactly the "downtown" area of Dundee is?  Is there like a main street that most things are located?  I really think I'd like to be able to walk to restaurants/bars/coffee sho...
by annad
Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:32 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: WheatFields (12 and Howard)
Replies: 44
Views: 5318

Ben and I and some of our friends had brunch at WF on Sunday - my first time at the OM location.  The menu is more limited than the Regency location, which is probably why they stick with the Express, but otherwise, it had the same overall feel, good food, and cozy warmth of the original.  I'm a b...
by annad
Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:52 pm
Forum: Welcome to Omaha
Topic: Need a good tailor...
Replies: 8
Views: 2374

I've used both Sy's Tailor at 120th and Blondo as well as some little place on the east edge of Benson right where Saddle Creek and Maple and NW Radial all collide.  It's a hole and the girls don't speak much English, but they're miracle workers on bad bridesmaid dresses.
by annad
Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:50 pm
Forum: Projects Never Built
Topic: WallStreet Tower Omaha
Replies: 2388
Views: 319015

I didn't realize that DLR Group did the architecture for this (and Wallstreet Tower Dallas). I had never seen any confirmation that the project would offer street level retail in the parking structure (south side/Dodge Street). The DLR website shows a layout of the project that identifies retail en...
by annad
Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:29 pm
Forum: Rumors
Topic: World Market building - Village Pointe
Replies: 8
Views: 2592

bradley414 wrote: Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please

I'm surprised a book store wasn't an initial tenet at Village Point.  That area is dying for a book store.
No kidding.  That would be great!
by annad
Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:49 pm
Forum: Projects Never Built
Topic: Changes to Conagra's Campus
Replies: 53
Views: 17420

I know a guy that works for ConAgra in Minneapolis, and we talked about this fountain a couple of weeks ago.  At that point, the fountain was definitely still happening, and it's part of their big branding relaunch, so hopefully it's juts a matter of time.
by annad
Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: home values
Replies: 38
Views: 3988

Re: Suttle's Scandal

Recently In an e-mail to the members of the Dundee Memorial Park Neighborhood Association Board, a local realtor by the name of Peter Manhart unveiled some shocking discoveries about property tax levies involving many prominent homes in Omaha, several of which are owned by the highest ranking polit...
by annad
Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:05 pm
Forum: Omaha Metro Area Government
Topic: Omaha Mayoral Discussion
Replies: 639
Views: 70724

Entertainment tax failed 6-1 I was at the City Council meeting this afternoon (as well the lively public hearings a week ago).  Gray was the only councilman to support the measure, and he made it clear that it wasn't so much that he supported the entertainment tax itself (he favors higher property...
by annad
Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:54 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Omar Baking Building at 4383 Nicholas St
Replies: 11
Views: 2508

Good for them.  Crossroads should take note.
by annad
Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:51 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Brix Wine and Spirits (CLOSING)
Replies: 113
Views: 17766

Several of my friends moms growing up were stay at home moms.  Wine was part of their daily diets, I bet this place will get some decent business.  Although it does seem to be quite a large space.  How does this sq. footage compare to a place like Spirit World? I know a midtown stay at home mom in ...
by annad
Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What do you consider to be "North Omaha?"
Replies: 18
Views: 1833

I get kind of annoyed when West O people refer to their subdivision as their neighborhood, as in "I live in Cinnamon Creek" but then I was thinking - weren't Dundee, Benson, Gifford Park, Miller park, etc. subdivisions once upon a time, too?  Dundee is technically Omaha's first suburb, ri...
by annad
Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:38 pm
Forum: News and Events
Topic: John Deere (?) and Qwest Center Lot D
Replies: 6
Views: 1534

This event apparently rotates cities, because the Columbus OH CVB and downtown hotels arrived at the airport this morning en masse to pitch the city to John Deere.
by annad
Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:36 pm
Forum: News and Events
Topic: OFFICIAL - FORUM MEET - SAT AUG 1, 2009
Replies: 116
Views: 10649

Yes, please!  Hope to make it to the next one (I'm a girl, too.)
by annad
Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:39 pm
Forum: Projects Never Built
Topic: WallStreet Tower Omaha
Replies: 2388
Views: 319015

The guy from Townsend was very positive on Omaha and the downtown renewal saying that they've had successes here that they don't think would have been possible down in KC (where they're based).   Wow, I wouldn't have expected to have heard anything like this from a salesperson. I do still have my f...
by annad
Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:45 pm
Forum: Business
Topic: Starbucks Openings all over the metro
Replies: 101
Views: 19904

I can't wait for Pumpkin Spice! It's my favorite time of year!   I agree Speaking of Closings/openings... Apparently the Scooters that took over the AK village Starbucks is doing GREAT! Good for them.  I'm glad something went in there and I'm glad a local business is doing well, but I'm still bitt...
by annad
Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What do you consider to be "North Omaha?"
Replies: 18
Views: 1833

I've had this conversation with a friend that works at Creighton Med Center before.  She said that some hospital employees like to think that they're a Downtown hospital, but we decided that they probably have more of a North Omaha vote among Omahans.  Thoughts?
by annad
Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:40 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: 16th Street Master Plan
Replies: 436
Views: 77640

Will someone please show me a successful example where tearing out a pedestrian or transit mall actually resulted in a return of retail to downtown? While the Sioux Falls downtown isn't anything close to Omaha's in size or anything else. The main street of shops has gone through at least 2-3 differ...
by annad
Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:31 pm
Forum: Projects Never Built
Topic: WallStreet Tower Omaha
Replies: 2388
Views: 319015

I went to an All About Omaha happy hour today at the Wall Street Tower show rooms.  There was a rep from Towsend there (scott?  steve?) and they announced to our group that they met their sales goals this week, and that they have secured letters of commitment from two financiers this week as well....
by annad
Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:00 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Aksarben Village
Replies: 2392
Views: 440163

They showed Footloose this past weekend.  A friend of mine took her family and said there was a pretty good turnout.  I think next weekend is a concert and then on the 15th they're showing Goonies!
by annad
Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:33 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: UNO Campus Update
Replies: 529
Views: 156463

From my understanding (and Wikipedia's: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topping_out) the tree is an old Scandinavian religious ritual so they don't make the nature gods mad about the trees they just cut down.