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RockHarbor

I love those! Seriously, you did a good job. They look so smooth & perfect for traffic flow. I wish you could submit that to Omaha. Why cant they design it like that? What the heck? Why is 132nd a major smooth & wide thoroughfare in West Omaha, then all of a sudden, you get to Millard, and c...

RockHarbor

Those are good ideas. Ultimately, I just dont want that jumbo, over-the-top skylight to go to waste. Its such a main architectural feature that anchors that whole area. (Cant West Farm possibly increase its business? Is there still hope?) BusGuy: I know. :) I just get a kick out of people sometimes...

RockHarbor

Lol!! (Do you think I didnt know I would hear things like "That is a bad idea..." and "That won't work..." and "Casa Bonita sucks..." You can always count on it.) Any other ideas what to do with the flailing mall?

RockHarbor

I realize Casa Bonita is a bit cheesy, and their food isn't the best, but it still is going strong all these years. Deep inside, I think we all love to occasionally eat a Mexican dinner in a restaurant that almost feels "Disneyish", with splashing waterfalls & pools, caves, and caverns...

RockHarbor

What about with all the large & lengthy skylights and square footage, maybe they could remodel & build a large hotel/restaurant/arcade/entertainment center, kind of a mix of a "Casa Bonita" in Denver (big tall waterfalls w/ divers & jungly plants & caves), an arcade (like D...

RockHarbor

Yeah there were issues with Oak View from the start. Agreed it was built too small. They had room for 2 new anchor stores after it opened (which became Sears and Penneys) but no room to add wings with them (for additional stores). So going in, it was never going to end up being the major mall in Om...

RockHarbor

Today's Top 10 Oak View Mall Redevelopment Plans 1. Oak View Mall turned into the world's largest Nebraska Furniture Mart 2. Oak View Mall torn down to become a smaller scale European Village 3. Oak View Mall is turned into a huge multi-museum complex and surrounding land turned into park land. 4. ...

RockHarbor

Love that remodeled Casper courthouse!

RockHarbor

Today's Top 10 Oak View Mall Redevelopment Plans 1. Oak View Mall turned into the world's largest Nebraska Furniture Mart 2. Oak View Mall torn down to become a smaller scale European Village 3. Oak View Mall is turned into a huge multi-museum complex and surrounding land turned into park land. 4. ...

RockHarbor

I love the Mediterranean/Spanish look of that building! (Although Omaha probably doesn't justify that architectural style as much as Kansas City, Oklahoma City, or Dallas does, I've always wanted to see them build more of that style in Omaha. When you get from the Dakotas north into Canada and the A...

RockHarbor

Good to hear your story. I think to sum it up simply: "Having a lot of money creates a certain culture & dynamic. Having some money creates a certain culture & dynamic. Having no money creates a certain culture & dynamic." (The different classes have different cultures. They ju...

RockHarbor

I just wish Omaha had more opportunities to develop consistant & flowing areas of ritzy housing & golf courses & ritzy shopping, therefore a larger area is consistantly the same quality of design and has a tony reputation -- rather than just a subdivision. I think the Village Pointe are...

RockHarbor

This is a great discussion. I do feel that a consistent "chex mix" of different classes is healthy in West Omaha. The inner city is a mix of all, too, and I feel people of all different classes make a city interesting & vibrant -- from the friendly homeless man to the eccentric starvin...

RockHarbor

So you do want more wealth division. Got it. And those 'mass tracts' of housing are stretching this city thin. No, its not that I necessarily want more "wealth division" per say in a snobby way, I just wish Omaha had more opportunities to develop consistant & flowing areas of ritzy ho...

RockHarbor

So you do want more wealth division. Got it. And those 'mass tracts' of housing are stretching this city thin. No, its not that I necessarily want more "wealth division" per say in a snobby way, I just wish Omaha had more opportunities to develop consistant & flowing areas of ritzy ho...

RockHarbor

Looks like Marriott might get this right. The design as shown fits the neighborhood, unlike that eyesore Hyatt Place a couple of blocks away. Really? You dont like it? I think it was a sharp addition to Downtown Omaha. In fact, before I read this, I was looking at a picture I took a summer or two a...

RockHarbor

I like Celebrity's newest home styles a lot Which version of McMansion do you like best? Spending $300k on a Celebrity Homes house is a laugh too. No thanks. I also wish Omaha would allow ritzy homes/neighborhoods to be grouped together more, instead of this consistant, balanced hodgepodge of diffe...

RockHarbor

Here's my philosophy on our city's future, and none of us may ever live to see it happen, but I seriously believe in due time, all of these cookie cutter suburban neighborhoods will be our future ghetto areas. This is all simply because of the poor quality building standards these houses were held ...

RockHarbor

Looks like Marriott might get this right. The design as shown fits the neighborhood, unlike that eyesore Hyatt Place a couple of blocks away. Really? You dont like it? I think it was a sharp addition to Downtown Omaha. In fact, before I read this, I was looking at a picture I took a summer or two a...

RockHarbor

Looks like DFW could be close to having commercial flights at 3 airports. Apparently Frontier and Alligent are both looking to start flying out of Meacham in Fort Worth. Interesting. Ive learned Houston has at least two airports, too. There are nonstop flights from Omaha to both IAH (Bush Intercont...

RockHarbor

I'm sitting here thinking of different type buildings that would look neat at Pacific & I-680. Can you imagine a bigger, taller suburban building with an eye-catching apex that anchors the whole area? For example, I love this rich-looking suburban building in Suburban Dallas. Two squarish sectio...

RockHarbor

But, of course, I'm talking a city continually being laid-out & advancing in a sucession of new grid streets -- like in the past. Why won't they return to that? It would never work because we already have a problem with too many people on the fringes, and if we tried to increase the density way...

RockHarbor

Notice they've never returned to the grid design. That's not necessarily true. I think there's some slow movement to bring back urban neighborhood design. There is at least one example, Sterling in Denver, that is taking a step back. West Farm shows some agreement with that movement, though I'm not...

RockHarbor

Regency and many newer suburbs aren't laid out with convoluted street patterns because designers wanted them to look pretty. It's to keep people out who don't live there. That's the significance of the lack of access points. True. That is definitely one of the motives of the amount of access points...

RockHarbor

I think we are in agreement, but have different communication styles. You understand what I meant by "modern suburbia", being the suburban areas built within the last 30 or so years. Technically modern suburbia is just suburbia, isn't it? To me, there is a distinct difference between earl...

RockHarbor

72nd St is the "official accepted line" of a major, definable change in Omaha (imo.) It is acceptable/simple. If you drive westbound on any of the major routes (Maple, Blondo, Dodge, Pacific, Center, Harrison) you notice, not coincidentally, that they all "open up" (become large...

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That Overland Park area definitely reminds me of a huge Old Mill/Regency area. It is similar, yet Overland Park is so much better looking along I-435 (simply because Kansas City can demand larger suburban office buildings, which naturally creates a more striking & demanding suburban skyline). W...

RockHarbor

I was Googling different webcams in different cities, and I came across this EXCELLENT pano webcam on the top of the Space Needle: https://www.spaceneedle.com/webcam/ Just had to share it. It shows what a beautiful city Seattle is, and you can see all the newest construction going on. There is a new...

RockHarbor

Not sure if all has seen this. This actually has video footage of Omaha's tornado of 1975. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgL5jOypOQ8 Everyone talks about how black the sky was that afternoon -- including a comment below the video. One guy I talked to, though, who lived near 82nd & Blondo, says...

RockHarbor

That is the era where the iconic, suburban Leviitown, PA (or was it Leviitown, Long Island, NY?) were built. (I tell you, I have read books that have mentioned "Leviitown, PA" and ones that mentioned "Leviitown, NY" as the first iconic suburb. Now, I'm wondering if the same deve...

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RockHarbor

Did you see that article on Yahoo this evening? It talks about "surban" (suburban + urban) areas and how they are becoming more & more popular. Maybe West Farm could be considered "Surban." https://finance.yahoo.com/news/young-couples-retirees-ditch-city-new-kind-suburb-17001...

RockHarbor

I'm trying to fully picture a big & beautiful & bold suburban office building there, so I quickly grabbed a large & sharp Denver Tech Center Building and quickly pasted it on that curve. Can you imagine a suburban structure of that magnitude on that corner?!! (I really need to "get ...

RockHarbor

I'm trying to understand marketing the 16 minute distance to downtown. If you're going to build in the suburbs, you're touting your proximity to the suburbs. Is Regency the suburbs? I know that our forums are divided at 72nd St, but I've always thought that within the interstate loop proximity to D...

RockHarbor

Yeah, what have I missed? My life never involved that place. What is this breakfast tradition?

RockHarbor

Wow. I see why the neighbor was upset that his yard was going to lose sun/its view. I'm a huge proponent of adding density (Lord knows Omaha needs it), but I am not sure a project of this massing belongs in this neighborhood. It's going to dwarf the other homes in the area. Darn it. I cant see the ...

RockHarbor

Thanks for the info guys.

(Im surprised the construction on that Dodge/Saddle Creek hotel is going so slow.) I like that name "Moxy Hotel." It sounds retro. I'm imagining a retro, vintage type sign.

RockHarbor

I'm trying to understand marketing the 16 minute distance to downtown. If you're going to build in the suburbs, you're touting your proximity to the suburbs. Is Regency the suburbs? Houses, usually not taller than 2 stories, are on spacious lots, located on a maze of very curvy streets and cul-de-s...

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