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Professor Woland

It would be great if someone else would buy the property and develop it the right way without having to come hat in hand for anything other than TIF. It's far, far too big of a property for anyone to develop without some incentives like tif. I'd rather give TIF than have a vacant mall, but that's j...

Professor Woland

I think if the professor wants to stop with the crude comments and enter a gentlemans bet with me I would be delighted. If in 5 years the Nebraska Crossing Mall is not known to be in trouble then I will change my nic on this forum to whatever the professor wants. If on the other hand the Nebraska C...

Professor Woland

It would be great if someone else would buy the property and develop it the right way without having to come hat in hand for anything other than TIF.

Professor Woland

I guess both sides might end up getting what they want. New plan would mean renovation – not demolition – for former Temple Israel, fewer nearby apartments http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/new-plan-would-mean-renovation-not-demolition-for-former-temple/article_d585d156-e6a6-11e3-ae18-001a4bcf6878.ht...

Professor Woland

I was out at the Nebraska Outlet Mall a couple of Sundays ago and it was almost a ghost town. Anyone that thinks this mall is not going to flop is crazy! When the glitter wears off this baby in 5 years its going to look like the Bluffs Mall. Were you there when they were open? :;): I have not dr...

Professor Woland

I think the apartments are going to be ugly if they look anything like the renderings, but I don't own the land and I'd rather die than declare that someone can't do what they want with their property (minus torts of course.) But what's interesting to me about this is that the synagogue is a much mo...

Professor Woland

WTH is wrong with these rich people who think this really affects them? This is outside their neighborhood and will only add to the tax base of the area. Don't they realize they live in the center of the city and this is bound to happen?! This will happen whether they like it or not. In a free mark...

Professor Woland

MadMartin8 wrote:Cue laugh track. Typical Omaha.

Actually this is a great thing. In time the whole project will be built and the taxpayers won't be on the hook. I would bet that within five years of the completion of the first phase things will be moving toward the complete project or something even bigger.

Professor Woland

OMATOL wrote:This is awesome if true! We love the original Saigon out west. Saigon Surface, on the other hand, has been so so in our visits.

I will say this for Surface though, it has a good banh mi. The original Saigon never has banh mi, but the vermicelli bowls and clay pots are amazing.

Professor Woland

That really happens? I didn't know people were so militant against vegans. Let me rephrase, when I say that sort of thing happens in other cities I don't mean that people in those cities throw meat at vegan restaurants (though I wouldn't be surprised if that did happen), I mean embarrassing sorts ...

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iamjacobm wrote:That really happens? I didn't know people were so militant against vegans.

As I understand it, it happened here with the Daily Grub, though that might be an unfounded rumor.

Professor Woland

I'm not a vegan but I'm glad this place is opening. I'll probably eat there with my wife and her friends at some point. I just hope we don't have an incident where some meatheads throw meat at the place or something. That sort of thing happens in many cities, but if it happens here we'll be looked d...

Professor Woland

Well Sasse takes it. Great...another Tea Party moron. That'll sure help the dysfunction in Washington :roll: These guys need to learn that compromise is a basic part of governing. I actually disagree. I find the Social Conservatism of the Tea Party to be disgusting, but as a general rule I'm all fo...

Professor Woland

Nebraska Senate Nominee Says Religious Beliefs Can Justify Breaking Any Law “[O]ur right to the free exercise of religion is co-equal to our right to life,” according to the campaign website of Ben Sasse, a Nebraska Republican who won his party’s nomination to the United States Senate on Tuesday. N...

Professor Woland

How feasible would it be for people to raise money to buy the building and move it? I personally think the building is an affront to good taste, but many people seem to like it, so would it even be realistic to do that? I know houses can be moved, but I'm not sure about an old brick building.

Professor Woland

We just celebrated my wife's birthday at the Grey Plume on Saturday. It was excellent as always.

Professor Woland

I guess the most alarming thing to me, is that these candidates, almost all being wealthy to super wealthy, hire these campaign managers and pay them tens of thousands of dollars to head their campaigns, and it couldn't be more apparent that each and every campaign is fighting to have the appearanc...

Professor Woland

UberBlack, Taxi, SUV would have the proper permits but I don't think UberX does. However, they don't need it because they are technically a rideshare service and not a taxi service. That being said, I wish the government would get rid of this small town mentality and let these companies come to Oma...

Professor Woland

This isn't that big of a loss from an architectural standpoint, but I think there needs to be a review board put in place before this sort of thing gets out of hand. The fact that a person should be allowed to do what they want with their own house sounds nice in theory, but many people take their ...

Professor Woland

Now THAT's an old building worth preserving!

Professor Woland

^ http://www.kwch.com/image/view/-/24986216/highRes/1/-/maxh/480/maxw/640/-/4vx2cs/-/shame-on-jpg.jpg Nice find hahaha that's brilliant. I'm not necessarily anti-union, but there's a big difference between the Wobblies battling job brokers in the Pacific Northwest many years ago and some business h...

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The crazy thing about McDermott is that he can score 30 points and it seems ho-hum. When a guy can score that many points in a college game and it doesn't seem like a big deal you know you're seeing something special.

Professor Woland

I feel like a Nordstrom's or Macy's would seal the deal. I remember a while back Yates said 100,000 sq.ft. was already spoken for. How big are are department stores usually...like Von Maur? 100,000 square feet would be a pretty big department store, but definitely in the range of department store s...

Professor Woland

I'm just glad that unlike in the Gold Coast neighborhood these neighbors seem like good enough people to understand that the property owners have the right to do as they please with their proprerty (short of obvious things like erecting a paper mill or hog rendering plant). While it's a shame that...

Professor Woland

I'm just glad that unlike in the Gold Coast neighborhood these neighbors seem like good enough people to understand that the property owners have the right to do as they please with their proprerty (short of obvious things like erecting a paper mill or hog rendering plant). While it's a shame that a...

Professor Woland

Linkin5 wrote:Lol, why are you talking like a 19th century Englishman?

I really don't know. Blimey, I feel like the ludicrous popinjay.

Professor Woland

While it may be poor, its still rare in this city. We have destroyed building after building in this town. I don't care if its not the best example, at least its an example. There are great examples of homes in this style in the Dundee/Happy Hollow area, they are much better designed and a great ...

Professor Woland

While it may be poor, its still rare in this city. We have destroyed building after building in this town. I don't care if its not the best example, at least its an example. There are great examples of homes in this style in the Dundee/Happy Hollow area, they are much better designed and a great ...

Professor Woland

While it may be poor, its still rare in this city. We have destroyed building after building in this town. I don't care if its not the best example, at least its an example. There are great examples of homes in this style in the Dundee/Happy Hollow area, they are much better designed and a great ...

Professor Woland

http://www.omaha.com/article/20140212/MONEY/140219531/1685 The Omaha Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission postponed a decision Wednesday on removing the landmark status for the century-old Clarinda-Page apartment complex in midtown Omaha. There weren't enough members to take a decisive vote o...

Professor Woland

Personally, I wish they would use the grant/fund toward restoring their old museum on 24th & Lake. That might be the only registered Omaha Landmark in that poor of condition. That would do wonders for the immediate area. Not that I don't welcome new development downtown by any mean. Guess their...

Professor Woland

I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks this building is ugly. The columns, the southwest corner, the roof: all terrible. There are a number of beautiful old buildings in Omaha, this is not one of them. If they are talking about tearing down the Brandeis or the Broomfield Row House or the Joslyn, ...

Professor Woland

Quietly not really secretly, we've been already talking about this for a while... the main issue being, what do they plan for the Clarinda? Midtown Crossing has now acquired the Clarinda and plans to tear it down. It is an Omaha Landmark and so there will be a hearing. |expletive|! Assuming this i...

Professor Woland

Omaha made the huffintonpost. Woooo....o.... oh |expletive|. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/29/omaha-man-gay-attack-_n_4173658.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices Back when this happened I thought to myself, violence toward someone in drag seems more like something a Missourian would do than somethin...

Professor Woland

That ghastly old Army Corps of Engineers building near there would be great for tearing down and replacing with a high rise. One of you must have a couple hundred million to throw at it.

Professor Woland

http://dailycurrant.com/2013/12/06/kanye-west-i-am-the-next-nelson-mandela/ Kanye on his place in the world after the death of Mandela. "I am the next Nelson Mandela," West responded. "I'm only 36 years old, and when I look at everything I've accomplished, it's the only comparison th...

Professor Woland

Chicago is a swamp. I don't think it will be that big of a problem. I don't know a whole lot about architecture or structural engineering, but as I understand it, it was because of the nature of Chicago's soil that some sort of floating foundation was invented which led to the birth of the skyscrap...

Professor Woland

MadMartin8 wrote:Pah, The McKinley assassination was far more memorable to me. Now THAT was a bitter day!

You should have beheld the chaos when Garfield bit it. Â As for me, I was on the grassy knoll

Professor Woland

So the plan is to tear down all these buildings, including at least two historic buildings, and replace with vacant lots in the hope that someone will develop it? What could possibly go wrong. Considering they are doing this for the purpose of spurring development, I think worries that the lots wi...

Professor Woland

Quietly not really secretly, we've been already talking about this for a while... the main issue being, what do they plan for the Clarinda? Per the graphic in the article they haven't acquired it. Â This is exciting and lends credence to the idea floated about earlier that some of the next highrise...

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