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Seth

daveoma wrote:That's a great start! Especially considering all the hills ;-)

Haha, as a cyclist, I agree. Why some hipsters still try to run fixies here is beyond me.

Unfortunately, our bottom-of-the-barrel ranking is a result of poor policies, regulations, and infrastructure.

Seth

I think the setbacks and streetscape within AV are well-suited to the development. "Green space" that just consists of long setbacks is generally just wasted. It's wide sidewalks, well-placed crosswalks, traffic-calming features, and signals/signage that make a real difference.

Seth

I agree they needed another Starbucks. The one near Chipotle is the closest to me but a bear to use the drive thru or just park (ha ha ha) and go in. Now if someone could figure out a way to get into Aksarben Center without requiring U turns to find an entrance. Most ridiculous layout and the reaso...

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If they use recovered barn wood to build it, that would be cool as |expletive|. If its just normal plywood, blegh. As someone who loves barns, I hate people using barn wood. I know that sometimes barns can't be saved, but there are also people out there tearing down barns for their wood and that re...

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It's not beautiful, but I don't think it's that horrible. It's not much different than some of the newer buildings on the west edge of Old Market. It looks a lot more appropriate for Midtown than the rendering for Ekhard Court.

Seth

If no one had told me different, I would have honestly taken this for a cheap motel. It kind of reminds me of the Value Place or whatever it's called near I80 and Harrison Street. The hotels around Village Point have more urban appeal than this place does. I'd have to agree with you: http://www.hot...

Seth

Really cool to see new business and commercial redevelopment in this area. Loft conversions are nice, but all those residents have to work somewhere.

Seth

RNcyanide wrote:I don't think it looks that bad. It won't win any awards, but it's not awful.

I agree. I think the proportions fit pretty well.

I do think a coffeshop in the corner would be a big hit. I could see it being popular with med students.

Seth

RNcyanide wrote:However, I like the webbed effect they put on the windows instead so I'll take that.

My wife calls it the "Cheetah Print Building".

Seth

Very cool, I didn't know about that one. I surf the dogis.org site often, but this site has different ways to browse the data. Thanks.

Seth

Scrap the gas tax and find another funding source for road work. Gasoline tax revenue is dependent on fuel demand and it's ludicrous to have such a funding mechanism with car and trucks on average are using less gasoline. Unless we start putting boxes in cars and charge people for mileage, there ha...

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It's a shame many of the old RR right-of-ways were abandoned and divided up among adjacent property owners. It would have been much better to have them kept intact for biking trails and possible future conversion back to rail use. You can still see some of the routes and parcels still intact on the...

Seth

Definitely not my taste in residential architecture, but this actually fits well with the other new developments in Little Italy (C02, SOMA, etc). I'm glad the owners found a good place to build and contribute to the neighborhood.

Seth

hatwate wrote:Now that it is almost complete, here is what the development company has to say about it and the projected view of it.

http://tetradpropertygroup.com/properti ... -facility/

That's a good example of how much a project can evolve from the concept stage to design and construction.

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I don't think the argument that minors need to make a "living wage" could hold up the same as for adults. I think there should be some flexibility in wages for teenagers shoveling popcorn at the movie theater. We don't want to crowd out opportunities for youth to gain life experience by fo...

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Another huge high tech investment lost to Iowa. Maybe governor Ricketts should stop concerning himself with non-existent threats to religious freedom and focus instead on economic development. Uh, Google planted themselves in Council Bluffs years before Ricketts took office.... Iowa also gave them ...

Seth

Looks nice! Perfect scale for that block.

Seth

I'd rather save more money on furniture than pay more to buy it out of a fancy store. As long as it's well-maintained and clean, which everything indoors is, I don't see a need to remodel anything.

Seth

[quote="ricko"We've come a long way since Vietnam in understanding the dynamics of modern warfare, but we still get stuck in these endless wars because of the warmongers in Congress and the money thrown at them by defense contractors. This will end only when the children of the wealthy pol...

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iamjacobm wrote:I think they have been off the shelves for a while with the branding change. I will have to keep an eye out for the new cans.

That's got to be pretty rough on a business when you're trying to maintain a cash flow.

Seth

Their 6 Packs have a tear out for a free pint at the brewery. Might have to go pick one up. https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10968397_326625240860779_888595190566829691_n.jpg?oh=1b7cc5395919ba5e548109cb2e3b70d9&oe=554820C9 That's a pretty great promotion. Which stores s...

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skinzfan23 wrote:That was Coyote's photo from before construction. I was just using it to show the houses on the south side of the project and their white color.

10-4, I guess I just skimmed over too quickly. The weather looks nice again, though, so I think I was just fixated on that, lol.

Seth

You're being way too logical, Brad. This reminds me of a common occurance where I grew up. Back in farm country in Illinois on the fringes of the Chicago suburbs, we were used to the subdivisions going up across from a cattle or hog farm. Shortly after moving in, the new residents woudl start compla...

Seth

Looks like most of the apartments that have been built in that neighborhood over the past 50 years; cheap and bland.

Seth

That's funny. I swear that last time I drove by, there were new porches framed up, but they're gone in that photo. Design change?

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Newstreet (The Yard) is developing the former Nike building into Sessions Bar, so, how much of that block do they own? I tried looking for Garrett's map but can't remember which thread it is in... There is always the GIS map, that's my go to. http://www.dogis.org/ The owner records on the GIS/Asses...

Seth

This is a fantastic addition to this area. I think the scale and style fit pretty well with the surrounding building stock.

I hope someone rehabs the old building across the street.

Seth

GetUrban wrote:
MTO wrote:What does tha mean exactly?
It's getting some well-deserved time off.

Nice one!

In seriousness, I don't expect that they'll be changing much of the street alignment; a lot of the new parking they've built seems to be built around the existing street layout.

Seth

mj3141 wrote:DC is another good example of density without high-rises.

DC is that way due to specific development regulations, although the occasional exception is granted.

Seth

I don't know if this has been put somewhere else, and move/delete it if it has. The Billy Frogg's near 87th and W Dodge Rd has closed and the building has been bought by Nebraska Methodist College, or so I've heard from several students and faculty. Couldn't imagine what they'd want to do with it, ...

Seth

Thanks!

The formatting/edit buttons at the top of the reply page are still a bit wonky.

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Uffda wrote:

That cartoon is perfect. I'm bookmarking it.

Seth

That $400,000 cost in 1968 seems a bit high. Was it built as part of a larger project?

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There are still a full 4 floors (counting the roof) to go on the research tower. It's going to have quite a presence when you see it from Saddle Creek.

Seth

I also noticed the conspicuous absence of an energy production estimate, but I'm sure that's due to the experimental nature of the installation. I would expect that they'll be collecting a lot of data from this and perhaps making modifications as they learn more about the system. That's where the re...

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When did Scooters abandon the yogurt concept? I don't often buy coffee when I'm out, but I just noticed that the yogurt machines and signs are gone at several midtown scooters, and their website doesn't seem to make any mention of yogurt anymore. I always thought adding yogurt in was a half-baked id...

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RNcyanide wrote:In addition to that, guerrilla warfare is becoming the global standard.

Yet due to the lethargy of our centrally-planned military system and wasteful, entrenched contractors, we're about 10 years behind on having an efficient, effective force or strategy to counter our current threats.

Seth

What did that building(s) start out as? It's not the ugliest conglomeration of structures in the city, but it sure looks hodge-podge.

Seth

My parents must be caught from a different cloth. If I had been at that party underage and got roughed up by the cops, or 'intimidated' or whatever, they would have probably told me to suck it up and not be an idiot. I think this is just another example of parents eroding kids respect for authority...

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I wonder how the data would look in Omaha if you broke it out geographically around the city? With statistically-significant number of new higher-end units coming online in the downtown and midtown area, the average rent price is going to look higher, since a lot of the previous rental stock was low...

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