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EMV chip credit/debit cards slowly being rolled out is another reason to ditch the current tipping model. Since EMV transactions are unique and must be completed with a card present, restaurants can't go in an pencil in a tip afterwards. This necessitates the customer telling the server how much to...

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Is $125 million a lot for a runway? I don’t know. This comes out to about $324 per sq yard, assuming it is 3ft thick. (11,700 ft long x 300 ft wide x 3 ft deep). 3' thick? Really? I have never worked on a runway, but that seems like a lot... Yeah, that's actually typical for a runway for that kind ...

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They have to remove a large amount of Asbetos... That's going to take up a large portion of the schedule. It all has to be done by hand, and most of it is probably insulation on pipes and ductwork, which will require taking down ceilings and walls, and removing it all slowly off of lifts and scaffo...

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Busguy2010 wrote:It looks great and I'm excited for the opening, though part of me really hates it. I love Sbarro...

Wow, a Mall without a Sbarro just doesn't feel like a mall at all.

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That's pretty cool. How long was McFosters there anyway?

I still have some unused restaurants.com coupons for McFosters. Think they'll be worth anything at the bank?

Seth

Based on the progress so far, when would be a good estimate for steel starting to rise from the site? Unless there's a specific function need for reinforced concrete (i.e. hospital or research lab that needs excellent vibration dampening), structural steel is generally more economical in the Omaha ...

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BTW, the Star Trek show was AWESOME! 2 questions.... Did they play all of the themes? And favorite captain? (If Picard is your first choice, second favorite.) Yeah, they played the movie on a projector screen and dialog over the house sound system while the orchestra played the score live. It was t...

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I agree about the small windows. I live in Dundee and all the older houses have an abundance of windows. when I look at newer houses with their huge blank expanses of walls with a few little windows, I wonder how darn dark those houses must be inside. Yeah, proportion and composition of windows are...

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My wife and I went out to the Holland on Saturday with some family to see the Symphony performance of "Star Trek". We parked in the Landmark garage and took the short 5-minute walk across the GLM bridge to get there. We were going out to Blue afterwards, so it was a convenient midpoint. Mo...

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I note that the rendering omits all of the telephone poles and power lines. I wonder if they plan on burying them? I hope that they do. The actual street view posted above or below depending on your preferences setting shows that there are an awful lot of them. I doubt they'll change. In addition t...

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Excellent Article! Thanks for posting!

Seth

In an era where the prevailing trend is to encourage energy conservation, this is completely backwards. I fully understand that utilities with fixed distribution networks need a steady base revenue to maintain their distribution infrastructure, but this new rate proposal drastically reduces the ince...

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"Thanksgiving City"! :roll: If that would discourage people from putting their Christmas decorations up on November 1st, I'd support a place like that! Putting up or turning on? Nothing wrong with putting them up when its still warm out, but no need to turn them on until the Friday after ...

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They started work on the Keystone/Field Club connector this past summer. They were hoping for a December opening, but it looks more like it will follow the original timeline and they will be finished in February of next year. You can check out http://omahabikes.org/category/trails/ for updates. Tha...

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This is going to look so much better!

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garyomaha wrote:"Thanksgiving City"!

If that would discourage people from putting their Christmas decorations up on November 1st, I'd support a place like that!

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Brad wrote:
HR Paperstacks wrote:I literally turned my head upside down to view instead of downloading the photo and rotating it.
Windows Computer? Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow...

Does that also unlock unlimited free lives?

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Oak View is just sad these days. There is nothing that mall or the developments around it can offer that one can't get somewhere else. Walking into that mall, it feels like you've walked into a time warp to 1991. Almost nothing has changed since the facility opened...except for all the empty storef...

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This development was reported on KETV earlier this week: http://www.ketv.com/news/latest-development-for-leavenworth-corridor-underway/36367192 I'm not sure why KETV chose Aldermans as the focal point of their story, though. A run-down bar is hardly the centerpiece of the neighborhood. As to the con...

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Is that the final height of the crane. I would think it should be higher than the one for the Hyatt Place. That building is only 11 stories but the bottom few floors were parking, which usually doesn't have much height. Assuming the Marriott is around 175 ft tall, I would think the crane would be c...

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It will be quite interesting if these buildings (or at least the Specht building) can be relocated and preserved. I agree. As much as I love old buildings (and that's more than most), it's not the only factor to consider here. The Spect building is the only one of the three that retains much charac...

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I hope they work on the south connection to the Field Club trail soon. Field Club Train connects to a large neighborhood on either side, but getting from it to other trails either toward the north or south(west) is a pain. My wife and I would ride the trails a lot more if they ever finish the connec...

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Wow, that's a huge project. Renderings look good too. New thread? The units shown fronting the alley between Mason and Marcy are interesting. I've seen them in new urban developments in other cities, but I think this is a first for Omaha. I suppose the rowhouses on the old funeral home site on 10th...

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iamjacobm wrote:I love the dichotomy in scale between the first picture and the third. Completely fits in the first and totally dominates the strip mall in the third.

Yeah, it's awesome how much it makes the strip mall look out of place.

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I just discovered a number of new rowhouse developments planned for this neighborhood: http://static1.squarespace.com/static/56219ea9e4b08ff533e44923/5621acdde4b06d615c903eaa/5636ee5de4b0b347abc89467/1446440559273/AERIAL_06_08_08_08.png?format=750w I'm liking this trend in this neighborhood. It's a ...

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http://cranesandtrains.com/images/20150919sc8a5539.jpg I'm actually pretty dissappointed in the exterior paint job on this building. The initial rendering showed a nice color combination, but the final product is the typical solid color over everything, with just one contrasting color on a small po...

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They did a great job of preserving the history, from the major 1930's renovation through to the 1980s gutting. I like how the building tells the story of its history. I don't mind seeing the raw brick and structure of the building along with the new finishes. That is way better than entirely coveri...

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http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/omaha.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/5f/85f7d5c9-133f-5f23-acc6-4a37e27d6913/5633ec2dd48ff.image.jpg?resize=1024%2C621 This is an incredible urban site plan, and great for the location. It's going to illustrate even more how poorly-executed the C...

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These small-scale projects are exactly what a vibrant neighborhood needs to both retain it's character and remain resilient. The large-scale apartments that take 4 or more lots and fill it with one large building are good anchors, but if you build an entire neighborhood of them, you loose the variet...

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Looking good. I think the latest rendering is pretty good. It's clearly modern, but fits the setting of the older brick buildings around it. On top of that, the location and street presence is fantastic. It's going to be exciting to see this area fill in over the next decade.

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When was the interior gutted? KETV did a great job with what was there when they got it, but it's just so obvious there was an ornate interior that's now missing. It sounds like a lot of the original opulence was lost in the 1930s remodel, but I doubt they went down to the bare brick and roof trusse...

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Those little shacks look like some artsy protest about homelessness where they put up a bunch of microhouses in a public area.

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Kiewit and the Fed building are the only two I prefer the "After" photos. However they were both built later and didn't have the cool brick features to begin with. A major reason for re-cladding Kiewit Plaza was deterioration of the original glazed brick (the vertical columns in the old p...

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Taco wrote:Love how this dorm fronts the street. Much better use of space and more "urban" of a design than the rest of the Scott buildings.

Totally. This is another great infill for the UNO/AV neighborhood.

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Yeah, that was a good article. I also was encouraged by Stothert's stance on the issue. Perhaps by raising some resistance to demolishing the historic buildings early in the process, they will have a stronger negotiating position to steer the conversation to a better solution, such as a sharing agre...

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Good to see effort to save a solid building like this. If this was in the area near MTC, this would have been rehabbed already.

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With the recent discussion about downtown parking, why this territorial need for dedicated parking still persists is beyond me. TicketOmaha's other venue at the Orpheum works great sharing space with commerical parking; why can't they do it here? There are tons of empty garages within mere blocks du...

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This really is the perfect use for this structure. It's going to look so natural as a bank branch, I doubt those who don't know the history will have any idea it used to be a service station. I do hope they make efficient use of the space the houses are on. It's probably just going to be parking, th...

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iamjacobm wrote:There isn't a single parking lot in the city I am more happy to see torn up than this one.

It's kind of interesting, considering how disappointed we all were when this lot was paved over. It's pretty amazing how short that period of time was!

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If this is just a rendering of the renovations, and the building itself is not altered too severe, it looks like this building will be mostly brick, Ill have to see if I have a fairly recent photo of this building somewhere tonight. The only existing structure in the rendering is the current Brite ...

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