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Bill Randby took off his jacket. Look out!

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I really hope this one gets built, but wouldn’t be surprised if the 10-15% spike in material/construction costs has forced them to delay the project. Some developers are finding they need to increase the number of rentable units and even increase the overall building size or height to help offset th...

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The fact that HNTB Corporation designed the original pedestrian bridge bodes very well for this project as they were originally chosen for their ability to bring in a good design on budget. They succeeded very well and I fully expect this new design to be far more than utilitarian. Having experienc...

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This leg of discussion maybe good to break-out of 2022 weather and move to Current Events or General Discussion, but here’s a good article about the Daylight Savings Time Debate. I’m leaning back toward keeping the twice a year switch back and forth between the two, which actually works for many go...

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Today I learned I may be the only one in opposition of DST on eomaha, but I'm not the only one at all. Sounds like morning people and people with young children really don't like the idea of perpetual DST either. Citing the really late sunrise, and difficulty getting kids to sleep because of bedtim...

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I like the shipping container with bar on top concept, but I’m surprised no one has mentioned the lack of a grocery store.

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Watch “Counting Cranes” on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/683137095?ref=em-share Great video on how they do the crane count. Great Video! Makes me want to go see it in person one of these years. Despite my screen name, or maybe because of it, I’m a big fan of preserving the complexity of wild ecosystems ...

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skinzfan23 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 5:27 pm Where is the street level retail?

Another reason to extend the Streetcar line to the site, since he’s not gonna have a parking lot or build over a parking garage. Very efficient use of the site for sure!

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skinzfan23 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 5:27 pm Where is the street level retail?

Another reason to extend the Streetcar line to the site, since he’s not gonna have a parking lot or build over a parking garage. Very efficient use of the site for sure!

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Although I am glad to be back to Omaha and seeing the 60's and 70's. It's bloody HOT today! :lol: Looks like some opportunity for rain over the next week or so, hopefully it happens. I’m so close to putting a fork in winter weather precipitation..sooooo close. I just don’t want to jinx it.. I’ll wa...

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Senate unanimously voted to make DST permanent. Headed to the house. Afternoon/evening sunlight enjoyers rejoice. Schweet I’m in favor of it. I like the longer daylight days.. Can’t stand the dog days of Mid December when it gets dark at 4:30 in the afternoon..if I wanted dark days, I’d live in Ala...

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It was such a welcome site awaking to fog and seeing everything turned to a darker shade of brown with subtle underlying hints of green appearing on the rain-soaked ground. We needed that.

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Big E wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:32 pm
GetUrban wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:28 pm
Brad wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:05 pm LOL... I don't remember the moon when I took that photo!
Ha!
Wouldn’t there be a moon reflection in the water if it was really there when the photo was taken?
Not if the moon is a vampire.

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Planning board docs. Some interesting items regarding floor plans. Also apologies if this rendering was posted I don't remember if we had seen it yet. https://planning.cityofomaha.org/images/PDFs/PlanningBoardApp/2022/March/12.pdf https://planning.cityofomaha.org/images/PDFs/PlanningBoardApp/2022/M...

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Brad wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:05 pm LOL... I don't remember the moon when I took that photo!

Ha!
Wouldn’t there be a moon reflection in the water if it was really there when the photo was taken?

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It has been an interesting winter so far. My in-laws live in Cedar Rapids, IA and usually we are about 5 degrees warmer, this year, they are having their normal winter weather with extreme cold and snow, but as for Omaha, there have been numerous days when we were 20-25 degrees warmer, sometimes up...

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The featured piece being moved to Gene Leahy Mall isn’t all that impressive, but at least it’s not one of those big ugly ceramic heads they’re putting out there. Besides their massive size, I think most 2nd graders could make those. Maybe I’m just not cultured enough and don’t understand the art wo...

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Very interesting that some of these buildings have been able to generate a substantial income relative to the cost of their observation decks. Also, love the idea of incorporating design ideas with the HD Zoo. Just pure speculation here but I am guessing a large part of the reason Top of the World ...

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To me, the metal sculpture headed for the new GLM kind of looks like a giant abstraction of the tiny sars-cov-2 virus. I don’t know if that was the artist’s intention, but it will remind of that, and the time’s we’ve lived through recently. If an artist says it’s art, it probably is. I’ll reserve my...

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That’s cool! Do you know what altitude they fly at while mapping? I can’t say that I’ve ever noticed any planes flying that pattern over Omaha. Must be pretty high up.

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Wow, it has a much smaller footprint than I thought it would have. The renderings make it look much larger than it really will be. Edit >> I was just commenting on the footprint where it touches the ground. The dashed line indicates the overhanging story above.

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Omaha Cowboy wrote: ↑Sun Feb 13, 2022 10:51 am And my guess for this tower height is still right at 700 feet. I think that’s the sweet spot…

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I’m holding out hope that you’re correct. If they truly want to make an impact, they have to make it appear taller than FNB.

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Probably just pipe dreaming out loud about the whole top floor restaurant thing. Never been to Chick-Fil-A at their current site. Not really sure how Mutual feels about having the general public in their property either. Maybe it's like trying to score a chicken sandwich at Fort Knox. In any case t...

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No one thinks the economy and upcoming rate hikes etc. will cause shrinkage or delays to this? If it was a random developer? Yes. With a company like MoO? No. If supplies of building materials and labor shortages don’t catch up with demand, prices will continue to get jacked-up. Fear is another fac...

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I hope someone will set-up a time-lapse of the crane assembly and use! That would be fun to watch! It seems almost certain they will.

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Oh well. They really only had two sites they were considering anyway. We’ll have to take what we could get. The most impressive view will be up close right in the midst of the core, in mu opinion. I'm definitely in the "take what we can get" boat too. Just mentioning that for the most par...

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I'm a little bit disappointed this really won't make any difference at any of the major viewing points in Omaha, such as 40th & Dodge, 90th & Dodge, 150th & Maple, 168th & State. The FNB tower will largely block it out. Pretty much aren't going to know it's there if coming looking f...

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I'm probably in the minority again, but I do think the Clark is a much better looking building. Swanson looks more like one of those trailer classroom schools on a very tight budget used to add classrooms. My connection in the library said that the Swanson library will likely go. It’s hard to get i...

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Everyone keeps talking about parking at 72nd and Dodge. Won't this be right across Dodge from an ORBT stop? Have we thrown in the towel on ORBT? Greg Might have. They are proposing a streetcar line 3 blocks South of ORBT Eastern end at $10 a block. Depends on what percentage of DoSpace users will c...

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In the past Restoration Exchange has worked towards local landmark status for Swanson library. It's not listed on the local landmark website, so it must not have been wholly successful, but I am sure the wheels will continue turning in the preservation community. Swanson has unique, increasingly-ap...

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Yes, thanks for pointing this out. The lot does look a lot bigger. And it woudl indeed be great to see the building to the west as a restaurant with sidewalk seating again. Was it at one point? Indeed it was. And it was one of the most visually appealing, urbane restaurants I had ever visited outsi...

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After the big streetcar/MoO HQ announcement earlier this week, Heritage, HDR, APMA, MSS, & Do Space were like “ Hey wait a minute, don’t forget about us and our new central library juggernaut coming your way soon to 72nd and Dodge.” ‘And don’t forget to give us your input.” But nevertheless, th...

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After the big streetcar/MoO HQ announcement earlier this week, Heritage, HDR, APMA, MSS, & Do Space were like “ Hey wait a minute, don’t forget about us and our new central library juggernaut coming your way soon to 72nd and Dodge.” ‘And don’t forget to give us your input.” But nevertheless, th...

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Rough elevation of each plot downtown Woodmen 1,120ft FNB 1,095ft MoO 1,065ft Woodmen does get a nice little advantage here. Makes it appear right at about 500ft tall compared to the rest of downtown. Doing the math, -55 feet difference in base elevation between MoO site and the Woodmen site and -3...

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After the big streetcar/MoO HQ announcement earlier this week, Heritage, HDR, APMA, MSS, & Do Space were like “ Hey wait a minute, don’t forget about us and our new central library juggernaut coming your way soon to 72nd and Dodge.” ‘And don’t forget to give us your input.” But nevertheless, thi...

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I was hoping they would locate the tower on the north half of the lot. That way the afternoon shadow cast from the tower would have less effect on the GLM. And you might be able to still see the Woodman from the GLM. But they couldn’t resist making it symmetrical on the lot. They say the design may ...

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Wish lists are fine and all, but there is so much stuff happening now that I’m mostly content just sitting back and watching it happen.

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I know one thing, there are already 10 times more pictures of this Atlanta building in this thread that the one that is actually proposed for the Library site. Sheesh!

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Here’s the floor plate sizes of the original MoO HQ building, which they’ve occupied since 1940. Not sure you can say they haven’t liked old buildings. To me it would seem advantageous for a new developer to capitalize on the rich history of the site by trying to repurpose the most iconic pieces. ht...

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To my untrained eye, if the floor plates of the St. Joe Hospital can be repurposed residential, then a willing party should be able to make MOO floor plates work. St Joe's had the advantage of having inner air wells that Mutual does not. Light wells can be cut through multiple floors in several pla...

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