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by PotatoeEatsFish
Sat Jul 01, 2023 7:55 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Aksarben Village
Replies: 2392
Views: 440202

Re: Aksarben Village

Aksarben village looks good but Midtown Crossing and Blackstone look and feel more polished and more pedestrian friendly with intentionally narrow streets I feel like the streets of Aksarben are a bit wider, and Aksarben still feels like its being filled in. As dense as Aksarben becomes it has the ...
by PotatoeEatsFish
Wed Jun 14, 2023 9:32 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Baby Bob Bridge (10th & Mike Fahey)
Replies: 37
Views: 8351

Re: Baby Bob Bridge

Give me 100 wood pallets and an adderall prescription and I’ll have it done by august
by PotatoeEatsFish
Fri May 26, 2023 6:17 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Midtown Crossing
Replies: 2172
Views: 357099

Re: Midtown Crossing

It would make sense if it’s the rumored Lego Store
by PotatoeEatsFish
Wed May 17, 2023 5:27 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Civic Square (former Civic Auditorium)
Replies: 1383
Views: 596405

Re: Civic Square (former Civic Auditorium)

White Lotus needs to get their |expletive| together before they announce stuff
by PotatoeEatsFish
Sun May 14, 2023 8:49 am
Forum: Lincoln Development
Topic: 9th and P - Trinitas 13-story Tower
Replies: 53
Views: 11822

Re: 9th and P - Trinitas 13-story Tower

I saw this when I was in Lincoln yesterday. Glad Lincoln is getting some new highrise buildings . The skyline has changed more in the past 2 years than it had 20 years before that. Great to see the states 2nd largest city add to its skyline. Is there examples of cities the size of Lincoln putting u...
by PotatoeEatsFish
Thu May 04, 2023 9:50 pm
Forum: Lincoln Development
Topic: Gold’s Building - Redevelopment
Replies: 26
Views: 4951

Re: Gold’s Building - Redevelopment

Is the tower going on top of the building or next to it?
by PotatoeEatsFish
Thu May 04, 2023 9:49 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Omaha Police and Omaha Fire Dept HQ
Replies: 155
Views: 19576

Re: Omaha Police and Omaha Fire Dept HQ

They might as well throw in the Jeddah Tower in the next article
by PotatoeEatsFish
Mon May 01, 2023 8:50 pm
Forum: Rumors
Topic: 25 story apartment high rise
Replies: 84
Views: 15601

Re: 25 story apartment high rise

Yeah I think people will be shocked by the amount of projects coming after they start the streetcar. Look at Kansas City they really didn’t have many residential towers now they have what like 5 City Light residential towers now?
by PotatoeEatsFish
Mon May 01, 2023 8:47 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Kiewit Luminarium (Riverfront Science Museum)
Replies: 274
Views: 265832

Re: Kiewit Luminarium (Riverfront Science Museum)

I’ll go but I’m not paying I’m sneaking in
by PotatoeEatsFish
Mon Apr 17, 2023 10:20 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Kiewit Luminarium (Riverfront Science Museum)
Replies: 274
Views: 265832

Re: Kiewit Luminarium (Riverfront Science Museum)

I said years ago we should put the Children’s Museum on the riverfront and we got a zoomer version of it
by PotatoeEatsFish
Thu Apr 13, 2023 12:17 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Mercantile (Conagra campus development)
Replies: 724
Views: 269204

Re: Mercantile (Conagra campus development)

ItsAllAboutMe wrote: Thu Apr 13, 2023 12:07 pm I think this location makes more sense then to the east of the Brickline.
We just need to fill in a couple more parking lots and 10th street will be one of the most dense areas of Omaha
by PotatoeEatsFish
Sat Apr 01, 2023 8:18 am
Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
Topic: Fremont-Dodge Inland Port Authority
Replies: 3
Views: 749

Re: Fremont-Dodge Inland Port Authority

Hopefully they work on traffic flow on Highway 30 then. That road is way too busy and carries pretty much the whole town.
by PotatoeEatsFish
Mon Mar 20, 2023 9:20 am
Forum: Projects Never Built
Topic: Riverfront: The Big Pictore
Replies: 12
Views: 6870

Re: Riverfront: The Big Pictore

Any updates on this?
by PotatoeEatsFish
Tue Mar 14, 2023 7:30 pm
Forum: Lincoln Development
Topic: Gold’s Building - Redevelopment
Replies: 26
Views: 4951

Re: Gold’s Building - Redevelopment

The high rise craze continues in DTL. Owners of Gold's property are considering building up to a 20 story mixed use building on the site of the south part of the building. https://www.1011now.com/2023/03/14/golds-building-demolition-adds-downtown-development/ Well that is certainly better than a su...
by PotatoeEatsFish
Tue Mar 14, 2023 7:28 pm
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Nebraska Crossing Outlet Mall(Gretna)
Replies: 945
Views: 277003

Re: Nebraska Crossing Outlet Mall(Gretna)

My life would drastically improve if we got an IKEA.
I’ve always hated NFM because we probably would’ve gotten an IKEA by now without them.
(This is all personal preference, I mean no disrespect to any NFM workers they’re all amazing)
by PotatoeEatsFish
Tue Mar 14, 2023 7:24 pm
Forum: Rumors
Topic: 25 story apartment high rise
Replies: 84
Views: 15601

Re: 25 story apartment high rise

Even after all this I still feel like a prominent nearly all residential tower has to be in the cards somewhere!? I mean we can’t be one upped by Des Moines’ revival of theirs… Agreed. All this trolling aside, I do believe downtown Omaha will have a new residential tower in the not-too-distant futu...
by PotatoeEatsFish
Tue Mar 14, 2023 7:20 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Old Union Pacific Headquarters Lot
Replies: 1122
Views: 355224

Re: Old Union Pacific Headquarters Lot

Lincoln is and has been going vertical all over downtown yet Omaha with the exception of Mutual can't get so much as a step ladder hoisted. Outstanding. I’m really confused by this too. It seems like all the Lincoln projects are residential towers. Yet Omaha hasn’t built one since the riverfront on...
by PotatoeEatsFish
Mon Mar 13, 2023 5:12 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Old Union Pacific Headquarters Lot
Replies: 1122
Views: 355224

Re: Old Union Pacific Headquarters Lot

Rumor alert: 100 story mixed use skyscraper going on this location. Very reliable source (my imagination).
by PotatoeEatsFish
Tue Mar 07, 2023 11:39 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)
Replies: 2475
Views: 5461139

Re: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)

Another idea is perhaps they decided to go "mass timber" instead of the usual iron for skyscrapers. Man, that would more than double the current tallest mass timber building. Also, I shudder to think what marketing slogans Omaha / Nebraska would come up with in response to that. "Hom...
by PotatoeEatsFish
Thu Mar 02, 2023 11:26 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: 36 & Leavenworth Apartments (3612 Leavenworth )
Replies: 32
Views: 5415

Re: 36 & Leavenworth Apartments (3612 Leavenworth )

These Air BnB shells are the Frankenstein’s monster of gentrifying. I’m not sure why so many millennials still support |expletive| like this. Normal people can’t afford to get an apartment but let’s build a bunch of units the Berkshire oldies can use once a year!
by PotatoeEatsFish
Tue Feb 21, 2023 1:26 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Omaha Eppley Airfield
Replies: 3513
Views: 1557973

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

Have they already started redoing the terminal? I remember they announced it with the parking garage yet I haven't flown in years.
by PotatoeEatsFish
Tue Feb 21, 2023 1:23 pm
Forum: Photography and Videos
Topic: Beer with Brad - Photography Series
Replies: 71
Views: 10110

Re: Beer with Brad - Photography Series

I've been listening to these while working on my graphic design projects for college. Keep up the great work Brad I've learned a lot!
by PotatoeEatsFish
Tue Feb 21, 2023 1:22 pm
Forum: Elsewhere
Topic: Westoms Bottoms KC
Replies: 8
Views: 2818

Re: Westoms Bottoms KC

That bridge is really cool I don't think I've ever seen a design like that outside of Florence. I wish Omaha could do something like that with the folding bridge but we need to get those 5 barges to Sioux CIity in the Spring.
by PotatoeEatsFish
Tue Feb 21, 2023 1:20 pm
Forum: Elsewhere
Topic: Chinese Pork Skyscraper
Replies: 4
Views: 925

Re: Chinese Pork Skyscraper

So you're saying the next skyscraper in Nebraska will be a meat plant in Fremont?
by PotatoeEatsFish
Tue Feb 21, 2023 1:18 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Downtown Soccer Stadium (Abbott Drive)
Replies: 482
Views: 178821

Re: Downtown Soccer Stadium

I think Omaha has to prove that it can fill a 10k stadium for soccer before they spend that kind of money on a third-level team. Maybe I missed it, but has anyone floated the idea of co-sharing Morrison Field with Creighton with the promise that it would expand the seating on Union's dime? I'd like...
by PotatoeEatsFish
Mon Feb 20, 2023 4:25 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Downtown Soccer Stadium (Abbott Drive)
Replies: 482
Views: 178821

Re: Downtown Soccer Stadium

Yeah I’m not hearing arguments that Omaha doesn’t need this. Many areas our size have stadiums like this while still having other professional teams. SLC has a NBA, NHL, and an MLS team. If SLC can have all those Omaha can support 1 major league team in a 10k stadium. Meanwhile if they were wasting ...
by PotatoeEatsFish
Thu Feb 16, 2023 12:03 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Midtown Crossing
Replies: 2172
Views: 357099

Re: Midtown Crossing

Brad wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2023 11:42 am
Flyer14 wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2023 11:22 am Has there been any updates for the old Alamo?
Nothing other than "I can't tell you but its super exciting" when Grow Omaha broadcasted live from Midtown a few months ago.
A new strip club then?
by PotatoeEatsFish
Sun Feb 05, 2023 1:06 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Downtown Soccer Stadium (Abbott Drive)
Replies: 482
Views: 178821

Re: Downtown Soccer Stadium

I worked with an MLS team in Salt Lake City in the fall. Omaha is a perfect market for MLS and the stadium is pretty standard for these teams. Having an MLS stadium you can take a streetcar to from your apartment will definitely help keep younger people here.
by PotatoeEatsFish
Fri Feb 03, 2023 12:51 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Missouri River Commons (Riverfront Development)
Replies: 850
Views: 348926

Re: Missouri River Commons (Riverfront Development)

I’m glad we’re getting a piece of native history in the park. I wish there was more Native American art worked into new projects, I feel like Omaha really just forgot where the name comes from.
by PotatoeEatsFish
Wed Feb 01, 2023 9:20 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Omaha Streetcar Discussion
Replies: 3463
Views: 437171

Re: Official: Omaha Streetcar Discussion

Nebraska desperately fighting progress in our only major city is fitting. I really wonder where we get so many brain dead idiots scared of any change. Do we get them all from Tekamah?
by PotatoeEatsFish
Mon Jan 23, 2023 8:05 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)
Replies: 2475
Views: 5461139

Re: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)

Slightly off-topic, those are interesting reflections of a couple taller buildings in the MoO tower's glass, presumably located physically behind Brad , I mean the anonymous photographer. Not that anyone on this board, myself included, would ever think those may be indications of yet-to-be-announce...
by PotatoeEatsFish
Sat Jan 21, 2023 8:39 am
Forum: Rumors
Topic: Conagra Campus Residential
Replies: 380
Views: 361984

Re: Conagra Campus Residential

Louie wrote: Fri Jan 20, 2023 7:29 pm Ugh hard pass on sugar factory.
What kind of company is it? Their website looks straight out of 2009 💀
by PotatoeEatsFish
Thu Jan 19, 2023 8:28 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Mercantile (Conagra campus development)
Replies: 724
Views: 269204

Re: Mercantile (Conagra campus development)

I don’t understand how someone on this forum doesn’t enjoy looking at cities from up high. That’s like crack for half of us here.
by PotatoeEatsFish
Thu Dec 29, 2022 5:41 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Blackstone Business Improvement District
Replies: 607
Views: 142543

Re: Blackstone Business Improvement District

I hope we can get some parking garages on some of the further west stops on the streetcar. It would allow people to park then travel through Blackstone/The Old Market all in one line and still get to their car. It could really solve a lot of traffic issues in Blackstone and the Old Market.
by PotatoeEatsFish
Thu Dec 29, 2022 10:39 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Omaha Streetcar Discussion
Replies: 3463
Views: 437171

Re: Official: Omaha Streetcar Discussion

Let’s name a car after Buffett when he croaks
by PotatoeEatsFish
Fri Dec 16, 2022 8:05 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Gene Leahy Mall Remodel
Replies: 2062
Views: 417446

Re: Gene Leahy Mall Remodel

We need a pbs show of Nebraskans arguing about what art is
by PotatoeEatsFish
Wed Nov 30, 2022 4:17 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Mercantile (Conagra campus development)
Replies: 724
Views: 269204

Re: Mercantile (Conagra campus development)

Yeah those aren’t comparable at all. Ones a suburban office with bushes thrown into it and the other is a thought out design with trees and other vegetation. This kind of design is very in right now with many new skyscrapers weaving nature into buildings. The new rendering looks a lot more unique th...
by PotatoeEatsFish
Mon Nov 28, 2022 1:44 pm
Forum: Council Bluffs Development
Topic: River's Edge Development (Playland Park)
Replies: 829
Views: 180532

Re: River's Edge Development (Playland Park)

So council bluffs is settling for the Baxter plan, 7 stories for the tower site. Disappointed but I get it. It's about 200 apartments, so it's sa good number of units added to the riverfront. Public discussion is scheduled for the 24th. Lots b, d, and e will be developed by Broadmoor, townhome styl...
by PotatoeEatsFish
Sat Nov 26, 2022 12:52 pm
Forum: Projects Never Built
Topic: 46 Dodge Apartments
Replies: 108
Views: 18882

Re: 46 Dodge Apartments

S.O.Boy wrote: Fri Nov 25, 2022 10:04 pm With the apartment building dead, we can get a carwash, Starbucks, and Mega Saver. Did I forget anyone?
Seems like a prime spot for some indoor storage units