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Just left the meeting. What a joke. No plans. The only thing to come out was that the city confirmed 16 story tower, 7 story garage. Little talk of the historic buildings. It was all HDR lot approval. And it was approved. A few people stood up and represented for preservation, one dude knocked it ou...

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They could move all four of them. Absolutely doable.

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I just hope people show up to this first planning board meeting.

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I smell a rat. I read the article in the OWH---this all sounds so hastily thrown together; the plans sound vague/indefinite/rushed. What bothers me the most is Gottshnalk's connection to the OWH (former publisher) and the tone of the story. A little 'old-boy' back scratching going on? What exactly ...

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From eastof72nd Instagram (follow him if you don't already):

http://instagram.com/p/9oqNtshvTW/

Tubbs Gottschalk must have grandkids at Boys Town or something. F*ckin' hypocrite.

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Where I work, HDR is known as Hardly Done Right.

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I smell a rat. I read the article in the OWH---this all sounds so hastily thrown together; the plans sound vague/indefinite/rushed. What bothers me the most is Gottshnalk's connection to the OWH (former publisher) and the tone of the story. A little 'old-boy' back scratching going on? What exactly ...

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riceweb wrote:The only expansion that would help alleviate congestion on Dodge would be to separate grade at 90th and 72nd streets.

Since it's at the crest of a hill, I wonder if East/West Dodge could be tunneled under 90th.

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GetUrban wrote:Anyway, People should raise heck if eminent domain is attempted to acquire those buildings.

Is the Restoration Exhange "rally" on Wednesday inside or outside city hall?

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I'm a little more optimistic. The OPA isn't a corporate giant that can muscle people out as easily. I think they'll reach a compromise where they take down the coffee house on 11th but keep the others. It still hasn't been explained why they can't just use the garage across the street... Why do ANY...

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What good is it to have wider sidewalks if half of it is sloped so much you can't safely walk on them? Furthermore, what good is it to have wider sidewalks if they are then blocked off by trash cans everywhere? One has to pay more attention walking down Maple after these pedestrian "improvement...

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I just walked up to downtown Benson and now that the sidewalk project is done, it's painfully apparent that the city of Omaha screwed up the look and feel of this neighborhood. It is nothing but a concrete and trash can jungle. Walk down it next time you're up here and tell me I'm wrong. Benson has ...

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I'm throwing my hat in the ring.

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Thank you.

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Lazy-i.com mentioned today the rumored music venue slated for Blackstone. I would not be surprised at all, given the apparent rift between him and Saddle Creek, that this is a new venture backed by Conor Oberst and it will be at the Hotel Frank location.

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SaveOmaha wrote:It went fine. There were a lot of directions we could go. There are a lot of unknowns until the planning board meets. Not sure if the Specht Building will be on the agenda next week or not.

Did you present the rendering?

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Here's an idea I quickly put together to further illustrate the potential for Omaha Performing Arts to develop the Holland greenspace with something that will benefit the ENTIRE community AND preserve the historic buildings (and even give Frankie Pane's lot some love): http://i288.photobucket.com/a...

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Here's an idea I quickly put together to further illustrate the potential for Omaha Performing Arts to develop the Holland greenspace with something that will benefit the ENTIRE community AND preserve the historic buildings (and even give Frankie Pane's lot some love): http://i288.photobucket.com/al...

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By the way, that story and map completely ignore the fact that there is a GIANT 6 story, full block, parking garage directly across the street that sits empty most nights an weekends... The Holland is a night and weekend business... http://bradwilliamsphotography.com/non_web_upload/garage.jpg NO KI...

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I can't believe they aren't even considering using the garage directly across the street.

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Kiewit Plaza - 35th and Farnam...

Before:

After:

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I'll have to find pics of the first two, but the Catholic Sokol Hall on south 13th is covered by cladding.

Also, Keiwit's HQ building used to look way different.

And to answer the question posted above, Central Park Towers used to be the Henshaw Hotel:

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Hey, all you dunces at Holland.... HERE'S A NOVEL IDEA:

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THIS CITY IS SO MYOPIC AND SHORT-SIGHTED IT IS ABSOLUTELY SICKENING!!!! I am certain that if they could, all the dunces out there who are somehow now in a position of power, and who seemingly get their jollies via a wrecking ball, would tear everything historic in this town down build a parking lot...

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The southeast corner of 15th & Farnam had some nice buildings that were covered up or altered. Whiskey Tango is on the corner with a Jimmy Johns further east. I think I've seen some before/after photos but can't find them now. Here's what it used to look like... http://memories.nebraska.gov/uti...

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The top three floors and the base of the old Northwestern Bell building (with the microwave antennae) were heavily modified in the 60's. You can still see the old arch windows that were covered up if you look through the current windows on the second to top floor.

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Here's a photo illustrating the detail surrounding the original entryway.

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Here's another photo of the Omaha Grain Exchange building from some time in the early 80's. You can see that some significant alterations had already been made to the cornice and base by then.

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Naturally... the old Omaha Grain Exchange was one of those buildings that used to look absolutely amazing, but no longer does:

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Here's another one showing the entire area:

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The original uncropped photo: http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll177/liphastings/2_zpsogj0bxpl.jpg BONUS: Here's a photo looking northeast from 10th and Howard providing an idea of just how massive these buildings were (and notice the Portland-esque John Deere signage... Omaha had EVERYTHING neces...

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I could not agree more. Moving into a warehouse in downtown Chicago is a slap in the face to Omaha and salt in the gaping wound that WAS Jobbers Canyon. There is no bright side to any of this.

F**K Mike Harper and F**K CONAgra.

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GetUrban wrote:How about toppling and dragging the Chef Boyardee statue through the streets as an alternative? j/k.

That's the best idea I've heard so far!

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We should change the name of the park to ConAgra Broke Omaha's Heartland of America

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I'm having a fun time thinking about what we can have if we rebuild the street grid and keep the lake. Imagine that! The possibilities are huge for this site. It's possible, but it'll be a long, long, time and cost a lot, a lot, of money. Perfect opportunity for a guy like Warren Buffett perhaps?

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RNcyanide wrote:If they all stay, convert them to mid-level to high-end condos.

Or a museum campus? children's, natural history, art, architecture, visitor center, library, planetarium, etc.

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