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plus those folks did not have Photoshop. There is an photo editing app for the iPhone called Snapseed which is apparently really good. I haven't messed with yet yet. Anyone else tired of the gimmickey instagram photos? Yeah, way too many photos of polished & painted fingernails and eyelashes. ...

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A week ago Sunday, I saw 3 bald eagles in an open field along Pershing Drive, north of Eppley, just north of the Abbott/Storz split. There were quite a few geese hanging out on the small pond in front of the John Day Company across from Lozier. I assume the eagles were having some goose for breakfas...

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Realistically, right now the only people you are going to get to ride mass transit in Omaha are those who live within walking distance of a route. Commute times just aren't long enough in Omaha yet for a "park and ride" scenario to work, since it would add at least 20 mins. to your round t...

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Sorry, that design is just depressing on so many levels. Enough said.

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Saving one wall would not exempt them from meeting current codes with new alterations or additions... From the 2006 IBC adopted by Omaha: S ECTION 3403 ADDITIONS, ALTERATIONS OR REPAIRS 3403.1 Existing buildings or structures. Additions or alterations to any building or structure shall comply with t...

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Comment from Ben Phillips who started the petition: "According to sources I have spoken to, Clarity will not do the project at 10th and William if they do not get $1.1 million in TIF or Tax-increment funding. In order for Clarity to get their TIF, they have to first go in front of the Omaha pl...

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Glad nobody was hurt and the structure did not collapse. Still looks like quite a bit of damage though.

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I just don't get how the undamaged floors could be so brittle in the twin towers. i'm guessing nobody will be copy/pasting that design any time soon. From what I read several years back, the core was damaged. So after one floor collapsed with the weight of however many floors above that, it was too...

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The Cornish house is historic for Omaha as it is this city's first apartment building. It was never a private home that was converted. Hmmmm....I read that it was built in 1886 as a single family dwelling, with the addition and conversion to apartments occurring in 1911 after the Cornish family mo...

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Yes, the Cornish house is amazing. Is the brick building, to the right in the photo, attached to the house? I would also like to see pictures of the Kountze house before the vinyl siding was added. Does anyone know if it is brick underneath? Yeah from Google Earth, I can see the brick building to...

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It's good to see such a large outpouring of support for the poor old mansion. Unfortunately, it's fate was probably sealed after conversion to a mortuary with all of the modifications to the exterior. The interior is still fantastic though. But even with a full restoration, it would still not reach ...

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Looks promising. I'll give it a try. That will be great for lunch if you can grab a slice in 5 minutes.

It is a fast-growing chain...already 18 of them in Texas and several more elsewhere. 6 in Nebraska eventually.

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Noticed that too...driving northbound on 72nd just north of Pine. I remember seeing a sign & logo w/ pizza with something like Five Slices or Five Spices? I'll have to drive-by again. A quick search online found nothing with similar names in that location.

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Wow, there's really a lot of surface parking in the northern park of AK. The southern part is filling in nicely. Hopefully we'll see more surface lots get filled-in with garages w/ multi-use spaces on the first level eventually. Well, a lot of those lots are owned by UNO. Most, if not all, of the o...

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Wow, there's really a lot of surface parking in the northern park of AK. The southern part is filling in nicely. Hopefully we'll see more surface lots get filled-in with garages w/ multi-use spaces on the first level eventually.

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But when the preferred method of dealing with the homeless is simply to scatter them and shoe them off our public property, I think it's wrong. They're human, do you expect them to live under an overpass? A city needs a good plan to deal with homeless people...Portland has a bigger problem than Oma...

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The problem with more police on foot or increasing police patrols in the area is that it only works when they are present. No police around, no deterrent. Defensive architecture is always present, effective, and always working.... Adding video cameras helps with deterrence. One person can watch sev...

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I don't have much more to add to what's already been said, other than enforcement of existing rules needs to be increased, homeless need a place to pee, and property owners need to keep their property clean and insist the city maintain public areas to a high standard of cleanliness. Easier said than...

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Hopefully in 20-30 years we will have added to the number of businesses locating downtown, as well as adding more residential. Not just converting old office space to residential and/or shifting existing businesses around to the newest buildings. Growth is the word I'm looking for. I could be mistak...

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but I do believe that establishing historic preservation districts that limit what you can do with certain properties is a worthwhile endeavor. The best way of doing that(imo), already exists. There is grant money available for "historic" properties to anyone proposing to restore one. Sim...

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It would be a cool residential conversion, but I really hope it stays office space. I'd hate to see downtown lose anymore offices. It's a much more vibrant place with a good mix of office, residential, retail, entertainment, hospitality, etc. there are plenty of surface lots down there that are just...

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The definition of culture as it relates to historic preservation is this: "The arts, beliefs, customs, institutions, and other products of human work and thought considered as a unit, especially with regard to a particular time or social group." If the utility and purpose of the original s...

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Efficiency and density should be our top priorities not novelty. Sounds like Moscow in the 20th century. ...or Pruitt Igoe in 1960's St. Louis. "Novelty" is not really a good description of what people want to preserve with historic preservation. Heritage, Culture would be more accurate d...

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There are some good discussions going on here. I appreciate reading all of the different view points. A few more random thoughts... If enough voters agree, maybe the city (or state) should consider passing some new laws or offer some new incentives to encourage more historic preservation, such as a ...

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I am all for preserving those properties that are able to be preserved and whose use after preservation is the "highest and best use" for the property. Unfortunately in this case I think the fact that it was formerly a mortuary makes it a difficult property to renovate and lease. If a de...

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Unfortunately, preservationists rarely have deep pockets. That's really the only fair way these things can be saved, unless the city were to buy it, but don't count on that happening. This house didn't suddenly become "historic."....it just became newsworthy because they're going to destro...

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Wow is right. $71 mil. If only they could build this down at Lot D north of the CLINK instead....then shuttle people up to the stinkin airport. I'm always amazed at how many cars are parked at Eppley. It's like everybody is out of town all of the time.

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Yeah, you have to answer the question of whether there will ever be any expansion of the convention center. I totally agree with the next four steps, except maybe first everybody needs to adopt a master plan or a least a list of goals for the area to guide future growth. The parking garage needs to ...

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A few quick comments on this image: 1. The North Downtown quad would be a great way to start filling in some of the wide-open spaces between the CLINK and TD ballpark. 2. The row houses shown along 10th are way too low-density that close to the stadium. I rather see 3-5 story mixed-use there. 3. I ...

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iamjacobm wrote:The streetcar really probably could be Daub's legacy. The push really started during his tenure.

I hope he gets to be the first rider!

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For some reason this article made me want to map out my thoughts based on their proposal. Here it is: http://i.imgur.com/KB4w3F6.png Ideally you make the height of these buildings all 3-5 stories to prevent over saturating the market while providing density. (Red is 5 story, Blue is 3 story) Row Ho...

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If you could save the elevator core, which is in the middle, it might work to lop-off the east side. But, it already has a drive-through bank at street level under the hotel tower, where 16th used to be. You could simply get rid of that, and let 16th pass under the hotel at current street level, red...

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Thanks for the kind welcomes! I agree that for the moment it is too progressive for Omaha although I could see a mayor with Hal Daub-like visions go through with it. It would also connect Creighton with the core and would allow the Civic Auditorium site to be something really great. And 16th street...

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We can talk all we want, but is anyone listening? Many of these thoughts and ideas have also been brought up by architects and planners working on projects on the riverfront and north downtown areas for decades, but there seems to be a lack of cohesive vision everyone is working toward and strong l...

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Glad they might replace it with something decent. Definitely sad to see the old house go. It will be real hard to ever match the craftsmanship that went into that. Some of the details on the rendering look kind of fussy and tacky...like those brick entry-way columns with the little shingled roofs an...

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They bring up a lot of the points we've been talking about for years here: http://www.omaha.com/seek-out-world-class-development-for-omaha-s-north-downtown/article_25fcfca4-b343-11e4-b150-3fc5e1d953bb.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Greg We can talk all we want, but is...

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Per the Benson-Ames Alliance Facebook page, the demolition of Louis started today. I hope somebody salvages the sign. I always thought it was kind of cool...in an Ernst Haas-1960's Albuquerque photo kind of way.... http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/fd/c0/56/fdc056e6cba6d0bf85d53a725c45be1...

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The main reason the pot holes suddenly popped up is because this is the first snow where the plows really had to scrape the streets to get the ice and snow off. As the truck goes down the road and pushes that big blade it catches on all the cracks and previous patches and tears them back out so we ...

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ULI is back in town to work on plans for North Downtown. http://uli.org/press-release/rose-center-omaha/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=rosecenter" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I wonder if they invited representatives from MECA and Creighton to ...

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So the building permit was for a value under $14.5 million. That is kind of strange considerig the size of the hotel... Maybe they just said screw it and decided to put a Super 8 in the middle of the parking lot. It's not uncommon for a permit to be issued for a smaller portion of the overall work...

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