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Sower gay or sower guy?

Big difference, Grandpa.

If it was sower gay, that satchel would be much more fashionable.

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Plategate: Whose Sower is it? Local artists say Nebraska’s license design more closely resembles  a relief sculpture at Michigan State image.jpeg image.jpeg image.jpeg Man, they sure did screw that up! Looks like Ricketts will be a one-termer now for sure. Time to start over on the plates. Really? ...

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Someone is actually still funding this?

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HR Paperstacks wrote:
S33 wrote:There's no way Sarpy is 59th in population anymore. Anyone know what their ranking is now?
My guess without doing any research is third.

Now that I think about it, it would easily have to be third, and at least a 100k behind Lancaster

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There's no way Sarpy is 59th in population anymore. Anyone know what their ranking is now?

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Lol. Wymore/Blue Springs... It's not a terrible town. It's basically a typical rural Nebraska town that's lost 20-30% of their population since people started fleeing rural communities in the 80's. It's not too depressing, but it's very obvious that it's not what it once was. (Actually, the Blue Spr...

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I made another custom Nebraska plate. I enlarged the images and used black serial codes instead of brown ones. I've even included a sunset-like effect. I'll admit this isn't the best design in the world. You may not like it, but I think we can all agree it's better than the one that will be issued ...

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Aren't incidents like this pretty much a foregone conclusion on any given night in the Old Market? The crowd has gotten noticeably rougher over recent years. Time to start charging covers again. If you are downtown late at night you better have your big boy pants on because it can get ugly real fas...

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If I had a nickel for every time I heard that...

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I had to quit that route because that very street had a 6ft 3in black kid who decided I was going to have to pay him 2 dollars a day toll to walk down his street. :( lmfao!!! I'm sorry, but this struck me as absolutely hilarious! The visual of you being accosted by some street thugs, as you were pr...

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Aren't incidents like this pretty much a foregone conclusion on any given night in the Old Market? The crowd has gotten noticeably rougher over recent years. Time to start charging covers again. If you are downtown late at night you better have your big boy pants on because it can get ugly real fas...

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Sort of looks like he's choking a goose in his pants.

Overall, I'm indifferent on the design. Doesn't look very inspiring, could look worse. Maybe inductive of how creative the state is, in general.

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And only 3 murders in the first quarter of 2016? That's pretty amazing, even considering that hunting season is busiest in the warm, summer months. Lol. Agreed.. I harbor no fantasy the city will be as fortunate in the Homicide arena come this May through September.. Will keep my fingers crossed......

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And only 3 murders in the first quarter of 2016? That's pretty amazing, even considering that hunting season is busiest in the warm, summer months.

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Maybe I understood wrong, but the impression I got was that there were 3 brothers involved with one woman, one of whom was married to her, and had come home early to some shenanigans with his wife and another brother(s)?? Too bad there was a homicide, because this could have been quite the Jerry Spr...

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Aren't incidents like this pretty much a foregone conclusion on any given night in the Old Market?

The crowd has gotten noticeably rougher over recent years. Time to start charging covers again.

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I'll have to reserve any judgement for when the building is complete. I think the rendering looks bland, but they often times do. Overall, it's not a hugely impactful building to any degree, and we were probably a bit unrealistically over optimistic to begin with - HDR is not a huge company, employe...

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shake his f*cking martini next time, amirite?

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I think what I'm really not liking, are the east/west sides of the building. Looks dated. Also looks like my least favorite building in downtown Des Moines. Also, those exterior "shield/shade panels", on the sides, were a concept of 70's architecture I wish would have never been resurrect...

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I think what I'm really not liking, are the east/west sides of the building. Looks dated. Also looks like my least favorite building in downtown Des Moines. Also, those exterior "shield/shade panels", on the sides, were a concept of 70's architecture I wish would have never been resurrect...

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I think what I'm really not liking, are the east/west sides of the building. Looks dated. Also looks like my least favorite building in downtown Des Moines. Also, those exterior "shield/shade panels", on the sides, were a concept of 70's architecture I wish would have never been resurrect...

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The thought of tearing down DoubleTree for better access isn't too far fetched. The city will eventually extend 16th street across the Missouri River where it will connect with I-680. I'd imagine Omaha wanting to turn 16th st into a major gateway to the city. You simply cannot be serious. The city ...

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RNcyanide wrote:
MadMartin8 wrote:I hope they use that lime green glass.

What if they went for a milky, off-white color? Like a pearl necklace kind of shade?

Whoa. There's so much innuendo in this post, intentional or otherwise. High five!

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I think what I'm really not liking, are the east/west sides of the building. Looks dated. Also looks like my least favorite building in downtown Des Moines. Also, those exterior "shield/shade panels", on the sides, were a concept of 70's architecture I wish would have never been resurrecte...

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Agree with all of that ^. The benefit for the corporate commitment to the metro, the downtown infill, the added economic benefit for the 100 million plus construction, all major wins for Omaha and the many local residents who are employed by anyone who participates in the development. But I was only...

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Again, I'm not saying I "dislike" the building, so much as I'm saying it's rather "uninspiring". At first glance, I was expecting to say "oh, that's cool, I knew HDR would come up with something neat". Instead, it was more of a "oh, that's all they came up with?&qu...

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Omaha Cowboy wrote:
S33 wrote: But it remains our right to scrutinize the appearance of the building ;)
As it remains my right to scrutinize the commentary of those who scrutinize the appearance of the building..

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Ciao..LiO...Peace

Indeed

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HDR read all our criticism and they are now designing a very interesting 52 story building ... with blackjack and hookers. Let me ask you this: are these the $25 handy hookers, or are these the high-dollar, "take to your 25 year class reunion so your old classmates don't think you're a loser&q...

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With all the criticism on the design and height, I beg the question; Would we rather have this built at 84th and Dodge? If in 5 years we all see this building at 84th and Dodge, we'd all be thinking "coulda woulda shoulda". That's not even a logical question. You're creating fictitious sa...

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Placing cart before the horse is a common requirement since the evil, horrible, awful HDR design was announced two weeks ago.. Automatically, it's going to suck for Omaha.. |expletive|, I'd recommend HDR build out WEST by Lakeside Hospital.. Anywhere but downtown with this horrible, squaty 14 or 16...

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No, we should be building to anticipate and/or drive the demand.

The largest real estate market on the globe is really pumping on all cylinders from that method!

/insert sarcasm emoji

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The design is pretty standard for HDR. Judging from their portfolio, it isn't watered down compared to what they normally produce for clients. That said, the hype was probably a little much. Or were we mostly hyping ourselves up? I think you and Midwestern hit the nail on the head regarding the rea...

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I'm sure it is, and I'm too lazy to sort through the thread to confirm that, but I also think there could possibly be long-term possibilities for that site.

Between those two local fortune 500's, it's probably the last hope for any local corporation to build anything significant downtown/midtown.

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So Kiewit has purchased two adjoining lots near 15/16th streets downtown, has applied for a demo permit for at least 1 of those lots, is currently cramped into an old ten story building off Farnan, with office staff spread out across several states. I'm no development expert, but if there was ever a...

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Isn't that the Brady Bunch house?? Yeah. That was the running joke in "The Brady Bunch Movie" back in the 90s. In the original show it was made clear that Mike Brady, an architect by trade, designed the house that the newly-mixed family lived in. Of course, the house had like eleventy-fou...

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Hawkeye wrote:

Haha!

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I'd be interested to know how the size of Omaha's urban core, where there is a certain degree of density with mid-high rise structures, compares with other cities its size.

There may be a few small gaps, but the core basically stretches from north downtown to UNMC, if I'm correct?

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"The first one who loses their cool, loses"

I like that.

Good post, Novak.

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The design is pretty standard for HDR. Judging from their portfolio, it isn't watered down compared to what they normally produce for clients. That said, the hype was probably a little much. Or were we mostly hyping ourselves up? I think you and Midwestern hit the nail on the head regarding the rea...

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I haven't posted anything for a while as eomahaforum become such a opinionated and negative place to see what is happening in this city. I'm absolutely dumbfounded about all the posts about HDRs new building. So many of you have been dreaming about development downtown and when it happens, the majo...

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