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RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:59 am

Woodmen of the World gets their taxbreak

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:00 am

Not sure it's official yet, but I sure sounds like that's where the momentum is headed.

Post by **Coyote** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:39 am

LB 414 had its hearing yesterday, but it has not been on the floor for a vote yet...

Post by **Brad** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 12:43 pm

Tower will be lit in Green tonight for the Girl Scouts.

GetUrban · Post by **GetUrban** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 12:50 pm

Brad wrote:Tower will be lit in Green tonight for the Girl Scouts.

...and again next Tuesday for St. Pattie's day? ...maybe a slightly different shade of green though....Kelly green?

Post by **Brad** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 12:53 pm

Since FNB has the ability to go green too, it would be cool to see both of them green at the same time!

Post by **Brad** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 6:34 pm

Light Schedule!!!

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skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 8:36 pm

Brad wrote:Light Schedule!!!

https://www.woodmen.org/file-downloads/ ... hedule.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Cool nice find.

Post by **Brad** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 9:31 pm

skinzfan23 wrote:Cool nice find.

My wife told me about it.

Post by **Brad** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:52 pm

Three from Tonight!

1.

2.

3.

Post by **Coyote** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:55 pm

Nice!
But Pics #2 and #3 really look like they were photoshopped.

Post by **Brad** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:59 pm

Coyote wrote:Nice!
But Pics #2 and #3 really look like they were photoshopped. :shrug:

In what way? Every single photo I have put out in the past 5 years has had Photoshop used on it.

Post by **Coyote** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 11:52 pm

Brad wrote:
Coyote wrote:Nice!
But Pics #2 and #3 really look like they were photoshopped. :shrug:
In what way? Every single photo I have put out in the past 5 years has had Photoshop used on it.

It sort of looks like the Woodmen was added to an Omaha skyline, like a cut and paste job.

Post by **Brad** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 7:56 am

I am fairly certain that tower has been in the same place my whole life...

I have two different guesses about why. One is that its the difference in the color temperature of the lights around it. The woodman is using new LED lights that are a lot cooler than all the High Pressure Sodium Lights and incandescent lights downtown. The Sodium lights (standard streetlight) are like 2000k and a Halogen light is around 3000k. Random Guess from when the tower is light white, those LED lights are about double the color temp of the other lights.

The other is the intensity of the LED lights They are just so bright and shining off a white building, it just glows. Every take a photo of someone with a flash in a dark area, the flash is close to them and it really lights them up, but the rest of the photo is dark and the person almost looks photoshopped in, it could be a similar effect.

I am guessing the reason you only see it in 2 and 3 is because in 1, the tower dominates the photos, but not in 2 and 3.

The only difference in my post processing last night is that last week I bought a SpyderPro4 Color calibration setup for my computer monitors.
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It changed the color of the monitors a bit and also darkened them a smidgen.

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 8:33 am

Never underestimate the power of a good lighting scheme.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 12:02 pm

I really like photo #1. Not only does it highlight the Woodmen, but Mary Magdalene in front of it looks magnificent with its steeple.

Post by **Brad** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 1:08 pm

skinzfan23 wrote:I really like photo #1. Not only does it highlight the Woodmen, but Mary Magdalene in front of it looks magnificent with its steeple.

Thanks. If there wasn't an annoying parking lot light just to the left of this photo, I would have like the steeple a little more in the tower.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 8:37 am

Yanny (or however you spell it) is converting the top floor into his house.

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 8:53 am

What are you talking about?

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 11:46 am

Micheal Yanney, he is a very very rich gentleman who's had his offices up in the Woodman for a long time now. I suppose it's so he can retire like a king but he is converting one of the top floors of the tower into his personal residence. I kid he is a wonderful person and has given s lot to his community and less fortunate.

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 11:49 am

MTO wrote:Micheal Yanney, he is a very very rich gentleman who's had his offices up in the Woodman for a long time now. I suppose it's so he can retire like a king but he is converting one of the top floors of the tower into his personal residence. I kid he is a wonderful person and has given s lot to his community and less fortunate.

That's actually kind of neat. I still think Woodmen would make a great residential conversion in the next 20 years or so. Maybe after Woodmen actually follows through and leaves Omaha because we won't cut their taxes any more.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 11:55 am

I'm down for that as long as we get a restaurant on the penthouse floor.

HskrFanMike · Post by **HskrFanMike** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 12:23 pm

MTO wrote:Micheal Yanney, he is a very very rich gentleman who's had his offices up in the Woodman for a long time now. I suppose it's so he can retire like a king but he is converting one of the top floors of the tower into his personal residence. I kid he is a wonderful person and has given s lot to his community and less fortunate.

Yanney was one of the people behind the AmericaFirst proposal that was rejected, with the city choosing the Wall Street Tower proposal instead.

GetUrban · Post by **GetUrban** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 12:48 pm

MTO wrote:I'm down for that as long as we get a restaurant on the penthouse floor.

Agreed...and as long as they don't give him a property tax exemption for his residence. Although he does give back a lot to the community, of course.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 1:05 pm

The OWH said the tax exemption was just for the floors that Woodmen takes.

GetUrban · Post by **GetUrban** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 1:24 pm

iamjacobm wrote:The OWH said the tax exemption was just for the floors that Woodmen takes.

Yep, but if approved by the legislature, Woodmen sets a new precedent for everyone else and their brother to demand their exemption, or else.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 1:34 pm

Deny their request, evict if they stay, negotiate the remaining offices elsewhere, convert to residential. Reduces the downtown office capacity low enough for new office construction Lonoha...

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 2:20 pm

GetUrban wrote:
iamjacobm wrote:The OWH said the tax exemption was just for the floors that Woodmen takes.
Yep, but if approved by the legislature, Woodmen sets a new precedent for everyone else and their brother to demand their exemption, or else.

This actually includes about 30 other "fraternal" organizations for exemptions. Maybe we can use it to attract others to the state, glass half full.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 9:20 am

LED bulbs fuel downtown light-o-rama

The 17,056 bulbs, packed into 164 fixtures, last longer and use about one-third of the energy of the metal halide bulbs that lit the building until last fall, said Steve McKern, vice president for administrative services. The system will pay for itself in about a dozen years and eventually save money, he said.
The only drawback: The bulbs stay cool so that workers have to brush the snow off. The old incandescent bulbs melted the snow but generated unneeded heat.

They also have a short video on the World Herald's website showing what the bulbs look like.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 9:53 am

Can't wait for FNB to upgrade to LEDs.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 10:24 am

MTO wrote:Can't wait for FNB to upgrade to LEDs.

Yeah I could imagine they could enhance the building even more with LEDs, especially in the upper section with the panels.

Post by **Coyote** » Thu May 21, 2015 11:35 pm

Woodman is lit up in blue tonight in honor of Officer Kerrie Orozco.

Post by **Coyote** » Thu May 21, 2015 11:36 pm

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iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 3:58 pm

Did we miss the news of the state leg giving Woodmen their property tax exemption?

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 2:42 pm

skinzfan23 wrote:Thought this was an awesome picture from the article. It is Omaha's version of the construction worker above the skyline.

I love the look of the old Woodmen Tower and of course Jobbers Canyon in the background.

Here is a similar view from June 2015:

Post by **Coyote** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 10:24 pm

Anyone hear of a 9/11 tribute for the Woodman or FNB tomorrow?

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 11:22 pm

Coyote wrote:Anyone hear of a 9/11 tribute for the Woodman or FNB tomorrow?

Sep 11, 2015 Red, white and blue in honor of 9/11.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 11:25 pm

skinzfan23 wrote:
skinzfan23 wrote:Thought this was an awesome picture from the article. It is Omaha's version of the construction worker above the skyline.

I love the look of the old Woodmen Tower and of course Jobbers Canyon in the background.

Here is a similar view from June 2015:

That's a picture of the WoodmanLife Tower construction! Lol

Post by **Coyote** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 10:26 pm

U R my Helix · Post by **U R my Helix** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 11:42 pm

Beautiful photo, thanks for sharing it!