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Not sure it's official yet, but I sure sounds like that's where the momentum is headed.
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LB 414 had its hearing yesterday, but it has not been on the floor for a vote yet...
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Tower will be lit in Green tonight for the Girl Scouts.
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...and again next Tuesday for St. Pattie's day? ...maybe a slightly different shade of green though....Kelly green?Brad wrote:Tower will be lit in Green tonight for the Girl Scouts.
He said "They are some big, ugly red brick buildings"
...and then they were gone.
...and then they were gone.
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Since FNB has the ability to go green too, it would be cool to see both of them green at the same time!
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Light Schedule!!!
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Cool nice find.Brad wrote:Light Schedule!!!
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My wife told me about it.skinzfan23 wrote:Cool nice find.
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Three from Tonight!
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Nice!
But Pics #2 and #3 really look like they were photoshopped.
But Pics #2 and #3 really look like they were photoshopped.
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In what way? Every single photo I have put out in the past 5 years has had Photoshop used on it.Coyote wrote:Nice!
But Pics #2 and #3 really look like they were photoshopped. :shrug:
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It sort of looks like the Woodmen was added to an Omaha skyline, like a cut and paste job.Brad wrote:In what way? Every single photo I have put out in the past 5 years has had Photoshop used on it.Coyote wrote:Nice!
But Pics #2 and #3 really look like they were photoshopped. :shrug:
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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.
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.
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Never underestimate the power of a good lighting scheme.
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I really like photo #1. Not only does it highlight the Woodmen, but Mary Magdalene in front of it looks magnificent with its steeple.
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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.
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Yanny (or however you spell it) is converting the top floor into his house.
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What are you talking about?
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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.
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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 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.
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I'm down for that as long as we get a restaurant on the penthouse floor.
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Yanney was one of the people behind the AmericaFirst proposal that was rejected, with the city choosing the Wall Street Tower proposal instead.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.
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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.MTO wrote:I'm down for that as long as we get a restaurant on the penthouse floor.
He said "They are some big, ugly red brick buildings"
...and then they were gone.
...and then they were gone.
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The OWH said the tax exemption was just for the floors that Woodmen takes.
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Yep, but if approved by the legislature, Woodmen sets a new precedent for everyone else and their brother to demand their exemption, or else.iamjacobm wrote:The OWH said the tax exemption was just for the floors that Woodmen takes.
He said "They are some big, ugly red brick buildings"
...and then they were gone.
...and then they were gone.
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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...
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This actually includes about 30 other "fraternal" organizations for exemptions. Maybe we can use it to attract others to the state, glass half full.GetUrban wrote:Yep, but if approved by the legislature, Woodmen sets a new precedent for everyone else and their brother to demand their exemption, or else.iamjacobm wrote:The OWH said the tax exemption was just for the floors that Woodmen takes.
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LED bulbs fuel downtown light-o-rama
They also have a short video on the World Herald's website showing what the bulbs look like.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.
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Yeah I could imagine they could enhance the building even more with LEDs, especially in the upper section with the panels.MTO wrote:Can't wait for FNB to upgrade to LEDs.
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Woodman is lit up in blue tonight in honor of Officer Kerrie Orozco.
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Did we miss the news of the state leg giving Woodmen their property tax exemption?
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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:
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Anyone hear of a 9/11 tribute for the Woodman or FNB tomorrow?
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Sep 11, 2015 Red, white and blue in honor of 9/11.Coyote wrote:Anyone hear of a 9/11 tribute for the Woodman or FNB tomorrow?
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That's a picture of the WoodmanLife Tower construction! Lolskinzfan23 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:
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Beautiful photo, thanks for sharing it!