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Would a pump be necessary or would a dam suffice?
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JHuston,
those are great! Thanks for posting them. I hope that this goes through as shown in the drawings. This would give Midtown an excellent entry feature.
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Did any of you read this thread: Omaha Next: The Big O Wish List?

Scroll down to the post "Saddle Creek To Rival Times Square". Quite interesting what we could do with this area.
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OmahaNext wrote:The exciting part is that the new development lifts the crowds of people up off the street into new skywalks. Parallel to the street and along the fronts of all the new buildings, these skywalks are essentially elevated sidewalks, but by separating the pedestrian from the automobile, an entirely new city environment is created.
This is retarded. Why do you want to take people off of the street? It is a necessity in places like Minneapolis, but we don't have the climate to require this. If you take people off of the street, then it will not be visible to those traveling by that it is a vibrant place to be. If you don't see a lot of people or the destinations, what will make you want to go there?

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That's kind of harsh WT.
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This is retarded. Why do you want to take people off of the street?
DesMoins does it?
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DesMoins does it?
Well then by all means, we shouldn’t do it.
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If you don't like the idea a person contributes..Disagree with it in a healthy mature way..

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They have started the demolition of the old houses and apartments between 40th and 42nd streets for the new CHS Building at UNMC. Here is the internet page with the details of the new building, the video clip at the bottom is pretty good. With this new building and the new Durham Research Center UNMC is reshaping mid-town Omaha. I can also say there is going to be more to come.
http://www.unmc.edu/chse/index.htm
I know none of you know what I look like...but im in the video where it is showing some students at the microscopes.
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I was entirely unaware of this project... thanks for the info/link citta.

I've created a project page: http://www.eomaha.com/gallery/develop/158/
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thanks for sharing. Geez, I can barely wait to see this start going up. Omaha rocks... again!
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Wasn't there suppose to be another tower going up at UNMC fairly soon?
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omahajays,
They are going to add another Durham Research Tower that will be identical to the other Durham tower.
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BTW I heard their also building a record warehouse near 108th & Military St.

UNMC ROCKS!!!!!!!
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This project has been in the works for several years - I think i started a thread a year ago about it. Drawings have been in the Wittson Hall entrance for some time. Originally they planned to close off 42nd street and make it a pedestrian walk like Creighton did with California. Here is a schematic:

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Inside the
Center for Health Science Education

Classrooms

Two 220-seat amphitheaters
Four 80-seat classrooms
24 small group rooms
Learning labs

Clinical Skills Teaching Lab
Nursing Critical Care Skills Lab
Simulation labs
Technology and Testing Lab
College of Medicine administration

Faculty support

Campus Multipurpose Conference Center

500-seat Events Center
Breakout rooms
Campus Greenway

pkiphd wrote:BTW I heard their also building a record warehouse near 108th & Military St.
New Building to Centralize Medical Records Keeping
The Nebraska Medical Center and Wiesman Development will break ground Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005 on a new 31,500 square-foot medical records building that will be constructed at 103rd & Crown Point Ave., just west of I-680.
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From what I have heard, they are planning to make 42nd street a greenway road and will cut it down to one lane each way and add trees and landscaping along it.
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The last I read - 42nd and Emile was going to be the 'entrance' to UNMC. A campus is beginning to be discovered!
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Saddle Creek Study gets $1M

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The study for relocating Saddle Creek Rd has recieved 1 Mill from the feds. Link to the WH....

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1636&u_sid=2100264

"(The University of Nebraska Medical Center) did a good job of convincing us that it will benefit not only UNMC, but also the Omaha community in general," said David DiMartino, a spokesman for Sen. Ben Nelson's office.
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Good news! A study funded that well should include some level of engineering and design to get things moving.
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Its about time I’ve been preaching this idea for a long time.-
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Ground breaking was held yesterday

KETV: http://www.ketv.com/education/8466751/detail.html

$52 million
134,000 sq feet
Completion: Fall 2008

Construction cam: http://webmedia.unmc.edu/livewebcam/

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DTO Luv wrote:Cool. I was coming east on Farnam today and from there you can see the UNmc skyline with Midtown and DTO in the background. It makes for a pretty desne view. Need to get the camera next time.
Where you heading correct direction this time?
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That is one impressive looking building..

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^I really like it! Thanks for all the links there Jeff.
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I like the building also, but I am even more glad to see the greenspace. UNMC has become so dense over the last 10 years that the campus really needed some greenspace and an area to enjoy the views/vistas/height/architecture.
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UNMC Plans New Research Tower
KETV wrote:The University of Nebraska Medical Center wants to build a new research facility on its campus. The 10-story building would be built next to the existing Durham Research Center. It will contain 98 state-of-the-art labs, along with office space. Medical center administrators will ask for approval from the Board of Regents on Friday. It is hoped the building will be completed by winter of 2008.
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I like the twin effect:
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http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=528 ... id=2153538

All the images that I post from the OWH get transferred to my account so I host them. I have unlimited bandwidth so feel free to copy them anywhere. :D
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Wow. It just occured to me that the former avanzee is now Adam186.
Thanks for the links dude!
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Haha, that is correct Coyote. You're a quick one. :lol: Just out curiousity why did it suddenly occur to you?
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Your posted link on Photobucket:
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Ahah, gotcha. Good catch. :D
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Well Adam - Only a RoadRunner can evade my grasp.
Nice use of your Photobucket account!
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I about had a heart attack. I thought it said a 2nd FNC tower not UNMC.
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Sorry D'Shawn - this is the long anticipated second Durham Tower.
It just needs those Regents permission.
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UNMC land deal, street construction approved
Omaha World Herald wrote:The University of Nebraska Medical Center will pay $2.2 million for one square block of land adjacent to its midtown Omaha campus...

Regents also gave UNMC approval to spend $2.2 million to change 42nd Street between Leavenworth and Dodge Streets from four lanes to three lanes, hoping to reduce the flow of traffic passing through campus...

UNMC also received permission Friday to begin construction this summer of a $74 million research tower near the Durham Research Center.
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Sweet, thanks for the great news. One question, does the city have to approve this also, or does it already have zoning approval?
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Regents approve construction of second research tower
UNMC.edu wrote:UNMC likely will break ground late this summer or early this fall on a second 10-level research tower.

On Friday, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents unanimously approved construction of the facility, which is presently being called the Research Center of Excellence II.

The 252,179 gross square feet building will be nearly identical to the Durham Research Center, which opened in 2003. As with the Durham Research Center, funding for the $74 million second research tower will come primarily from private fundraising efforts. Completion of the second tower is expected by winter of 2008.

Research activities within the second research tower will be multidisciplinary, grouped around UNMC priority areas, including cancer, biosecurity, cardiovascular diseases, gastrointestinal and liver diseases, developmental biology, genetics and molecular genetics, neurobiology, and organ transplantation biology.
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its about time :P
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Hopefully this will help raise UNMC's Research ranking by US News (They're 11th in the nation for Primary Care medical education). As far as I can tell, they're currently not ranked for research....for comparision, U of Colorado is 26th, University of Iowa is 30th,
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