New Sidealks and Street Lights by Avanza Market

Post by **Brad** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:38 pm

New sidewalks and Street Lights by Avanza Market

They have added a very wide (bike trail width) sidewalk around Avanza and now are adding old school street lights along St Mary from I480 to where it merges with Leavenworth.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:32 am

I live right around the corner and have noticed the work; it is looking better.

I know this was one of the recommendations in Destination Midtown's Park Avenue Redevelopment Plan; I wonder if any more of the near-term recommendations are in the works? Â Park Avenue has a unfortunately maligned reputation for it's potential. Â It has easy access to Downtown and Midtown as well as I-480, and its right next to one of the largest city parks in Omaha. Â There are also a lot of historic houses and apartments, a few of which haven't been totally trashed. Â It's sad that the city has allowed such lax building standards (like all the |expletive| walk-up apartments from the 60s, 70s, and 80s) and haven't cracked down on the slumlords more.

StreetsOfOmaha · Post by **StreetsOfOmaha** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 12:06 am

I'm pretty sure these improvements have been in place for at least a year. I think they were working on this in summer 2009, maybe earlier.

It all seems nice, but I was always waiting to see more... like they got halfway through a plan and then just stopped.

Post by **Brad** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 8:39 am

They are still working. Â They were just pouring more concrete the other day. Â Even if they had a few light poles in last year, they definitely have more now.

StreetsOfOmaha · Post by **StreetsOfOmaha** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:56 am

Great to hear!

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 12:51 pm

Seth wrote:I live right around the corner and have noticed the work; it is looking better.

I know this was one of the recommendations in Destination Midtown's Park Avenue Redevelopment Plan; I wonder if any more of the near-term recommendations are in the works? Park Avenue has a unfortunately maligned reputation for it's potential. It has easy access to Downtown and Midtown as well as I-480, and its right next to one of the largest city parks in Omaha. There are also a lot of historic houses and apartments, a few of which haven't been totally trashed. It's sad that the city has allowed such lax building standards (like all the |expletive| walk-up apartments from the 60s, 70s, and 80s) and haven't cracked down on the slumlords more.

I like the walk-ups from a pedestrian-scale viewpoint, and there are definitely great historic houses and architecture along Park. Â But damn...really too bad it's gone downhill as far as it has.