Silverspoon wrote: ↑Wed Apr 18, 2018 8:12 am
I have a feeling this will be a waste. It will be abandoned within 5 years.
I hope you're wrong, but the location does make this a difficult spot. At least for now.
Agreed
Gentrification wont work in Omaha. Also, my grandma lives up the street from there, and nobody around there gives a darn about art. Stupid hipsters...
I mean gentrification can work ala benson, blackstone, etc. But 24th and lake is a much tougher sell.
Re: The Union for Contemporary Art (24th & Lake)
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 9:04 am
by iamjacobm
Re: The Union for Contemporary Art (24th & Lake)
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 9:20 am
by iamjacobm
Artist Lofts is kind of a new buzzword for affordable housing. I don't know enough details about this project to know what they are funding it with, but that could be the case for a location like this.
Re: The Union for Contemporary Art (24th & Lake)
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:23 pm
by TitosBuritoBarn
I think it'll do fine, but maybe not as well as it would if it were in a location without the reputation that 24th and Lake has.
If you set out to improve an area like that around 24th and Lake, I'm not sure following Dick Florida's example and building artist lofts is the way to do it.
Re: The Union for Contemporary Art (24th & Lake)
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:00 pm
by Taco
Gentrification has certainly occurred in Omaha and will continue to do so. The Leavenworth neighborhood could be a textbook example.
Because it is an actual arts organization developing these, I assume they are actually interested in developing these as artists residences rather than affordable housing in general. Maybe the "boogie man" location will help them better reach their target market in that regard, and not just people looking for affordable housing.
Re: The Union for Contemporary Art (24th & Lake)
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 4:11 pm
by Silverspoon
Taco wrote: ↑Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:00 pm
Gentrification has certainly occurred in Omaha and will continue to do so. The Leavenworth neighborhood could be a textbook example.
Because it is an actual arts organization developing these, I assume they are actually interested in developing these as artists residences rather than affordable housing in general. Maybe the "boogie man" location will help them better reach their target market in that regard, and not just people looking for affordable housing.
Taco wrote: ↑Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:00 pm
Gentrification has certainly occurred in Omaha and will continue to do so. The Leavenworth neighborhood could be a textbook example.
Because it is an actual arts organization developing these, I assume they are actually interested in developing these as artists residences rather than affordable housing in general. Maybe the "boogie man" location will help them better reach their target market in that regard, and not just people looking for affordable housing.
The area I am referring to as gentrification central is the area bound by Harney on the north and Poppleton on the south between Park ave and Turner blvd. When I was in high school ~10 years ago this area was not very nice or safe at night. I recall seeing prostitutes on both Leavenworth/Park and 24th/Leavenworth intersections. Now the "no cruising" signs are still posted, but rents have doubled and the $8 bread has moved in across the street from the paleteria. The most glaring example is the new rowhomes selling (or not) for $300k+!
On the other hand Omaha Cowboy, your map doesn't really make sense. It has the area around Adams park gentrifying? The only development going on there is by Habitat which I wouldnt exactly count as gentrification.
Re: The Union for Contemporary Art (24th & Lake)
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 10:19 pm
by Omaha Cowboy
Taco wrote: ↑Thu Apr 19, 2018 9:46 pm
On the other hand Omaha Cowboy, your map doesn't really make sense. It has the area around Adams park gentrifying? The only development going on there is by Habitat which I wouldnt exactly count as gentrification.
Well, lol, it’s not exacly my map.. But it is from governing.com and it shows, in the map from 2000-present, which Omaha census tracts were eligible for gentrification (light blue) and census tracts that did experience gentrification (dark blue). The site has gentrification maps for about 50 major cities..
Agree or disagree if you will...
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Re: The Union for Contemporary Art (24th & Lake)
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 10:11 am
by Silverspoon
Taco wrote: ↑Thu Apr 19, 2018 9:46 pm
The area I am referring to as gentrification central is the area bound by Harney on the north and Poppleton on the south between Park ave and Turner blvd. When I was in high school ~10 years ago this area was not very nice or safe at night. I recall seeing prostitutes on both Leavenworth/Park and 24th/Leavenworth intersections. Now the "no cruising" signs are still posted, but rents have doubled and the $8 bread has moved in across the street from the paleteria. The most glaring example is the new rowhomes selling (or not) for $300k+!
On the other hand Omaha Cowboy, your map doesn't really make sense. It has the area around Adams park gentrifying? The only development going on there is by Habitat which I wouldnt exactly count as gentrification.
Area was extremely safe around 1996-1998 when I was running the neighborhoods at night when I lived in a shitty apt with my cousin at 33rd Howard. I constantly hung out on 42nd and Mason, and had to ride my bike there. Not rough whatsoever.
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Re: The Union for Contemporary Art (24th & Lake)
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 4:04 pm
by Garrett
Welp, so much for this project failing I guess.
Re: The Union for Contemporary Art (24th & Lake)
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2022 10:54 am
by Coyote
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