Eyesore

[omaproud]

In your opinion, what is the biggest eye-sore downtown that should/could be cleaned up.  I give my vote to the railroad overpass on 13th Street between Leavenworth and the main post office.  This is a major entrance to our city/downtown and it is a disgrace.  It almost looks un-safe.

[ShawJ]

End of thread.

[Big E]

Beat me to it.

[nebport5]

State office building and the sea of parking

[almighty_tuna]

surface lots

[Big E]

In your opinion, what is the biggest eye-sore downtown that should/could be cleaned up.

DTO's avatar.

[delinea design]

Much of Park East.  So much potential, too many parking lots/empty buildings along Douglas, Farnam and Harney.

[Brad]

In your opinion, what is the biggest eye-sore downtown that should/could be cleaned up.

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Con Agra / Heartland of America Park

Epic Failure of Historic Preservation, may be.  But I can't call it an eyesore because it does look really nice.

I give my vote to the railroad overpass on 13th Street between Leavenworth and the main post office.  This is a major entrance to our city/downtown and it is a disgrace.  It almost looks un-safe.

That bridge is completely safe, but it does look bad.  However Unless the city or private citizen is going to cough up money, I bet it never gets cleaned up.


We have talked on here many times about the post office.  I think it needs to move out by the airport and that area south of downtown needs to be completely redeveloped.

[Omababe]

surface lots

Agree! Omaha seems to have some kind of surface parking fetish!

[Stargazer]

Our surface parking situation really isn't THAT bad.  In some ways, I almost consider the OmahaPark solutions as just AS bad.

And for what we lost to Con Agra... we arguably have one of the best green spaces a city our size can offer in Heartland of America Park.

I actually consider 16th Street our greatest eyesore.  Let's put in angled street parking and make this area viable to business once again.

[ShawJ]

I was referring more to the buildings of ConAgra (their waste of space / blandness), not the pond / green space.

[omaproud]

Come on, these answers aren't "eyesores."  They may not be what we want, but they're not eyesores.

[stabone99]

ConAgra's campus is just fine.  It's far from the eyesore of downtown.  I agree the railroad overpass is pretty bad, as well as the amount of homeless people in the Old Market area.

Anyone have a pic of the post office?  I can't recall what it looks like...

[the1wags]

The parking garage on the NW corner of 16th and Dodge. Throw some dynamite in that thing.

[Brad]

Anyone have a pic of the post office?  I can't recall what it looks like...

Its that 6 ot 7 story building with grey/black brick just south of the old market...

It SHOULD still look like this!!!!

[Adam]

The power lines behind the Qwest Center.

[Brad]

The power lines behind the Qwest Center.

Exactly!

[thenewguy]

Qwest itself is an eyesore.  So is first national.  And i'm not really a fan of that pork belly bridge either.

[RegisResident]

The Lerner Building on the North East corner of 16th & Harney- it is owned by the city, it is boarded up, the outside is falling apart and it is right across the street from a major downtown attraction (the Orpheum).

My other choice would be the Baker (or Barker?) Building on the South West corner of 15th & Farnam. It is also boarded up with Dicon construction signs on the outside but I don't know who owns it. Birds live in the upper floors of the buildings where the windows are open/broken.

[Bosco55David]

The parking garage on the NW corner of 16th and Dodge. Throw some dynamite in that thing.

You mean the northeast corner? The northwest corner is the First National Branch.

[Brad]

The parking garage on the NW corner of 16th and Dodge. Throw some dynamite in that thing.

You mean the northeast corner? The northwest corner is the First National Branch.

I bet he means NW of 17 and Dodge.

[the1wags]

Oooops. Yeah that's the one.

[justnick]

West O "Tourists"

[Brad]

West O "Tourists"

In you case..."North Omaha Tourists"

Downtown is not an Exclusive club...  Just because not everyone wants to live down there doesn't mean we can't go down and enjoy it.

[justnick]

West O "Tourists"

In you case..."North Omaha Tourists"

Downtown is not an Exclusive club...  Just because not everyone wants to live down there doesn't mean we can't go down and enjoy it.

I'm talking more about the people who literally go downtown maybe three or four times a year. They're insanely annoying, and you can pick them out from a mile away.

[Brad]

That makes more sense.

[the1wags]

I'd rather deal with the people that go downtown 3 or 4 times a year than these people.

As they look at a skyline picture.....

Them...."Is that Omaha?"

Me... "Sure is, are you visiting from out of town?"

Them... "No I live at 487th and Whatever, I just haven't been to downtown in years."

[TechnicalDisaster]

I'd rather deal with the people that go downtown 3 or 4 times a year than these people.

As they look at a skyline picture.....

Them...."Is that Omaha?"

Me... "Sure is, are you visiting from out of town?"

Them... "No I live at 487th and Whatever, I just haven't been to downtown in years."

Why is that bad?  There is nothing to do downtown except to stare at all the weirdos or feed bums.

[justnick]

Why is that bad?  There is nothing to do downtown except to stare at all the weirdos or feed bums.

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times a billion.

[GetUrban]

To me, the biggest eyesore is the lack of continual maintenance and upkeep of the good things we DO have, such as parks, streets, etc. For as popular as the Old Market is, you'd think there would be a more concerted effort by the city and property owners to keep things cleaner and better maintained.

I'm not saying everything should be squeaky-clean or like Disney World, but everyone could do better.

[joeglow]

The parking garage on the NW corner of 16th and Dodge. Throw some dynamite in that thing.

heck yeah.  I parked in that POS for 2 years and it sucks just as much inside as out.  A coworker of mine had a drip on his car (in his assigned parking spot) that literally ate the paint away.

[nativeomahan]

To me, the biggest eyesore is the lack of continual maintenance and upkeep of the good things we DO have, such as parks, streets, etc. For as popular as the Old Market is, you'd think there would be a more concerted effort by the city and property owners to keep things cleaner and better maintained.

I'm not saying everything should be squeaky-clean or like Disney World, but everyone could do better.

That also gets my vote.  We need to maintain the public grounds (streets, parks, etc) much better.  Half the overhead lights, plus ALL of the light fixtures along Farnam St. in and around the Leahy Mall were dark last week when we parked on Farnam St.  This is our front door and it looks like no one cares.

[OmahaChef]

The parking garage on the NW corner of 16th and Dodge. Throw some dynamite in that thing.

You mean the northeast corner? The northwest corner is the First National Branch.

I bet he means NW of 17 and Dodge.

That garage is owned by the Doubletree.

[Brad]

That garage is owned by the Doubletree.

Even worse... That means out of town guests may park in there!

[TechnicalDisaster]

To me, the biggest eyesore is the lack of continual maintenance and upkeep of the good things we DO have, such as parks, streets, etc. For as popular as the Old Market is, you'd think there would be a more concerted effort by the city and property owners to keep things cleaner and better maintained.

I'm not saying everything should be squeaky-clean or like Disney World, but everyone could do better.

That also gets my vote.  We need to maintain the public grounds (streets, parks, etc) much better.  Half the overhead lights, plus ALL of the light fixtures along Farnam St. in and around the Leahy Mall were dark last week when we parked on Farnam St.  This is our front door and it looks like no one cares.

I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to photograph the city from Abbot Drive and had a lot of the decorative lights out.

[joebob12]

10th street south of The Durham Museum.

[DTO Luv]

10th street south of The Durham Museum.

The street or the area? I think the road is just a road but there isn't any stretch of 10th st that most people would call an eyesore. Care to elaborate?

[Brad]

10th street south of The Durham Museum.

The street or the area? I think the road is just a road but there isn't any stretch of 10th st that most people would call an eyesore. Care to elaborate?

I thought may be he was:

Although a new tattoo shop opened next to Bones if that's what he was talking about.  But south of that is the new Dunnsay Flats and then all residential.

[Coyote]

City Cracks Down On Troubled Properties
More Tickets Issued Under New Program

The city of Omaha is getting aggressive on properties in disrepair. At their best, the properties are neighborhood eyesores. But at their worst, they’re a threat to public safety...

Cunningham said it involves clearing as much of the city’s thousands-deep code violation backlog as possible. Over half of those cases are more than three years old.

Under the new program, it has meant more tickets – twice as many in the first quarter this year compared to last. There’s also an increased effort to get landlords who ignore tickets into the courtroom.

[justnick]

City Cracks Down On Troubled Properties
More Tickets Issued Under New Program

The city of Omaha is getting aggressive on properties in disrepair. At their best, the properties are neighborhood eyesores. But at their worst, they’re a threat to public safety...

Cunningham said it involves clearing as much of the city’s thousands-deep code violation backlog as possible. Over half of those cases are more than three years old.

Under the new program, it has meant more tickets – twice as many in the first quarter this year compared to last. There’s also an increased effort to get landlords who ignore tickets into the courtroom.

Naturally, they manage to |expletive| this up.

They've got these little signs they're sticking into yards and land that needs to be fixed saying basically "Fix this, or we'll be back. And charge you for it."

These signs are all fine and dandy, and a good idea. But the other day they stuck one on city owned land that it was their fault it was overgrown anyways.

Smart.