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9ines lofts / Butternut warehouse building

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Here are links to some pages with 9ines loft/Butternut warehouse building photos

http://www.eomaha.com/gallery/develop/53/
http://www.eomaha.com/gallery/develop/64/
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Sad Day.
I hope we can get something rebuilt at that site.
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Has anyone heard any word on the saving of the buildings shell? I walking by, it doesn't appear that it is leaning or crumbling anywhere.
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signs of life?

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While driving across the 10th St bridge yesterday I saw what looked to be a new sign hanging from the remains of the building that said "9ines Lofts - Model Open". Has this sign been there all along and I have just missed it or are the original plans still on and they are actually showing model units to prospective buyers??
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Perhaps there's something new... but I seem to recall one of the banners came through the fire amazingly untouched.
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I'm extremely glad that the shell hasn't fallen yet. It seems to look ok, but there's more to consider than that. I heard that the high temperatures of the fire may have weekened some of the bricks. They will have to do structural tests before we know anything more, I'm sure.
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How about a 5 year old thread revival!

Has there been any recent development news for the Butternut site?
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Coyote wrote:How about a 5 year old thread revival!
Can I get a witness!!!!

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almighty_tuna wrote:
Coyote wrote:How about a 5 year old thread revival!
Can I get a witness!!!!

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That deeply offends me.
And I love it so.

For some reason, I thought this building was done. I didn't realize it was still just a shell.
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It was a shell 5 years ago - now it is an empty lot.
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Coyote wrote:It was a shell 5 years ago - now it is an empty lot.
Well. I'm really behind on this one!
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I am really surprised nothing has ever come of this lot.  I wish they could have saved the shell and built new inside.
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Lawsuits out the |expletive| are keeping anything from going there.
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Post by StreetsOfOmaha »

I don't see why lawsuits having to do with the Butternut Building would be a major hindrance to going forward with a project on the site.

I'm sure Christensen is sitting on the land waiting for the right time to start HIS Wallstreet Tower Omaha. :)
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StreetsOfOmaha wrote:I don't see why lawsuits having to do with the Butternut Building would be a major hindrance to going forward with a project on the site.

I'm sure Christensen is sitting on the land waiting for the right time to start HIS Wallstreet Tower Omaha. :)
Would there be any height restrictions put on a future building at that location?
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I have no idea, but I don't see why there would be.
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I was told that the old market has lobbied for restrictions in the area during past projects.
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Have lobbied, sure, but I don't think anything has been enacted. Besides, this is not in the Old Market.
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StreetsOfOmaha wrote:I don't see why lawsuits having to do with the Butternut Building would be a major hindrance to going forward with a project on the site.

I'm sure Christensen is sitting on the land waiting for the right time to start HIS Wallstreet Tower Omaha. :)
A 9 story luxury apartment building burns down and no one knows the cause? Any insurance company is not going to pay out without a reason and if they knew who to point the fingers at they still wouldn't pay. This land will be tied up in legal problems for years.
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If memory serves me correct, embers from a welder fell down the elevator shaft and smoldered starting the fire.
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Well, I guess that would be the "official" story. :)
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Post by Bugeater »

Heh, I just noticed that Google maps still shows the burned out shell of this building, it's kinda trippy seeing down into it without any roof or even the floors.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 1&t=k&z=18
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Post by Brad »

Bugeater wrote:Heh, I just noticed that Google maps still shows the burned out shell of this building
That why google maps is not a good choice.  Google maps uses 2004 imagery.

You should use bing.com which uses 2008 or dogis.org which uses a combination of 2008 downtown and 2007 in west Omaha.
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Yeah I'm surprised how out of date the satellite imagery is, especially seeing that they just updated the StreetView in my area again last summer.
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Post by Seth »

I wish Google Maps/Earth would at least show the image date on their photos.  Like most satellite image hosts, they buy their images from someone else, and I imagine it's expensive to keep them updated with the latest available images.

Terraserver http://www.terraserver.com/home.asp not only shows the date of their images, but also has a list of available images for over the last 10 years.  I have found it useful for viewing changes in a site over time (of course, you have to pay for anything more than the small, low-resolution images with watermarks).
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