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Brad wrote:My company "Brad Williams Photography" donates to good causes all the time. In January 2016, my prints raised $650 in different fundraisers. I never heard what happened in Feb at the MOQ fundraiser. I would much rather donate a nice looking ready to hang print than to hand over a digital file. Its just like if you asked a restaurant for a donation they are give your food, not the recipe...

That said, if I was sending the digital file for the fence straight to Curzon or Renze, I would be fine with that. I have worked with those company many times and I know they do quality work and my digital file is safe.

Coyote wrote:This might be asking too much, but, could you post a mock image of what your banner would look like? It's hard to Imagine a vertical banner...

Brad wrote:

Coyote wrote:This might be asking too much, but, could you post a mock image of what your banner would look like? It's hard to Imagine a vertical banner...

They are Horizontal: http://oldmarket.com/artproject

Brad wrote:

Coyote wrote: They are Horizontal: http://oldmarket.com/artproject

Work to shore up the damaged walls of the fire-ravaged M’s Pub building could begin as soon as Friday.... the project could take several weeks to several months. Construction will start as soon as the necessary equipment is available, he said — as soon as today or Monday.

Omaha City Planning Superintendent Jay Davis said the east, south and north walls of the M’s building will be braced. Then debris can be cleaned out of the building.
Once that happens, reconstruction can begin. Davis estimates that to be about a month off.

“They’re saying two to five years to reopen the whole building, but I think they might try to get Nouvelle Eve open in two years,” she said.

nebugeater wrote:That headline in the OWH stating construction could start soon is misleading IMO. Construction, as I define it is a ways off. What is gong on now is controlled demo and shoring of the remaining structure.

skinzfan23 wrote:

nebugeater wrote:That headline in the OWH stating construction could start soon is misleading IMO. Construction, as I define it is a ways off. What is gong on now is controlled demo and shoring of the remaining structure.

Yeah, I agree with you on that one. I am sure they are just trying to create an attention grabbing headline, but it does sound like actual construction might not start for a few months and once it does, it may take up to a few years.

I still don't understand why they can't shore it up and then start construction and have it completed by next summer. That gives them 14-16 months, which I think should be more than enough time, especially for a such a significant intersection in the Old Market.

Jay Davis wrote: April 8,2016

M's Pub update

To all Old Market Businesses and residents,

As you have noticed, there has been a lot of activity over the last several weeks on the corner of Llth
and Howard. Plans were approved and permits issued to start the bracing and stabilization of the M's
Pub building.

My office was informed two weeks ago that there is going to be an additional investigation done by a
third party fire investigator. This investigator was hired by the owner's attorney and not hired by the
City of Omaha. Because of the potentialfor litigation in this case, all investigators that where initially
here in January have to return to the site and complete their investigations as well.

For this reason, the M's Pub side of the building is only authorized to remove unstable brick at the top of
the north wall and then stop until this investigation is completed. The investigation is tentatively
scheduled for the second week of April.

This ultimately means that Eleventh Street between the alley and Howard Street will not be open in time
for the Berkshire Hathaway weekend.

We will keep you informed if anything changes.

Joe_Sovereign wrote:I wonder if they will add a couple floors on top of the building. They are going to be adding an entire new support structure inside the building there is no reason they couldn't add three more floors of residential on top of the building.

Janice Podsada - World-Herald staff writer wrote:The fine for a “serious” OSHA violation is capped at $7,000, and fines can be reduced based on the size of the employer: “Based on North Central’s size, they received a 30 percent ($2,100) reduction,” said Jeff Funke, director of OSHA in Omaha.

daveoma wrote:Is it just me or is that not a lot of money?

Louie wrote:

daveoma wrote:Is it just me or is that not a lot of money?

I feel like if I (as a single father) can afford it, then it probably isn't enough of a fine for a company. But what do I know.

jessep28 wrote:OSHA isn't a court of equity. That's what the civil court system is for.

JIM MCKEE For the Lincoln Journal Star wrote:Beginning about 1900, the city of Omaha auctioned off sidewalk sites in the market area for open air vegetable and fruit stalls. On Jan. 28, 1905, the five-story building on the northwest corner of 11th and Howard which had been built by Mercer burned to the ground. It was reported that “streetcars ran until 2 a.m. to bring spectators to the site while nearby saloons did a roaring business.” Mercer immediately built a new five-story brick structure known as Mercer Block No. 3 on the same site designed by local architect Charles Cleeves. In the 1930s, this replacement structure was rebuilt as a banana warehouse without the top two floors and without the northern section of the building.

Coyote wrote:$1.1M remodel plans go to the City.

$1.1M remodel plans go to the City.

Metropolitan Utilities District workers did not mark the natural gas line that was breached and sparked the massive fire that destroyed the M’s Pub building, according to an investigative report from the State Fire Marshal’s Office.

The underground excavators drilling in the area who hit the pipe couldn’t have known of its existence without the markings of nearby gas lines, the report said.