i hope not. Â I may be the only one, but (without seeing it in person) i don't think it looks all too good there. Â The cover itself is nice, but doesn't seem to fit well in my opinion.
Fencing certainly won't add to aesthetic appeal of the surface lots but it makes sense with logistics and security. Â Maybe we could cover them with ivy?
nebport5 wrote:Fencing certainly won't add to aesthetic appeal of the surface lots but it makes sense with logistics and security. Maybe we could cover them with ivy?
Well a fence HAS to be up for Red Sky(thats another topic). Â Ivy would be nice, but I doubt this fence is permanent. Â It wont be needed when the lots get developed next year! Â Maybe that is just wishful thinking.
Brad wrote:According to the article its Aluminum, so I would guess its Permanent...
I guess I should of kind of defined permanent, the fences will probably be there as long as the lots are which I guess don't expect to last terribly long.
My hope is that the fences will be as permanent as the lots themselves... not very.
The fences will make even more concrete (no pun intended) the fact that these are dead spaces, mega-blocks with no use other than providing one level of automobile storage.
"The right to have access to every building in the city by private motorcar in an age when everyone possesses such a vehicle is actually the right to destroy the city."
Lewis Mumford, The Highway and the City, 1963
But man, I've been thinking about this. How ugly is a gray chain-link fence surrounding massive surface lots in North Downtown going to be?
For that area being Omaha's "front door", I'd want to keep anything having to do with a gray chain-link fence as far away from making a first impression as possible.
Most unfortunate.
"The right to have access to every building in the city by private motorcar in an age when everyone possesses such a vehicle is actually the right to destroy the city."
Lewis Mumford, The Highway and the City, 1963
StreetsOfOmaha wrote:But man, I've been thinking about this. How ugly is a gray chain-link fence surrounding massive surface lots in North Downtown going to be?
For that area being Omaha's "front door", I'd want to keep anything having to do with a gray chain-link fence as far away from making a first impression as possible.
Most unfortunate.
Is it going to be chain-link or actual decent looking aluminum fence? Chain-link would look awful.
Ya - Maybe they could even use some of the fence from the Wallstreet Tower site. You know, once the hole gets filled.
I mean, what's not to like about the abandoned property look?
The Qwest Center along with Levy Premium Foodservice will be adding a 308' x 199' sidewalk cafe to the north of the building. It wall have a 6 ft tall fence around it.
Coyote wrote:The Qwest Center along with Levy Premium Foodservice will be adding a 308' x 199' sidewalk cafe to the north of the building. It wall have a 6 ft tall fence around it.
They have a |expletive| load of vendors and hospitality space on the Qwest site. Â They could technically suck up everything that was at Rosenblat on to their site alone.
Brad wrote:Roger Dixon was just on 1620 and he said that after the Shamrock Development is built, the next focus would be on expanding the convention center.
Good to see it is still on the mind, although that is a long long ways off.
