I found this today, that O Street in Lincoln will be COMPLETELY closed from 46th to 52nd. This is a MAJOR commercial intersection in the city, as anyone from Lincoln could tell you. I was surpised to see that they opted for this instead of a 2 year plan that would have kept the intersection open.
TGI Fridays has closed as a result of these plans.
http://journalstar.com/articles/2006/01 ... 025524.txt
48th & O closing for 1 year
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Yeah, there was a big powwow of the businesses along that stretch of O Street. Many voiced that it would be worse to experience two years of front-door construction vs just closing the street down and only putting up with one year's disruption. I didn't take a good look at the article, but I'd venture a guess that TGI Fridays' closing had more to do with their own issues rather than the O Street project. That whole intersection is a "cluster" and won't be revitalized from its designated "blighted" condition by a Walgreens, fast food joint and office building. Of course, while this prime real estate was declared blighted and shorting the city millions in property value and taxes by subsidizing substandard development, Lincoln missed a prime opportunity for downtown residential expansion and tax income. That mayor is back asswards. An expanded O Street will be nice though.
