Lincoln Arch

Post by **Coyote** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:02 pm

OK - so I admit I do not know Lincoln that well -
But I did not know that Lincoln has/had an arch.
Where is/was this?

adam186 · Post by **adam186** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:10 pm

Looks like a McDonalds arch in the 50's.

adam186 · Post by **adam186** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:13 pm

Also, looking at the skyline and some of the buildings look familiar, so I would say that this is further west past 1st St. If no one knows, I can go on a little adventure and try to find it.

Post by **Coyote** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:17 pm

The title of the picture was "Arch with Capital, Lincoln, Lancaster County"
"This view is from the northwest. Photograph made March 1981"
Plate 50 in Dreams in Dry Places, The Great Plains Photography Series.

Post by **nebugeater** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:19 pm

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Lincoln,+ ... 002682&t=k

Right here. If you look close you can see the shadow. It is On Sun Valley Blvd just W of downtown. Also, to the S of Haymarket.

Post by **Coyote** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:29 pm

Nice Googleing bugeater! I hope it still has a good view of the capital from there.

adam186 · Post by **adam186** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:30 pm

Thanks for the find. Looks like I was fairly close then.

Post by **nebugeater** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:35 pm

It helps to know where it is. I drive by it a bunch when I go to the Husker games at Haymarket. Remember it too from going to UNL days, although that was so long ago.....

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:57 pm

Ok so what heck is the point of it anyways? It cant be a pathetic STL rip off can it?

eomaha · Post by **eomaha** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:23 pm

I think you and D'Shawn need to run down to Lincoln some late night, straddle up there and take some pictures while no ones looking.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:39 pm

What are you talking about?

jsheets · Post by **jsheets** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:09 pm

It's not that big, so don't get all excited. It's in front of an industrial area on SunValley just Southwest of Haymarket Park baseball field. IIRC it's in front of one of those plumbing fixture stores (i forget the name). It's not taller than a West Omaha WalMart sign.

jsheets · Post by **jsheets** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:25 pm

There used to be a really nice Italian restaurant right next to this place. It always seemed like an odd fit in the area, but it was there.

If you can't tell, I grew up a mile or so from there.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:35 pm

So was it built by that restaurant or what?

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:37 pm

Yeah.....this arch really isn't anything to get too excited about..its really small and kind of in a crappy location on sun valley blvd.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:00 pm

Who’s getting excited?

Post by **nebugeater** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:07 pm

MTO wrote:Ok so what heck is the point of it anyways? It cant be a pathetic STL rip off can it?

Does there need to be a point? If it were in Omaha you would be all excited and defending it.

Zephyr · Post by **Zephyr** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:12 pm

I remember that - you can see it pretty good from the Amtrak station.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:43 pm

So someone just came along and put up a bunch of money to build a 10ft tall arch for no reason what so ever. Actually I think its kind of funny but if it was in Omaha I would go climb it in the middle of the night and take pictures from up there.

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:25 pm

Must have been Arch Madness!

Or was it built there by the Ancient Plains Salt Harvesting Civilization as a historical marker of the meeting between them and the founders of Atlantis, concerning the where abouts of the missing link that was found in Link Land - later the place name was shortened to Lincoln, by those who channeled their spirits.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:29 pm

Wow coyote you sure have quite the imagination. But you may be on to something there.

Post by **nebugeater** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:35 pm

MTO wrote:So someone just came along and put up a bunch of money to build a 10ft tall arch for no reason what so ever. Actually I think its kind of funny but if it was in Omaha I would go climb it in the middle of the night and take pictures from up there.

Kind of like a foot bridge over the Missouri

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:39 pm

mmmmm.. not realy :|

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:14 pm

MTO wrote:Wow coyote you sure have quite the imagination. But you may be on to something there.

Well - having lived in New Mexico for 15 years - with the Roswell alien landings, Los Alamos secret exercises, Ancient Cliff Dwellings and Civilizations, the Seven Golden Cities of Cibola, and Trinity site of the first mega-nuclear detonation - you tend to expect the unexpected, and see more than what's really there.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:47 am

I’ll take your word for it.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 1:28 am

MTO wrote:Who’s getting excited?

You are. Whammy!

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:00 am

Boy you’re quick

joeglow · Post by **joeglow** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:04 am

nebugeater wrote: Kind of like a foot bridge over the Missouri

-Damn you. You beat me to it.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:23 am

joeglow wrote:
nebugeater wrote: Kind of like a foot bridge over the Missouri
-Damn you. You beat me to it.

I know I was going to say the same thing

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:38 pm

jsheets wrote:There used to be a really nice Italian restaurant right next to this place. It always seemed like an odd fit in the area, but it was there.

If you can't tell, I grew up a mile or so from there.

I believe the restaurant you speak of was Biaggio's (or something very similar). The guy who owned it used to be a regular at a bar I worked in DTL many moons ago. It was very tasty and it soo bad its not there anymore.

I think the arch was erected by a former business in the area, but i'm not positive. Don't think that it was a public "art" project or anything.

Jsheets, I grew up in Lincoln as well!

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:58 pm

MTO wrote:Boy you’re quick

sorry, don't have enough time to check the website every ten minutes.

DTO Luv · Post by **DTO Luv** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:16 pm

Yeah. Put some clothes on and get a job you lazy |expletive|!

adam186 · Post by **adam186** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:23 pm

I can't believe a little arch in Lincoln got 2 pages on this forum. That's a little wierd.

Post by **Coyote** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 5:28 pm

The saga of the little arch continues

I finally got a look at it this afternoon.

Hellenistic Kshatriya · Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:59 pm

I'd love to know where it came from, it's quite interesting.

Harpoon · Post by **Harpoon** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:27 pm

This arch is in the parking lot of the Handyman bathroom/shower supply store.

Swift · Post by **Swift** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:50 am

What a bad place for it. They should move it onto campus or something so people will actually see it rather regularly. Can you "imminent domain" (yes, I verbed it) an arch?

Post by **nebugeater** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:28 am

Harpoon wrote:This arch is in the parking lot of the Handyman bathroom/shower supply store.

Read the post three above yours

Harpoon · Post by **Harpoon** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:49 pm

nebugeater wrote:
Harpoon wrote:This arch is in the parking lot of the Handyman bathroom/shower supply store.
Read the post three above yours

Read the post two above yours and then go back to watching monday night football.