9ines lofts / Butternut warehouse building

eomaha · Post by **eomaha** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 1:01 pm

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/

Raraavis · Post by **Raraavis** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 1:19 pm

Sad Day.
I hope we can get something rebuilt at that site.

j4nu · Post by **j4nu** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 4:29 pm

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.

jimbo · Post by **jimbo** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 1:11 pm

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??

eomaha · Post by **eomaha** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 1:40 pm

Perhaps there's something new... but I seem to recall one of the banners came through the fire amazingly untouched.

StreetsOfOmaha · Post by **StreetsOfOmaha** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 9:33 pm

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.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:45 pm

How about a 5 year old thread revival!

Has there been any recent development news for the Butternut site?

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:58 pm

Coyote wrote:How about a 5 year old thread revival!

Can I get a witness!!!!

justnick · Post by **justnick** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:02 pm

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

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.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:09 pm

It was a shell 5 years ago - now it is an empty lot.

justnick · Post by **justnick** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:11 pm

Coyote wrote:It was a shell 5 years ago - now it is an empty lot.

Well. I'm really behind on this one!

windsor · Post by **windsor** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 7:10 pm

I am really surprised nothing has ever come of this lot. I wish they could have saved the shell and built new inside.

DTO Luv · Post by **DTO Luv** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:33 pm

Lawsuits out the |expletive| are keeping anything from going there.

StreetsOfOmaha · Post by **StreetsOfOmaha** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:56 pm

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.

windsor · Post by **windsor** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:59 pm

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?

StreetsOfOmaha · Post by **StreetsOfOmaha** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:07 pm

I have no idea, but I don't see why there would be.

windsor · Post by **windsor** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:09 pm

I was told that the old market has lobbied for restrictions in the area during past projects.

StreetsOfOmaha · Post by **StreetsOfOmaha** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:11 pm

Have lobbied, sure, but I don't think anything has been enacted. Besides, this is not in the Old Market.

DTO Luv · Post by **DTO Luv** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 2:47 pm

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.

windsor · Post by **windsor** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 2:49 pm

If memory serves me correct, embers from a welder fell down the elevator shaft and smoldered starting the fire.

StreetsOfOmaha · Post by **StreetsOfOmaha** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:48 pm

Well, I guess that would be the "official" story.

Bugeater · Post by **Bugeater** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:31 pm

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

Post by **Brad** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:26 am

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.

Bugeater · Post by **Bugeater** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:28 pm

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.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 9:16 am

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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