Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Thu May 25, 2023 12:46 pm

ita wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 12:12 am
Flyer14 wrote: Wed May 24, 2023 10:48 pm
thenewguy wrote: Wed May 24, 2023 9:00 pm can you imagine the shadow this thing will cast over the park in the evening?
I am tired of these comments. This isn't the first park in world to have a skyscraper built near it, and I can hope it won't be the last for Omaha. Shadows are a part of every urban park in the world, it wont be an issue. The park stretches all the way to the river if the sun is so important people can venture out of the "shadows" easily.
I am not trying to speak for thenewguy, but I don't think he's being critical about it. I just think he's saying the shadow will be impressive particularly with no other building east of it. It's shadow is going to be huge and welcome during those hot summer afternoon and evenings.

thank you ita, you hit the nail on the head. I'm not being critical at all, just making an observation. It will be very cool looking with the sun behind it, and it will make it look all the more impressive when you see how far it goes on the great lawn at the mall

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Thu May 25, 2023 2:35 pm

There are many very tall (50, 60, 70 story) buildings lining the south side of Central Park in NYC. In winter they cast a huge shadow across more than a quarter mile portion of the park.
Life goes on.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Thu May 25, 2023 2:58 pm

thenewguy wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 12:46 pm
ita wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 12:12 am
Flyer14 wrote: Wed May 24, 2023 10:48 pm
thenewguy wrote: Wed May 24, 2023 9:00 pm can you imagine the shadow this thing will cast over the park in the evening?
I am tired of these comments. This isn't the first park in world to have a skyscraper built near it, and I can hope it won't be the last for Omaha. Shadows are a part of every urban park in the world, it wont be an issue. The park stretches all the way to the river if the sun is so important people can venture out of the "shadows" easily.
I am not trying to speak for thenewguy, but I don't think he's being critical about it. I just think he's saying the shadow will be impressive particularly with no other building east of it. It's shadow is going to be huge and welcome during those hot summer afternoon and evenings.
thank you ita, you hit the nail on the head. I'm not being critical at all, just making an observation. It will be very cool looking with the sun behind it, and it will make it look all the more impressive when you see how far it goes on the great lawn at the mall

Agreed..

I know some on the toxic Reddit Omaha page were being critical several months back about how the Mutual Tower will block light and cast a “horrible” shadow across the GLM. Those were folks against the skyscraper construction in the first place.. Silliness lol…

Ciao..LiO…Peace

Post by **Brad** » Thu May 25, 2023 3:26 pm

Being directly west of the park, it will actually cast very little on the park. Just around the Spring and Fall Equinox.

Below is the Sunset for Memorial Day. The Orange Line running to the north west is where the sun will be relative to the tower on Monday. Its already so far north of west, that its shadow on memorial day won't even effect the park. The shadow will be on the landmark center.

SUNSET.jpg

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Thu May 25, 2023 3:37 pm

Omaha Cowboy wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 2:58 pmI know some on the toxic Reddit Omaha page were being critical several months back about how the Mutual Tower will block light and cast a “horrible” shadow across the GLM.

So people were upset there was going to be shade in the park at the hottest time of day during the hottest times of the year?

#omahagonnaomaha

Athomsfere · Post by **Athomsfere** » Thu May 25, 2023 3:49 pm

Omaha Cowboy wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 2:58 pm
thenewguy wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 12:46 pm
ita wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 12:12 am
Flyer14 wrote: Wed May 24, 2023 10:48 pm
thenewguy wrote: Wed May 24, 2023 9:00 pm can you imagine the shadow this thing will cast over the park in the evening?
I am tired of these comments. This isn't the first park in world to have a skyscraper built near it, and I can hope it won't be the last for Omaha. Shadows are a part of every urban park in the world, it wont be an issue. The park stretches all the way to the river if the sun is so important people can venture out of the "shadows" easily.
I am not trying to speak for thenewguy, but I don't think he's being critical about it. I just think he's saying the shadow will be impressive particularly with no other building east of it. It's shadow is going to be huge and welcome during those hot summer afternoon and evenings.
thank you ita, you hit the nail on the head. I'm not being critical at all, just making an observation. It will be very cool looking with the sun behind it, and it will make it look all the more impressive when you see how far it goes on the great lawn at the mall
Agreed..

I know some on the toxic Reddit Omaha page were being critical several months back about how the Mutual Tower will block light and cast a “horrible” shadow across the GLM. Those were folks against the skyscraper construction in the first place.. Silliness lol…

Ciao..LiO…Peace

That was like a year and a half ago at this point. The best part was that the calculator he used, he completly foobar'd the height of the building. Instead of 700' he put in 7,000' so the projections were waaay off, and just covered the entire GLM for like 10 minutes of the evening.

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Thu May 25, 2023 4:00 pm

nativeomahan wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 2:35 pm There are many very tall (50, 60, 70 story) buildings lining the south side of Central Park in NYC. In winter they cast a huge shadow across more than a quarter mile portion of the park.
Life goes on.

again, not being critical

it was more a point of pride that we'd have something so tall that it might cast a cool shadow, and make for a cool picture with the light from the sun behind it. But to Brad's point, it isn't in the right position for that pretty much all the time, so I digress.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Thu May 25, 2023 5:09 pm

Athomsfere wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 3:49 pm
Omaha Cowboy wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 2:58 pm
thenewguy wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 12:46 pm
ita wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 12:12 am
Flyer14 wrote: Wed May 24, 2023 10:48 pm
thenewguy wrote: Wed May 24, 2023 9:00 pm can you imagine the shadow this thing will cast over the park in the evening?
I am tired of these comments. This isn't the first park in world to have a skyscraper built near it, and I can hope it won't be the last for Omaha. Shadows are a part of every urban park in the world, it wont be an issue. The park stretches all the way to the river if the sun is so important people can venture out of the "shadows" easily.
I am not trying to speak for thenewguy, but I don't think he's being critical about it. I just think he's saying the shadow will be impressive particularly with no other building east of it. It's shadow is going to be huge and welcome during those hot summer afternoon and evenings.
thank you ita, you hit the nail on the head. I'm not being critical at all, just making an observation. It will be very cool looking with the sun behind it, and it will make it look all the more impressive when you see how far it goes on the great lawn at the mall
Agreed..

I know some on the toxic Reddit Omaha page were being critical several months back about how the Mutual Tower will block light and cast a “horrible” shadow across the GLM. Those were folks against the skyscraper construction in the first place.. Silliness lol…

Ciao..LiO…Peace
That was like a year and a half ago at this point. The best part was that the calculator he used, he completly foobar'd the height of the building. Instead of 700' he put in 7,000' so the projections were waaay off, and just covered the entire GLM for like 10 minutes of the evening.

Don’t think it was that long ago- I believe as recently as last fall..

In any case-

I remember that silliness..which is what I was referencing…

Ciao..LiO…Peace

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Thu May 25, 2023 5:10 pm

Big E wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 3:37 pm
Omaha Cowboy wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 2:58 pmI know some on the toxic Reddit Omaha page were being critical several months back about how the Mutual Tower will block light and cast a “horrible” shadow across the GLM.
So people were upset there was going to be shade in the park at the hottest time of day during the hottest times of the year?

#omahagonnaomaha

Hence the silliness lol…

Ciao..LiO…Peace

Athomsfere · Post by **Athomsfere** » Thu May 25, 2023 5:17 pm

Omaha Cowboy wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 5:09 pm
Don’t think it was that long ago- I believe as recently as last fall..

In any case-

I remember that silliness..which is what I was referencing…

Ciao..LiO…Peace

You may be right. I seem to remember it from shortly after the announcement, give or take a couple months. When every other post on Reddit seemed to be anti-street car and anti-new-MoO "fix the potholes instead" posts.

Flyer14 · Post by **Flyer14** » Thu May 25, 2023 10:01 pm

I am sorry @thenewguy that I misunderstood your question and assumed you were jabbing at the tower. Should have known most people on this board are pro development!

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Sat May 27, 2023 4:05 am

Flyer14 wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 10:01 pm
I am sorry @thenewguy that I misunderstood your question and assumed you were jabbing at the tower. Should have known most people on this board are pro development!

It’s all good and you are absolutely correct

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Ciao..LiO…Peace

Longlurker · Post by **Longlurker** » Wed May 31, 2023 3:31 pm

Looks like Earthcam is back up.

https://public.earthcam.net/omahariverf ... glm/view_1

Visionless · Post by **Visionless** » Wed May 31, 2023 7:36 pm

Glad that's back! And interesting. Looks like they may be dismantling a couple cranes.

Post by **BRoss** » Wed May 31, 2023 9:56 pm

Visionless wrote: Wed May 31, 2023 7:36 pm Glad that's back! And interesting. Looks like they may be dismantling a couple cranes.

Looks like they are putting together another one. Although with mismatched parts lol.

The latest shows those parts attached now with another third one.

Longlurker · Post by **Longlurker** » Thu Jun 01, 2023 4:09 pm

Maybe assembling the crane in the background that will put together the tower crane? Appears they are about to add a massive extension to it.

Visionless · Post by **Visionless** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 2:50 pm

Oooo what you got there bud?

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 2:53 pm

Visionless wrote: Fri Jun 02, 2023 2:50 pm Oooo what you got there bud?

New color tower, gonna have the whole set by the time they go vertical.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 2:59 pm

I was downtown yesterday afternoon before the storm hit- activity/action is going strong at the construction site..

Can’t wait to see this start going vertical before the end of the year…

Ciao..LiO…Peace

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 3:11 pm

Omaha Cowboy wrote: Fri Jun 02, 2023 2:59 pm I was downtown yesterday afternoon before the storm hit- activity/action is going strong at the construction site..

Can’t wait to see this start going vertical before the end of the year…

Ciao..LiO…Peace

I'm curious when the timeline for starting the above ground parking garage is.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 4:12 pm

Louie wrote: Fri Jun 02, 2023 3:11 pm
Omaha Cowboy wrote: Fri Jun 02, 2023 2:59 pm I was downtown yesterday afternoon before the storm hit- activity/action is going strong at the construction site..

Can’t wait to see this start going vertical before the end of the year…

Ciao..LiO…Peace
I'm curious when the timeline for starting the above ground parking garage is.

The last I heard on this, is that the tower should start going vertical (above ground) before the end of the year. I take that to mean at some point around Thanksgiving to mid December..But I will check with my sources and see if there is any additional info on that and post it here by tomorrow…

Ciao..LiO…Peace

Night Train · Post by **Night Train** » Sat Jun 03, 2023 4:50 pm

The Mutual of Omaha tower is officially on Skyscraperpage!

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=142796

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Sat Jun 03, 2023 6:42 pm

Night Train wrote: Sat Jun 03, 2023 4:50 pm The Mutual of Omaha tower is officially on Skyscraperpage!

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=142796

This is nice to see. Thanks for the heads up

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Ciao..LiO…Peace

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Sat Jun 03, 2023 7:13 pm

Woot woot! Party at Lou’s. Seriously though, are people still going to think the capital is the tallest in Nebraska..

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Sat Jun 03, 2023 8:42 pm

MTO wrote: Sat Jun 03, 2023 7:13 pm Woot woot! Party at Lou’s. Seriously though, are people still going to think the capital is the tallest in Nebraska..

Jake, you’ll supply the food and liquor!..

I’m pretty certain most people already know the State Capital building in Lincoln, would be the 4th tallest in Omaha…

Ciao..LiO…Peace

stadsborgare · Post by **stadsborgare** » Sun Jun 04, 2023 10:21 pm

hmmm

This is on the west side, middle of the block.

Stvbec74 · Post by **Stvbec74** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 1:04 am

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 2:50 am

Continued progress

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Ciao..LiO…Peace

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 12:38 pm

stadsborgare wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2023 10:21 pm

hmmm

This is on the west side, middle of the block.

what are we lookin at here

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 12:54 pm

Potential tower crane base

Visionless · Post by **Visionless** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 1:18 pm

almighty_tuna wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 12:54 pm Potential tower crane base

Take a look at the massive crane next to it. Looks big enough to set up a tower crane.

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 1:25 pm

almighty_tuna wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 12:54 pm Potential tower crane base

ah ok, i see now. the second image shows the size of it...i didn't realize it was actually that big!

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 1:27 pm

also, that crane is really tall- looks taller than CPP

Visionless · Post by **Visionless** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 4:56 pm

Another good look at the big crane. Much taller than CPP. Can't tell which pad is going to be used for the tower crane. The one on the east looks more likely. The West side pad looks like maybe a smaller crane will go there? Strange that it's set up like a circle.

stadsborgare · Post by **stadsborgare** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 7:18 pm

I would think the tower crane would be on the east side, since that is where all the new materials arrives from.

Post by **Brad** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 8:26 pm

Looks like the first section of tower crane is in place! Went in some time today between 11am and noon.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 8:57 pm

Things are starting to get saucy..

Exciting news…

Ciao..LiO…Peace

Post by **BRoss** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:59 pm

How many tower cranes will we get here? Seems like two could be a possibility.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Tue Jun 06, 2023 1:36 am

BRoss wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:59 pm How many tower cranes will we get here? Seems like two could be a possibility.

I’m no construction expert by any means, but I agree with you

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Ciao..LiO…Peace

GenX · Post by **GenX** » Tue Jun 06, 2023 2:28 am

BRoss wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:59 pm How many tower cranes will we get here? Seems like two could be a possibility.

I previously wagered two tower cranes, and I stand by that.