tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365422872024-03-24T14:34:10.618-05:00My BlogOmababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36542287.post-68075792259033170822016-04-25T20:30:00.000-05:002016-04-25T20:30:22.030-05:00The absolute most awesome view in the known universe!Well, maybe on this planet, on this continent, anyway! :) :)<br />
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This is Horseshoe Bend. It's on the Colorado River near Page, Arizona, just south of Lake Powell.<br />
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If you're visiting the Las Vegas area, it's an easy drive, assuming you like to drive that is. :)<br />
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On the map, it looks like an easy walk from the parking area to the Bend. What's not obvious from the map is the hill, the elevation you need to climb from the parking lot. It's worse coming back! You <i><b>WILL</b></i> get your daily exercise!<br />
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I'm glad it was cool when I shot these. I would hate to do this in the Arizona sun in the summer!<br />
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<br />Omababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36542287.post-56987475026932492022015-04-01T19:40:00.000-05:002015-04-01T19:40:53.387-05:00Bibi Riv ...In 2007 I was lucky enough to be able to arrange my schedule to allow me
to attend the closing of the Frontier Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. A
report on that evening appears on line <a href="http://omababe.blogspot.com/2009/07/final-frontier.html">Here</a><br />
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The Riviera Hotel and Casino, which opened in 1955 and remains one of the few standing true "legacy" Rat-Pack area casinos, is scheduled to close on May 4 of this year, 2015. What we know as the Riviera is destined to become a new "West Hall" expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center.<br />
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Unless the stars truly align in an unusual way next month, I'll be unable to attend. However, last Friday I was able to pay one last visit to the "Riv" and to take a few shots for the memories. I did not have the time to linger and shoot as much as I wanted to, but I was able to spend 1/2 hour or so.<br />
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Photographing inside a Las Vegas casino is touchy at best. Many casinos forbid it entirely and those that do allow it often have significant restrictions. I though it would be best to play safe and play by the rules (I sure don't want to get "backroomed") so I stopped at the security desk, explained what I wanted to do, and asked if it was OK to do so. The officer on duty said that it was OK as long as I avoided shooting the casino cage (main cashier area) and any players actively playing table games. I can live with that. :)<br />
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Rather than ramble on, here are the photos I took that evening, with very few words. Enjoy!<br />
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Some of the stars who have graced the stages of the Riv over the decades ...
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Elvis and Engelbert ...
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Jack Benny and George Burns ...
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The very nice security officer who told me to go shoot away! :)
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These photos were taken using available light only, using a Canon GIII rangefinder camera, with a 40mm f1.7 lens. CineStill 800T color negative film was used, which is actually a repackaged and respooled Eastman 5289 motion picture film.<br />
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I picked up a couple of rolls of this film a while back and figured this would be a good opportunity to try it out. It's balanced for studio floods (3200K) which is approximately that of common indoor incandescent light. Autoexposure was used. It's rated at ISO 800, but had I the opportunity to do it over, I probably would have exposed it at 640, since some of the shadows in some of the above shots are a bit underexposed. Anyway, it was a learning experience and a memorable visit. Oh yes, I took the time to play a bit in the casino. :)Omababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36542287.post-76592496138055923442014-08-07T12:49:00.001-05:002014-08-07T12:49:36.873-05:00Signs of East Fremont ...Kind of a companion piece to the last post -- East Fremont and vicinity ...<br />
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<br />Omababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36542287.post-48340037774727663642014-07-21T06:43:00.000-05:002014-07-21T06:43:13.201-05:00Signs of Sin City ...Various signage of Las Vegas and vicinity ...<br />
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Some inside, some outside ...<br />
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Some day, some night ...<br />
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Some new, some not so new.<br />
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(and ... don't worry ... more Omaha stuff coming up ...) :) <br />
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Omababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36542287.post-92128952586237651242014-06-09T08:11:00.000-05:002015-01-16T06:47:48.530-06:00Down On Main Street ....<b>.. and Pearl Street, in Beautiful Downtown Kanesville!</b><br />
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Downtown Council Bluffs was once a well-built-up urban center with structures that would rival those in any larger community during the early to mid 1900s. The central business district was vibrant and bustling, with big-city streets, viable transit, and a booming business and shopping community.<br />
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(Update: The example photo which appeared above has turned out to be of a city other than Council Bluffs. Sorry for any misinformation.)<br />
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Council Bluffs had theaters, such as the palatial Strand ...<br />
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... and the Liberty, to become the Crest ...<br />
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,,, with the sonorous pipe organ, which became an "adult art house" in its later days.<br />
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Department stores and specialty shops anchored the downtown Council Bluffs area.<br />
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Beno's and Peoples, downtown competitors.<br />
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Council Bluffs even had a "Trolley Park", Playland Park, with a midway and roller coaster. (Or as they say in Indiana, "rolley coaster"!) :)<br />
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Playland Park lasted into the 1960s.<br />
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Yeah! Just like Jersey, but without Snooki! :)<br />
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Eat yer heart out, Bruce Springsteen! :)<br />
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Alas, much of this old growth is long gone!<br />
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Fortunately a few pockets remain, such as Upper Broadway's Block 100, recently visited, as well as an area to the south of Broadway, which we will now explore.<br />
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The area we'll visit begins on Pearl Street just south of Broadway ...<br />
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... south to just north of 9th. Avenue, and then back north following Main Street.<br />
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The streets in this area are kind of a fusion of the legacy Kanesville named streets and Council Bluffs' newer "grid system" streets, with non-sequential named and numbered streets and avenues intermingled. Legacy streets follow the terrain of the bluffs, while the grid extends westward toward the flood plain.<br />
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Much of the section we will explore is situated in what's known as the Haymarket Commercial Historic District (now with WIFI).<br />
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We begin just south of Broadway, on Pearl Street.<br />
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I have a thing for fountains. We'll visit two of my faves on this trip. <br />
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This particular one sits in the middle of a well-maintained mini-park in a turn-around island between Pearl and Main just south of Broadway.<br />
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I've always called this, the building on the northwest corner of Pearl and First, the Godfathers Building.<br />
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Turns out that it's the old Chieftain Hotel, one of old Kanesville's finest!<br />
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The streetlamps in the area are (yes, with homage to FNY) :) a retro-styled Bishop's Crook type.<br />
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You will see several of these lamp posts as we wander about the area.<br />
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With these lamp posts, some parts of this area could easily pass for the Smith Street corridor in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn ...<br />
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... well, it might if you get rid of some of the stupid parking lots! (I'm claiming fair use of the Google Street View image here, it's rather difficult to fly back just for one shot!) :)<br />
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South of First Avenue and the Godfathers Building lies Bayliss Park<br />
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Homage to the area's once-extensive trolley network lies under your feet just north of Bayliss.<br />
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We'll examine more street tile artwork as we venture south.<br />
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The Bayliss Park Fountain is way-cool, awesome, esplosive!<br />
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(Orgasmic?) :)<br />
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Very attractive, almost surreal, at night.</div>
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We wander south of First and come upon the first of several (unfortunately isolated) commercial strips.<br />
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I don't know why I am so fond of these commercial vernacular strips, but I just am! They are the antithesis of the strip mall. They exude the class and character of the old-growth neighborhoods.<br />
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This is another mini restaurant row.<br />
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One thing about some of the buildings in the area is that the distance between Pearl and Main is not a full city block, so some structures and businesses, such as the Main Street Cafe, shown above, and City Hall below, front both Pearl and Main.<br />
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Hold that thought! :) <br />
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Ellie's Ice Cream and Deli! :)<br />
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Also across from Bayless Park, just south of Ellie's, stands the Quarthouse (yes, an awful pun, I know), a local watering hole.<br />
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Back when I lived in Council Bluffs (yes, I am a once-resident of Kanesville), this was known as the Purple Turtle, a long-lived neighborhood bar.<br />
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The current owners and managers have retained the long-standing Purple Turtle sign.<br />
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We now Step Ahead down the block from Quarthouse. :)<br />
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The looks of the neighborhood leads me to believe that these strips were once more contiguous, but became disjointed with the years of "development" (translated: Tear it down and put in yet another parking lot.) in the area.<br />
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Further south lies the Park Building,<br />
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extending along Willow Avenue from Pearl to Main.<br />
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The Park Building is home to various legal and other professional offices, social service agencies, and the like.<br />
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As we wander south of Bayliss and cross Willow Avenue, we come across what is now the Union Pacific Museum. This replaces the smaller UP Museum, formerly in the old UP headquarters in Omaha. <br />
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The building now housing the Union Pacific Museum has a very rich history.<br />
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Until recently it was the Council Bluffs Public Library. It was built in the early 1900s as one of the many Carnegie Libraries, with funds from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
The original Council Bluffs Public Library was "Men Only" but Carnegie insisted that the libraries his funds built be open to all.
Another novel concept of the Carnegie Libraries was that of "Open Stacks", used in almost all public libraries today. Many libraries of the era used "Closed Stacks" where library patrons were not allowed to browse freely, but had to request their selections from the librarians.
The Carnegie Library remained in use until 1998.<br />
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Council Bluffs has a very rich railroad history! In popular culture, Council
Bluffs has been short-changed by Omaha as having the honor of being the
east terminus of the Transcontinental Railway. The eastmost point on the
Transcontinental Railway was indeed Council Bluffs, with the "Mile
Zero" point being just southwest of the Golden Spike Monument on 9th.
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During the golden age of railroads, Council Bluffs was the nation's fifth largest railway center.<br />
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The
UP Museum, along with Rails West and other attractions, is featured in
the annual event known as Railroad Days (or as they say in Indiana,
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And, what trip to this area is complete without a visit to the old
Squirrel Cage Jail, just off of Pearl Street south of Willow and the UP Museum,
and appropriately adjacent to the new(er) Council Bluffs Police
Headquarters.<br />
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This
very unusual prison consisted of three levels of cells mounted on a
large rotary turntable. Prisoners were let in/out of the cells by
rotating the entire cell block until the particular cell aligned with
the entryway. LOL, kind of reminds me of a vending machine we used to have in the lunch room at work. :)<br />
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The jail, dating from the late 1800s, was actually in use housing prisoners until 1969!<br />
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Across from the Union Pacific Museum stands Council Bluffs City Hall, spanning from Pearl to Main.<br />
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One of many law offices in the area.<br />
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Pott. County Offices are on the southwest corner.<br />
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Smaller professional office on the southeast.<br />
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One very well cared-for building in this row hosts one of several of the area's legal firms.<br />
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As I said, we will see several law offices on our trek today.<br />
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As we wander south ...<br />
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Oooo - ooooo, knockin' at yerr back door! (/me puts on an old Deep Purple album and cranks it!)<br />
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I knew the building on the southwest corner of Pearl and Sixth as The Granary, a restaurant that I somehow forgot in the Forgotten Cuisine series.<br />
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They closed the restaurant in the 1980s, IIRC, but kept the catering operation out of the same building for some time after.<br />
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It's obviously been re-purposed in recent years.<br />
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As Main street merges with Pearl St., the address numbers on the west side of the street change from Pearl Street to Main Street.<br />
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More law offices. Murphy y Murphy and ...<br />
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Yes, that is (or rather was) the real name of this law firm, kids!<br />
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The theme switches from law firms to social service agencies, for a while, that is.<br />
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First is Vodec.<br />
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Vodec stands for Vocational Development. Vodec provides vocational training and job opportunities for intellectually challenged individuals in the Omaha-Council Bluffs area.<br />
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Vodec contracts with area businesses to provide various services such as packing and shipping, product assembly, order fulfillment, etc.<br />
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In addition to this location, Vodec also operates facilities is west Omaha.<br />
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Just south of Vodec we have a nicely-preserved commercial vernacular row housing a restaurant and a bodega type of place.<br />
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I **LOVE** the vintage painted signage on the south side of the building.<br />
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There's also a ghost sign up above in the corner.<br />
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More street tilework, as seen frequently in this area.<br />
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Just south of Seventh Avenue stands The Center. Although not in the title, this is the Senior Center, and membership is restricted to those 50 and older. (Alas, I qualify.) :(<br />
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Health services, activities, wellness, etc.<br />
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South of The Center is the Prime Square Apartments. These are for senior housing, available to those 55 and older. (Alas, I qualify for this one too.) :( Visiting Nurse Association co-located in the complex.<br />
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It's a contemporary row styling.<br />
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A friend just commented that it looks like a prison in this following shot. :)<br />
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Looks like they are installing a vacant lot here. :)<br />
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All 4 Kidz anchors the remaining commercial row to the east of Prime Square. It's consignment and resale of, as the name implies, children's clothing, toys, accessories, etc.<br />
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Unfortunately this particular strip-of-three has been suffering from turnover and closures lately. :(<br />
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The Goos Gallery was an antique shop which was operated for many years by Gilbert and <span class="paragraph-1">Jacqueline Goos.</span><br />
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The building, dating from the late 1860s, is said to be the oldest commercial structure still standing in today's Council Bluffs, shown on the left in the vintage photo below.<br />
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The frame structure to the south of the Goos building is long gone.<br />
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Unfortunately the goose mascot looks a mite tipsy!<br />
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This was, until recently, a dance studio, but now appears to be an independent gym, Peak Fitness, having recently moved from another storefront about a block north.<br />
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The building to the immediate north, another well-preserved two-story brick vernacular which possibly dates from the late 1800s, is, or rather I should say was,Straka Brothers Meats.<br />
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This is apparently a recent closure. They were open the last I knew.<br />
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They are, however, most definitely not open at this time.<br />
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Some ghost-ad commercial signage on the north side of the building.<br />
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(No, I can't make it out, sorry.)<br />
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The building on the southeast corner of Main and Worth is one you can almost literally HEAR a mile away!<br />
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This was a firm called Mario's a few years back, but doesn't appear to be much of anything now.<br />
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We now start to run into various legal firms again.<br />
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The Rodenburg Building houses the Rodenburg Law Office as well as others.<br />
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One of the best-preserved and best-maintained commercial strips covers the east side of Main from Story Street north almost to Willow Avenue. No true eyesores along this section at all!<br />
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A couple of firms named Dickenson right here.<br />
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Accounting and investments.<br />
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This is most definitely the best preserved of the commercial rows in the area!<br />
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Anchoring this strip to the north is a local watering hole.<br />
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With the plethora of vacant lots and parking lots invading this area, it's very nice to see this almost-intact almost two-block commercial row in well-kept condition!<br />
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been there, done that. The Primmer Law building is one of those
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Duncan's is in the first floor of the old Kiel Hotel, one of several former lodging facilities in the area.<br />
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In a way, it's too bad they modernized this and bastardized the vintage styling, but at least they took care of it and didn't rip it out for yet another parking lot!<br />
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We cross Fifth Avenue heading north.<br />
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This is how the 221 building looked on a night shoot a few years back.<br />
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To the north we come upon the Creston House.<br />
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Now an office building, this was once a long-standing residential and transient hotel.<br />
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It's been restored and revamped in recent years. Office suites available. :)<br />
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Old-school neighborhood barber shop just south of Willow.<br />
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On the west is the Main Street frontage of the Park Building, which we visited on Pearl Street. <br />
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To our right, on the east is the new Public Library, and yes, it's still co-ed. :)<br />
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Main Street frontage of Step Ahead Studio, which we visited earlier on Pearl.<br />
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Joseph's Salon just north of Step Ahead.<br />
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On the corner of Main and First is the Main Street Cafe.<br />
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Yes, it's the same Main Street Cafe that we passed over on Pearl.<br />
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We reach First Avenue.<br />
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Although we're dangerously close to the mass-renovated area, there are still a few more intact commercial buildings on the east side of Main.<br />
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A print shop, a bike shop, and ...<br />
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I sincerely hope that you've enjoyed this trip through one of the area's best-preserved legacy business districts. :)<br />
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Please keep those cards and letters coming, gang! :)<br />
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Omababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36542287.post-25212727799340901722013-06-24T07:39:00.000-05:002013-06-24T07:39:05.290-05:00Where am I?Anyone care to guess? :)<br />
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Omababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36542287.post-81056066213908773042013-01-28T15:31:00.000-06:002013-01-28T15:51:58.038-06:00Serving Suggestion ...<b>Totally Disgusting Food!</b><br />
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Shades of <i>SNL</i>: It's a dessert topping! No, it's a floor wax! Stop! You're both right!<br />
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Okay, I admit it!<br />
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When it comes to eating, I'm not really that adventurous. When it comes to cooking, I'm not really that creative either.<br />
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I do enjoy eating. I hate to diet!<br />
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Back when I was perusing the web, searching for any images I had missed of some of Omaha's vintage restaurants, a few certain unfortunately-memorable images kept popping up.<br />
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Nostalgic and arguably cute? Maybe? Capable of giving you a case of the creepies? Most definitely!<br />
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I would really love to peer into the minds of the creative staff at the agencies that produced these ads. Just what were they trying to tell the audience of potential buyers of these products? From a distance, these ads might pass for lobby cards for horror films!<br />
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These three particular images are all over the web. They'll show up in image searches with keywords of "vintage" along with a few various culinary terms.<br />
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Hey, I'm a child of the 50s and 60s! Did I look this creepy at dinner time?<br />
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If there's anything that can help me (and you) keep your perennial resolution to stick to a diet, it's these images!<br />
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A bit more inspection of the search results revealed a whole genre of revolting nostalgia.<br />
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I promised myself, when I started composing this, that I would strictly limit my usage of such expressions as "gross", "disgusting", and "EEEeeeewwwww!", since all three apply to many of the images here. :)<br />
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Let's waste a few minutes of time at the office and reflect, again, upon what once was, and in this case, maybe what we're glad is not any more. :)<br />
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These are images mostly from vintage magazine ads of yesteryear.<br />
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<b>Precarious pairings: </b><br />
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There are some things that just don't belong together!<br />
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Yes, bacon and melon can be Part Of This Nutritious Breakfast(tm), but still ...<br />
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How's 'bout ham, bananas and cheese? <br />
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Processed ham and ???????? Looks like celery is in there, and who knows what else.<br />
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Flapjack Burger Wraps!<br />
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As the old joke goes, how many pancakes does it take to cover a dog house? :)<br />
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<b>Some things just don't belong in a can.</b><br />
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Yeah, yeah, I know. If you don't have refrigerators ... ("Pre-Fried"?????)<br />
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Who needs Famous Dave's when you can have ...<br />
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Franks in a can!<br />
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The thing is, that huge Sack-O-Sauce really fills up the can and costs far less to include than 4-5 more franks!<br />
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Variations on the theme ...<br />
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Or a jar!<br />
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Any recipe with the term "surprise" in it ... ...<br />
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Oh wow! Cabbage stuffed with left-overs!<br />
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<b>Tender Vittles? </b><br />
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These three could pass for Fancy Feast ads!<br />
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Tower to the sky!<br />
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I really can't tell if this next one is supposed to be a decorative candle or something to eat!<br />
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It's suppose to be mousse, not mouse! :)<br />
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Although amusing, maybe even cute, I can't think of anything more disgusting than the thought of a mouse in your meal!<br />
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Just what I always wanted, a shrimp smoothie!<br />
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Think back to Dan Ackroyd and the Super Bass-O-Matic!<br />
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How 'bout stuff where it really doesn't belong? Seems like eggs and olives were the most frequent surprises!<br />
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Egg of lamb?<br />
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Aspic and loaves were quite the rage in the womens' magazines of the times ...<br />
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Anything in aspic!<br />
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Sorry, the thought of the combinations of flavors here are simply, well, just "like totally 144 fer-shure, ya know!"<br />
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<b>But can men serve it too? :)</b><br />
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When I was young(er) I used to love Broadcast Corned Beef Hash! I do remember it (I think) in more of a yellowish can, but I haven't seen it on the shelves in years. It was yummy, but to tell ya the truth, it was best just warmed up in a saucepan in those pre-microwave days. They also made a very tasty not-too-hot canned chili as well.<br />
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The ads I remember showed things like hashburgers. Think sloppy joe but with canned hash. No, those never caught on! :) I couldn't find any of their vintage serving suggestions, but I did find one from one of their competitors.<br />
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As served in the finest steakhouses! :)
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<b>Spam by any other name ...</b><br />
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I never really cared for Spam. It's much too salty, and the texture is just plain yucky! I'm torn as to which is more disgusting, that goo it comes packed in (aspic?) or that "schlorrrrpy" sound it makes when you take it out of the can and put it in whatever you're going to put it in.<br />
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The problem with Spam is, well, it's Spam, and there's just not that much you can do with it to disguise the fact that it is, indeed, Spam, even though they give it a good try!<br />
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Yes, yes, I know that Spam has its rabidly-loyal fans! I'm sure not one of them, but if all of us liked the same things, the world would be an incredibly boring place to live! I'm sure my favorite dishes disgust some folks!<br />
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Spam had (still has?) many spin-offs and imitators. <br />
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The beef variety, Bif.<br />
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Every meat packer had their own version. <br />
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But wait! There's MOR!<br />
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Sounds a wee bit Dickensian. "What? You want MOR!" (**SLAP!**)<br />
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They say Spam won the war!<br />
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Now to be fair to Spam and all of its clones, as an emergency ration or battlefield meal, Spam is probably one of the best there is!<br />
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According to Dwight Eisenhower: <br />
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''I ate my share of Spam along with millions of other soldiers, I'll even confess to a few unkind remarks about it - uttered during the strain of battle, you understand. But as former Commander in Chief, I believe I can still forgive you your only sin: sending us so much of it.''<br />
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Supposedly Todd Palin is a Spam fan. Now I *KNOW* I don't have anything in common with that family! LOL!<br />
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<b>Doubtfire salad?</b><br />
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Look carefully at this "girl" salad ...<br />
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Is this really a girl, or is is some kind of subliminal Wilson Bryan Key message? Perhaps a disgruntled graphic artist gettin' back at the boss? Look very carefully at the lower right-hand corner of the image. Those don't look very much like girl parts, do they? :) :) Yes, it's different!<br />
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They say that fish is so good for you, it's almost a vegetable.<br />
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Oh well ...<br />
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But the absolute most tasteless one I came upon ...<br />
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Okay everybody, on three ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 EEEEEeeeewwwwwww! Omababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36542287.post-67513642017417781052012-11-23T07:12:00.000-06:002012-11-23T07:12:33.953-06:00The year the World came to Omaha ...<br />
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The year was 1898, June through October to be exact, when Omaha was the focus of the nation and the world.<br />
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This was the Trans-Mississippi Exposition, a true World's Fair, a world-wide display of culture and industry, right here in Omaha, North Omaha, to be exact.<br />
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Over 2 1/2 million attendees participated, coming from all continents with the possible exception of Antarctica!<br />
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Among the notables present were President William McKinley, former and future Democratic Presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan, John Jacob Astor, Thomas Edison, and Apache Chief Geronimo.<br />
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If you don't mind, I'll be abbreviating the name of the event TME. Typing that over and over is a CHORE, kinda like typing Dido Albert Federowich over and over. :) :) (LOL! Google that one if you're curious.) :)<br />
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This posting will barely scratch the surface as far as vintage images of the TME are concerned. It will not attempt to exhaustively enumerate the attractions. If you're interested, seek and you shall find! :) If you're looking for photos, do a Google image search for "Trans-Mississippi Exposition" and you'll get hundreds if not thousands, many of them small and in poor shape. Most any libe or bookstore will have books and special collections of photos, many of them being magnificently restored and retouched and very impressive. The Omaha Public Library has a comprehensive collection of TME photos and paraphernalia, including several official programs and the complete Rinehart Collection.<br />
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Rather than simply re-display what is displayed, we'll explore the area of Omaha where the TME occurred, perhaps doing some "What happened?" and "What's there now?" as we've done in previous items.<br />
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Yeah, we'll hit some of the high spots, but for the most part, details and images will be left as an exercise for the student. :) I'll include a few images here and there for illustrative purposes, all of which appear to have been post-copyright long before I was a twinkle in my parents' eyes. :)<br />
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In the year 1898, photography was a maturing technology, art, and craft. This was the era of dry plates, early roll film, large-format view cameras, and early pre-Brownie box cameras. Professional photographers of the era, and even skilled amateurs, could produce images that were true presentation quality by today's standards. They could, and did produce thousands of images of the TME.<br />
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This was the typical professional field/view camera of the era. (Photo by Tom Oates, 2010) Most likely Eastman Dry Plates were used to photograph the Fair. Modern methods of expressing film speed were not standardized until the 1930s and 1940s, but it's believed that the plates had a speed of roughly ASA/ISO 8-10. Sensitivity was most likely orthochromatic, sensitive to violet/blue/green and blind to red. These film speeds permitted "instantaneous" exposures in daylight, and allowed a certain degree of "stop action" with the faster lenses of the era.<br />
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Most of the well-known photographs of the Fair were taken by Frank Rinehart, the Fair's official photographer, and Adolph Muhr, assistant to Rinehart.<br />
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Rinehart and Muhr maintained a studio and laboratory on the fairgrounds. <br />
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Most of the vintage photos in this posting appear to have originated from the Rinehart works.<br />
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An ad from a local camera shop encouraged fairgoers to visit them before visiting the Fair.<br />
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No true color photographs of the TME are thought to exist. <br />
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Color photography was not yet in its infancy. I daresay it hadn't even experienced quickening in time for the TME. Early natural-color processes such as Autochrome and Dufaycolor would not exist in a practical form until the late 19-oughts. Therefore, all photographic images of the TME are monochrome. Certain fans of such photographers as Adams, Abbott, and Fellig (Weegee) might argue that if a photo is properly done in B&W it will look no better in color. :)<br />
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The availability of the abundance of photos of the TME is helped by the
fact that all images published during or shortly after the Fair appear
to be in the public domain.<br />
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Thomas Edison shot some motion pictures on the fairgrounds, but not as a documentary. He used these as filler footage in his feature films. <br />
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Edison and Company had a very popular motion picture exhibit on the North Midway. Some books and articles incorrectly refer to this as the Vitascope. Although Edison and associates were briefly involved with Vitascope, the projection machine produced by Edison at the time of the Fair was correctly known as the Projectoscope.<br />
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<b>Indian Congress.</b><br />
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The TME was to celebrate all things West, and that did include those who were here long before we European-Americans "discovered" America. The Indian Congress was held on the grounds, as part of the TME, and was at the time the largest gathering of Native American tribes in history. <br />
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Many of the tribes built encampments of traditional dwellings and lived on the fairgrounds during the later months of the TME.<br />
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The Iowa State Building, on the Bluffs Tract, was styled as a native dwelling. Quite modernist in appearance for the time, if I may say so.<br />
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As an aside and a digression, even when I was young(er) I never cared for the term "Indian" when it was used to refer to the indigenous people of the Americas. I don't use the term and have not used it for some time.<br />
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I'm not trying to be politically correct here, I'm trying to be factually and semantically correct. Our Native Americans do not come from India nor the East Indies. Most don't come from the West Indies either.<br />
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However (comma) the term "Indian" was what was used in 1898, so, like it or not, so I'll "pass it through" when appropriate in this posting. :)<br />
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<b>Geronimo!</b><br />
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Chief Goyathlay (Geronimo), as photographed by Frank Rinehart. Rinehart was an accomplished portrait photographer of the time and one of his projects was to do portraits of the various Native American leaders present.<br />
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<b>So? Was it really a World's Fair?</b><br />
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As I started to write this item, I mentioned it to a few friends and acquaintances and was somewhat surprised to hear the common wisdom that "It really wasn't a true Worlds Fair" and the like. (Some did not even appear to know of the event at all!)<br />
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Well, was it? A Worlds Fair, that is?<br />
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Survey says ... {long pregnant pause ...}<br />
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The Bureau of International Expositions, the international organization responsible for the sanction of Worlds Fairs, did not exist in 1898. In fact, the term Worlds Fair did not appear in the title of any such event until decades later.<br />
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Nobody doubts that the 1964 New York Worlds Fair (Follow the Blue Arrow) was indeed a true Worlds Fair. The fact is, however, that the 1964 New York World's Fair was neither a registered nor recognized event under the auspices of the BIE.<br />
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LOL, we might therefore conclude that the TME was just as much a Worlds Fair as the 1964 New York event. :) Let's refrain from the debates and the TLAs and take a look at what was, and what remains.<br />
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What's amazing about the TME is that close to nothing, at all, remains! Of the over 100 major buildings and structures, not a single one still stands!<br />
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That's the way it was intended to be. All structures were temporary, constructed of wooden frames with facades crafted out of a stucco-like material known as "staff", as were many of the structures of similar expositions of the era.<br />
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There are several recipes out there for staff. Basically it's a high-tech (for 1898) goo made of a binder such as Plaster of Paris and/or Portland Cement, a filler such as hemp fibers, horse hair, sawdust, or a combination of such, and various other magic potions such as glycerine and/or shellac. The result is an attractive quick-setting material which can be molded into large assemblies to be affixed upon a wooden frame.<br />
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Currently, most of the former fairgrounds are residential, with much of it, particularly around the Kountze Park area, well-maintained mostly detatched single family homes, foursquare, craftsman, etc.<br />
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Unfortunately, some of the area, particularly the northern end, is quite seedy, with a collection of such things as salvage yards. This area is, dare I say it, most definitely blighted. :(
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The main thoroughfare corridors have an abundance of boarded-up commercial buildings, the area having never recovered from the urban unrest of the 1960s.<br />
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<b>The Fairgrounds:</b><br />
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Many books and articles give the boundaries of the TME grounds as 16th. Street (then known as Sherman Avenue) on the east, 24th. St. on the west, Pin(c)kney Street on the south, and Ames Avenue on the north. The fact is that the fairgrounds comprised a very irregular tract, with Ames and 24th., almost that is, making up the north and west limits, but actually extending in places as far east as the Omaha Belt Line right of way to the east (just east of today's 14th. Street), and almost to Binney Street on the south.<br />
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One of the best maps of the fairgrounds is that which appears in the Omaha Public Library's on-line exhibit (http://www.omahapubliclibrary.org/transmiss/regions/intro.html) which appears to have descended from an authentic TME program. I'm claiming "Fair Use" of their color-coded image (and the Google aerial view) for a bit of fairground boundary research here.<br />
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Fortunately the OPL's image is to scale, and if we overlay their fairground map upon the current aerial view, we can easily see the boundaries and extent of the TME grounds.<br />
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This drawing is an oblique aerial view of the Fairgrounds. While the structures in the foreground appear to be quite accurately shown, there are some features in the background which do not agree with maps, photos and descriptions. The view is the artist's depiction from the approximate location of Locust Street and the Iowa/Nebraska state line. Oh, make that several hundred feet up from that point, actually. :) We might note that as of the days of the Fair, what we now know as Carter Lake, Iowa, was politically part of Council Bluffs.<br />
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The Grand Court is clearly shown in the upper left portion of the drawing. Bluffs Tract and the East Midway appear in the foreground and extend to the upper right. The cupola of the Horticulture Building appears to the left of the image on the very bottom. The railroad in the right foreground is the Omaha Belt Line. The steamboat is in Carter Lake, whose banks extended farther south and west in those days. Trolley cars are shown along Sherman Avenue, today's 16th. Street. Many fairgoers traveled to the event via trolley.<br />
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The oft-photographed Grand Court is bounded by Pinkney (let's settle upon the contemporary Omaha spelling) Street on the south and today's Pratt Street on the North, extending westward from today's 16th. Street almost to 24th. Street, with the center of the lagoon in the location of today's Evans Street. This tract will eventually be bisected by Florence Boulevard.<br />
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Fountains on the Court.<br />
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Three footbridges spanned the Grand Court's lagoon.<br />
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The Grand Court was incredibly scenic at night!<br />
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View to the west toward the United States Government Building, just east of 24th. Street.<br />
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And a view looking down the Grand Court to the east. The twin restaurants can be seen in the distance.<br />
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The nighttime Fair ambiance was described as "Moonlight without the shadows", as many of the areas were lit with thousands of low-wattage electric bulbs. <br />
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The Arch Of The States stood just north of Pinkney in the middle of what would eventually become Florence Boulevard, and served as one of the TME's main entrance gates.<br />
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Today's Kountze Park occupies a four-block section of what was the center of the Grand Court.<br />
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Looking north on Florence Boulevard (20th. Street) at the Pinkney intersection. In 1898 we would be looking north through the Arch Of The States, the main entrance, and across the center footbridge across the Grand Court Lagoon.<br />
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Looking west from the center of Kountze Park. In 1898 we would be looking west from the center footbridge across the lagoon toward the US Government Building. This was one of the most-photographed views of the Fair.<br />
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The King Science Magnet Center (nee' Horace Mann Junior High) sits on the northwest corner of Florence Boulevard and Pratt Street, which would have been in the section of the North Midway immediately adjoining the Grand Court.<br />
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The corner of 24th. and Evans, which would be directly behind the US Government Building in 1898.<br />
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The Midways (North and East) adjoined the Grand Court to the northeast and east respectively.<br />
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The grounds of the North Midway are currently residential, and mostly well-preserved "old growth" pre-war single-family residences.<br />
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The East Midway, however, could best be described as Omaha's Rust Belt! :(<br />
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North of the North Midway was the Transportation Section. This consisted of the main Transportation Exhibit Hall, the Railway Depot, served by the Omaha Belt Line, and the Facilities Warehouse, which served as a receiving and staging area for goods shipped by rail to the Fair.<br />
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Main Transportation Building, one of the few non-white major structures of the Fair.<br />
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Looking west along the abandoned Omaha Belt Line right of way. The Transportation Section would be on the left in 1898, and the eastmost section of the Indian Congress on the right.<br />
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Looking east along the former Omaha Belt Line right of way from Florence Boulevard. The Indian Congress grounds would be on the northeast, northwest, and southwest of us in 1898 and the Transportation Section on the southeast, to the right in this view. <br />
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Toward the western end of the Transportation Section were a few various agrarian exhibits such as beekeeping and dairy farming. These would have been to our immediate right out of view.<br />
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of the Transportation Section comprised the Omaha Driving Park, an
on-again off-again oval track and spectator stands used at times for
horse and auto racing.<br />
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Buffalo
Bill's Wild West Show was held at the Omaha Driving Park grounds during
the fair. They will tell you (the ubiquitous "they") that the roots of
the latter-day Sunset Speedway and the Omaha Driving Park are
intertwined.<br />
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West and north of Transportation was the
Indian Congress, consisting of permanent lodging, cultural exhibits, a
performance venue, and space for animal husbandry and horticultural
displays.<br />
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Adjoining the Transportation Section along Shermam Avenue at the north end of the East Midway was the Fair's own electrical generating station.<br />
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This was installed by General Electric and is considered a touche' by GE against Westinghouse, having previously been outbid to light Chicago's Columbian Exposition five years earlier. Both AC and DC were produced by the plant and distributed as needed throughout the Fair.<br />
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The power plant ran continuously from mid May through early November.<br />
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This is the site of the Power Plant, on the east side of today's 16th. Street.<br />
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Some maps incorrectly show the Power Plant in the Transportation Section.<br />
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Photos of the East Midway confirm that it was just east of today's 16th. St. and just south of the Commercial Avenue intersection.<br />
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The Bluffs Tract, south of the East Midway, featured a second "court" consisting of buildings housing various state, international, and commercial exhibits. The view above, showing the Power Plant in the distance, was taken from the cupola of the Horticulture Building, located dead-center in the Bluffs Tract.<br />
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North 14th. Avenue, looking north where the Bluffs Tract was in 1898. The Horticulture Building would have been dead ahead of us in 1898.<br />
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This area is west of a very sharp drop-off, which follows the abandoned Omaha Belt Line right of way along the east boundary of the fairgrounds. The Horticulture Building would have been clearly visible in a view from this angle taken in 1898.<br />
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It's somewhat difficult to get a good view of the eastmost boundaries of the fairgrounds. <br />
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The best vantage point, although mapped as Laird Street, appears to be private property and is closed off on both ends (Cornish Boulevard and Locust Street), or at least it was on a recent Sunday morning.<br />
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We can get a fair view of what were the Bluffs Tract and the East Midway from the existing railroad right of way and Carter Lake Shore Drive.<br />
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The structures in the distance are on the grounds occupied by the East Midway.<br />
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Looking up the bluff toward the East Midway from Carter Lake Shore Drive.<br />
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One of the feature attractions of the Fair was the Giant See-Saw, some 200 feet high! Not only did this serve as a thrill ride, but multiple marriages were performed at altitude.<br />
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"To see is free. To saw costs a dime!"<br />
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The Giant See-Saw was in the vicinity of today's intersection of North 16th, Sprague Street, and Commercial Avenue.<br />
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This would be the approximate location of the Giant See-Saw today.<br />
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This view was taken from the southmost car of the Giant See-Saw at its apogee. The view is south by southeast showing Sherman Avenue, today's 16th. Street, the East Midway, and a portion of Carter Lake.<br />
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This is a view south on 16th. St. which approximates (I can't very well elevate myself to the same height and angle) the view up 16th. from the Giant See-Saw in 1898.<br />
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<b>Shoot The Chute.</b><br />
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This one made a big splash, literally. Very similar to the modern versions of the ride. This one must have been a bit chilly in October!<br />
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<b>Scenic Railway:</b><br />
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Although much more tame than today's rides, the Scenic Railway was one predecessor of the modern roller coaster. (Or as they call it in Indiana, "Rolley Coaster.") :) In fact, Coney Island's Thunderbolt, the recently-deceased older sister of the famed Cyclone, which was immortalized in the film <i>Annie Hall</i>, was billed as a Scenic Railway upon opening in 1925.<br />
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The north end of the Scenic Railway would be just south of Commercial Avenue in approximately this location today.<br />
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Carousel.<br />
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World's smallest railway.<br />
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<b>Horseless carriage:</b><br />
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Automobiles were bleeding-edge in 1898! While steam and electric traction were commonplace at the time, the personally-operated powered vehicle was a thing of the future. This was, indeed, Tomorrowland, 50-some years before the Autopia.<br />
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Notice the tiller or "steering stick", as steering wheels, although common on maritime vessels at the time, would not become commonplace on automobiles for another decade.<br />
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Well, uh, I guess this one does truly qualify as a "horseless" carriage. :)<br />
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<b>Stationary gasoline engines:</b><br />
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High-tech industrial power for the coming 20th. century.<br />
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Word Processing for the soon-to-be 20th. century.<br />
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<b>Come on down to my boat, baby!</b><br />
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Yes, every mother's son (and daughter) could take a scenic cruise on the Grand Court lagoon.<br />
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<b>Shipwreck!</b><br />
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The US Lifesaving Service, now part of today's Coast Guard, put on a weekly rescue and lifesaving demonstration. Eat yer heart out, Ashton Kutcher! :)<br />
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<b>High-tech neonatology:</b><br />
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A popular featured exhibit was an early prototype of what would become the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, complete with incubators, the predecessor of the modern-day Isolette, or more generically the infant warmer. Several real-life premees were on display for the public.<br />
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Another popular exhibit comprising clinical technology was the Roentgen Exhibit, where fairgoers could experience the thrill of viewing inside themselves with the recently-developed Fluoroscope.<br />
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Ray On!
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<b>Eat, Drink, and ...</b><br />
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Welkommen! :)<br />
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Beef!
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... and Brew!<br />
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Ice cream, yes! :)<br />
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Twin restaurants, on the East Midway, just east of the Grand Court.<br />
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<b>Don't drink the water! </b><br />
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It may save your life! ????? <br />
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Omaha's city water must have been scary back then. Chunky Style? :) <br />
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Pay drinking fountains! I'm glad those never caught on. :)<br />
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<b>Military Aviation:</b><br />
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The Balloon Platoon of US Army observation agents put on a daily show in the sky.<br />
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Yes, we had airshows back in 1898! Eat your heart out, Blue Angels! :)<br />
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High-tech hydrogen machine for producing the gas used by the aerial balloons. Very flammable! (**WOOoompf!**)<br />
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Midway shows abounded.<br />
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Remember The Maine! The Spanish-American War ended during the Fair. This show commemorated the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor earlier that year.<b> </b><br />
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<b>Outdoor concerts.</b><br />
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Bandshell on the East Midway. View is east by southeast, with Carter Lake, somewhat wider than it is today, in the background.<br />
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<b>Fire! Fire!</b><br />
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Fire on the midway! Yes, a few unfortunate incidents occurred, all quickly handled by the on-site fire, rescue, and medical units.<br />
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<b>And then came November ...</b><br />
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They left, faster than they came! All of the structures, and much of the material shipped in for the Fair being simply abandoned.<br />
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The Giant See-Saw was salvaged by its maker and reused at several events in the coming years.<br />
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There are some reports that a portion of the Kansas Building was relocated to Omaha's Riverview Park and used as a pavilion, but nothing of it remains today. <br />
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But wait! There's more! (Well, sortakinda ...)<br />
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In the summer of 1899, the Great American Exposition partially revived the TME, using many of the remaining structures. Although it did attract crowds in the tens of thousands, it was nothing compared to the previous year's event.<br />
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<b>So, what's there now?</b><br />
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North Omaha. Mostly residential, with that being mostly single family houses. Some public housing remains. There's a meaningful amount of industrial facilities and some remaining retail commercial. I'm almost tempted to p*ss off the New Urbanists by calling it "Mixed Use", but I won't. :) :)<br />
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We've seen a few of the scenes, but let's take a deeper dive so to speak ... <br />
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The intersection of 16th. and Pinkney was where the 16th. Street trolley line dropped off fairgoers.<br />
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This shows signs of being a once-viable neighborhood business district, but is in very sad shape here and now in 2012.<br />
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Notice the mint-hued 1940s-vintage service station.<br />
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The entire corridor from Binney Street (the southmost boundary of the Fair on 16th.) north to Commercial Avenue is in a state of disuse.<br />
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This looks like an old General Electric facility, the better part of a mile south of the TME power plant. It appears they defaced the GE logo enough to comply.<br />
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My guess is that it's a grain elevator, but it looks to be disused for decades.<br />
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Junk yards abound along 16th. St. :(<br />
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The 24th. and Ames area does show signs of life.<br />
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Obvious clean-up, fix-up, paint-up work on this commercial row.<br />
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Bloom Monuments.<br />
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Light industry appears to thrive in the area.<br />
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The former right-of-way of the Omaha Belt Line is obvious along Commercial Avenue. The Belt Line, constructed in the 1880s, was abandoned in sections in the 1980s.<br />
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A few artifacts, mostly in the form of historical markers, exist in Kountze Park.<br />
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This one commemorates Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and the Omaha Driving Park.<br />
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This one the TME itself.<br />
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Gazebo, styled ala TME, in Kountze Park.<br />
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Marker (somewhat weathered) commemorating the Grand Court.<br />
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Let's not forget what does remain of the TME, and that is the excellent photographic record, much of it created by Rinehard and Muhr, and freely available today. Only a small fraction of those images appeared in this post. Seek and you shall find! <br />
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That's about it, gang! If I've piqued your interest, please visit the web, library, bookstore, or any of several museums. Countless books featuring the Fair are in print. Your favorite search engine will reveal thousands of photos. I would recommend the Omaha Public Library and the Western Heritage Museum for further research and enjoyment.
Omababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36542287.post-60834490578245749692012-08-28T06:53:00.000-05:002012-08-28T06:53:17.756-05:00Year after the flood ...As I've noted in previous posts, one of my favorite places to get away and take a very relaxing walk is the "Wetlands" area of Fontenelle Forest, which is surrounded on three sides by the Missouri River.<br />
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This photo shows the Wetlands in 2007.<br />
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One year ago, in August of 2011, the Wetlands area was totally inaccessible due to flooding!<br />
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The above view was not of the Wetlands, but upstream, adjacent to the Ameristar Casino. The Wetlands area, at the time, was five feet deep in water!<br />
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As I reported last December in <a href="http://omababe.blogspot.com/2011/12/forest-after-flood.html">THIS</a> posting, as the water receded, considerable damage to the Wetlands area was evident.<br />
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Kudos to the repair crew, which I'm told consisted of both Forest staff and volunteers! The Gifford Boardwalk once again provides an easy path between the parking area and the Great Marsh.<br />
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It's kind of difficult to see in these photos, but the newer replacement planks in the Boardwalk are obvious.<br />
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It seems that it's one extreme or the other. Last year the Wetlands were indeed wet, totally submerged.<br />
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This year, however, following an unusually dry early summer, we're starting to see dry spots, particularly in the underbrush.<br />
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The stream (I assume the one for which Stream Trail is named) is unusually low this year.<br />
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Many of the standing trees show bark damage between ground level and the height of last year's water. I am not an arborist (IANAA) :) so I don't know if wounds such as the above will be recoverable or fatal. The high water mark is still very obvious in many place throughout the Wetlands.<br />
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There are many, many fallen trees! The base of the one shown above used to grow from what is now the hole about 1/3 of the way into the photo from the left.<br />
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The philosophy of the Fontenelle Nature Association is to let nature take its course and intervene only when it's necessary to keep the area safe and accessible.In the case shown above, a large fallen tree (cottonwood?) was bisected in order to allow passage along the trail.<br />
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The signage, much of which was badly damaged by the flood last year, has also been repaired.<br />
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The original posting on Fontenelle Forest appears <a href="http://omababe.blogspot.com/2007/10/forest-for-trees.html">HERE</a>Omababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36542287.post-29769664065095776962012-08-20T07:44:00.001-05:002012-08-20T07:44:09.627-05:00Where Am I?Care to guess? :)<br />
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<span id="goog_593468648">Just leave your answer in a comment ...</span>Omababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36542287.post-7600574286484937592012-08-13T06:40:00.000-05:002012-08-13T06:43:58.994-05:00So? Where, exactly, *WAS* Club 64?<b>So? Where, exactly, *WAS* Club 64?</b><br />
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(This is an update to <a href="http://omababe.blogspot.com/2012/03/forgotten-cuisine-ii.html">Forgotten Cuisine II</a> and references to Club 64 also appear
<a href="http://omababe.blogspot.com/2008/11/forgotten-cuisine.html">HERE</a> and
<a href="http://omababe.blogspot.com/2010/03/club-64-remembered.html">HERE</a>, among several other mentions in various items on this blog.)<br />
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Ya know, although I've lived in these parts continuously for over 30 years now, there's a lot about the area I don't know, or in many cases just don't remember or remember well. As I write these items, it becomes more and more obvious how much I do not know, or how much I have forgotten.<br />
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Such is the case with the recent <a href="http://omababe.blogspot.com/2012/03/forgotten-cuisine-ii.html">Forgotten Cuisine II</a> item, particularly regarding the location of Club 64.<br />
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I started writing the Forgotten II article in 2010, shortly after the popularity of the original hit me in the head like a ton of bricks! I remember that my first trip to photograph the site of Club 64 resulted in nothing, since nothing in the area looked remotely familiar to me as the site of Club 64.<br />
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I remember dining at Club 64 twice, but I'm sure I did not drive there on either occasion. I distinctly remember it as being north of the highway - I would bet the rent money on that! However I really could not place it.<br />
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I did find an address. I forget whether it was from an old phone book, an old newspaper ad, or a web search, but the address zoomed right in on the corner where the discount supermarket now lies. That's how I got that location.<br />
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Then the comments started coming in! <br />
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The site I had pegged as the Club 64 location was apparently a turkey farm back in the days. (Visions of a political candidate pardoning a turkey as a farmer mass-terminates birds in the background.) :)<br />
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In consulting with our Resident Expert of All Things Iowa ("BBTBABE"),
she described the site as "Up the road a bit, on the right, just where
it curves. That would place Club 64 about 1/4 of a mile to the north of the site I had identified. <br />
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As cited in a comment, the area is now a housing development known as "64 Estates", probably not coincidentally. <br />
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Looking at the typography of the sign (above) and of the Club 64 logo, the connection is obvious!<br />
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Mystery solved!<br />
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However, there's one very persistent rumor about Club 64 that simply refuses to die! That is that the casinos killed Club 64. It's almost as if it's common knowledge that Club 64 (and Mr. C's, and the original Caniglia's, and Angie, and Marchio's ...) all closed because of the casinos.<br />
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Yes, the casinos have their fair share of detractors, and yes, casinos compete with stand-alone restaurants for disposable dollars, which have become more and more scarce as the Great Recession lingers on.<br />
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However, I think the casinos are unfairly blamed for several restaurant closures, including that of Club 64.<br />
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Rick G. of the Glasford family said it in a previous comment:<br />
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"We had to close down early in 1997 because the city of Council
Bluffs closed the road to the restaurant for over a year and a half. it
is hard to have a restaurant when the clients have to walk a mile to
it."<br />
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Let's bury that rumor in the Chernobyl sarcophagus, shall we? :)Omababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36542287.post-41374661230974869842012-08-06T07:10:00.001-05:002012-08-06T07:10:09.700-05:00On (Upper) Broadway ...<b>On Upper Broadway ...</b><br />
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First of all, I want to apologize for the lateness of this post. I intended it to be done in April. (Yes, April, that's when I started writing this!) This time the main hold-up is me fighting with Blogger's "New Improved" editor! It's quite the learning curve, even for someone like me who regularly has to adapt to new software and methods. It strips out the comments I use for place-holding and such and the generated layout is often times far from what I expect. :(
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Today we're going to explore a small section of Council Bluffs' Great White Way, Broadway, specifically the area sometimes known as "Upper Broadway", that which is just northeast of the core of the downtown Council Bluffs central business district.<br />
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Despite the Great Recession, parts of the area are most definitely "on the way up" and thriving! This area includes a showcase aimed at both visitors and local residents.<br />
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Yes, there's some historical significance here too ...<br />
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This portion of Broadway was part of the original (first generation) Lincoln Highway, which ran from Weehawken, New Jersey (there was a ferry to Manhattan, but this is where the paved road began) westward to San Francisco.<br />
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The name Broadway goes back many centuries in many cultures, decending from, among others, Old English <span style="font-style: italic;">Bradewie</span> and Dutch <span style="font-style: italic;">Breede weg</span>. It means, as the name implies, a broad path or street. Despite its commonality in America, it's not one of the more common street names. "Tree" and "President" street names hold that honor.<br />
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In Council Bluffs, as in Manhattan, Broadway is not a street, but an avenue, as both examples (mostly) parallel avenues and intersect streets. In fact, at least to my ear, the term "Broadway Street", as used in Kansas City and Chicago, sounds awkward. It just doesn't sound right! :)<br />
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Council Bluffs, as does Manhattan, has multiple thoroughfares named Broadway. The most familiar is West Broadway which begins at 1st. Street and runs southwest and west almost to the Missouri River. East Broadway heads northeast from 1st. St. to the confluence with Kanesville Boulevard, and North Broadway runs north from that juncture, following the route of the Old Lincoln Highway, to the city line.<br />
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The area we'll be exploring is bounded roughly by the intersection of Broadway and Main. Street on the southwest, venturing northeast to the vicinity of Broadway and Frank Street. The area is shaded below.<br />
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Of special interest is the "100 Block", shaded slightly darker, which is a very prominent revitalized area, listed on the National Register of Historic Place.<br />
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We'll start our venture at Main Street, working northeast ...<br />
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Most of the buildings along this stretch are in very good condition, with most of them currently occupied by apparently-thriving businesses.<br />
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However, unfortunately, this district, as with many others I've explored with you, has its share of vacant buildings, and the first block we come upon, the 400 block, is no exception.
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As we round the curve at Fourth Street, we come upon a (yawn!) nondescript strip mall to the southeast and the (former) Midlands Mall to the northwest.
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You'll notice that two prominent churches will be appearing in several of the photos. The one above is St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, located a block behind us roughly where Pierce Street and Bluff Street collide. (Notice the airliner on its approach to Eppley.)<br />
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Back in my days in Council Bluffs (yes, I'm a once-resident of Kanesville), Upper Broadway was anchored by the Midlands Mall. This was a thriving urban mall in the 1970s, hosting shops, entertainment, and food/drink/nightlife.<br />
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In the 1980s, Mall Of The Bluffs opened on the east side of Council Bluffs and **POOF** all of the business migrated.<br />
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(For some reason, this "new improved" editor will not let me use angle brackets for emphasis, no matter what I do!) :(<br />
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As with The Center and Southroads, Midlands Mall is now mostly offices.<br />
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Although I really hate to see any business fail, there's some poetic justice in watching Mall Of The Bluffs join the Dead Mall Club! {sly grin} :)<br />
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The Omni Theater, once part of the Midlands Mall complex, still clings to life.<br />
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Opposite the once-mall on Second Street begins the heart of the revitalized area.<br />
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Including a recently-revamped thrift shop and food pantry, just 'round the corner from the action.<br />
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(Dammit! Why did those idiots who aspire to be morons who wrote this thing insist on removing html comments!)
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As part of the recent Streetscape Project, various brick structures, among other improvements, have been erected.<br />
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This particular pylon commemorates the long-lived Fairmount Park.<br />
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This one commemorates, well, 2nd. Street. :)<br />
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This one the Ogden Hotel, once on this site (see below) ...<br />
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... and this one, well, uh ... perhaps the lobby of the Ogden?<br />
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The Streetscape Project, which began in 2008, was jointly-funded by several public and private concerns.<br />
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As we venture northeast, we come upon the 100 Block, the very popular revitalized area of Upper Broadway. <br />
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This is the block bounded by, well, First and Second streets.<br />
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Several popular bars and restaurants, among other businesses, have recently emerged along this block!<br />
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The 100 Block is now designated an "Entertainment District", allowing for outdoor dining and relaxed regulations concerning open adult beverages.<br />
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The crown jewel of Block 100 was, for the late 19th. and most of the 20th. Century, the Ogden House Hotel.<br />
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Two incarnations of the Ogden Hotel, host to Presidents, celebrities, and dignitaries, stood on the northeast corner of Broadway and Park Avenue until the late 1970s.<br />
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Notice the Hughes Motors Chevrolet signs on the adjacent building, still standing.<br />
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The Hughes-Irons Building is currently home to Dixie Quicks, a recent transplant from downtown Omaha. <br />
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Ok, I admit that I first thought the name was an attempt on a pun of Dixie Chicks. They tell me (the ubiquitous "they") that a "quick" is a meal, somewhat related to that served by the southern "meat and three" diners. I looked it up. I can't find it in any dictionary. I googled it. Nope! Urban Dictionary? Not in there either, but there are a few rather amusing definitions. :)<br />
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Dixie Quicks is extremely popular, especially after it was featured on <i>Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives</i>, and more so since moving from Omaha. It's difficult to get a table or even a reservation, particularly if your name happens to be Lydia. The food is very good, in my memory, anyway, I have yet to dine there since they moved from Omaha.<br />
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Dixie Quicks shares the building with the RNG gallery. You can now peruse the artwork as you wait for your table. :)<br />
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Until recent decades, the building housed an auto dealership. <br />
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Also sharing the building with Dixie Quicks and RNG is the Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce and allied agencies.<br />
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Apartments (Hughes-Irons Flats) are available on the upper level as well.<br />
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On the north (northwest) side of Upper Broadway are several bars, such as Glory Days and Barley's ...<br />
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... both featuring outdoor seating ...<br />
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... and some which are inside only ...<br />
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(Go Big Red! Go Hawkeyes! Yes, that season will be coming around soon!)<br />
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Not just cupcakes, but wood-fired free-range cupcakes! (That has to be about as trendy as you can get!) :)
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... a law office ...<br />
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... an engineering firm ...
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... and a local music dealer.
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I won't attempt to use any $5 hoity-toity words to describe it this time. :)<br />
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Wow, quite an assortment! We also have a flower shop ...<br />
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... a couple salons ...<br />
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... a shoe shop ...<br />
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... bicycles ...<br />
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... optical shop ...<br />
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... and last but not least ...<br />
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... a business which really sucks! :)<br />
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And ... coming Real Soon ...<br />
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Wow, all of that culture in one block! :) It's absolutely overwhelming. :) :)
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Some of the southeast side of the 100 Block is still a bit underwhelming, for now that is.<br />
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Anchoring the corner of Broadway and First Street is Broadway (United) Methodist Church, the unquestionable landmark of Upper Broadway!<br />
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Like A Rainbow ... :)<br />
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Crucifix garden!<br />
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Speaking of overwhelming, such is the contrast of the two blocks divided by First Street!<br />
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This strip, just northeast of First, has definite potential, but as we wander further from First, it's obvious that we've ventured out of the area dans le vent!<br />
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We're now officially on East Broadway. We do have a few structures which have been spiffed up, such as this jewelry shop and chiropractic office ...<br />
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... and the renovated foursquare below.<br />
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However, creeping ubiquity ...<br />
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... and shades of Common Cloth abound.<br />
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Including, of course, the recent oh-so-common franchise of the great 21st. Century institution, For Lease. :(<br />
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One shining star, a few blocks away from the real action, is a great locally-owned independent pizza shop!<br />
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One particular part of Upper Broadway has realized its potential, and there are other adjoining parts which have potential which needs to be realized.<br />
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We'll continue to explore parts of Old Kanesville ... :)Omababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36542287.post-71491209382592430562012-06-13T14:05:00.002-05:002012-06-13T20:12:29.945-05:00The Legend of Fritz Johnson ...This is the story of one of the more colorful characters in the history of Omaha, and a mystery which will never be solved.
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I was first introduced to Fritz by the following joke:
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Knock-knock!
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Who's there?
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Fritz.
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Fritz who?
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I don't know.
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Well, the joke was on me. I didn't know! :)
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I was then told the Reader's Digest version of the story, and over the years it seemed like I would cross paths with the people and the settings of this still-unsolved mystery.<br />
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The Archer and fisherman:<br />
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The story begins in May of 1957 in Ohio.<br />
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30 year old Lawrence ("Larry")
Bader, a very outgoing up-and-coming houseware salesman of suburban Akron,
attended a business meeting in nearby Cleveland and allegedly took a few
hours to go fishing in Lake Erie.<br />
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Larry rented a motorboat in Rocky River, a Cleveland suburb, and despite
warnings from the boat house owner and the Coast Guard regarding an
impending violent storm, set out on the Lake.
Larry was an avid outdoorsman, a strong swimmer, and an Akron-area
archery competitor holding state-wide titles. (Hold that thought!)<br />
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The storm happened as predicted, and Larry's fate, or so it seemed,
was obvious.<br />
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The motorboat, or the remains of such, anyway, washed up on the Lake
Erie shore the following day. Larry Bader was not to be found.<br />
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Coast
Guard officers confirmed that survival in Lake Erie was unlikely during
such a storm and the case was ruled a death by drowning.
Larry's body was never recovered. Larry left behind a wife, three
children, and a fourth on the way.<br />
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There was no evidence of foul play
and Bader was subsequently pronounced legally dead.<br />
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Hellllooooo Omaha! <br />
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A few days after the Ohio boating incident, 30 year old Francis
("Fritz") Johnson washed up on the shores of the Great Grey-Green Greasy
Missouri River in Omaha.<br />
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Fritz quickly became a very popular Man About Town, landing a job as
a bartender at Ross' Steakhouse on the then-burgeoning 72nd. Street
Strip. Fritz drove a tricked-out hearse as his personal vehicle and
became known as a jokester and all-around good guy.
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Fritz parlayed his personality into a position as deejay and announcer at radio station KBON (1490, currently KOMJ) in early 1959.<br />
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Fritz's claim to fame in 1959 was that of a modern-day stylite, spending two weeks (some reports say a full month) in a box on top of a pole on the Douglas County Court House lawn in promotion of the 1959 Polio Drive. Fritz lived, ate, and slept in the box, doing broadcasts and check-ins from time to time. A mini-scandal erupted when it was reported that Fritz's bartender friends were sending him cocktails via rope and basket.<br />
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In 1962, Fritz landed a position as news/sports announcer at television station KETV, channel 7. He gained considerable local and regional notoriety later that year when he was tapped by wrestling promoter Joe Dusek to host the weekly All Star Wrestling program, produced in the KETV studios.<br />
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He married Nancy Zimmer, an aspiring local model.<br />
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During his television career, he resumed his interest in the sport of archery, eventually capturing the Nebraska State Archery title. (You may now release that thought.) :)<br />
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Unfortunately for Fritz, his health took a turn for the worse, having been diagnosed with a malignant tumor which ended up costing him his eye. He appeared to recover quite well, resuming his television career and his life as an archer.<br />
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Two lives and two wives:<br />
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The lives of Larry Bader and Fritz Johnson collided when Fritz, while working on a side job promoting archery equipment, gave some archery demonstrations at a sporting goods trade show in Chicago in early 1965.<br />
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A friend of the family immediately recognized Fritz and phoned a Chicago area member of the Bader family. A niece rushed to the sports show, confirmed the likeness, and summoned two of Larry Bader's brothers from Akron. The family members confronted Fritz, who was cooperative but denied any connection to the Bader family.<br />
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Fritz related his life story as having been born in the Boston area, spending most of his early life in a Brookline orphanage, and joining the US Navy right after high school.<br />
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Downward plunge:<br />
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The Bader family was not convinced, and Fritz willingly agreed to be fingerprinted and to have his prints compared with known prints of Larry Bader.<br />
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The investigation revealed, as the Bader family had suspected, that Fritz Johnson of Omaha was indeed the missing Larry Bader of Akron.<br />
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The tangled web unwoven:<br />
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The subject of the story (LOL, I'm torn between calling him Larry and calling him Fritz at this point) emphatically denied knowing anything of a previous life as Larry Bader of Akron. He was examined by physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, and, of course, lawyers.<br />
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No definite conclusion was ever reached.<br />
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Although his denial was absolute, he acknowledged his fiscal and moral responsibilities to both families.<br />
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Fritz was eventually fired by KETV. His Omaha wife had the marriage annulled. His Akron wife, who was then engaged to be married, sought a very awkward reunion but did not express any desire to resume the previous marriage.<br />
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Due to technicalities, charges for bigamy and fraud were dropped. The only successful recovery was a small civil suit for damages by the owners of the wrecked motorboat.<br />
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The cancer returned, affecting both the brain and liver, and Larry/Fritz passed away in 1966.<br />
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Such is the story of one of Omaha's, and of life's great mysteries.<br />
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We will never know!<br />
<br />Omababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36542287.post-51478341650200561612012-04-06T09:56:00.004-05:002012-04-06T10:03:24.409-05:00Where Am I?Another site I visit frequently (forgotten-ny.com) tries this little game on occasion.<br /><br />The following photo is from somewhere in the Omaha area. Where am I?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2czgtpRpqcsL9tSt-IbE3e7fhteDfoWID-Lq4zCmSq4M00IIEtuUpOeNilKCOFS3F8GG30S3N8kK3xSnE8XAoduaIZvbWcNFyPqNGIuCNGV8lrhZ5IXZ-g19EdPjdF3J8ZT9V/s1600/wmi1.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2czgtpRpqcsL9tSt-IbE3e7fhteDfoWID-Lq4zCmSq4M00IIEtuUpOeNilKCOFS3F8GG30S3N8kK3xSnE8XAoduaIZvbWcNFyPqNGIuCNGV8lrhZ5IXZ-g19EdPjdF3J8ZT9V/s320/wmi1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728301907988347714" /></a><br /><br />Just post your answer (or guess) as a comment.<br /><br />The winner receives, as first prize, inspired by The Weakest Link, nothing! :)<br /><br />If anyone's curious, the latest round of the inspiration for this appears here:<br /><br /><a href="http://forgotten-ny.com/2012/04/where-am-i-20/"><br />http://forgotten-ny.com/2012/04/where-am-i-20/</a><br /><br />So, where am I? :)Omababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36542287.post-8794041886012592422012-03-18T04:36:00.000-05:002012-08-27T23:34:01.829-05:00Forgotten Cuisine IIDining out is one pastime which is enjoyed almost universally.<br />
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Yes, home-cooked meals are the standard by which all others are judged, but most everyone has the desire to vary from the patterns of domesticity whether occasionally or frequently.<br />
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Memories of dining out are usually fond, comprising food we enjoy and the company of those close to us.<br />
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I still cannot believe the amount of traffic and responses to the original Forgotten Cuisine article! The word of mouth (or rather the word of e-mail) really put this blog on the map, so to speak, and the amount and enthusiasm of the comments let me know that I was doing something right. Thanks again, gang! :)<br />
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Quite meaningful were the responses from not only diners, who fondly remembered the various places, but by family members, representing several of the restaurants covered and discussed. We have representatives of the Cohen family of Fireside fame, the Glasford family of Club 64 fame (including "Rick the Bad Speller"), the Nuno family of La Tropicana, the Frodyma family of Oddo's and Evans, The Reed family of Reed's and Whirla-Whip, and last but not least, the Caniglia family, whose ventures are almost too many to mention. If I'm leaving out a family or an individual, I apologize. Please be assured that it's an oversight and not a snub!<br />
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Too many to enumerate were the responses and comments from former employees of the establishments, those who knew us and served us and are responsible for those great memories. I know that many of us can still recall by name the servers we had at these great places back in the days. I sure can! :)<br />
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Very helpful were the responses in discovering, and in some cases debunking, the reasons for the demise of several of these places. Surprisingly, street construction and improvement was cited in several cases, causing inconvenience to customers and a resulting devastating decline in business.<br />
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Fire was also cited as a reason for closure.<br />
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By popular request, and admittedly late, here's the second chapter to this tale, some talk mainly about what once was, which we wish still was, and maybe some about what is, but we wish was not. :)<br />
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For those who missed the original, <a href="http://omababe.blogspot.com/2008/11/forgotten-cuisine.html">HERE</a> is the direct link:<br />
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Follow-ups, with many responses and comments, appear <a href="http://omababe.blogspot.com/2010/03/forgotten-cuisine-follow-up.html">HERE</a> and <a href="http://omababe.blogspot.com/2010/03/following-up-again.html">HERE</a><br />
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We'll concentrate on two genres in this chapter, chicken and drive-ins, both well-mentioned in the comments and follow-ups to the original posting, and then circle back to some of the others discussed and a few others worth mentioning.<br />
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The genre most mentioned in the feedback to Forgotten Cuisine chapter I has to be chicken restaurants, so let's examine what was.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Rose Lodge:</span><br />
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The chicken joint most mentioned and most missed is most definitely Rose Lodge.<br />
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"If the Colonel had our recipe, he would be General!", read the marquee.<br />
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For decades, Rose Lodge, or just plain "Rose's" as the regulars called it, stood on 78th. just south of Dodge.<br />
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If they served anything besides chicken, I sure don't know it, because that's what I always had and that's what anyone I ever went with had. Even those who don't really care for chicken on the bone (your ears burning, BBTBabe?) would love it! :) <br />
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Southern fried, battered but not spicy, not at all greasy, and incredibly tasty. They didn't need trace amounts of 11 herbs and spices, nor the Cajun seasonings to bring out the best in their chicken!<br />
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What happened?<br />
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We know that there was some construction in the area and we know that there was a buy-out by the O'Daniel motor group. Many closures of restaurants appearing in this article happened during or as a result of road construction. One comment referred to a possible fire. So, which was the chicken and which was the egg? :)<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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A Honda dealership. Whoopee!<br />
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But wait! Not all is lost!<br />
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In the sleepy little town of Treynor, Iowa, just a few steps southeast of Council Bluffs, a small roadhouse on the main highway has acquired the rights to use the recipes of the former Rose Lodge on 78th. in Omaha.<br />
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The name of the place? Rose Lodge, of course! :)<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Dixie Kitchen:</span><br />
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In the shadow of Rose Lodge stood Dixie Kitchen.<br />
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That's the problem! Dixie Kitchen was very good, in and of itself, but with a location that was all but next door to Rose Lodge, it was a very uneven playing field!<br />
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The chicken was excellent, not really unlike KFC's Extra Crispy style, but more flavorful.<br />
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What happened?<br />
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Unfortunately, for several of the restaurants featured in this entry, not very much can be determined. All of a sudden it was gone, never to surface in another location.<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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It's kind of hard to say exactly. Dixie Kitchen was somewhere in this strip, but I forget exactly which bay.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Jonesy's Dinner Den:</span><br />
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Jonesy's Dinner Den was probably my second favorite chicken joint of yesteryear Omaha, and it survived into the early 2000s, if I am correct.<br />
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Their chicken was, as with Rose Lodge, southern-fried, battered, and not overloaded with seasonings nor MSG.<br />
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I can remember that they cut their chickens somewhat differently than do most restaurants and supermarkets.<br />
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What happened?<br />
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Apparently a business slowdown leading to a vicious cycle out of which they never recovered. :(<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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The building has been used for several various restaurants, none of them very long-lived, since Jonesy's departed.<br />
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The tall sign is for Sinbad's, and it implies a Mediterranean flair.<br />
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However, the signs above and beside the side door (which was the main entrance to Jonesy's and appears to be the main entrance today) is for Sholiz African Cuisine.<br />
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Apparently the Sholiz folks don't regard removing or changing the sign as a very high priority. :)<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Short Stop</span><br />
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The Short Stop, frequently mentioned in feedback as a favorite for chicken, stood for decades on the west side of 42nd. just north of L Street.<br />
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Operated for decades by the Kieltyka sisters and family, this was, as the name implies, a favorite stop before or after an Omaha Cardinals/Dodgers/Royals or College World Series game.<br />
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The recipe for the Short Stop's Italian salad dressing, purloined by a then-soon-to-be ex-employee, appears in a previous item <a href="http://omababe.blogspot.com/2010/03/forgotten-cuisine-follow-up.html">HERE</a>, about half way into the page.<br />
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What happened?<br />
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Apparently nobody in the extended families wanted to take over the business.<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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Well, it's hard to say ...<br />
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Some kind of work is going on, but whatever it is, it's not obvious.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Cliff's</span><br />
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Very popular place, but somewhat enigmatic and difficult to trace.<br />
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The earliest ads I can find cite "just east of the Golden Spike Drive-In Theater" as the location.<br />
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The Golden Spike Drive-In Theater ("Home of all the big shows!") was situated in the valley by today's 114th. Street, roughly where the Hummer dealership is today, and may have covered some of the ground of the strip mall where the current Jack And Mary's stands.<br />
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What was an otherwise sleepy get-out-of-town highway in the 1970s is now a major thoroughfare, with service roads and express lanes on stilts.<br />
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"Air conditioned!" For a drive-in theater? :)<br />
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What, you inquire, does the Golden Spike Drive-in Theater have to do with chicken?<br />
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Well, I'm glad you asked. :)<br />
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They were most definitely in the fried chicken business!<br />
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However ... back to Cliff's ...<br />
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Later ads show various addresses just south of Dodge on 114th.<br />
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Some of the confusion with ads and listings may be due to the fact that at this time, Cliff's had a NORTH 114th. address but was physically SOUTH of Dodge. Omaha north-south addresses are relative to Dodge STREET, not West Dodge Road, which is the main drag in this area.<br />
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What happened?<br />
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Cliff's apparently morphed into Jack And Mary's.<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Jack And Mary's:</span><br />
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Yes, there is a Jack and there is a Mary, and undoubtedly there was a Cliff, after whom the original Jack And Mary's was dubbed.<br />
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The "original" Jack And Mary's stood for a few decades in the Old Mill Shopping Center.<br />
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They recently moved.<br />
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The current Jack And Mary's is just a few blocks west, in the Miracle Hills Plaza and still going strong!<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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A Social Security office.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Chic-Inn:</span><br />
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Chic-Inn was located on Omaha's then far-west side just east of the old Peony Park and offered inexpensive eat-in and take-out chicken, either by the piece or dinners.<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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Cuppa joe, anyone?<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Wheels to Meals ...</span><br />
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The other genre frequently mentioned in comments and feedback was drive-ins.<br />
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Yes, American Graffiti was alive and well in Omaha in the 1960s.<br />
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The drive-in scene appeared to be dominated by the three biggies, Tiner's on Dodge at 44th., Todd's on Dodge at 76th, and Oddo's (properly pronounced with a long "O") on south 13th. This also translated to two major "cruising" areas, one on Dodge from about 40th. or so out to 90th., and the other along the south 13th. Street corridor.<br />
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There were other popular cruising areas as well, most of them centered around one or more drive-ins. North Omaha saw cruising along 30th. in the vicinity of the Royal Boy, the predecessor of Mr C's, and South Omaha had an extended cruise strip from Toady's A&W on 24th. down to Big Joe's on Railroad Avenue.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Tiner's:</span><br />
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A reader describes the Tiner's sign as:<br />
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"The thing I remember about Tiner's was the sign. A neon arrow rising like a sky rocket and then a BIG flash when it reached the top. Once you passed the crest of the hill at 49th you couldn't miss it. When it was foggy, you could see the flash in the fog as far west as 52nd."<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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"No jy-ro, geeeea-ro!" King Kong, a burger stand of local origin with a Greek-American flavor.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Todd's:</span><br />
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Todd's was the Omaha drive-in to which all of the others were compared. Regulars told tales of long lines of cars stretching for blocks. Todd's was THE place to be, to see and to be seen.<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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Most recently it was a florist. Now it sits vacant with an empty pole sign.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Oddo's:</span><br />
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We've visited Oddo's twice in previous articles, actually ...<br />
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The names of the sandwiches are priceless! There were others too, such as the "Henpecked Henry!" This was on 13th. Street, just north of Martha and the Sokol Hall.<br />
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One of the family members apparently thought up these names. This had to be an incredibly fun place back in the 1960s!<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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Part of the complex, including the sign, still stands. Looking very closely at the sign, it possibly had a "skyrocket" similar to that used on the Tiner's sign shown above.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Evans:</span><br />
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Evans was on Center Street, east of 36th. Street and west of Richie's restaurant.<br />
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I don't think Evans had any hot food. Their specialty was ice cream and they did that very well!<br />
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The confection I most remember at Evans was known simply as a "Homestyle", and I remember that I confused this with the "Home Style Ice Cream" we used to make when I was young.<br />
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The Evans Homestyle was a very thick malted which you ate with a spoon. It was huge and served in a very fancy heavy glass which was very cold. From the comments, apparently Reed's had a very similar offering. It was incredibly tasty, and in my entire life I have not tasted anything like it.<br />
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However ... {wheels turning, and a slight digression ...}<br />
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When I was growing up, our family did not have an ice cream churn. Many families did, and the process of making ice cream with it was tedious. It involved a lot of ice, rock salt, and rigorous hand-cranking. It was messy and a lot of icky salty run-off water had to be disposed of. Quite a few people raved about the home-made hand-cranked ice cream, but in my very picky opinion, it was often watery and grainy and seldom as good as you could get from any soft-serv stand.<br />
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Our family had a better method, which was simply called home style ice cream, and I know others made it at the time. It does not involve the exhausting cranking. It's a simple mix of heavy cream, sugar, and flavoring (mixing in fudge sauce makes a killer chocolate) which is chilled, whipped, chilled again, whipped again, and then frozen overnight.<br />
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The result is incredibly creamy and very tasty. It's also quite fattening! Just looking at a dish of it will cause you to gain 10 pounds! :)<br />
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I'm thinking -- that maybe Evans Homestyle was a variation of a recipe similar to this. I am tempted to try this but adding in a bit of malted milk powder. My taste sense says that the result may be very close!<br />
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Oh well - something to try on a long rainy Thursday ... :)<br />
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What happened?<br />
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Evans sold out to Goodrich, a much larger competitor in the ice cream business.<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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Now a Valentino's take-out.<br />
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When I went to Evans in the 1970s, I recall that there was a residence on the upper story, most likely for the owner-operator family. The path of the stairway to the balcony of the abode can be seen in the three vertical windows toward the center of the east side of the building.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Reuben Sandwich</span><br />
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Any discussion of native Omaha cuisine invariably circles around to the legend of the Reuben sandwich. Two local eateries, the Blackstone Hotel, and the Rose Bowl, have claimed the Reuben as their own.<br />
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What I believe is the most credible version of the story is that the sandwich was a favorite of Blackstone regular Reuben Kulakofsky (of Central Market fame) and was originally made at his request. When the sandwich was eventually placed on the menu, the name "Reuben", for lack of a better name, was used.<br />
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This was what was told to me on two separate occasions by two former Blackstone employees, one a retired Executive Housekeeper, and another a retired restaurant Hostess.<br />
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There are some variants of the tale, but it always points back to the Blackstone and Mr. Kulakofsky.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Blackstone:</span><br />
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The Blackstone Hotel was mighty classy in its time! Locally-owned by the Schimmel family, long-standing on the corner of 36th. and Farnam.<br />
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The Blackstone featured several eateries, the Cottonwood Room, the Golden Spur and the Orleans Room being the most notable.<br />
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What happened?<br />
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The former Blackstone employees with whom I was acquainted looked back fondly to the Blackstone's glory days under the ownership and management of the Schimmels, and the subsequent decline and decay after the hotel was sold to the Radisson group.<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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The building still stands proudly, now an office annex for the Peter Kiewit associated companies.<br />
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The view above shows the closed former entrance to what was the Golden Spur, one of the Blackstone's dining establishments.<br />
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Nope, no Golden Spur, no Orleans Room, and no Reuben.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Rose Bowl:</span><br />
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The Blackstone's rival in the Reuben Wars was the Rose Bowl.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Rose Bowl:</span><br />
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The Rose Bowl was a large bowling and entertainment complex on the north side of the Dundee neighborhood.<br />
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Legend has it that the Rose Bowl also claimed the origin of the Reuben sandwich, but alas not much is evident to substantiate the claim.<br />
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While the Rose Bowl did indeed stand as one of the area's premier bowling centers, hosting a weekly television show and many regional and national tournaments, dining was not a featured forte.<br />
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I only remember dining at the Rose Bowl once, at a banquet, which I assume was catered by the Rose Bowl's staff. I vaguely remember that the food was good, but it was definitely not memorable by any means.<br />
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What happened?<br />
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General decline of business, eventual closure.<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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If you can imagine a bowling alley being converted into a strip mall, this is what you get.<br />
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The main occupant is a moving and storage center, but there are other various businesses in here too.<br />
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The oblong curved roof of the original bowling alley is evident from the above view.<br />
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Omaha has hosted several long-standing and prominent Asian restaurants, mostly of the traditional Chinese and Japanese types.<br />
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King Fong, on 16th. downtown (and still going strong) is the most Hopper-esque of the bunch, and as of this writing appears to be the oldest continuously-operating restaurant in the Omaha area.<br />
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There are some of years gone by, particularly those of the family-owned Cantonese variety.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Hong Kong Restaurant:</span><br />
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My personal favorite was a hole in the wall, or in this case a hole in the road known as the Hong Kong Cafe in rural Iowa just outside of Council Bluffs.<br />
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What happened?<br />
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"Some stupid with a flare-gun, burned the place to the ground!"<br />
(/me puts on an old Deep Purple album and cranks it)<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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Kanesville Quilting.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Chu's:</span><br />
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Another favorite of mine was a smaller place literally across the street from the old AkSarBen racetrack.<br />
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As you can imagine, getting a reservation on a Saturday following the races, or even on a mid-week race day was an exercise in futility!<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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Well, I swear it was in here somewhere!<br />
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The racetrack is gone now, replaced by AkSarBen Village, a "mixed-use" (oh, that concept is sooooooo trendy!) development on the original AkSarBen site.<br />
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Appears that the property now belongs to the University.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Cimmaron Room:</span><br />
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The Center Mall was Omaha's first true shopping mall, a vast three-level indoor-outdoor structure, dating from the mid 1950s, at the intersection of 42nd. and Center.<br />
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The Cimmaron Room (nee' Sky Room) was The Center's "penthouse" flagship eatery. As the ad above implies, it was another popular post-race destination for those playing the ponies at the nearby AkSarBen racetrack.<br />
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What happened?<br />
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Competition from the newer suburban malls, such as Crossroads, Westroads, Southroads, and Oak View (Oakroads?) resulted in fewer retailers at The Center and the conversion of the property from retail shopping to offices in the 1980s and early 1990s.<br />
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The Cimmaron Room quietly succumbed to the transition.<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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The entire mall is still standing, more or less in the same form as it was in 1956.<br />
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It appears to be still limping along with a modest occupancy of office tenants.<br />
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Southroads, once a thriving suburban mall, is also an office complex. Is Crossroads to follow? (Or will it become "Mixed Use" instead?) :)<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Harry's Restaurant (Harry's Key Club):</span><br />
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Harry's Restaurant was mentioned a number of times in the comments and feedback on the original article.<br />
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The featured entertainment at Harry's, as has been noted, was sing-along with the pianist in the lounge. (More like "Sing Along With Mitch" than karaoke.) :)<br />
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What happened?<br />
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Apparently none of the Neesman offspring cared to go into the restaurant business.<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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Now part of the City-County office complex.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Ambassador:</span><br />
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I remember the Ambassador fondly!<br />
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When I lived in the area, the Ambassador was to me and my friends what Monk's/Tom's was to the Seinfeld gang. We were typically in there several times a week for a leisurely meal, a few drinks, and some diversion and chit-chat.<br />
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At the time, the Ambassador was one of Omaha's few 24 x 7 eateries. The one owner bragged about not even having a lock on the door for many years.<br />
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What happened?<br />
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It was a very sad story.<br />
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One of the owners suffered a very violent death after breaking up a fight between two patrons in the adjoining bar area. We had been in there earlier that evening, but did not witness the incident, which happened very late at night.<br />
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The remaining partner kept the place going until they were hit by a devastating fire, from which they never recovered. He briefly re-opened on 90th. Street, but the new place never caught on and closed within a year.<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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The building is still there.<br />
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An annex for All Makes Office equipment, a neighboring business.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Fireside:</span><br />
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The Fireside on Leavenworth was another frequently-mentioned favorite.<br />
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The Fireside's specialty was a high-quality reasonably-priced buffet.<br />
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Maybe it's old age setting in, but I cannot remember for sure if I ever dined at the Fireside or not. I can vaguely remember eating at a place somewhere in that area in the mid 1970s, but it may or may not have been the Fireside. All I remember about that meal is one of the guys in our party getting into a "Five Easy Pieces" type of dispute with the server regarding a fairly simple substitution. I know this place I'm remembering was not a buffet, but a regular sit-down type dining room restaurant.<br />
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I also vaguely remember the entrance to the Pirate's Den, with a motif of something like an anchor or one of those nautical steering wheels, perhaps both. There may have been more nautical decor as well. This would have been way back in the 1970s.<br />
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What happened?<br />
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I'm not sure, but we had one of the family members with us a while back, who could possibly give us a little insight.<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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The building is still there, now subdivided, and looks to be well-maintained.<br />
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The Down Under Lounge, the current resident rathskeller, uses the same entrance as did the Pirate's Den.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Here's Johnny's:</span><br />
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Johnny Carson (yes, *THAT* Johnny Carson) and a group of investors ventured into the restaurant business in Johnny's native Nebraska in the early 1970s. Their aim was to create a chain of higher-quality casual family restaurants, priced competitively.<br />
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Although Here's Johnny's did last a number of years, the chain was always a few links shy of a shot. Two Omaha Here's Johnny's eateries had a modest run, one on south 72nd. and the other on Saddle Creek Road, adjacent to the Rose Bowl.<br />
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I particularly remember the 72nd. Street Here's Johnny's for their excellent and reasonably-priced breakfast buffet on Sunday.<br />
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What happened?<br />
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They were well-capitalized and did survive the "hump" of the first few years. Although they gave it the Good Old College Try<tm>, the concept never really caught on.<br /><br />What's there now?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8NpqU2rEfjDD9BovW60FQh3z6s6QzQYHOJrRXr8seUH3v07PikgY4OrW40XlIrMZL43ASqLVvbwPhBgOTeh7wbPcJ0il4SIMY_PLQKmloIiQbnhdKqij-GfxqzOctHQmoc963/s1600/R1-05985-0013.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713658761423748530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8NpqU2rEfjDD9BovW60FQh3z6s6QzQYHOJrRXr8seUH3v07PikgY4OrW40XlIrMZL43ASqLVvbwPhBgOTeh7wbPcJ0il4SIMY_PLQKmloIiQbnhdKqij-GfxqzOctHQmoc963/s320/R1-05985-0013.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 214px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 320px;" /></a><br />The architecture and styling of both buildings are still evident after 40 years.<br /><br />The Saddle Creek location is now a buy-here, pay-here lot. (Turn around and face north and you'll see the south wall of the defunct Rose Bowl, discussed above.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFEMDPiPQ1f0kpI_hTTfbbXhgEAEEe794GFNft42kWs7zOqtPV6o-fMhIysmwYZRcVv0SNtrv8O_2sBjtHPtIIgdH3O0i6AShXjEfRMUTFFR60QJBTpUnzE_IglVpQiPdFKcp/s1600/R1-05985-0007.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713658591751373858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFEMDPiPQ1f0kpI_hTTfbbXhgEAEEe794GFNft42kWs7zOqtPV6o-fMhIysmwYZRcVv0SNtrv8O_2sBjtHPtIIgdH3O0i6AShXjEfRMUTFFR60QJBTpUnzE_IglVpQiPdFKcp/s320/R1-05985-0007.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 216px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 320px;" /></a><br />A credit counseling service occupies the 72nd. Street location.</tm><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Kenny's:</span><br />
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I would call Kenny's an "occasional favorite" of mine.<br />
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Kenny's had quite a few mentions in feedback and a loyal clientele.<br />
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I considered Kenny's to be a "nice" restaurant, but one which retained casual informality. Kenny's was a nightly favorite of the racing crowd.<br />
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What happened?<br />
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The demise of Kenny's appears to be related to an extended construction period around the 72nd. and Dodge intersection.<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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It is, or rather was until recently, a Borders bookstore. This photo was taken after Border's closed, so they must be leasing their parking lot to something else in the neighborhood.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Lay's Arbor Inn:</span><br />
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The French/Continental styles have never been strong in the Omaha area. Other than the recently-closed French Cafe and the Cafe De Paris on 6th., there have been a few ephemeral exceptions, such as Churchill's and Lay's Arbor Inn.<br />
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In its time, Lay's Arbor Inn, named after Arbor Street, was regarded by many as Omaha's most elegant eatery.<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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Nothing!<br />
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I guess this should be requiem for Senor Matia's as well.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Mr. Kelly's:</span><br />
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Mr Kelly's was one of the first "suburban" Omaha-area restaurants I remember.<br />
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This was the flagship dining establishment of the newly-incorporated city of La Vista, standing guard at the intersection of 84th. and Parkview Boulevard (nee' Easy Street).<br />
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Mr. Kelly's, again, was an "occasional favorite" of mine.<br />
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What happened?<br />
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It was briefly rebranded as a branch of Dugger's, an existing steak house on Center, and eventually closed.<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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It's been offices in recent years, currently home to a mortgage broker.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Top Of The World:</span><br />
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Omaha's answer to the famed Rainbow Room was the Top Of The World, located on the tippy-top floor of the Woodmen Tower.<br />
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Top Of the World was part of the Caniglia empire, lasting into the 1990s, I believe. This was a very nice place, and I truly enjoyed every experience there.<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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Well, the building is still there at least. I don't know what's up there. I haven't been to that floor since Top Of The World closed. The four large windows directly below the "Woodmen" logo were the Top Of The World windows.<br />
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I guess the Omaha Press Club is now our only sky-high option remaining. Personally, I'm very surprised no fine dining establishment has opened at the top of the First National Center!<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Silver Lining:</span><br />
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Do you ever think of an airport as a dining destination?<br />
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Apparently some did, long before the days of 9-11 and intimate pat-downs.<br />
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The Silver Lining, operated by the Hayden House, was located at Eppley, roughly in the area just south of the food court adjacent to the walkway to the north satellite gates.<br />
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An observation deck, above, provided views of the air traffic.<br />
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In days prior, the Hayden House operated "twin" restaurants at Eppley and at Omaha's Union Station. Vestiges of the Union Station Hayden House remain as part of the Western Heritage Museum, with the current lecture hall being the original Hayden House main dining room.<br />
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What happened?<br />
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LOL, as I said, do you really consider an airport as a fine-dining destination? "Take yer shoes off, belts off, put 'em in the bin ..., now a table for how many?" :)<br />
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The Disappearing Railroad Blues killed the one at Union Station.<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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Leaving, on a jet plane ...<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Nasr's:</span><br />
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Proms, business meetings, and banquets were the specialty of Nasr's, located on Ames near Benson Park.<br />
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Regular dining room service was popular too.<br />
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Their theme may have been Middle Eastern, but I remember their cuisine to be mostly Middle American.<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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It's been a few various things since Nasr's closed, most recently a keno hall.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Dundee Dell:</span><br />
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Famous for fish and chips (and single-malt Scotch)!<br />
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Dundee Dell has always had a very limited menu, but they have been extremely popular, remaining on Dodge between 49th. and 50th. since soon after World War II.<br />
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What happened?<br />
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They outgrew the place! Moved and expanded, a few blocks to the north.<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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The Old Dundee, which has retained a number of the old Dundee Dell's regulars.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Bellevue Queen:</span><br />
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This is a place I really enjoyed.<br />
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The Bellevue Queen was indeed on a true riverboat, but was permanently moored in Haworth Park.<br />
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They featured a great lunch buffet, an extensive dinner menu, and live entertainment, often a country-rock band.<br />
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The highest dining level, although very small, offered some great views up and down the river.<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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The view immediately below shows the former site of the Bellevue Queen.<br />
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Haworth Park was the victim of serious flooding in the summer of 2011. Clean-up and fix-up are still in progress as of this writing.<br />
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Debris removal is one of the steps being taken to assure that Haworth Park re-opens to the public this spring.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Black Forest Inn:</span><br />
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Black Forest Inn is another which I truly enjoyed.<br />
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Food like Grandma used to make, or in my case, food like other kids' grandmothers used to make.<br />
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German and American cuisine, plus an on-again, off-again buffet.<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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Looks like a church to me.<br />
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Club 64:<br />
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One of the most frequently-cited restaurants in the comments and feedback was Club 64, on the east side of Council Bluffs.<br />
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Club 64 took its name from Iowa State Highway 64, what is now US 6, and signed as Kanesville Boulevard within the Council Bluffs city limits.<br />
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One claim to fame of Club 64 was that they were the first Council Bluffs venue to sell liquor by the drink after such was legalized in 1963. That's right, bars, as we know them, were illegal in Iowa until 1963!<br />
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What happened:<br />
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I clearly remember "them" (that's the objective case of the ubiquitous "they") saying that Club 64 was yet another victim of the casinos.<br />
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We also had a comment stating they never recovered from the unfortunate incident.<br />
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The "unfortunate incident" referred to was a double-homicide at the Club early Tuesday morning, December 5, 1967. Night Manager Paul Rayer and Security Officer John Stephens, a CB Police Officer moonlighting at Club 64, were preparing the last night's receipts for a late-night deposit when they were confronted by persons unknown, robbed, and murdered! The case remains unsolved.<br />
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That incident occurred in 1967, long before my days in the area, and I'm a witness that Club 64 was going strong in the 1980s and 1990s, so I would say that they recovered quite well! :)<br />
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Rick G. ("The Bad Speller") says it best:<br />
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"We had to close down early in 1997 because the city of Council Bluffs closed the road to the restaurant for over a year and a half. it is hard to have a restaurant when the clients have to walk a mile to it."<br />
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Thanks, Rick! What you might not have as a speller, you certainly had in the kitchen, and you can be assured that I and your thousands of other guests over the years value their visits to Club 64 quite highly, as I do.<br />
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What's there now?<br />
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Nestled high in the hills above Old Kanesville, lies ...<br />
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Fareway Foods!<br />
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(Update: Multiple readers have stated that this is not the correct former location of Club 64. I admit that I shot this from memory and a quick sanity check of the street address. I will circle back and research this a bit more fully.)<br />
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As noted a number of times in feedback, Club 64 had a sister club on the Omaha side, Club 89. Club 89 was itself the victim of a very unfortunate incident, where a gunman barged in on a show in progress.<br />
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Fire eventually claimed the life of Club 89.<br />
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Afterword:<br />
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The one-of-a-kind, locally-owned and managed restaurants are a part of our lives and culture which we must value, support, and preserve!<br />
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An independent restaurant has to be about the most risky investment there is!<br />
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Not only money but time and sweat must be invested. A clientele must be built from a market unknown. The inventory is short-lived, highly subjective, and subject to spoilage. The staff must be hired and paid, even if the overall cash flow is negative.<br />
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The success depends upon the talent in the kitchen, the congeniality and charisma of the service staff, and the dedication of the proprietor, who must have that "sweet spot" of a balance between business acumen and people skills.<br />
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Success can be a fickle partner. We've heard first hand how a disruption in the flow of dining guests due to road construction can be devastating to an otherwise well-established and long-lived eatery!<br />
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Yes, we've all heard it ... "Only 10% of new restaurants make it the first year ..."<br />
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The figures are variable, uncertain, and subject to spin and whim, but anyone with a good set of eyes can tell that the majority of independent restaurants fail, and do so within a short time after opening. Far too many "Grand Opening" signs are rewritten "For Lease" within months! :(<br />
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Hey, everybody, please. If you ever listen to me, listen to me now!<br />
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When you have friends visiting from out of town, or when you just want a nice meal out for you and yours, and you're thinking of places like Sullivan's, Spencer's, 801 and the like, please think outside the box (to use the buzzword-compliant cliche') and steer your imagination over to places like Anthony's or Brother Sebastian's, or Johnny's, or Gorat's, or ... (I would add Jerico's in there but I was disappointed at their variety of sides, or lack of same.) There are many others from which to choose.<br />
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If your friends suggest something like Lone Star or Texas Roadhouse, give 'em some more authentic down-home Americana such as Farmer Brown's or Pink Poodle!<br />
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Likewise, when the gang at work wants to do lunch and somebody suggests Applebees or Pepperjax, chime in, and suggest Shirley's or Lisa's Radi(c)al Cafe, or Sam's Italian Villa, or any of several others, including ...<br />
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Millard Roadhouse (nee' Stockade):<br />
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Petrow's:<br />
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As noted in the comments, Petrow's rear sign comes from the original Caniglia's.<br />
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Richie's:<br />
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Dundee Dell:<br />
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There are many, many others deserving of our patronage and support!<br />
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Thanks again, gang!Omababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36542287.post-12502120917440805922012-01-16T10:45:00.001-06:002012-01-16T13:59:42.866-06:00Bibi Ho! :(The Westward Ho was not Las Vegas' largest or most opulent casino. In fact, it was quite downscale and admittedly so.<br /><br />The Westward Ho claimed the title of "World's Largest Motel", since all rooms were in 1 or 2 story low-rise buildings. When the the Westward Ho was constructed in the early 1960s, motel-style rooms were far more common in Las Vegas than hotel towers.<br /><br />Known affectionately as "The Ho", or unaffectionately as "The Westward Hole", the property had its share of fans and detractors.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL635oalH9VwC8jevHzOeQAyPi3D7kOnau8B62DLTy7ik8MA1AdWLdfoZFlQ8Yr7nBQ2JhrkUd6zy1PudwG0AVpvfrXCfdVJfEgTRTHftaVvJMcTWnBGldwmh7Rl-US6GCeHFr/s1600/675479-R1-048-22Aw.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL635oalH9VwC8jevHzOeQAyPi3D7kOnau8B62DLTy7ik8MA1AdWLdfoZFlQ8Yr7nBQ2JhrkUd6zy1PudwG0AVpvfrXCfdVJfEgTRTHftaVvJMcTWnBGldwmh7Rl-US6GCeHFr/s320/675479-R1-048-22Aw.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677491625884182690" /></a><br /><br />Love it or hate it, the Westward Ho was busy, bustling, and popular!<br /><br />The feature most noticed was the collection of brilliantly-lighted umbrella-like things on the sidewalk by a mirrored building frontage.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSmLLUtKRCHfjHGkzpNK0Ue901hSh4JOr0xz6gAXQG4Wo59JXo_fKHSnS5czFv-OCxPph5DxtYr2J6ANge8w3WFkagqXo1KAqkJqSkyootflDTyZpNywS7T0Pux3lJ4xjIP3ga/s1600/675479-R1-052-24Aw.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSmLLUtKRCHfjHGkzpNK0Ue901hSh4JOr0xz6gAXQG4Wo59JXo_fKHSnS5czFv-OCxPph5DxtYr2J6ANge8w3WFkagqXo1KAqkJqSkyootflDTyZpNywS7T0Pux3lJ4xjIP3ga/s320/675479-R1-052-24Aw.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677491629348912658" /></a><br />The overall atmosphere, inside and outside on the Strip, was festive.<br /><br />I remember staying at the Westward Ho twice.<br /><br />The first time I was very underwhelmed and actually put off a bit, the main reason being that our room door showed signs of a recent break-in, or at least an attempt at a break-in.<br /><br />The second time was kind of a spur of the moment trip where the Westward Ho was really the only place left which offered a decent rate at short notice for a weekend. I really enjoyed it the second time.<br /><br />The room was definitely not in the "mint on the pillow" class, but it was recently renovated, clean and comfortable, and the door closed very securely. (Yes, I checked!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzDB_uRwHbh9gHLwgUz5XOHtf3byAMvo9dxpz2kwM_WTSVughZnZNLvcSI3QHEz7GJKuEzN-PrFfBJCcsQKzgJIvTiTIrP4xaxm8rRAAgAKK4dCGXGBY3Qbjt1tw3Nh38015_m/s1600/dmrwh1.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzDB_uRwHbh9gHLwgUz5XOHtf3byAMvo9dxpz2kwM_WTSVughZnZNLvcSI3QHEz7GJKuEzN-PrFfBJCcsQKzgJIvTiTIrP4xaxm8rRAAgAKK4dCGXGBY3Qbjt1tw3Nh38015_m/s320/dmrwh1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681555187403214562" /></a><br />I considered it to be a step down from the tower rooms at the Sahara, but a step up from the old "Dorm Rooms" out in back at the Stardust.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ArItUygxQE7QD6zdFWmRy17hc1jYktxBOV9_CgMBRU-T4YKabuDAVPc2VRLaYYrWwIewFJuG5GUqd8q1f3d9o29r39U28elOPkAUZ93V8zWNAwquQP8d8Ubf2Xp8PMku3weM/s1600/dmrwh2.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ArItUygxQE7QD6zdFWmRy17hc1jYktxBOV9_CgMBRU-T4YKabuDAVPc2VRLaYYrWwIewFJuG5GUqd8q1f3d9o29r39U28elOPkAUZ93V8zWNAwquQP8d8Ubf2Xp8PMku3weM/s320/dmrwh2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681555195359999330" /></a><br />The Ho was most definitely downscale, but it didn't have that "down and out" vibe of the Western or the Aztec Inn.<br /><br />The Ho was famous (infamous?) for their food and drink bargains!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXV9RgoFVm0Ge40VReo4z6QF3wPBgrhVTEwXvl-vlHiNZ7yfxZkdVUHeKjawDWbgjHtOjmdv_7ESXAFrJlcl1q35kk5oA2uqItFFj2h-IgSz5jfbw-UuzFp2wtxcpTdgqPAOTP/s1600/0034677-R1-022-9Aw.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXV9RgoFVm0Ge40VReo4z6QF3wPBgrhVTEwXvl-vlHiNZ7yfxZkdVUHeKjawDWbgjHtOjmdv_7ESXAFrJlcl1q35kk5oA2uqItFFj2h-IgSz5jfbw-UuzFp2wtxcpTdgqPAOTP/s320/0034677-R1-022-9Aw.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677491427457041122" /></a><br /><br />The Margaritas tasted more like lemon-line slurpees, but a modest buzz could be obtained after consuming enough of them. :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_TtnNE6EdKo5rDKv_rgOohkcCK4bHYTASXwxX04psBndeiLYAtOsKfltVRunKOQoVBp8do41rT85gntRySKYcPnZNz-OOg198woM8JdNOqMigUZrmJkXy6SPVQMk2ERASlOd/s1600/0034677-R1-020-8Aw.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_TtnNE6EdKo5rDKv_rgOohkcCK4bHYTASXwxX04psBndeiLYAtOsKfltVRunKOQoVBp8do41rT85gntRySKYcPnZNz-OOg198woM8JdNOqMigUZrmJkXy6SPVQMk2ERASlOd/s320/0034677-R1-020-8Aw.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677491420390180322" /></a><br /><br />The Ho's claim to fame was the Mega-Dog, a 3/4 pound frankfurter, which is far more than I could ever consume in one sitting!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RtIdDqHsaT2hoR-6jnRAkfyjdnglYvgfdRY0W3ESimHo_plgbVpcWSbLwrv3IATM7C3-oCaWNx19S_-qfLYLvqXd8gTW6Os8Z9hCO2NjZJ6PUMT6qKb-vsrwZ5le3BUAxgMM/s1600/675479-R1-030-13Aw.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RtIdDqHsaT2hoR-6jnRAkfyjdnglYvgfdRY0W3ESimHo_plgbVpcWSbLwrv3IATM7C3-oCaWNx19S_-qfLYLvqXd8gTW6Os8Z9hCO2NjZJ6PUMT6qKb-vsrwZ5le3BUAxgMM/s320/675479-R1-030-13Aw.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677491618993224114" /></a><br />In the heyday of the Ho, the Las Vegas discussion forums (fora?) frequently circled back to the "Mega-Dog Challenge", with anecdotes of gastric distress. :)<br /><br />Cheap rooms, cheap food, cheap drinks, and low-limit gaming were all available, in abundance, at The Ho!<br /><hr><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The Ho you didn't know:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiciiGrKpVM1-QJt1ErU99lTgT7TfjIMqX6hfSbGaiXlGpUuKRbVvIBCZBXT_8eVq-KdjtLZWBuwOyMFGRtLgTMTYB0Z79o7FYsQhW2Agz3QdOXjQNZWfTSFbCI_KdP5HgvFG0d/s1600/dmrl027.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiciiGrKpVM1-QJt1ErU99lTgT7TfjIMqX6hfSbGaiXlGpUuKRbVvIBCZBXT_8eVq-KdjtLZWBuwOyMFGRtLgTMTYB0Z79o7FYsQhW2Agz3QdOXjQNZWfTSFbCI_KdP5HgvFG0d/s320/dmrl027.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677492721495394962" /></a><br />In 2004 a satellite casino (think 7-11 shop with slot machines and one gaming table) opened to the rear of the property, fronting Industrial Road.<br /><hr><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Downward Plunge:</span><br /><br />In mid 2005 it was announced that the Westward Ho would be closing, with a new development planned for the property.<br /><br />I shot the above night scenes in October of 2005, only a few weeks before the closure.<br /><br />As an aside, the Westward Ho is the only casino where I remember specifically not being told to take photos. I did the outside night shots, walked into the casino and raised the camera to my eye. A security guard stopped me and very courteously (cordially, actually) asked me to please not take any photos inside the casino.<br /><br />When I shoot inside a casino, I'll always ask either a security person or a "suit" if it's permitted, but I kind of assumed that they would not object due to the short life expectancy of the property. Oh well.<br /><br />In November, things went dark and fences went up!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9e3lJgmWNotCsmR4CbisoPOivqBHX1rGvYWKavSBhu2VB8FlToD0kTV90Wr2TGgz9XE5bRL5jZdptcM0YZyGRAJY-6OcNcc71SPITpLq2y5T1jUHgYwGB9Fdf9Zml0xwK_7Fa/s1600/651772-R1-051-24w.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9e3lJgmWNotCsmR4CbisoPOivqBHX1rGvYWKavSBhu2VB8FlToD0kTV90Wr2TGgz9XE5bRL5jZdptcM0YZyGRAJY-6OcNcc71SPITpLq2y5T1jUHgYwGB9Fdf9Zml0xwK_7Fa/s320/651772-R1-051-24w.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677491442768409346" /></a><br />The Riviera shines brightly in the reflection.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8eLbznyJtsFL6cW-af5CajeNmRhCzer7KGg5NepsDs-esTqfiBOJVKXK-cYRzEyr8WPTvkYmWcIJPt5mf_Rgm3ubeA1Qp5O4HPrbraALiR7ScFA2IBAZzDmXAwERWp5lTzjjO/s1600/dmr340-R1-014-5Aw.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8eLbznyJtsFL6cW-af5CajeNmRhCzer7KGg5NepsDs-esTqfiBOJVKXK-cYRzEyr8WPTvkYmWcIJPt5mf_Rgm3ubeA1Qp5O4HPrbraALiR7ScFA2IBAZzDmXAwERWp5lTzjjO/s320/dmr340-R1-014-5Aw.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677491896412591698" /></a><br />Umbrella things (I sure don't know the proper name for those) held hostage behind the fence.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJuVZex6nE_llpoZLxuhyft4Y1BQGp5367RUXU3XtvyNG6HRwL_mm8s7c-wWLxxAEhUNBRrcosXTbCYQ2T3kNDXJ7NR5nG-uC9FL5t4El9nIn9HmjTg-BbXzBkEWisMg-Qifk/s1600/dmr340-R1-010-3Aw.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJuVZex6nE_llpoZLxuhyft4Y1BQGp5367RUXU3XtvyNG6HRwL_mm8s7c-wWLxxAEhUNBRrcosXTbCYQ2T3kNDXJ7NR5nG-uC9FL5t4El9nIn9HmjTg-BbXzBkEWisMg-Qifk/s320/dmr340-R1-010-3Aw.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677491892831887122" /></a><br />What? No "Giant Margarita" or "Mega-Dog" signs?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhigrxNkKLVGS16FMHhY-_6d9qVRLx_6QCBFbDszCSnv6e82HUBDPh6cD51D_5LZ-7twv0XNCU2_N1-dxpL3SzoGDwlOBulR9_l87DXlu2y6uo4lIf8OujFkwHh-fPn5QPMAPq7/s1600/dmr340-R1-048-22Aw.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhigrxNkKLVGS16FMHhY-_6d9qVRLx_6QCBFbDszCSnv6e82HUBDPh6cD51D_5LZ-7twv0XNCU2_N1-dxpL3SzoGDwlOBulR9_l87DXlu2y6uo4lIf8OujFkwHh-fPn5QPMAPq7/s320/dmr340-R1-048-22Aw.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677491905704909954" /></a><br />Desolate!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29DI87gTfneOjRCRRjoQ6QFbM-bKPfOh5Rfyfnb0lnaHwB1kWSKTM7bHJrX1yypo1Z8aG_jTwIdCF0jYnnm6FiCyN1ORTLyugTPlVSQ4uSrRFLdogY69cUNG_uObEBENsAUn6/s1600/dmr254-r1-045-21.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29DI87gTfneOjRCRRjoQ6QFbM-bKPfOh5Rfyfnb0lnaHwB1kWSKTM7bHJrX1yypo1Z8aG_jTwIdCF0jYnnm6FiCyN1ORTLyugTPlVSQ4uSrRFLdogY69cUNG_uObEBENsAUn6/s320/dmr254-r1-045-21.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677491781346436834" /></a><br />Like a prison camp.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi216VvdsI7Ahbb6C5M2EZogVXzUAjzT2wCyBiSrmSZ84G2SWif2JOdMlHuwmUPGI6DBgiIbMPQrl6VjdHIPpHKMnjvmW17PEhYxDw4i_Uwo4gD3U3OJfhPpqRoa9We-ZP3loZc/s1600/651772-R1-065-31w.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi216VvdsI7Ahbb6C5M2EZogVXzUAjzT2wCyBiSrmSZ84G2SWif2JOdMlHuwmUPGI6DBgiIbMPQrl6VjdHIPpHKMnjvmW17PEhYxDw4i_Uwo4gD3U3OJfhPpqRoa9We-ZP3loZc/s320/651772-R1-065-31w.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677491611262091474" /></a><br />At least they left a few lights on, almost until the very end.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhww56o6JWO9Ns9cu4gfObS0ylAZsH5owlGmH5kWMG64Zf8GdrAuxeurBRupJUoR1Tdc-XVTZ3-CC1rBC5fObbPhRGm51VoLvyN9O4btFgw4yy1T8YgLYBzKYdA_LA9Xt0To7zI/s1600/651772-R1-055-26w.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhww56o6JWO9Ns9cu4gfObS0ylAZsH5owlGmH5kWMG64Zf8GdrAuxeurBRupJUoR1Tdc-XVTZ3-CC1rBC5fObbPhRGm51VoLvyN9O4btFgw4yy1T8YgLYBzKYdA_LA9Xt0To7zI/s320/651772-R1-055-26w.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677491612476420242" /></a><br /><br />Cash yer chips across the street at the Riv!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqlNZyYRrJg-fC6MFUBkmadhxIbtY5smbsCwqrKZxYbHrGPQ5M7_OmvOWpyHe98xnXufhgBd3adGQLmECPZfp8BeJjVKJzdOt_mtgHoiM5AZ6mnMBkTGg3iLSmlUGTTJ5ZfUI/s1600/651772-R1-053-25aw.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqlNZyYRrJg-fC6MFUBkmadhxIbtY5smbsCwqrKZxYbHrGPQ5M7_OmvOWpyHe98xnXufhgBd3adGQLmECPZfp8BeJjVKJzdOt_mtgHoiM5AZ6mnMBkTGg3iLSmlUGTTJ5ZfUI/s320/651772-R1-053-25aw.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677491443389698930" /></a><br />Last Gasp!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgStsi1RUA9h3TYkE_i_lnLUH4hCKVhr_IuWevuCP2RnF4nAwZyhkXgXwOLB3AckW8t0QSNXmpDKtiLI9mA_4VoUTyTLJabKHrPgUAVn6cgPF4SZFm1ES5jo_wPC_X8Tq9VFKWP/s1600/651772-R1-043-20w.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgStsi1RUA9h3TYkE_i_lnLUH4hCKVhr_IuWevuCP2RnF4nAwZyhkXgXwOLB3AckW8t0QSNXmpDKtiLI9mA_4VoUTyTLJabKHrPgUAVn6cgPF4SZFm1ES5jo_wPC_X8Tq9VFKWP/s320/651772-R1-043-20w.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677491430833387522" /></a><br />No Ho! :(<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtp_StOAkCrgFcTwUFSAI0hLXnmZqZiYgroOwRC2RZjVlCbBPKr4ZU_Or0izseWOxrr1V5tnyZ3fpuFTYvkfNtTrK_sR2GYwtGic9pM4q8fQNcC9QKOJPUgNiH_QssW5GKjQL5/s1600/dmr254-r1-047-22.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtp_StOAkCrgFcTwUFSAI0hLXnmZqZiYgroOwRC2RZjVlCbBPKr4ZU_Or0izseWOxrr1V5tnyZ3fpuFTYvkfNtTrK_sR2GYwtGic9pM4q8fQNcC9QKOJPUgNiH_QssW5GKjQL5/s320/dmr254-r1-047-22.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677491794827756818" /></a><br />A sad scene! :(<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZaYyQt3joTGD-98FpaoRceS06scoK5QaN7L0nxWiiu7kMpUgD7Bv_7svzFJSyN0KCn9prxqPaPo7tJiCFvsP6ybYzkyQrQ4fNrA8shSfDrpdQuCSsjd0hIOF_N6xYgF4iK1P6/s1600/dmr254-r1-043-20.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZaYyQt3joTGD-98FpaoRceS06scoK5QaN7L0nxWiiu7kMpUgD7Bv_7svzFJSyN0KCn9prxqPaPo7tJiCFvsP6ybYzkyQrQ4fNrA8shSfDrpdQuCSsjd0hIOF_N6xYgF4iK1P6/s320/dmr254-r1-043-20.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677491777054660210" /></a><br /><hr><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">What's there now?</span><br /><br />Nothing, actually!<br /><br />The owners of the Ho property reached an agreement with Boyd Gaming, owners of what was the Stardust and developers of what was to be Echelon Place, to incorporate the Westward Ho tract into the Echelon project.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2C4GojUmayxCwSuKwRvOAVcq876mdBc2zbXVOnykQG7c8d9bXekfRTVxY4a_t_nme0My9f18hIGPCml9d3lXbTVBnAWGgYt2f8hso3Hw5oGmuPERLukvM3nhSwECzpMrvhR-3/s1600-h/dmr716-R1-005-1.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2C4GojUmayxCwSuKwRvOAVcq876mdBc2zbXVOnykQG7c8d9bXekfRTVxY4a_t_nme0My9f18hIGPCml9d3lXbTVBnAWGgYt2f8hso3Hw5oGmuPERLukvM3nhSwECzpMrvhR-3/s320/dmr716-R1-005-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377701462400496674" /></a><br /><br />The vacant Ho property can be seen in the view above directly to the left of the McDonald's sign in the center of the photo.<br /><br />The Echelon project has to be the number-one fiasco in Las Vegas history! Boyd had a cash cow, the Stardust, with a loyal regular following. They had grandiose plans for a project of hotels within hotels and casinos within casinos and absentee celebrity chef restaurants and megatrendy velvet rope clubs and ...<br /><br />Then the recession hit!<br /><br />You can read that story <a href="http://omababe.blogspot.com/2009/08/stardust-to-dust.html">HERE</a> and <a href="http://omababe.blogspot.com/2009/10/dust-of-stardust.html">HERE</a>.<br /><br />Oh well, so it goes ... (and so do I!) :)Omababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36542287.post-56583569483751614652011-12-01T08:48:00.002-06:002011-12-01T20:55:33.047-06:00Forest after the Flood ...In 2007 I featured Fontenelle Forest, a local forest preserve adjoining Bellevue, Nebraska. Fontenelle Forest is the largest unbroken tract of land within a {mumble} mile radius. You can see the original posting <a href="http://omababe.blogspot.com/2007/10/forest-for-trees.html">HERE</a><br /><br />The Wetlands is one of my favorite sections of the Forest.<br /><br />Wetlands, ca. 2007:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-DHMvn6pOJxczA5swbMp-8EmplswuqzsJHebbccEBBAcBKqOHOe5NlJ3y9B-htNsiAytKH1MUhEiuYCHgNtF65TOicw0vBtZixxTiewBSq5v9XmdRraxNvqOfgnKxwYI7YEU/s1600-h/ff05.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-DHMvn6pOJxczA5swbMp-8EmplswuqzsJHebbccEBBAcBKqOHOe5NlJ3y9B-htNsiAytKH1MUhEiuYCHgNtF65TOicw0vBtZixxTiewBSq5v9XmdRraxNvqOfgnKxwYI7YEU/s320/ff05.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124342762470441810" /></a><br /><br />I had described the Wetlands as "Fallen trees, mossy ponds, rickety bridges, reeds, rushes, cat-tails, lilly pads ..."<br /><br />Although I visit the Forest semi-regularly, I have not seen the Wetlands since the Great Flood. During the recent Saint Martin's summer I did venture down there and I was quite astonished in what I saw.<br /><br />At the entrance to the Gifford Memorial Boardwalk, things looked more or less normal.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWgV5j6pUxACt6RPl5h5orh_m-ggU9NThJqJeNpib9Lo_0K2wsHaL04CRKCyRnpthG8BAeM4G5VOfZaOAohD_Cqhq1JJmDB7-rdpaq0p0KAcOm4kWXHCUWbdl9sL0yQ_egPzh/s1600/faf+023.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWgV5j6pUxACt6RPl5h5orh_m-ggU9NThJqJeNpib9Lo_0K2wsHaL04CRKCyRnpthG8BAeM4G5VOfZaOAohD_Cqhq1JJmDB7-rdpaq0p0KAcOm4kWXHCUWbdl9sL0yQ_egPzh/s320/faf+023.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679320693057380338" /></a><br />The most obvious sign of anything unusual was a very thick coat of dried mud covering the Boardwalk, with signs of recent footprints, indicating recent use.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XJQPYGJxv8ePYCEtI0SvYDmfaV_i9fo0iFYsqfN4XVsBlxsJsDfBVnnGS2PFDm_ioG2pV34Kw4HrGqJWjccI5NG_JrBoxX5gRK9dEaL7I46DWX67je1UZRGovTUJP_bSyfhD/s1600/faf+024.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XJQPYGJxv8ePYCEtI0SvYDmfaV_i9fo0iFYsqfN4XVsBlxsJsDfBVnnGS2PFDm_ioG2pV34Kw4HrGqJWjccI5NG_JrBoxX5gRK9dEaL7I46DWX67je1UZRGovTUJP_bSyfhD/s320/faf+024.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679320698829229298" /></a><br />However, after venturing a few hundred feet into the Forest, it was very obvious that things were not normal.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIdyHl29R9XlvOpcOGBbIHee0tlXApMM-Y6Zgh8LJxbU4MxQT9OJ6liER5lg2E__n7gF_pnwxZ9eDCgjl2mEmR3Y27s42AorfJ_ortNpT8ijoeTu5HByoITPY6HplTlNjkzTz/s1600/faf+018.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIdyHl29R9XlvOpcOGBbIHee0tlXApMM-Y6Zgh8LJxbU4MxQT9OJ6liER5lg2E__n7gF_pnwxZ9eDCgjl2mEmR3Y27s42AorfJ_ortNpT8ijoeTu5HByoITPY6HplTlNjkzTz/s320/faf+018.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679320679618045490" /></a><br />The Boardwalk, one of two equal-access trails in the Forest was buckled and was off its footing in many places.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNh_nw9jAq6umCnsJX3uO4wKN5pQyqTiqtac1SR-en3fe0ZYmSvOvKXYk-S4PCC7-7VB6ouKaN_9bxWz_84EMtp_l_1CPh_2Y6PLHEwNzHPRQZpEHSkH_YHhruGVzq5pOWRQN/s1600/faf+017.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNh_nw9jAq6umCnsJX3uO4wKN5pQyqTiqtac1SR-en3fe0ZYmSvOvKXYk-S4PCC7-7VB6ouKaN_9bxWz_84EMtp_l_1CPh_2Y6PLHEwNzHPRQZpEHSkH_YHhruGVzq5pOWRQN/s320/faf+017.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679319555364359986" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnSUmQZec2Go0dLull5fEXDj-w6QOOGebZo2pgUbh4PpqLhYzt0eg4WD7qY4xqVyrddMa79hJD8zaxpqIOekJ8zwgHPSH-H3OIjr7oBnqkKzv2j5i0ECdPXGkNvTjDSPyG48K/s1600/faf+007.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnSUmQZec2Go0dLull5fEXDj-w6QOOGebZo2pgUbh4PpqLhYzt0eg4WD7qY4xqVyrddMa79hJD8zaxpqIOekJ8zwgHPSH-H3OIjr7oBnqkKzv2j5i0ECdPXGkNvTjDSPyG48K/s320/faf+007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679318396854325970" /></a><br /><br />This next photo best shows the depth of the flooding.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcOJnztzzAd2gH2sMXvijymJ33ABs_i0jPjoCFFaixueTQYbPD3s5AMHFDfjjs7g6TS6CxeDkczLS2BiUzY9kL0DCaTq60eN02zDxTEn15NSAML9vhzRTRCfqvvvO3Bv-KXb7b/s1600/faf+012.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcOJnztzzAd2gH2sMXvijymJ33ABs_i0jPjoCFFaixueTQYbPD3s5AMHFDfjjs7g6TS6CxeDkczLS2BiUzY9kL0DCaTq60eN02zDxTEn15NSAML9vhzRTRCfqvvvO3Bv-KXb7b/s320/faf+012.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679318422450906306" /></a><br />Notice the high-water mark, the "bathtub ring" about 6 feet or so up the tree trunks.<br /><br />Repairs are in progress!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJpasze1TomwiVy1YEHgbVRI-fVtf-nndxp7pYBJ0lC5S039oWwEGP8C2-5rCkX61GWeC3PS3BqNM45JSl0tLG6qBJ0V0z1q46moxw37zz85gaN3nmXCsk_SJz-QcuX8r-unlA/s1600/faf+011.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJpasze1TomwiVy1YEHgbVRI-fVtf-nndxp7pYBJ0lC5S039oWwEGP8C2-5rCkX61GWeC3PS3BqNM45JSl0tLG6qBJ0V0z1q46moxw37zz85gaN3nmXCsk_SJz-QcuX8r-unlA/s320/faf+011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679318416563794450" /></a><br />Recent tire tracks show the repair work to the base of the trail, and parts of the Boardwalk have been salvaged and stacked ready for re-assembly.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjev4U9jXddxoetHJoMGDRs9OpwT_H1ijmtQ2Ulr3KNf1k5HEgzPdPAk9ytX2WhvjUSVbY7tNNmYM1pOANxCBlWMHEJsTAN5L4U7L0I-x8Lvr3wH2PVATz5q0hzCU7Ajxza4vyO/s1600/faf+010.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjev4U9jXddxoetHJoMGDRs9OpwT_H1ijmtQ2Ulr3KNf1k5HEgzPdPAk9ytX2WhvjUSVbY7tNNmYM1pOANxCBlWMHEJsTAN5L4U7L0I-x8Lvr3wH2PVATz5q0hzCU7Ajxza4vyO/s320/faf+010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679318408747781218" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwoeuTeYmDAREESJ1NblMmdDD1eWOwl-H6yTdlOUHJpVZMlWTPqhhQ-9oYrB0QnRWQfaCPxtICrvBup2I1LE1niBJG0KaWnRnSUVOvIShD68cZEkkxtTqAPlG-vpXdr1Qi8vab/s1600/faf+008.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwoeuTeYmDAREESJ1NblMmdDD1eWOwl-H6yTdlOUHJpVZMlWTPqhhQ-9oYrB0QnRWQfaCPxtICrvBup2I1LE1niBJG0KaWnRnSUVOvIShD68cZEkkxtTqAPlG-vpXdr1Qi8vab/s320/faf+008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679318399370255298" /></a><br />Sections of fallen trees, once blocking the path of the Boardwalk, have been removed, as we see from the recent saw marks and sawdust.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hxkYnZSwOZzLrz-JAq1Ir3c0IZg-cbJtgSRRBTN-um7nZBHinNsJx9M9VRIWdg8Xup_Zuh47hfX9g9VN18bva11WoEiuzk933bChOfWTUOTo5jNQJqgGzIW8ChC5sweLhsqA/s1600/faf+019.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hxkYnZSwOZzLrz-JAq1Ir3c0IZg-cbJtgSRRBTN-um7nZBHinNsJx9M9VRIWdg8Xup_Zuh47hfX9g9VN18bva11WoEiuzk933bChOfWTUOTo5jNQJqgGzIW8ChC5sweLhsqA/s320/faf+019.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679320682806504482" /></a><br /><br />The area surrounding the Great Marsh is still damp from the muck left over from the receding flood waters.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAJ4ghjavMbSbMhINGQoCGKdUVTpulmDTV7U4Qm9A1Yym6D_DsRyPnre5cw24fedtwMnJPu71UArkrjIGV2oLTVm9aksYPSAqfyqX7RuXI2MNd5DSOnziRzU6lydGe8dlnngK0/s1600/faf+015.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAJ4ghjavMbSbMhINGQoCGKdUVTpulmDTV7U4Qm9A1Yym6D_DsRyPnre5cw24fedtwMnJPu71UArkrjIGV2oLTVm9aksYPSAqfyqX7RuXI2MNd5DSOnziRzU6lydGe8dlnngK0/s320/faf+015.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679319541265790098" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFAgNcuiZx-mLX5w8Nj4FEYV1JUvOD6y-s-iU8Iek_r51DLIGYzLnW8H9VrlDKRGzAxlLPfcBYb0w2_q9r46neqPjdYZ4b5bRFxrVp_MJZABVHBtSEyN2aU9gbw5x1DOxaJ-V9/s1600/faf+014.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFAgNcuiZx-mLX5w8Nj4FEYV1JUvOD6y-s-iU8Iek_r51DLIGYzLnW8H9VrlDKRGzAxlLPfcBYb0w2_q9r46neqPjdYZ4b5bRFxrVp_MJZABVHBtSEyN2aU9gbw5x1DOxaJ-V9/s320/faf+014.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679319542844698338" /></a><br /><br />The Great Marsh itself has a very normal look to it, for this time of the season.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHXD1c_a85nDRenqDZaMwF84RuY11QuWiRo6sj3YBOP4uIZRNyHCHreZ-G11saAqXWfsT6F1rrxJBBuvIXgcBjuCOrYz39GfjgSqv8oVqKfrFPDrVIzAP-kespA11m9ahe3GW8/s1600/faf+013.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHXD1c_a85nDRenqDZaMwF84RuY11QuWiRo6sj3YBOP4uIZRNyHCHreZ-G11saAqXWfsT6F1rrxJBBuvIXgcBjuCOrYz39GfjgSqv8oVqKfrFPDrVIzAP-kespA11m9ahe3GW8/s320/faf+013.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679319536823139778" /></a><br /><br />The flood has taken its toll on the signage along the path of the Boardwalk.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM35G7F9wiU9bJG1O-HnbdbksfXY2pfD6MwxyguxCY36io_OEWriX4JyqvU9LjcsoHYgrGajvWZPB0cC2MhLbZJDOIwLlkDGIIBVHWu5tuWsiWm2Uza_NdLmw95hOjFn6j1EnZ/s1600/faf+016.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM35G7F9wiU9bJG1O-HnbdbksfXY2pfD6MwxyguxCY36io_OEWriX4JyqvU9LjcsoHYgrGajvWZPB0cC2MhLbZJDOIwLlkDGIIBVHWu5tuWsiWm2Uza_NdLmw95hOjFn6j1EnZ/s320/faf+016.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679319556943713426" /></a><br />Some signs have escaped with only minor damage.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheroZwc2eLwwBxRGnuKI-HOPVPJdfvTJzJS7zkgmGgVUuYVRGKboBYQFDarbfxEQBjt_mZYVaoTHPnPNQ9jDBR1rCijcUzL_E5hmNAxM1oM16mhkU9-39xkYx2FfR8xs6ABD7u/s1600/faf+021.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheroZwc2eLwwBxRGnuKI-HOPVPJdfvTJzJS7zkgmGgVUuYVRGKboBYQFDarbfxEQBjt_mZYVaoTHPnPNQ9jDBR1rCijcUzL_E5hmNAxM1oM16mhkU9-39xkYx2FfR8xs6ABD7u/s320/faf+021.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679320683304920722" /></a><br />Others appear to be damaged beyond repair! :(<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjtXzsCHV2eZSlq-HHoPXPxZApcTAIQxY2gFV6ccBAgYj8OCZZoo1Ps2JePPvznmb-umbpqVqZSM-LUyd9kKFMQwBQUUiAkFkK7N_raNIBBMb0GHKm9D14yhjclm_y3F8J4bX/s1600/faf+029.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsWxnM_BALpTxPb1hVK1SN_0LoNPbyNQ5cMo8rKYaKFaN7xQK_sFR2-nWyJkhSQXO9Ftxar-NDlhvIhyphenhyphen9jESKgWOekL-9YJ0HdlgIDvZCZQw4i6__z53VZsrpQo7LX2EV4Rl0j/s320/chi+019.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667256105022672082" /></a><br /><br />For a local Omaha perspective, look here: <a href="http://www.dshawnphotography.com/Occupy_Omaha.html">http://www.dshawnphotography.com/Occupy_Omaha.html</a>Omababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36542287.post-7602898632604852662011-10-16T10:04:00.002-05:002011-10-16T18:02:08.506-05:00Midtown Crossing at Twilight ...Midtown Crossing is a "Mixed Use" development just west of Turner Park, between Dodge and Farnam west to 33rd., where it abuts the Mutual Of Omaha campus. Yes, one of Mutual's development subsidiaries was and is the driving force behind Midtown Crossing.<br /><br />We strolled through Midtown Crossing in the daytime as we explored roughly a mile-long stretch of Farnam Street. You can Read All About It <a href="http://omababe.blogspot.com/2011/05/crossing-midtown.html">HERE</a> if you have not already done so.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivklY2OQ9bavtPaE1hUNx-a25Ac98kUM_TqbJSDs_AWx1mCaiVfvkkpvM-02rH1MMLXSRq0Vr0_gzG3b8X2vbSvfO2KZnU5eNPcoWkC_vu9ocS47IAgzyad9EoMYMXymQ4zxpw/s1600/R1-04998-022A.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivklY2OQ9bavtPaE1hUNx-a25Ac98kUM_TqbJSDs_AWx1mCaiVfvkkpvM-02rH1MMLXSRq0Vr0_gzG3b8X2vbSvfO2KZnU5eNPcoWkC_vu9ocS47IAgzyad9EoMYMXymQ4zxpw/s320/R1-04998-022A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661880397909590738" /></a><br /><br />It was a dark and stormy night! (With appropriate apologies to Washington Irving and, of course, to Snoopy.) :) I found myself having a free Saturday, which lately has been a rare occurrence.<br /><br />It was also a game night!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqQz3SNQLPDdo0jtqD6Y7m48Vw-HlEmWnwJIIUHeW_-6U4TzzEly7fYMv3rxa8r3yU4ubDiBbyeuBPuv4ETSQeeldQfLt0FJnLEnlqr93m6_oF8E6Ti-dEmhUINi1Nz3yRIMM/s1600/R1-04998-033A.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqQz3SNQLPDdo0jtqD6Y7m48Vw-HlEmWnwJIIUHeW_-6U4TzzEly7fYMv3rxa8r3yU4ubDiBbyeuBPuv4ETSQeeldQfLt0FJnLEnlqr93m6_oF8E6Ti-dEmhUINi1Nz3yRIMM/s320/R1-04998-033A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661880602413718002" /></a><br />This means that crowds will be down in the Omaha area, with tens of thousands making the trek down the pike to Lincoln to attend services of Nebraska's State Religion. :) (Free pizza, huh?)<br /><br />I was hoping for a bit more of a night-time look and feel to the photos. It *WAS* getting dark, really. :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_gQJ2sbToCGz9P20uPO9tDn8tx8_kZmA5ENVPaHtxS5qafpleGdxYJN8pEl9KnllRkBs2Ai1zYZTbZvH1jcBxx70y4U80RTxrs6dkunmPs7xABB5MEdz3rFLSVAwqS1TVuQA/s1600/R1-04998-035A.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_gQJ2sbToCGz9P20uPO9tDn8tx8_kZmA5ENVPaHtxS5qafpleGdxYJN8pEl9KnllRkBs2Ai1zYZTbZvH1jcBxx70y4U80RTxrs6dkunmPs7xABB5MEdz3rFLSVAwqS1TVuQA/s320/R1-04998-035A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661880618181749842" /></a><br />What I ended up getting were shots which looked almost day-lit, with a bit more light from the illuminated windows.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCkEG6TV02qxCIj8zMZZVxgKw7r2DtqCVwHC4xYlpvM1lYp_TQZiou_Ba699RcRzyQZ0v6oU-PqgzgemBETJCOOnPi8ZJX8bogbA3X4O1f4Fa_4jh-aUIzApQf0P3heml3p0X/s1600/R1-04998-036A.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCkEG6TV02qxCIj8zMZZVxgKw7r2DtqCVwHC4xYlpvM1lYp_TQZiou_Ba699RcRzyQZ0v6oU-PqgzgemBETJCOOnPi8ZJX8bogbA3X4O1f4Fa_4jh-aUIzApQf0P3heml3p0X/s320/R1-04998-036A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661880628271850802" /></a><br />Several of the shops were attractively lit, making conditions right for mixed-light photography.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQ-p0JAH4F8xoy0gLetsX5ypMNEqkPdMWsF0_z62R0jljy87LoOctwRzUfO20Xwpnn3ivqIJiaJhaen2jMB_laX4oMUfFrzl6-rPTk5ADBrTlCHABMbH17SsHUGZWbMUjxlG4/s1600/R1-04998-034A.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQ-p0JAH4F8xoy0gLetsX5ypMNEqkPdMWsF0_z62R0jljy87LoOctwRzUfO20Xwpnn3ivqIJiaJhaen2jMB_laX4oMUfFrzl6-rPTk5ADBrTlCHABMbH17SsHUGZWbMUjxlG4/s320/R1-04998-034A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661880607584734450" /></a><br />I just wish these *LOOKED* a little darker! :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNUQCAMJaPkFnF8VH29O5iqiFjZ_K3CQioW0VjV4QdEi1kay63VxZa4QvsJ1DLnq43erKN_vk5cf40v-hve2P2c0pFHXOEeZdQcOhG7CNE0JAUrrGiImPnnFPxvS0XmPjVapR6/s1600/R1-04998-032A.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNUQCAMJaPkFnF8VH29O5iqiFjZ_K3CQioW0VjV4QdEi1kay63VxZa4QvsJ1DLnq43erKN_vk5cf40v-hve2P2c0pFHXOEeZdQcOhG7CNE0JAUrrGiImPnnFPxvS0XmPjVapR6/s320/R1-04998-032A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661880590057050930" /></a><br />Midtown Cinema, one of the few theaters at which adult beverages are served, was a ghost town. The combination of the driving rain and the live action in Lincoln sure appeared to be taking its toll on the activity in this district!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSuTd95LAyCWwrTCcaGYIkFJSyI6yc3w5sXJ3imK8VdeJr9tQB39BHuS2BITxT2TvyqouC_wDAJyT0jrdGgCdBlmVvRNLSNQzLN-SwwRsOPBicBkojWrQQ-mrE2FHynVvx_ojN/s1600/R1-04998-027A.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSuTd95LAyCWwrTCcaGYIkFJSyI6yc3w5sXJ3imK8VdeJr9tQB39BHuS2BITxT2TvyqouC_wDAJyT0jrdGgCdBlmVvRNLSNQzLN-SwwRsOPBicBkojWrQQ-mrE2FHynVvx_ojN/s320/R1-04998-027A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661880419101643810" /></a><br /><br />Ingredient Restaurant, a regional casual Contemporary American chain, which offers customers countless options and (>>SHOCK!<<) discourages tipping was also mostly empty.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt4NRbW0ZNf_rZc9u2wIzEeJIfHXy6HnJBrakszIUoyUntEXfT_PUXUGkhJgVqZ-RDIQYrcTXfW6mUoZkCCufD4myJcbbeVBx3DGGPG5tIU-QC-K6ur5pa2odNXgZk3DxI4jT1/s1600/R1-04998-026A.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt4NRbW0ZNf_rZc9u2wIzEeJIfHXy6HnJBrakszIUoyUntEXfT_PUXUGkhJgVqZ-RDIQYrcTXfW6mUoZkCCufD4myJcbbeVBx3DGGPG5tIU-QC-K6ur5pa2odNXgZk3DxI4jT1/s320/R1-04998-026A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661880410785788594" /></a><br />Let's face it! Game night during football season is a no-winner for local restaurateurs!<br /><br />Most of the dining options of Midtown Crossing are of the "Contemporary American" ilk, and there is somewhat of a shakeout in progress. Midtown Crossing, like a number of the areas I've reported on about the Omaha area, is mostly free of the usual-suspect downscale fast food chains and formula restaurants. Refreshing, isn't it! :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAoy8L5zo0WZbTPnpW16i0IrlJpskaUFub-So3JLK2gpL2cdAl3ysaO4TEBAvAsgggwbJW3LO-QtsiJATocSxuOqnqCeIj02rOvJBxjGpxZKjRC9WDwe9DOVWxWGGoCvg0vjNX/s1600/R1-04998-025A.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAoy8L5zo0WZbTPnpW16i0IrlJpskaUFub-So3JLK2gpL2cdAl3ysaO4TEBAvAsgggwbJW3LO-QtsiJATocSxuOqnqCeIj02rOvJBxjGpxZKjRC9WDwe9DOVWxWGGoCvg0vjNX/s320/R1-04998-025A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661880409033305010" /></a><br /><br />Cantina Laredo (uh-huh, it's a chain, but not one of the usual suspects) appears to be about the only Non-Contemporary-American joint around her.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8IrIAlDpszb0AriCz2Gw-Jg4px_ii2H6fQrV9de2udTb5_lzxrHuaANzHNK-sPOtGmkv9PUJpqqlIw_n9vlRnNHlL7AnD5u-qMU5MVQTYJSNyqGwp9DqnZJ8wz3nP1LzjbpEb/s1600/R1-04998-017A.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8IrIAlDpszb0AriCz2Gw-Jg4px_ii2H6fQrV9de2udTb5_lzxrHuaANzHNK-sPOtGmkv9PUJpqqlIw_n9vlRnNHlL7AnD5u-qMU5MVQTYJSNyqGwp9DqnZJ8wz3nP1LzjbpEb/s320/R1-04998-017A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661880222705960754" /></a><br />As with the others, very sparse crowd this evening!<br /><br />Loft 610 - Contemporary American. Take a good look at it!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlppAQOdrGHbMrXlSq4OFidVRbzUYEk1OSXKpQnrqHXtLYGYNB4YaRrKujfIVO7feaBpYi_cCBf4Gla9YAhMdO9W1JS150O2ZQBG32hIDupbEc09ljf9wsDyvrIPxvyPi_OCH/s1600/R1-04998-012A.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlppAQOdrGHbMrXlSq4OFidVRbzUYEk1OSXKpQnrqHXtLYGYNB4YaRrKujfIVO7feaBpYi_cCBf4Gla9YAhMdO9W1JS150O2ZQBG32hIDupbEc09ljf9wsDyvrIPxvyPi_OCH/s320/R1-04998-012A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661880007199653874" /></a><br />You won't see this one very much longer. Loft 610 closed just a few days before this was taken. It's planned that it will either re-open as an upscale Italian place called Portovino, or else another branch of that great Contemporary American institution, For Lease.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7IrJwzgpl-WuMatGJbxHsb-89KCcxxTFb_RrTRW-1JR1FgolMjjFbhgEI0JK1x6Jk65Vrh4WbnZrgAIMdvpJxJzSI1WHj1BQq_tj4nL4KpWgdz4fwKhGJr0Gnp-wrLVhcraC/s1600/R1-04998-015A.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7IrJwzgpl-WuMatGJbxHsb-89KCcxxTFb_RrTRW-1JR1FgolMjjFbhgEI0JK1x6Jk65Vrh4WbnZrgAIMdvpJxJzSI1WHj1BQq_tj4nL4KpWgdz4fwKhGJr0Gnp-wrLVhcraC/s320/R1-04998-015A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661880214684601986" /></a><br />I do wish them success. I would really hate to see this one be yet another well-intended restaurant to go under. :(<br /><br />The Grey Plume - Contemporary American.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHLo3aqsHmlq1DurJHwLGwAPyP2RH3sD6r90flpsodSZtkAjtB1OO5RJKaxV4rx6MjytSKEjM68YBDwGULy7NdvonsxhT19m8md-9uwCZqVTLPbJx_UwtryUTXCuRtVCUJCRN/s1600/R1-04998-011A.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHLo3aqsHmlq1DurJHwLGwAPyP2RH3sD6r90flpsodSZtkAjtB1OO5RJKaxV4rx6MjytSKEjM68YBDwGULy7NdvonsxhT19m8md-9uwCZqVTLPbJx_UwtryUTXCuRtVCUJCRN/s320/R1-04998-011A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661880003103325890" /></a><br />Contemporary American intended with a green footprint. Locally-owned and operated and uses locally-produced ingredients whenever possible. Recently scaled back hours of operation. It appeared to be relatively busy on this otherwise very slow Saturday evening. (I'm very sure non-local folks don't understand the "very slow Saturday" comments.) :)<br /><br />Glo - a cocktail lounge and martini bar...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fzIw2V59lIp8VEF0tnKVSDQM-u_lq3vTLWh9PRfLOejPwPNc9lZJNAP_odBMv_5ebEaxHA9iaz9AH_4e8SiPcW8oP-loIDy7r7uCLzC_gex90yvMA9VosRB2kAEai_-IAAka/s1600/R1-04998-010A.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fzIw2V59lIp8VEF0tnKVSDQM-u_lq3vTLWh9PRfLOejPwPNc9lZJNAP_odBMv_5ebEaxHA9iaz9AH_4e8SiPcW8oP-loIDy7r7uCLzC_gex90yvMA9VosRB2kAEai_-IAAka/s320/R1-04998-010A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661879996194411538" /></a><br />... above Delice and next door to the Cinema.<br /><br />Crave!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzcGf_xdarf__lR_-IWJmTclnES1lrfCNhhxy1bEyuQbQ2cdxiLXNk8enoaDMufu6vC7QGhKaPQ554YnNg_wGpqr59-WKv5NoKLqzxaNZKfG1sRrouk9TYy1QGxv2SW1JwpAL/s1600/R1-04998-013A.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzcGf_xdarf__lR_-IWJmTclnES1lrfCNhhxy1bEyuQbQ2cdxiLXNk8enoaDMufu6vC7QGhKaPQ554YnNg_wGpqr59-WKv5NoKLqzxaNZKfG1sRrouk9TYy1QGxv2SW1JwpAL/s320/R1-04998-013A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661880016530605410" /></a><br />Omaha branch of a regional chain of {sigh!} Contemporary American restaurants.<br /><br />Midtown Crossing does have more than Contemporary American restaurants.<br /><br />There are a number of retailers in here.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VGNV-zULF420oCFDyL3YVbcaGI0PJnOXimVjC9BFt3DqUqo3lClMKlLQX0HRmlmUDYFUIWITVMBXlLLxAB6bFFAX7l6ioOz2CWl3106MRgFJEckXgwXcxUMKVlwY5Db9pvzy/s1600/R1-04998-009A.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VGNV-zULF420oCFDyL3YVbcaGI0PJnOXimVjC9BFt3DqUqo3lClMKlLQX0HRmlmUDYFUIWITVMBXlLLxAB6bFFAX7l6ioOz2CWl3106MRgFJEckXgwXcxUMKVlwY5Db9pvzy/s320/R1-04998-009A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661879990579979458" /></a><br />Such as Republic Of Couture, the Omaha branch of the quasi-upscale chain.<br /><br />Prairie Life Fitness ...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB-JvrIRv6FQvVUzoMlkolFZiPGOUH7JU2_IyZRtt04JWoiDrMQrQNdp6aes_9HnAEDyQVySAMR5XIve1ihAMS_Qbd9ky4z-aNjlldQ3J30uCqDuUB0uVcSZPsFrH9878F98YQ/s1600/R1-04998-028A.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB-JvrIRv6FQvVUzoMlkolFZiPGOUH7JU2_IyZRtt04JWoiDrMQrQNdp6aes_9HnAEDyQVySAMR5XIve1ihAMS_Qbd9ky4z-aNjlldQ3J30uCqDuUB0uVcSZPsFrH9878F98YQ/s320/R1-04998-028A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661880426845893234" /></a><br />... Gotta work off all of that Contemporary American chow, huh? :)<br /><br />Although the building is brand spankin' new, the traditional neighborhood grocer is alive and well in Midtown Crossing, holding down the fort at 33rd. and Dodge!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvEx7cCYHWNCAqEqqHof_puEmmxO6tdFEAtpu0i3sN3jqv4sEXzxjvQM_0Q3zO9Avk_bdzdR1BbkSw3ZrTTEccC5ezyhrrxF323jLCmP_y4aSJKRyfhjKoyJjfa1S2Oz7QviU6/s1600/R1-04998-020A.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvEx7cCYHWNCAqEqqHof_puEmmxO6tdFEAtpu0i3sN3jqv4sEXzxjvQM_0Q3zO9Avk_bdzdR1BbkSw3ZrTTEccC5ezyhrrxF323jLCmP_y4aSJKRyfhjKoyJjfa1S2Oz7QviU6/s320/R1-04998-020A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661880237748575906" /></a><br />Wohlner's, a long-lived independent grocer of the Dundee area, has taken up residence in Midtown Crossing.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0e-nRD1cod1tZRCDMZmQlTKlqLD_Rn1_TiyT0rgvLZCBQwWZxtLLy0ClSOiEcLcDj2rNfBOVL5ZfTUVxh161WyuOqnWmzt3JQGOzq6qzhON_Xw_0rbwTttSdaRJUQNuqXZxYe/s1600/R1-04998-021A.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0e-nRD1cod1tZRCDMZmQlTKlqLD_Rn1_TiyT0rgvLZCBQwWZxtLLy0ClSOiEcLcDj2rNfBOVL5ZfTUVxh161WyuOqnWmzt3JQGOzq6qzhON_Xw_0rbwTttSdaRJUQNuqXZxYe/s320/R1-04998-021A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661880249165549202" /></a><br />As we've seen in a few of these walk-throughs, the widely-reported death of the independent purveyor of provisions is premature and exaggerated. Although several former merchants are known as "the last independent grocer in Omaha", examples such as Wohlner's and Louis' in Beautiful Downtown Benson are examples of continuing life.<br /><br />Although most of the living quarters in Midtown Crossing are (reportedly slow-filling) condominiums (there's that word again) and rental units, there is one hotel.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Nd-4hwFJeWiQy5s-AxqoiLKpNCKj7bQmq434E00KQiJdBzuWA5tfo5i4zfBmmvZMo6h-2_zhPAG3h3HSwZR8yYI_3-c2ThAPnXtWNUrR2qXWIc8vTif_YdBNBHbC19MM3hj-/s1600/R1-04998-018A.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Nd-4hwFJeWiQy5s-AxqoiLKpNCKj7bQmq434E00KQiJdBzuWA5tfo5i4zfBmmvZMo6h-2_zhPAG3h3HSwZR8yYI_3-c2ThAPnXtWNUrR2qXWIc8vTif_YdBNBHbC19MM3hj-/s320/R1-04998-018A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661880231675082722" /></a><br />Element By Westin, a "green and healthy" upscale hotel shares the southeast corner of 33rd. and Dodge with Wohlner's.<br /><br />I hope you've enjoyed this somewhat wet twilight journey. I just wish the photos were a bit darker. Oh well, so it goes (and so do I)! :) Now let's head on over to Amerisports and do the game! :)Omababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36542287.post-72864848738431108212011-10-15T09:24:00.003-05:002011-10-15T09:33:56.079-05:00If you're bored and need a laugh ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.bluntcard.com/"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr8vaBCG6HUfKb0bztLPHxl8XJ2qHTyG8Dgx4CaInEIhIkEhE6dFX9dDmPwIKpSWgnPpHDU2yZTmaWlPAwlQd4koopS5LS0X0IaTRico2PVB6uhMEH8jACwARRtZrBiUzzxEir/s320/iHh03P2VOp56z9ogGqXd92Z8o1_500.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663725424900495218" /></a><br /><br />Surf here: <a href="http://www.bluntcard.com/">www.bluntcard.com</a><br /><br />I'll very seldom simply post a link, or blatantly plug web sites, but this one had me laughing so hard I literally hurt!<br /><br />Cards for all occasions. Can't think of the perfect thing to say? :)<br /><br />Caution, considerable adult language is used frequently on these cards! Surf at your own risk! :)Omababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36542287.post-71149160624191504402011-10-09T21:48:00.003-05:002011-10-09T22:14:48.739-05:00The Great Flood - An Epilogue ...This is what things looked like two months ago - early August ...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKsVvcOZu5Dw6TFy7nBJpCSwrcrQlHFkaMAEUpw4Uc22b3EaIpiq_N_5_FbsNT_So0xIBWsnhlLtZohfLK15j1x18Jhyq4SIy0RXSBZ1vZlfzvb7tcjG5ajoN2k8Ntk0T84A1/s1600/R1-04998-001A.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKsVvcOZu5Dw6TFy7nBJpCSwrcrQlHFkaMAEUpw4Uc22b3EaIpiq_N_5_FbsNT_So0xIBWsnhlLtZohfLK15j1x18Jhyq4SIy0RXSBZ1vZlfzvb7tcjG5ajoN2k8Ntk0T84A1/s320/R1-04998-001A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661690766688366194" /></a><br /><br />... and this is what it looks like now, early October.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtjBqGUSWVgjDUw6Scsp2S0nW_JvUnIj9nSX-A5zUk-lRiT4oMcmSBdBsavHRwhK7rXeOQmDxMLt8_uiXiGF65q0T1vegKb_MFVa3J3eEfz4igil7lozENmxHR3i-OHkfqgc6f/s1600/R1-04998-005A.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtjBqGUSWVgjDUw6Scsp2S0nW_JvUnIj9nSX-A5zUk-lRiT4oMcmSBdBsavHRwhK7rXeOQmDxMLt8_uiXiGF65q0T1vegKb_MFVa3J3eEfz4igil7lozENmxHR3i-OHkfqgc6f/s320/R1-04998-005A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661690770233947282" /></a><br /><br />The Great Grey-Green Greasy Missouri River has pulled back, dropping from a height of 36 feet in July to a more or less normal stage of 19 and some feet as of this writing.<br /><br />The clean-up begins ...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUP1LJGRmoo3ahr6NLofKit0RwmgR2pQ6ww0Umc8LC8rSEKV-pVVw7-M4rejh-ZSKDpTguAPrwCGzlL4J295ol89Px2xt5QNQLzvqOnywGEp5dBXcrpUWXo1Iz9LcZqufed5r/s1600/R1-04998-006A.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUP1LJGRmoo3ahr6NLofKit0RwmgR2pQ6ww0Umc8LC8rSEKV-pVVw7-M4rejh-ZSKDpTguAPrwCGzlL4J295ol89Px2xt5QNQLzvqOnywGEp5dBXcrpUWXo1Iz9LcZqufed5r/s320/R1-04998-006A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661690774347443506" /></a><br /><br />I believe the correct technical term for what the river left behind is "muck". Yes, it is, look it up. :) This is the ongoing effort at the Ameristar Casino to restore the north parking lots to a usable state.<br /><br />Notice the high water marks on the lamp posts, indicating the crest of the flooding some weeks ago.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJg0r2XAWCUj41QHlqcVgjZb7mv3YyQrqD7kmqb3uReHeuH0NIqnjCGXunD916jXMIaubMTJrYekmIaW4AjxYsQswLSIu4jGdvlXALPSp-DlFGirETbRrk2M-58HX2FpqBV6d1/s1600/R1-04998-007A.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJg0r2XAWCUj41QHlqcVgjZb7mv3YyQrqD7kmqb3uReHeuH0NIqnjCGXunD916jXMIaubMTJrYekmIaW4AjxYsQswLSIu4jGdvlXALPSp-DlFGirETbRrk2M-58HX2FpqBV6d1/s320/R1-04998-007A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661690773702028594" /></a><br /><br />The clean-up of parking lots really does not show the depth of the impact to human life! Hundreds were forced from their homes by the rising and sustained water, and thousands upon thousands of lives were disrupted.Omababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36542287.post-24321643045937766812011-06-13T09:25:00.014-05:002011-06-13T15:35:48.533-05:00The Great Flood of 2011 ...When I wrote the posting on the <a href="http://omababe.blogspot.com/2010/04/great-flood-of-2010.html">Great Flood Of 2010</a> I admit I did so somewhat tongue-in-cheek. Last year's flood was, depending on your point of view, anywhere between amusing and annoying. Human lives were not in jeopardy, nor were there any serious property damage incidents.<br /><br />It's a bit more serious here and now in 2011! :( We've had one worker fatality, voluntary and mandatory evacuations, flooded cellars, closed highways, re-routed trains, sewage issues, shelters established, and more business disruptions than can be counted. Several riverfront dining and entertainment venues such as Surfside Club and Anchor Inn are closed indefinitely. Hamburg Iowa, downstream about 50 miles and home of <a href="http://omababe.blogspot.com/2008/10/worth-10000-words.html">Stoner Drugs</a>, is threatened.<br /><br />Following the floods of 1947 and 1952, an extensive levee system was built along the banks of the Great Grey-Green Greasy Missouri River to protect the low-lying areas of Omaha and Council Bluffs from all but the most unexpected levels in the Missouri.<br /><br />As long as the levees continue to hold, "they" tell us that no serious disruptions will occur and no mass evacuations will be required.<br /><br />However, contingency plans are in place for the evacuation of the lower-lying areas of Council Bluffs, and emergency water removal from Eppley Airfield and Ameritrade Park.<br /><br />The Council Bluffs Nonpareil (that OTHER daily paper in our area) has an excellent collection of photos on line in their <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cbpl/sets/72157622972065747/">Special Collections Archive</a> which show, among other things, the 1947 and 1952 floods.<br /><br />As of this writing, the stage of the Great Grey-Green Greasy Missouri River at Omaha is running 32.1 feet, having increased from approximately 15 feet this past March.<br /><br />Depending on who is speaking, and the degrees of optimism, realism, and sensationalism they wish to present, they (the ubiquitous "they") predict anywhere from 4 feet to 8 feet in addition to the current stage, with the peak lasting anywhere from several weeks to several months.<br /><br />These readings raise a question. 32 feet from WHAT?<br /><br />I put out a few queries regarding this, and the best answer came from a Coast Guard Petty Officer who wrote: "River Stage, or Gage Height, is measured vertically from Gage Zero. Gage Zero is often, but not always, the lowest point of the river bottom, directly adjacent to the gage, at the time the gage was installed. Natural and un-natural actions will affect the river bed, but Gage Zero is seldom, if ever, adjusted."<br /><br /><hr><br /><br />As a precaution, many items of critical infrastructure have been isolated with sandbags, such as this utility installation.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_-7LxS2jeUULmzOfZHrUBuy0qtJKfHW8-GHb5diR2T4mJ7hV0jbhuVUPMkWPfOgN7yVnN47Aoil2sOOlvnTl8E3aYxUXT7oCu4djsigpzC8j4LuYIZblf8zi2ggRAxdUYQWz/s1600/drgf032.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_-7LxS2jeUULmzOfZHrUBuy0qtJKfHW8-GHb5diR2T4mJ7hV0jbhuVUPMkWPfOgN7yVnN47Aoil2sOOlvnTl8E3aYxUXT7oCu4djsigpzC8j4LuYIZblf8zi2ggRAxdUYQWz/s320/drgf032.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617711815591689874" /></a><br />Vulnerable portions of the levee system have been reinforced.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheeoAQCU9wsEGJuBtMM8-LDvgU56NUckXDwySo5q4QQKlc3PZh6KpW9FE3w4Q48PJtxyvmlLDG7SX0dX6P1nTbC39FGywquhYVY0y2dWu7tpod_GqF384BTeyiKVb3LbSdVXmQ/s1600/drgf013.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheeoAQCU9wsEGJuBtMM8-LDvgU56NUckXDwySo5q4QQKlc3PZh6KpW9FE3w4Q48PJtxyvmlLDG7SX0dX6P1nTbC39FGywquhYVY0y2dWu7tpod_GqF384BTeyiKVb3LbSdVXmQ/s320/drgf013.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617710890864172242" /></a><br /><br />River water has begun to encroach upon low-lying areas on both the Iowa and Nebraska sides.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKNHKgmBkFOffL5xk7nbxC6Ie4LrlMVf927X0hYqk0Enkv_RytClJcUsDTyjATQKKg6hYrNZ2vTMSJ3vsj2BHPgMP4L3pmvj9k6WZYwFgQUuxBkvC13UKPR2_xJi9BkD7_DK3l/s1600/drgf003.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKNHKgmBkFOffL5xk7nbxC6Ie4LrlMVf927X0hYqk0Enkv_RytClJcUsDTyjATQKKg6hYrNZ2vTMSJ3vsj2BHPgMP4L3pmvj9k6WZYwFgQUuxBkvC13UKPR2_xJi9BkD7_DK3l/s320/drgf003.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617710667162142082" /></a><br /><br />The flooding is most apparent in the surface parking lots of the Ameristar and Harrah's Casinos, located less than a mile from each other, on the Council Bluffs riverfront.<br /><br />If we compare these photos (shot on the weekends of June 4-5 and 11-12) to <a href="http://omababe.blogspot.com/2010/04/great-flood-of-2010.html">these of 2010</a>, it's obvious that this year's flood is more significant.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQ5NFJV-wzSmHnqYiG8oZ0XY1SqwgTHnbflWotasNpfUZWW-1MOdekx-mzVBVXLdwkbDsM6e84PT_6YPzAkMPwpgFotCFpLPFVTbwXlulE4pdwvTPJfs5B0epR0AHF3tqznx2/s1600/drgf012.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQ5NFJV-wzSmHnqYiG8oZ0XY1SqwgTHnbflWotasNpfUZWW-1MOdekx-mzVBVXLdwkbDsM6e84PT_6YPzAkMPwpgFotCFpLPFVTbwXlulE4pdwvTPJfs5B0epR0AHF3tqznx2/s320/drgf012.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617710881913614882" /></a><br />Harrah's north parking lot is almost completely under water!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj79jRR2hrJzbCiTMvpB0VfHpd0iiLslyxvBLqMsBceOAy1hHwv-THmPBVy99V89ravoH1VeVTFSPd_zItwKp_Y0Y6ybYcn492WIOQ9ZqtSLNsMEDu1QN25Q_B_6wznRhfks8Dr/s1600/drgf011.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj79jRR2hrJzbCiTMvpB0VfHpd0iiLslyxvBLqMsBceOAy1hHwv-THmPBVy99V89ravoH1VeVTFSPd_zItwKp_Y0Y6ybYcn492WIOQ9ZqtSLNsMEDu1QN25Q_B_6wznRhfks8Dr/s320/drgf011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617710871320580706" /></a><br />As of June 6, a few parking spaces were still available, but as of June 11th, the entire north surface lot, as well as the north casino entrance, are closed due to high water.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTzYR13oxQEt0C9ekhRoJAhP_zGUTjdr1I_-OLUOHzolHQX4MJgNY1N5BGvk8a9Q9dmwvwtG2cXQSLVVmFaHiY271aZOLj2a4izC3UFLKk8hxC8kD_4PHWG1lp4ZsY7L2BnJI/s1600/drgf010.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTzYR13oxQEt0C9ekhRoJAhP_zGUTjdr1I_-OLUOHzolHQX4MJgNY1N5BGvk8a9Q9dmwvwtG2cXQSLVVmFaHiY271aZOLj2a4izC3UFLKk8hxC8kD_4PHWG1lp4ZsY7L2BnJI/s320/drgf010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617710865347297762" /></a><br /><br />Ameristar's north surface parking lot has been closed for a few weeks.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbq9cWlyu6Xy7-erw2fTIA5JyxnBqRsE8ElAZ_AxN7M_Stv0CEILeSauU6wUMCjPLfKOz4-K2Bvga6r0MxMBoBB3n0bESrujrmR0TiMI2HTsL92w8XAl3ZiyHLXlVDM_8FrKB/s1600/drgf009.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbq9cWlyu6Xy7-erw2fTIA5JyxnBqRsE8ElAZ_AxN7M_Stv0CEILeSauU6wUMCjPLfKOz4-K2Bvga6r0MxMBoBB3n0bESrujrmR0TiMI2HTsL92w8XAl3ZiyHLXlVDM_8FrKB/s320/drgf009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617710849865164034" /></a><br />Walk across my swimming pool! :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9VOelw2N1M-zxh9Jv5kKR9azYn3qt_AMCFDWK2C5LtPLIDzbDVmreFbo0lraycZGJdmyqwNzfD9KAx_JqmG0kShaNExehyP7v2rbe6ifAnoAzrTRHY5-i4t55OgBCVcVGQFTc/s1600/drgf008.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9VOelw2N1M-zxh9Jv5kKR9azYn3qt_AMCFDWK2C5LtPLIDzbDVmreFbo0lraycZGJdmyqwNzfD9KAx_JqmG0kShaNExehyP7v2rbe6ifAnoAzrTRHY5-i4t55OgBCVcVGQFTc/s320/drgf008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617710697208311042" /></a><br />Traffic cones, barricades, various flotsam.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKsplXgg0GGrn_-IjehaR-VJv0FMSq2drfJyYo9HfDPkZFR3IT1JQ2oCYwVRyOIGHhLnsbSlmTYyJXDFM0aDThvJ0aL_gFZ9Zp5iRExydgZPkxYlLbVC78Qre99_Y0fNIWCWVl/s1600/drgf007.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKsplXgg0GGrn_-IjehaR-VJv0FMSq2drfJyYo9HfDPkZFR3IT1JQ2oCYwVRyOIGHhLnsbSlmTYyJXDFM0aDThvJ0aL_gFZ9Zp5iRExydgZPkxYlLbVC78Qre99_Y0fNIWCWVl/s320/drgf007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617710689363253794" /></a><br />Lamp posts in the lake!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtd1VExBYv4H3mzL2dI1TG4lXbKK2BbexiP1GQss8XoVoNXJPsNx2Gy0evnRWJVNBnlpTPkrHI5P2pXT6EcGT2Wn4yBI2FIs4JFsJLBcDtUl0v0WVIy0IxYYTrU76SdY3ozpGu/s1600/drgf005.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtd1VExBYv4H3mzL2dI1TG4lXbKK2BbexiP1GQss8XoVoNXJPsNx2Gy0evnRWJVNBnlpTPkrHI5P2pXT6EcGT2Wn4yBI2FIs4JFsJLBcDtUl0v0WVIy0IxYYTrU76SdY3ozpGu/s320/drgf005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617710681771778450" /></a><br />The outdoor events area is, literally, part of the river!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvhW4pDnwZHs1ggU-StafweMviJBklzhUmb_2J6TgjtTmDmmfQ6cmJw-u_NxR4DIFQpWZ-JKke2FWHwUJu8oSHeA78IKDxkO-PS5F4zd7uXDjZq4mLrVHblsvw5jZJc5w7-6g/s1600/drgf004.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvhW4pDnwZHs1ggU-StafweMviJBklzhUmb_2J6TgjtTmDmmfQ6cmJw-u_NxR4DIFQpWZ-JKke2FWHwUJu8oSHeA78IKDxkO-PS5F4zd7uXDjZq4mLrVHblsvw5jZJc5w7-6g/s320/drgf004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617710671534073730" /></a><br /><br />This is supposed to be dry land!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDugw_sTaxlDyr4LJzbCS0ZvFWiuWaU8-pw8zUy60BFQanVZlMEWhDyiS0cJrPJriSpZmep9p_WOdbG1mBICFGiwFeQqd9iHrkztv6aZ1F3Za-25Elt5F37MdNWFWxveD5HC24/s1600/drgf031.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDugw_sTaxlDyr4LJzbCS0ZvFWiuWaU8-pw8zUy60BFQanVZlMEWhDyiS0cJrPJriSpZmep9p_WOdbG1mBICFGiwFeQqd9iHrkztv6aZ1F3Za-25Elt5F37MdNWFWxveD5HC24/s320/drgf031.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617711803972441618" /></a><br />Culvert pipes, apparently from some construction project, are now in the middle of a lake!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfd1ID9tYm4swpNjgHoJ6LtazOqIMYW3AEP69lZOageoG1TO5SWdprgJ_3YnpN6ijbYf_yrO7dS7HFk6LDWe_SgtDcm_AcYYc9fxEyu2UG-NMFBGlFEJMmn9O1oUPPgOLq6di/s1600/drgf030.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfd1ID9tYm4swpNjgHoJ6LtazOqIMYW3AEP69lZOageoG1TO5SWdprgJ_3YnpN6ijbYf_yrO7dS7HFk6LDWe_SgtDcm_AcYYc9fxEyu2UG-NMFBGlFEJMmn9O1oUPPgOLq6di/s320/drgf030.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617711626595936050" /></a><br /><br />The Robert Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge, featured <a href="http://omababe.blogspot.com/2008/10/bridge-to.html">HERE</a> offers a great vantage point to observe the flooding on both the Iowa and Nebraska sides.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Unk3sRBfYd0eflTek8sPBK9YnDzzoYntAhRmH_OxjBwQKrIeNpDtgYU8JWO03WBpl8rlLa3VrmhUzu26Fd3KFm1zUhwd2dGK0uAD1HPaDRWnCiKNmE9UvNNOHO_eK1xGXRLv/s1600/drgf028.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Unk3sRBfYd0eflTek8sPBK9YnDzzoYntAhRmH_OxjBwQKrIeNpDtgYU8JWO03WBpl8rlLa3VrmhUzu26Fd3KFm1zUhwd2dGK0uAD1HPaDRWnCiKNmE9UvNNOHO_eK1xGXRLv/s320/drgf028.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617711609804290930" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35D3HdM_wOW-vM-BdZUDHnEHpEaCxOQvFU_uRrMuhJ67KNraWrhHW-GApKibz-8NiBrVI2mHlkYBc0X1sZVwU8GPvUVQAi4dcbTPu908oKnHAEppXTRnz3dfghY2qiHq8FK8F/s1600/drgf014.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35D3HdM_wOW-vM-BdZUDHnEHpEaCxOQvFU_uRrMuhJ67KNraWrhHW-GApKibz-8NiBrVI2mHlkYBc0X1sZVwU8GPvUVQAi4dcbTPu908oKnHAEppXTRnz3dfghY2qiHq8FK8F/s320/drgf014.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617711144126193730" /></a><br />What is normally riverfront parkland is entirely submerged.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzRv6Pj6Bp0LurvcpHK_ZMZuHEb12qC2uCWyY2hSTDXfSpcqfCzVrwA-oBxHw4t-02iD6qg49OngWIhM6U_xovBBSAxxQMPQJRfh_M7dtQn_aMNPpXCTvPbRyocyI1y1VqiMG2/s1600/drgf027.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzRv6Pj6Bp0LurvcpHK_ZMZuHEb12qC2uCWyY2hSTDXfSpcqfCzVrwA-oBxHw4t-02iD6qg49OngWIhM6U_xovBBSAxxQMPQJRfh_M7dtQn_aMNPpXCTvPbRyocyI1y1VqiMG2/s320/drgf027.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617711597693502962" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQnRVBiTf44xBXdByX6_NN1tppPsBMHvN6Q3jDR3f3uRg5uO_QpklyGqAw1HUeDFSZ2iV6S7qynodC4YgKESsXjKXcpcZsZ3ytTrB1aAGaGj13ERYyPe3pMMfzeVF3ifZIO1_6/s1600/drgf019.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQnRVBiTf44xBXdByX6_NN1tppPsBMHvN6Q3jDR3f3uRg5uO_QpklyGqAw1HUeDFSZ2iV6S7qynodC4YgKESsXjKXcpcZsZ3ytTrB1aAGaGj13ERYyPe3pMMfzeVF3ifZIO1_6/s320/drgf019.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617711309725127298" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7uqy-9wyoYnWx-raPrGw98tjggbxdyMVzd7lvzbRiZf_cJj99MzU3otvI7pV_66wtwmfByuELDicNP1mLpHUNNbeDCvfLdH0Rn9w-v5hg6wJAApjjegSbmgukIAzRcYp2q5du/s1600/drgf018.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7uqy-9wyoYnWx-raPrGw98tjggbxdyMVzd7lvzbRiZf_cJj99MzU3otvI7pV_66wtwmfByuELDicNP1mLpHUNNbeDCvfLdH0Rn9w-v5hg6wJAApjjegSbmgukIAzRcYp2q5du/s320/drgf018.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617711164477369074" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjqBicmSvjbYdvxYptWEcthdWgqMMGVktFjxn8mO3XdM_1LPPTjvQCmd_rUPvYnsix1mL18QY8yJ8lDA7YDP0y33Gro5UNuqaKOc640RZJbvF8FKnEZ0321zWSJ8xSQohgY8Y5/s1600/drgf017.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjqBicmSvjbYdvxYptWEcthdWgqMMGVktFjxn8mO3XdM_1LPPTjvQCmd_rUPvYnsix1mL18QY8yJ8lDA7YDP0y33Gro5UNuqaKOc640RZJbvF8FKnEZ0321zWSJ8xSQohgY8Y5/s320/drgf017.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617711158073516594" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKr5hIIO5A6kMZlvzVinAR0LyUbp-lOZq0ND_vi-Jy5Y3l1hf75VJoJEVwOh6SzROr9uwq5Ee8GIf6auIDPiyQKVXVEN-cj_EFqO7iXFHLZrp-n8h4HqmW90v0teSB4fsLzjkC/s1600/drgf016.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKr5hIIO5A6kMZlvzVinAR0LyUbp-lOZq0ND_vi-Jy5Y3l1hf75VJoJEVwOh6SzROr9uwq5Ee8GIf6auIDPiyQKVXVEN-cj_EFqO7iXFHLZrp-n8h4HqmW90v0teSB4fsLzjkC/s320/drgf016.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617711151200638482" /></a><br />I would >>HOPE<< that this debris just washed up. I like to think that Omaha area folks have more class than to throw stuff like this off the bridge!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYipD0nYudnpppAaqqNjUmikp3qIGwjGfrJiDy3jbpN4dJJ-Kd1e972kIdAk0718AN1MA4-XH1drTqwl19Pk0psCJF1UH6jvdsfKIpWJqZBKAtzTC7rVKHSMr3KH_XR2njA9SO/s1600/drgf015.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYipD0nYudnpppAaqqNjUmikp3qIGwjGfrJiDy3jbpN4dJJ-Kd1e972kIdAk0718AN1MA4-XH1drTqwl19Pk0psCJF1UH6jvdsfKIpWJqZBKAtzTC7rVKHSMr3KH_XR2njA9SO/s320/drgf015.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617711150204890194" /></a><br /><br />On the Omaha side, the water still has several feet to go before it threatens Rick's Boatyard.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWk7YqrwNsr0t7TLq_GIIMdu9kBo2KzR4E12mY_AnIeCyLMyJ740uj9vkI44ilZgvmZtFtgFZdUa4Jb0GZ7tuxWypE7c_etuvEoZidGrs5vx56cGcaXB8AryhuaElCAeblkvg/s1600/drgf025.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWk7YqrwNsr0t7TLq_GIIMdu9kBo2KzR4E12mY_AnIeCyLMyJ740uj9vkI44ilZgvmZtFtgFZdUa4Jb0GZ7tuxWypE7c_etuvEoZidGrs5vx56cGcaXB8AryhuaElCAeblkvg/s320/drgf025.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617711581961465586" /></a><br />Note the midway from the Santa Lucia Festival on the waterfront. (Why did they ever move this out of Little Italy?)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipD9nU1vpApKh36dD5F_oYBF6RYJt0_n8WRbaXHfws6kG2Sz3j6RDe57pugoWdYedqSQHXSVpPkNZHHunS46U4PS4F2t0ucUnaOMlXg9AtAkiJfA94wS1G88i3sVjbursXOGYw/s1600/drgf020.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipD9nU1vpApKh36dD5F_oYBF6RYJt0_n8WRbaXHfws6kG2Sz3j6RDe57pugoWdYedqSQHXSVpPkNZHHunS46U4PS4F2t0ucUnaOMlXg9AtAkiJfA94wS1G88i3sVjbursXOGYw/s320/drgf020.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617711316772377202" /></a><br /><br />Upstream, the Gallup Riverfront Campus is truly riverfront!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIPz18oGpGJw-MTgwq1yT9MOqDQVfSAbG4N-QaRtx9n29sqdl3c0WHnNuDc2vnbLJi0jdpp7jTbl4kswF9T8QP_WfuxyC3M2ZmwjICSyYiLYwpkUB_AHD5jr5Joqn3DCX4i2gW/s1600/drgf022.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIPz18oGpGJw-MTgwq1yT9MOqDQVfSAbG4N-QaRtx9n29sqdl3c0WHnNuDc2vnbLJi0jdpp7jTbl4kswF9T8QP_WfuxyC3M2ZmwjICSyYiLYwpkUB_AHD5jr5Joqn3DCX4i2gW/s320/drgf022.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617711334264782514" /></a><br /><br />The workers represented in the Monument To Labor sculpture are wading waist-deep.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6BruMYSfgF5IhYpl-Tu2pP8XAojKaGU16UtzKmg7ptw3D71gY4JEd1cD-p0Q-gHBPv3dtGm6zHdzXrqGYiYJer1EUZftut_ZSWY8dsYWWsQgyZ8_OKd03hQYTmtuxnnydQxJq/s1600/drgf021.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6BruMYSfgF5IhYpl-Tu2pP8XAojKaGU16UtzKmg7ptw3D71gY4JEd1cD-p0Q-gHBPv3dtGm6zHdzXrqGYiYJer1EUZftut_ZSWY8dsYWWsQgyZ8_OKd03hQYTmtuxnnydQxJq/s320/drgf021.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617711322695160674" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqgPLbPcJU1bxfmm4sTdpFQQrvb0Inlldi45dOhP4W-lk0egobZyuk7EE5mDusLSrhbOXwP46_7x1oGfSBqvkxbTDBrTlFJJWgADl-hr98oQtWljPafc41HQCaO2QDOn4fMPm/s1600/drgf024.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqgPLbPcJU1bxfmm4sTdpFQQrvb0Inlldi45dOhP4W-lk0egobZyuk7EE5mDusLSrhbOXwP46_7x1oGfSBqvkxbTDBrTlFJJWgADl-hr98oQtWljPafc41HQCaO2QDOn4fMPm/s320/drgf024.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617711572973113074" /></a><br /><br />They say that the College World Series will go on no matter what, and they assure us that they will keep Eppley open no matter what, and that they will do all they can to prevent a breach which will flood the northwest quarter of Council Bluffs.<br /><br />However, we're sure of one thing, and that is that it will be several weeks, if not months, before much of our beloved Great Grey-Green Greasy Missouri riverfront (all set about with fever trees?) will be usable again.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vm-hhs8nJAH7Nyk8Mp9XQXRuqKOrIUK30lrkoPYNXU66xLP_dnI_TGP7S8tg4CGPk7ZWv575vZlBipSo5y-d-Hm3dApnr4VEdBZfIZUguyE3BbMNNrdC3S6AhzLf0SD3b0bI/s1600/drgf023.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vm-hhs8nJAH7Nyk8Mp9XQXRuqKOrIUK30lrkoPYNXU66xLP_dnI_TGP7S8tg4CGPk7ZWv575vZlBipSo5y-d-Hm3dApnr4VEdBZfIZUguyE3BbMNNrdC3S6AhzLf0SD3b0bI/s320/drgf023.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617711342528658866" /></a>Omababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36542287.post-38028970962152237092011-06-06T01:34:00.000-05:002011-06-06T13:46:58.264-05:00Downtown Las Vegas Then and Now ...The "Then" shots were taken on what I remember as my third trip to Las Vegas and my first and only New Years Eve Las Vegas experience. It was late 1970s, exact year uncertain.<br /><br />(And yes, Omaha fans, more Omaha to come very shortly ...) :)<br /><br />Our extended family stayed at the Nevada Hotel, which was then quite respectable and served as an overflow facility for the El Cortez. We had originally booked at the El Cortez, but they had trouble getting the exact number and types of rooms we needed, so they placed us at the Hotel Nevada.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpwjW_SlLt3E3fpAhxw3gu-HPSsFg2MXre3xyoCAp5cdwQMT-VWZVRI0GACs81qNQh6t4pHCl9TrZD2vCXCJABKgqPuS1bbK27oR2z1-bTOMeIIX6_ivqYbA1ptZphgHwktIy/s1600/dmrpictu091.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpwjW_SlLt3E3fpAhxw3gu-HPSsFg2MXre3xyoCAp5cdwQMT-VWZVRI0GACs81qNQh6t4pHCl9TrZD2vCXCJABKgqPuS1bbK27oR2z1-bTOMeIIX6_ivqYbA1ptZphgHwktIy/s320/dmrpictu091.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615178775068069650" /></a><br />Who??? :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFdCsCLcj97BJs2725ArhEdz7ObP4Tb9OKw1Ty9QxVvJFEnpjMgtn4HyEz5jmyQ2inwcMxoq4qV_06LXXHpMuAgy_z1sI771UwLTOQzZQlNmSRJrYF0_-MQfyn0QgMl3eeKZWY/s1600/nevada3w.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFdCsCLcj97BJs2725ArhEdz7ObP4Tb9OKw1Ty9QxVvJFEnpjMgtn4HyEz5jmyQ2inwcMxoq4qV_06LXXHpMuAgy_z1sI771UwLTOQzZQlNmSRJrYF0_-MQfyn0QgMl3eeKZWY/s320/nevada3w.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615178779902517298" /></a><br />The Hotel Nevada went into a downward slide in the 1980s and eventually closed.<br /><br />But anyway ... Here are some photos I took that New Years Eve, and some I shot from similar angles during a 2005 trip ...<br /><br />Enjoy! :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6a6PIMmsOx404EZV6-rFGwCFnRxCVoZkUnroJejrw0YBa9XcS-BUKzhclD4Io1h7xIBVgBTK5ZCewHbaT9tO4imnlP_x8zHNeePiWJfF03DtgnKNm0YbPnz7AcNKGQOOV2Va/s1600/lv1w.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6a6PIMmsOx404EZV6-rFGwCFnRxCVoZkUnroJejrw0YBa9XcS-BUKzhclD4Io1h7xIBVgBTK5ZCewHbaT9tO4imnlP_x8zHNeePiWJfF03DtgnKNm0YbPnz7AcNKGQOOV2Va/s320/lv1w.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615177695305709650" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNgdUkqUwfRGR8az86ma-Ajyz-PRi2NhQVRW6BbTEQivvOQ0hWwNpabTu9JTfQM4LdSZj-Lc7MvoV5slAuLmli0MJmlGmYJF3l3QwDqjeGxMlSk4_eTQ10fyaktXkcLMe37JIu/s1600/new1w.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQR4HYm7I4wUxNILrRwycDuLgkpqXKM91PkvTzj1cdI5MXHrBb3IULmdbrHfTFtHtb2feo5d9b_NUET5VSFgbJ1LeWvN_wUUiCtCUSNKGMih6cztl9KCaD9mwK2p1BKemgLu1/s320/new12w.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615177119546801074" /></a>Omababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36542287.post-48342474010670213932011-05-14T06:53:00.003-05:002011-05-14T17:24:12.294-05:00Crossing Midtown ...Up Farnam from Park to 40!<br /><br />When I moved to Omaha, the term "Midtown" was not to be heard.<br /><br />I daresay the name, referring to an area of Omaha that is, was unknown until the 1990s and did not become trendy until 2000.<br /><br />If we ignore the term "Midtown", the area we're going to traverse covers parts of the Turner Park District, the Blackstone District, the Midtown Crossing District, the Mutual District, the Gold Coast, and touches upon the Med Center District.<br /><hr><br /><br />Nobody seems to agree what the boundaries of Midtown are, or even what the boundaries of Downtown are. I've always thought of the cluster of large TV towers and the Mutual campus as being "downtown", but I'm apparently in the minority.<br /><br />When I think of "downtown" I think of the central business core.<br /><br />I've searched what I can, and I have indeed found a very concise and authoritative reference as to what is and what is not Downtown Omaha:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtSlrT89a2vSdxouge_bATYkeZ8-IimAJM-822pRhMtBZ9X6Mgm8LBGquCfmGSD_l2gThrePnPPpXPp6UIzr1i8hgWQKndNcaU6N1XfVxEwZvYGZrHorAGpjqorAbjS6MB0BI/s1600/downt01.jpg"><img style=margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtSlrT89a2vSdxouge_bATYkeZ8-IimAJM-822pRhMtBZ9X6Mgm8LBGquCfmGSD_l2gThrePnPPpXPp6UIzr1i8hgWQKndNcaU6N1XfVxEwZvYGZrHorAGpjqorAbjS6MB0BI/s320/downt01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605053865878264066" /></a><br /><br />If "downtown" is difficult to define, "midtown" is worse. I would think of "midtown" in Omaha as being west of Downtown, whatever boundaries that may have, and extending westward to where the "old growth" pre-WWII architecture ends.<br /><hr><br />Rather than debate some ephemeral definitions, let's explore! :)<br /><br />We'll begin at Park Avenue and Farnam, walking westward on Farnam to 40th.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn3eKPSTjHjS8qJ55zI8V3h4u3DjgXrFkNyCPwN4ERJFice_Z9BJfdy-piPnQgNKMT4j96aHUiL5LGZTZL68-2jWp9r7iozem18G2l_tJEyfv6n1QwDBx074px7HbIg6Mwdj_P/s1600/b16_16.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn3eKPSTjHjS8qJ55zI8V3h4u3DjgXrFkNyCPwN4ERJFice_Z9BJfdy-piPnQgNKMT4j96aHUiL5LGZTZL68-2jWp9r7iozem18G2l_tJEyfv6n1QwDBx074px7HbIg6Mwdj_P/s320/b16_16.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605051654818077602" /></a><br />In our one-mile trek we will pass the headquarters of not one, not two, but three Fortune-500 companies!<br /><br />The "Park" in Omaha's Park Avenue is that of Hanscom Park, with Park Avenue leading south from Dodge St. along the east side of Hanscom Park. The defunct trolley line serving this route was the Park East Line, with a corresponding Park West Line running along a private right-of-way along Hanscom Park's west side.<br /><br />Farnam Street was named in memory of railroad and banking mogul Henry Farnham [sic], and in Omaha's youth, the street was indeed spelled with the "h", over time morphing into the current spelling.<br /><hr><br />Despite the activity and development in the Turner Park and Midtown Crossing area, the immediate vicinity of Park Avenue is uncertain at best. This section contains several vacant, worn-out, and infirm buildings.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUFqfP7YEqNMT4U84Vvi6k7OBFoQnewhm-jIXmnW_MGUc8PbkvkxL8aieGy-yacuAEFow6uR0GxIkmiShD8QV0cCt4eWmdOe2GL6xGD-FMogN_y_7iMTBHGtDc_A0vEE4oxWD6/s1600/b15_15.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUFqfP7YEqNMT4U84Vvi6k7OBFoQnewhm-jIXmnW_MGUc8PbkvkxL8aieGy-yacuAEFow6uR0GxIkmiShD8QV0cCt4eWmdOe2GL6xGD-FMogN_y_7iMTBHGtDc_A0vEE4oxWD6/s320/b15_15.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605051651651935218" /></a><br />Looking east from Park Avenue we see buildings badly in need of some TLC.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLKJy-_LNC4r-9bRHzx-D1a5MckDJi7eBNYyT4j64VDTT8T5jtmTp5H3wVYvj2eHwot2stBg6zn-kt3baMu2qwFoiZlT7ESkoLJeuO37LvHW0aaUaQpyRbfu-DN0tE1rRF-LMd/s1600/b14_14.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLKJy-_LNC4r-9bRHzx-D1a5MckDJi7eBNYyT4j64VDTT8T5jtmTp5H3wVYvj2eHwot2stBg6zn-kt3baMu2qwFoiZlT7ESkoLJeuO37LvHW0aaUaQpyRbfu-DN0tE1rRF-LMd/s320/b14_14.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605099385639393650" /></a><br />Godfather's Pizza is the exception to this rule, apparently thriving in what was once a bridal salon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0qFCsckXbuOAYKRudvywD9gZmZngMPPot8G5dlp_TiqIzI2QJgvksjAztOru2oMUnfM8JScnCrylX_Ez5C2PaezZwAfzn8vW3eBFKVp9fv6P8iBaTkpG3if8fITjFmNLaT5ot/s1600/c01_1.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0qFCsckXbuOAYKRudvywD9gZmZngMPPot8G5dlp_TiqIzI2QJgvksjAztOru2oMUnfM8JScnCrylX_Ez5C2PaezZwAfzn8vW3eBFKVp9fv6P8iBaTkpG3if8fITjFmNLaT5ot/s320/c01_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605052138439862898" /></a><br />West of Godfather's, I knew this building as the home of a Big Boy restaurant, long closed. More recently it was a walk-in clinic, now vacant and for sale/lease, as are several other buildings in the immediate area.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizbjwgxX7dTpFhbtnumIfjuu_9NUE0Iqq7BFp4nyG2MVxzGAf9nM13BtJ9Th_INL1u4q7U7vNzkgnQJnFcKsxiTNmjHioX_qetVkvWXCWPQjWpzuZRrpTmOHY6OxWlTrdAIAGU/s1600/b23_23.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizbjwgxX7dTpFhbtnumIfjuu_9NUE0Iqq7BFp4nyG2MVxzGAf9nM13BtJ9Th_INL1u4q7U7vNzkgnQJnFcKsxiTNmjHioX_qetVkvWXCWPQjWpzuZRrpTmOHY6OxWlTrdAIAGU/s320/b23_23.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605051884858336274" /></a><br />The Crown Jewel of the block, if there is to be one, is the South Tower of the Twin Towers Condominiums. (Is it "condominiums" or "condominia"?)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVY_RqyTx8d1ClXnui7FunV__4-oGAc8R1snB0snBX-Wi94Ah78qQ1GsuBtzyRzKIuRm63_XTHFW2K1gvPGvvnRSpQfwXIlT2CjK0Mt-nbRLNGTjgYLqLD9R23oqauWnkIBVoR/s1600/b17_17.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVY_RqyTx8d1ClXnui7FunV__4-oGAc8R1snB0snBX-Wi94Ah78qQ1GsuBtzyRzKIuRm63_XTHFW2K1gvPGvvnRSpQfwXIlT2CjK0Mt-nbRLNGTjgYLqLD9R23oqauWnkIBVoR/s320/b17_17.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605051653049808674" /></a><br />The South Tower came about in the 1960s from Omaha's flagship Sears And Roebuck shop, gutted to the iron framing and reconstructed, Sears having moved to the new Crossroads Mall on what was then the west side of town.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvhpfN8sPwcc_SE1QVc5UkfVzpXw6FdkljWlgNMBcKjizRR33X6A8uySw4yUjIhlsI7CZLCAKkV7zg-7R_rU1FTOSCGhm5umIM2rLors_4Fx-5sGSU86t50wkqjrcxjAUxHL9/s1600/oldsears02.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 118px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvhpfN8sPwcc_SE1QVc5UkfVzpXw6FdkljWlgNMBcKjizRR33X6A8uySw4yUjIhlsI7CZLCAKkV7zg-7R_rU1FTOSCGhm5umIM2rLors_4Fx-5sGSU86t50wkqjrcxjAUxHL9/s320/oldsears02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605054550302478626" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMARVVqkHTqvkxqJfJGF7BqCTG-amFYVCQoBlXnNdVwt6b5h-lcgmOk7-7AC9Kz7dV00ePSIcEPwFFZMjAknU3HynFi37kiC5tikXzNJh3cNgH3563LkF8lH3Pl0llBBMZX7I/s1600/b22_22.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMARVVqkHTqvkxqJfJGF7BqCTG-amFYVCQoBlXnNdVwt6b5h-lcgmOk7-7AC9Kz7dV00ePSIcEPwFFZMjAknU3HynFi37kiC5tikXzNJh3cNgH3563LkF8lH3Pl0llBBMZX7I/s320/b22_22.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605051881589524130" /></a><br /><br />The adjoining North Tower, what appears to be a fraternal, not identical twin of the South Tower, was constructed from the ground up in the former Sears parking lot.<br /><br />But wait! What's wrong with this picture?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUpvXv50rFNQ5hvfBaKUfS1rwIAbKhKucdnunZh_0VQSkf6AArS9Eccu-mcMk69sox_eDhqdZCnVafCI-SSm10lcKQYVY56fDAfR5XhayYwZu4gs47hHN4vD6EyOT7-tO55hS/s1600/b19_19.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUpvXv50rFNQ5hvfBaKUfS1rwIAbKhKucdnunZh_0VQSkf6AArS9Eccu-mcMk69sox_eDhqdZCnVafCI-SSm10lcKQYVY56fDAfR5XhayYwZu4gs47hHN4vD6EyOT7-tO55hS/s320/b19_19.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605051877710987170" /></a><br />Give up?<br /><br />The building is totally vacant! Unoccupied! Considered uninhabitable by the local TLA.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCL0JKNHLIn1OWfG4gpWqp6bowZhoMWRReWzLDcsVy7QZ4XmkpQKN_WkTpNf9_tci2U9E66WRjK9GaODpd7jfdIqzpg5jGJm9-UYrVdbHgWr_i9PaQjtIieNzn9e2fCzzyx2lg/s1600/d04_4.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCL0JKNHLIn1OWfG4gpWqp6bowZhoMWRReWzLDcsVy7QZ4XmkpQKN_WkTpNf9_tci2U9E66WRjK9GaODpd7jfdIqzpg5jGJm9-UYrVdbHgWr_i9PaQjtIieNzn9e2fCzzyx2lg/s320/d04_4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605052913772104882" /></a><br />The South Tower, while it may not be thriving, looks like it's holding its own, and offering some excellent views of Turner Park and the relatively new Midtown Crossing.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicyphr5IcdHz3sDsS9hYLKf1-u-mz2TyOI7yFnp6jogIgZkMSk1ybiG_5_21euI3tv5eUG1RTxN3nSY0Kex0mEfe_93pSF-SB-ajAwOwEhXyqOSGUJoayxasL0DnMx3Ramm4T8/s1600/b21_21.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicyphr5IcdHz3sDsS9hYLKf1-u-mz2TyOI7yFnp6jogIgZkMSk1ybiG_5_21euI3tv5eUG1RTxN3nSY0Kex0mEfe_93pSF-SB-ajAwOwEhXyqOSGUJoayxasL0DnMx3Ramm4T8/s320/b21_21.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605051881077669650" /></a><br /><br />The Clarinda:<br /><br />The success story of this block has to be The Clarinda!<br /><br />Until recent years, The Clarinda was yet another neglected and crumbling apartment, housing druggies and those down on their luck, and destined for the wrecking ball.<br /><br />Rather than a demolition and the construction of yet another Fedders Special, The Clarinda has been magnificently restored and turned into condominiums. (Jeesh! That word just doesn't sound right!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4pjSa6Q7z0SKudN38xn1loQbxV-XL5KgQP0FsdUgNX4FAllD3xNeDkv9SK_0pbQgsAq5TBy5qX61RydzADQZhyphenhyphenhE0VwFi8uTWYe9AZF-aCmML6-lFM_TUJ2bv1zt337DUiZf/s1600/d06_6.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4pjSa6Q7z0SKudN38xn1loQbxV-XL5KgQP0FsdUgNX4FAllD3xNeDkv9SK_0pbQgsAq5TBy5qX61RydzADQZhyphenhyphenhE0VwFi8uTWYe9AZF-aCmML6-lFM_TUJ2bv1zt337DUiZf/s320/d06_6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605052927941122002" /></a><br />The Clarinda offers catercorner views of Turner Park.<br /><br />He Age:<br /><br />It may not be a fraternal twin of The Clarinda, but The Page is more like Clarinda's kid brother.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4RKPhuCQieXe74fygVVgl-YWOukRcWoVwj3BXYsMCNeFupq59MMMoFS0vJTHj_oed_ROu8dDj8LIkmPdzrGM2V9_2krHqMqmF1h2nq5yUg2obbkZTsV1Rr2ZUGN5mx3DgPgfl/s1600/d05_5.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4RKPhuCQieXe74fygVVgl-YWOukRcWoVwj3BXYsMCNeFupq59MMMoFS0vJTHj_oed_ROu8dDj8LIkmPdzrGM2V9_2krHqMqmF1h2nq5yUg2obbkZTsV1Rr2ZUGN5mx3DgPgfl/s320/d05_5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605052918308434706" /></a><br />Although still boarded up, the brickwork and stonework of The Page show signs of some recent spiff-up work and plans are to restore The Page along the lines of The Clarinda.<br /><br />The Page fronts Turner Boulevard and looks out upon an innominate greenspace connecting Turner Park to Dewey Park.<br /><br />Turner Boulevard is part of what was Omaha's original Boulevard System, consisting of several winding thoroughfares connecting Omaha's parks. Turner cuts a serpentine path from just north of Dodge Street south to Woolworth Avenue, connecting Turner Park, Dewey Park, Leavenworth Park, and with a wee bit of imagination, Hanscom Park.<br /><br />Turner Boulevard and Turner Park are named in memory of Charles Turner, a turn of the 20th century real estate developer whose family donated the land for what became Turner Park.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTYCrhtWhYAm6EtL1NaxqAuoYyy3mVTw5w6stvqWaacPpnv41oEhZPNEo1oWVV-MB9OHWmzCKwBP1ym16YYRgF64KGxeUcmU4pmFWMd6v5S3z1bpkKNhAy6sxHI_DiMgkllWqd/s1600/d02_2.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTYCrhtWhYAm6EtL1NaxqAuoYyy3mVTw5w6stvqWaacPpnv41oEhZPNEo1oWVV-MB9OHWmzCKwBP1ym16YYRgF64KGxeUcmU4pmFWMd6v5S3z1bpkKNhAy6sxHI_DiMgkllWqd/s320/d02_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605052908467335074" /></a><br />Turner park was intended to be the customary "Village Square" for the developing area, a greenspace set aside for the enjoyment of the residents.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcfqn2JvvHfqJe-skTCOH0I9asjUZraGQ_iJVzDL1-_0E8o_xmp8gXK597aDqnjtkEkm1RhrFe1P0rDW79irGde5F-iX9MALwwtlOwUH-CPAk75BcK4ltEHoU1wS18VaJ3n9r/s1600/d03_3.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcfqn2JvvHfqJe-skTCOH0I9asjUZraGQ_iJVzDL1-_0E8o_xmp8gXK597aDqnjtkEkm1RhrFe1P0rDW79irGde5F-iX9MALwwtlOwUH-CPAk75BcK4ltEHoU1wS18VaJ3n9r/s320/d03_3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605052914648774562" /></a><br />A World War I monument was erected in the southeast corner of Turner Park in the early 1920s.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_34AqmupJHU6mL_HVvdbwVbJunTCvMpnQyD6nP_XjyPndS3p8aC7eZNUerWuKFyQXSAY4FbrHf4JDzriCjfacWp8GzBYaDED-IGCB9_GZFUKTmfVnTNTA2WvH1npN7YY1vA1S/s1600/b25_25.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_34AqmupJHU6mL_HVvdbwVbJunTCvMpnQyD6nP_XjyPndS3p8aC7eZNUerWuKFyQXSAY4FbrHf4JDzriCjfacWp8GzBYaDED-IGCB9_GZFUKTmfVnTNTA2WvH1npN7YY1vA1S/s320/b25_25.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605052137109951922" /></a><br />The Turner Park Carousel previously occupied the northeast corner of Turner Park, near the intersection of Dodge Street and Turner Boulevard. It was removed in the early 1950s when Omaha adopted one-way streets and the access lane from eastbound Dodge Street to Douglas Street was constructed.<br /><br />The former location of the carousel is seen below.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJ-JUi43AxTKZ81-cSLDZWoyjRqxWzxfRxjIhzVRL6muIFJUXkuEQZkwqHrd2MYprhhLH2nbC55YsAlGkA5KA5iK6ATIKCHbutFH6tkV3ToBsh_Lktcr-TH1pJSo2_gx_W-_n/s1600/farn007.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJ-JUi43AxTKZ81-cSLDZWoyjRqxWzxfRxjIhzVRL6muIFJUXkuEQZkwqHrd2MYprhhLH2nbC55YsAlGkA5KA5iK6ATIKCHbutFH6tkV3ToBsh_Lktcr-TH1pJSo2_gx_W-_n/s320/farn007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605240008087509106" /></a><br />The skyline of Midtown Crossing forms an attractive background on the west side of Turner Park.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWIuIKAHih-TIthafwXWZibYGpMag25UwOP_9f2dyh5Xqk8AXea3K8VyNB0g4ajJe0P1DjIZS5no5BeNsSWAYxWXtNhGvjuOXbMKN8nQqW0Ui_9BnWxuOWwD86JhT2TXg9QqtL/s1600/d01_1.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWIuIKAHih-TIthafwXWZibYGpMag25UwOP_9f2dyh5Xqk8AXea3K8VyNB0g4ajJe0P1DjIZS5no5BeNsSWAYxWXtNhGvjuOXbMKN8nQqW0Ui_9BnWxuOWwD86JhT2TXg9QqtL/s320/d01_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605052617134181554" /></a><br />The new buildings of Midtown Crossing all but dwarf First Unitarian, which faces Harney Street just west of Turner Boulevard.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA1OOu5XB9NlkJlNGYPr5vRLZDR9XJtXPbN5fyymck6kpVRAAl-ZXojl-uv5H-UaMp383Uxls58h77FyFnUbGJGxWKDIoPJUfVdxP2ZMgNGtmE3sVH37k8VybBzZCsb_PxBzoW/s1600/b24_24.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA1OOu5XB9NlkJlNGYPr5vRLZDR9XJtXPbN5fyymck6kpVRAAl-ZXojl-uv5H-UaMp383Uxls58h77FyFnUbGJGxWKDIoPJUfVdxP2ZMgNGtmE3sVH37k8VybBzZCsb_PxBzoW/s320/b24_24.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605051891643780722" /></a><br /><hr><br />Midtown Crossing is one of the most dynamic and energetic areas in the Omaha area as of this writing.<br /><br />Midtown crossing is a "mixed use" (uh-huh, that term and the concept, is as trendy as wood-fired free-range cupcakes) development consisting of condominiums (yeah, that word again), retail and entertainment venues, business offices, and about anything.<br /><br />The project was financed and developed by a subsidiary of Mutual Of Omaha, whose campus we will visit as we wander to the immediate west.<br /><br />Midtown Crossing is intended to be a walkable and transit-friendly district, except for the fact that the friendly transit disappeared from the area about 1955. It's definitely walkable and enjoyable.<br /><br /><hr><br />As an aside, for most of the photos in this section I'm trying something different.<br /><br />Why?<br /><br />Just because. :)<br /><br />I shot these scenes using medium format color transparency film, cross-processed in the chemistry normally used for color negative film.<br /><br />This is something I don't normally do, but I did it once kind of on the spur of the moment, written up <a href="http://omababe.blogspot.com/2007/10/cross-processing-bean.html">HERE</a>.<br /><br />I wanted to do it, however, planned and intentionally, to try to work with the medium.<br /><br />Cross-processing in this manner typically results in some color shifts, anywhere from subtle to bizarre. This can result in such things as a sky shaded from azure to salmon color in the same frame. Some consider cross-processing such as this to be part of the "lo-fi" movement in contemporary photography.<br /><br />I also composed these for the square format, something I don't usually do and a technique with which I'm not familiar. My last "square format" camera was the Brownie Starflash I had when I was very young. :)<br /><hr><br />Anyway ...<br /><br />Farnam Street is the "Main Drag" of Midtown Crossing, running along the development's south side, from just west of Turner Boulevard uphill and westward to 33rd. St.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDx9xFK3_ftUoKAs_rNflphIzZ1fj1kK0R-JnpWWCZwzgEA97r-qW0S2rRHyerz-ahLQJmwZaEaW1wiKrJTErW_v2g8AR1mi-rz3mlsEfh93jeJANNe8x0BKkQ3HmaH6voxDuI/s1600/A27678_010.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDx9xFK3_ftUoKAs_rNflphIzZ1fj1kK0R-JnpWWCZwzgEA97r-qW0S2rRHyerz-ahLQJmwZaEaW1wiKrJTErW_v2g8AR1mi-rz3mlsEfh93jeJANNe8x0BKkQ3HmaH6voxDuI/s320/A27678_010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606257735590647218" /></a><br />Delice' Bakery, a transplant from the Old Market, is one of the casual dining venues along this stretch of Farnam.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_8g5V584AsMSutkD3v1x0q_qZhDnsuRid5exajn-V4-gJmoEPpjsBmFG3-3OEN004OfT9fLKwfshugEKmx71RbkQ4ay-GG0RUjbxDLJQsCDIV1B4kzLz5ByvGbhTcuQADvm1/s1600/A27678_009.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_8g5V584AsMSutkD3v1x0q_qZhDnsuRid5exajn-V4-gJmoEPpjsBmFG3-3OEN004OfT9fLKwfshugEKmx71RbkQ4ay-GG0RUjbxDLJQsCDIV1B4kzLz5ByvGbhTcuQADvm1/s320/A27678_009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606257736250982034" /></a><br />As is ingredient [sic] (lower case "i" is correct for this name), more of a full-service eatery.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPnuf13O2A4gd_T-PlAaDWF6T0UwF1XZF8eKiX9VgU8joj-n9T1g0-WvJiu8nm8oKDlZJBjWMlDzffpWkS_d1ggyJmqX9Qe1ZU3vdZyhOczgFVn7-BoFrqnLumSQL6n3zPB5o/s1600/A27678_003.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPnuf13O2A4gd_T-PlAaDWF6T0UwF1XZF8eKiX9VgU8joj-n9T1g0-WvJiu8nm8oKDlZJBjWMlDzffpWkS_d1ggyJmqX9Qe1ZU3vdZyhOczgFVn7-BoFrqnLumSQL6n3zPB5o/s320/A27678_003.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606257555102789938" /></a><br />And you can work off the calories at Prairie Life Fitness just across the street. :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAO1pcSzKVmnkNmQsCYRNipyK6r3QJmTnBbf4xCa75SsrKXMtR5WA31qnt7dfIlkw35XrHeuZd2GsbGv4e1uw9FHZ8edLvhbdSs8Kbn1F5kbDZ25DM63EyrhQqsaEJYT1z2ggK/s1600/A27678_008.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAO1pcSzKVmnkNmQsCYRNipyK6r3QJmTnBbf4xCa75SsrKXMtR5WA31qnt7dfIlkw35XrHeuZd2GsbGv4e1uw9FHZ8edLvhbdSs8Kbn1F5kbDZ25DM63EyrhQqsaEJYT1z2ggK/s320/A27678_008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606257734029952482" /></a><br />Midtown Cinema offers adult beverages with your feature film. :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRvyBH1_rkQCRv4pfbG04qD6kxcH6dG1Lef0E0DRbeXg_LKAS0zORR_Du03-HdoyOwA2PvFIsSKAVmO8DFsSg2rRFboxVO-U0IDMhv7I9XEI0IzUh_XZReARJ9pR9XZT3xXvyH/s1600/A27678_007.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRvyBH1_rkQCRv4pfbG04qD6kxcH6dG1Lef0E0DRbeXg_LKAS0zORR_Du03-HdoyOwA2PvFIsSKAVmO8DFsSg2rRFboxVO-U0IDMhv7I9XEI0IzUh_XZReARJ9pR9XZT3xXvyH/s320/A27678_007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606257728924602098" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4eTgeQ_9S7u6e_PklkoeMwlfYOxpk1nChVgcTMhtVIFwr3vaI6VEUzccpYPhIrOL7jEM2elYLFujve5UNJwcC5NwawkD-QF-foXrhWxJcTq5I1rkTxFB8-AIbQ0XeSxyZryye/s1600/A27678_006.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4eTgeQ_9S7u6e_PklkoeMwlfYOxpk1nChVgcTMhtVIFwr3vaI6VEUzccpYPhIrOL7jEM2elYLFujve5UNJwcC5NwawkD-QF-foXrhWxJcTq5I1rkTxFB8-AIbQ0XeSxyZryye/s320/A27678_006.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606257725048960546" /></a><br />Dogs Allowed!<br /><br />We have a "people bakery" down the street, and this one for our furry companions.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgueJvnvJu4xG9nXHukKuDe-wRm4-exEcvFyX0guOUkNHj6W77PXTA5Gf3KGR4iOcMTP0QK8np9UGIWB0BWpfK-DEldKvPelkcL2wOqbmct6BrFiSf0RuKu6IJbyxxJgGDYkx/s1600/A27678_005.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgueJvnvJu4xG9nXHukKuDe-wRm4-exEcvFyX0guOUkNHj6W77PXTA5Gf3KGR4iOcMTP0QK8np9UGIWB0BWpfK-DEldKvPelkcL2wOqbmct6BrFiSf0RuKu6IJbyxxJgGDYkx/s320/A27678_005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606257568343180290" /></a><br />The new construction of Midtown Crossing blends well with that of the Twin Towers in the background.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQec7NZMDu1v8IWyD1GuhHfu57FnFoz4XPopA6ZkRpArwInI8KiEtv97TauX_TQq5J_usNfUvG2PAZNgr4sBvkCXF2K37zJemdUoBIVl__ISQ86TmLwsSpw0mIh_KkZmg9v7TW/s1600/A27678_004.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQec7NZMDu1v8IWyD1GuhHfu57FnFoz4XPopA6ZkRpArwInI8KiEtv97TauX_TQq5J_usNfUvG2PAZNgr4sBvkCXF2K37zJemdUoBIVl__ISQ86TmLwsSpw0mIh_KkZmg9v7TW/s320/A27678_004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606257567561035970" /></a><br />Looking eastward and downhill through the Midtown Crossing area. For those who remember the Chicago Bar, it was where the building dead-center in the photo now stands.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX31vOvj7q6-kJLvMsJXB3CF6bQO4jqs4If1gdty1iYUG9QdWTjpfAxEFWVCmslpabgiChomhkcjY-pjrOLyrANQEGj0o9BqN18dedJRbg3zAuuPRKjTd463SCPKkN5bIo9ZHN/s1600/d13_13.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX31vOvj7q6-kJLvMsJXB3CF6bQO4jqs4If1gdty1iYUG9QdWTjpfAxEFWVCmslpabgiChomhkcjY-pjrOLyrANQEGj0o9BqN18dedJRbg3zAuuPRKjTd463SCPKkN5bIo9ZHN/s320/d13_13.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605053365974923986" /></a><br />Notice the red and white tower poking up above the "Cinema" sign. Hold that thought. :)<br /><br />The street lamps of Midtown Crossing are somewhat unusual.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj68EBjY8603n2ePwGU8YRlr0thZzRkjv_8zXu7qasOYKA-mSaMeWvO15esVP_lghQ6__00k_FUDnFMottwhr1n3tr6EsvbB6iG5Co21guZhFQddVI4iY-H1uwf42-YN6XXn08I/s1600/c04_4.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj68EBjY8603n2ePwGU8YRlr0thZzRkjv_8zXu7qasOYKA-mSaMeWvO15esVP_lghQ6__00k_FUDnFMottwhr1n3tr6EsvbB6iG5Co21guZhFQddVI4iY-H1uwf42-YN6XXn08I/s320/c04_4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605052144788073698" /></a><br />A design I don't remember seeing before, particularly around Omaha.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabiGRDpKRssLrqG1W-hXHTtLSUqj8TWHL9xzzJjHtgd1UUYJWZjx7ebBR4HSs4C9GeoMfoUpoVbSNoluCpKZXnvmiFSP0AB6vwWIasOFGBvhUQUA9z77tUxYZwsJMzSm-qt3r/s1600/A27678_001.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabiGRDpKRssLrqG1W-hXHTtLSUqj8TWHL9xzzJjHtgd1UUYJWZjx7ebBR4HSs4C9GeoMfoUpoVbSNoluCpKZXnvmiFSP0AB6vwWIasOFGBvhUQUA9z77tUxYZwsJMzSm-qt3r/s320/A27678_001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606257546448582354" /></a><br /><hr><br />Mutual Of Omaha<br /><br />Yes, >>THAT<< Mutual Of Omaha.<br /><br />Nope, no Lions, Tigers, and Bears (oh my!) anywhere around here. :)<br /><br />Mutual's World Headquarters building sits on the northwest corner of 33rd. and Farnam.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDzrZ1tr9keZDChQvN8-DCXBsuLgwgap0DHlyJG6WB90TvxeEZSfRwl2NCEdTQ4NuvBoHpD26Jr99dufGFAyUNyS8HQHXImXBA53xoycNGlh9O5hFtLWzSdeaHGUjgbPyZ_9nW/s1600/d12_12.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDzrZ1tr9keZDChQvN8-DCXBsuLgwgap0DHlyJG6WB90TvxeEZSfRwl2NCEdTQ4NuvBoHpD26Jr99dufGFAyUNyS8HQHXImXBA53xoycNGlh9O5hFtLWzSdeaHGUjgbPyZ_9nW/s320/d12_12.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605053358217058418" /></a><br />The original building dates from the 1940s, with additional "layers" constructed in between the 1950s and the 1970s, and expansion to other buildings in the neighborhood from the late 1970s to the present.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiitmu15dOwaVnoMX2ckBKuaih0gYmjP8JbJFxIy2UYWqanCI3de8foATkd0kEFGGoZv_95jsHnWVIonI7nyJ8eilm_osj_PeW0mBE6XUrcUv4PLr6e8kziD620OMUbrkFNwrLX/s1600/d11_11.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiitmu15dOwaVnoMX2ckBKuaih0gYmjP8JbJFxIy2UYWqanCI3de8foATkd0kEFGGoZv_95jsHnWVIonI7nyJ8eilm_osj_PeW0mBE6XUrcUv4PLr6e8kziD620OMUbrkFNwrLX/s320/d11_11.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605053189061159602" /></a><br /><br />Mutual's business units include the core health and accident insurance business, United Of Omaha Life Insurance, Mutual Of Omaha Bank (photo below), and others including East Campus Realty, the developer of Midtown Crossing.<br /><br />Mutual's iconic "Chief" logo appears in several places throughout the Campus.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBMpW9k6YUzjlArB4BRk59BRcmAvH2767VdYx3bvdlsf5pVlXlKmFBVpvh0p-7G2NpqEZvBcAYIuEbsnRWiUV3cDVThLdeMqe9imiBbfjlAi2iJXbqB4gJZ4OdPX5NmNqXvvX/s1600/d10_10.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBMpW9k6YUzjlArB4BRk59BRcmAvH2767VdYx3bvdlsf5pVlXlKmFBVpvh0p-7G2NpqEZvBcAYIuEbsnRWiUV3cDVThLdeMqe9imiBbfjlAi2iJXbqB4gJZ4OdPX5NmNqXvvX/s320/d10_10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605053182054406658" /></a><br />The main Bank building occupies the large tract on the southwest corner of 33rd. and Farnam, directly opposite the main headquarters building.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQUqga69O2CS3kj6PwwXdf8aDO9Y0Z7Hkz3jWTQI-iW3P487w5ucFwdohBsdJH7G0ASk-IQIEei8MsIh2W_nby9n0zll5LGKXLvvZpdsgIDPtilTZuN_9LYZnGaaztP08_Ac4Y/s1600/d09_9.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQUqga69O2CS3kj6PwwXdf8aDO9Y0Z7Hkz3jWTQI-iW3P487w5ucFwdohBsdJH7G0ASk-IQIEei8MsIh2W_nby9n0zll5LGKXLvvZpdsgIDPtilTZuN_9LYZnGaaztP08_Ac4Y/s320/d09_9.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605053181359556610" /></a><br />Under a dusty rose sky!<br /><br />This frame, taken along with those of Midtown Crossing, shows an example of the not-all-unexpected color shifts which can happen when cross-processing transparency film.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfNKHjP2-6-9fKcojsnUdDBeUGhpnqOF7BHZx62rQZKQzgNyugu8JtGlR5YaRD1G-ifUTENiZfp_pftTfiSyClfiJjhyphenhyphenc3llVGs_gwFnc5O3yocBZnD-U9YRPux07A-yi75wDX/s1600/A27678_002.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfNKHjP2-6-9fKcojsnUdDBeUGhpnqOF7BHZx62rQZKQzgNyugu8JtGlR5YaRD1G-ifUTENiZfp_pftTfiSyClfiJjhyphenhyphenc3llVGs_gwFnc5O3yocBZnD-U9YRPux07A-yi75wDX/s320/A27678_002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606257554339188018" /></a><br /><hr><br />As we venture west of Mutual, we enter what was once known as Omaha's Gold Coast district. Stately and opulent mansions, many long gone but some still extant, lined such streets as Harney, Dewey, North 38th., and yes, Farnam.<br /><br />Immediately to the west of the Mutual Campus is First Presbyterian Church, a brick Gothic structure dating from the 19-teens, one of several cavernous churches in the Gold Coast area.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-V7mVYA-gO8E7RTV_YdRH-JR_n_L24hgrIuFa-uACZlynfcM6gEKa0Mp7CMacg8bamegLcNXAd3anA9dMZcZMfKwN_GluM1o2xt1gYXbzZaUAEMQlFhwi7mAPayYd4nz9g9Z2/s1600/d08_8.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-V7mVYA-gO8E7RTV_YdRH-JR_n_L24hgrIuFa-uACZlynfcM6gEKa0Mp7CMacg8bamegLcNXAd3anA9dMZcZMfKwN_GluM1o2xt1gYXbzZaUAEMQlFhwi7mAPayYd4nz9g9Z2/s320/d08_8.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605053174999726066" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeg_yYvCD-lJyfGnxXHqgad6lJ49TIPE1Sltidm415nmDDVXpKbp1xNZj4TR9c1SijI-IQYejypxTz6zEJLnltVl0vx2Gma4A1pLmuyl8oXdOAxE9mPWcVA2KeWWTP0N_Ne8hE/s1600/d07_7.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeg_yYvCD-lJyfGnxXHqgad6lJ49TIPE1Sltidm415nmDDVXpKbp1xNZj4TR9c1SijI-IQYejypxTz6zEJLnltVl0vx2Gma4A1pLmuyl8oXdOAxE9mPWcVA2KeWWTP0N_Ne8hE/s320/d07_7.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605053170498177906" /></a><br /><hr><br />Tower To The Sky!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHLcVNvpfqiO3TT13ZGUi_pglhGGE7VsWyGs8oVnbj5rHemx0511W79pBG4h_M8DyPHDAhlegq2FRcARYtTTh7bc8plCrXWh1bBIaFsLfEJo3xE_MvTj7g0lyvnOfCsBlfFiH/s1600/d18_18.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHLcVNvpfqiO3TT13ZGUi_pglhGGE7VsWyGs8oVnbj5rHemx0511W79pBG4h_M8DyPHDAhlegq2FRcARYtTTh7bc8plCrXWh1bBIaFsLfEJo3xE_MvTj7g0lyvnOfCsBlfFiH/s320/d18_18.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605053542006289442" /></a><br />West and across from First Prez stands the headquarters and studios of WOWT, Omaha's first television station. WOWT beat rival KMTV (whose original tower can be seen in the distance in one of the photos above) by only a handful of days in a "race to the air" in 1947.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1XwZq9wE9sfAGByPb-VI5SzL71Tk3teaeric7Tq1Lq0TPGZTbI7quNx227EUbkiOux8I6-dUxTW2scljEy-c8wGkJ983t8Ae8yPcNL7Oc8haaaKJg44Vu1qK64Pz3AoyS5oUw/s1600/d14_14.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1XwZq9wE9sfAGByPb-VI5SzL71Tk3teaeric7Tq1Lq0TPGZTbI7quNx227EUbkiOux8I6-dUxTW2scljEy-c8wGkJ983t8Ae8yPcNL7Oc8haaaKJg44Vu1qK64Pz3AoyS5oUw/s320/d14_14.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605053369562840722" /></a><br />Originally WOWT was the area's NBC affiliate with KMTV originally affiliating with CBS. They swapped in 1956 and swapped back in 1986. They traded off carrying the ABC programs until KETV went on the air a few years later, and the two arm-wrestled over who got stuck carrying the DuMont programs. :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw6SgahndRrBMxurSxx7h4x3-PyVPTFfZHjetlItwxsTVYmtejTGxI85YKo024p6DETY3sfLbE5M44k33hri0KFlIB-HjJv1R1XWw9GRBM_57ig3FoP9vEhAfBgJst-5PzD9ov/s1600/c10_10.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw6SgahndRrBMxurSxx7h4x3-PyVPTFfZHjetlItwxsTVYmtejTGxI85YKo024p6DETY3sfLbE5M44k33hri0KFlIB-HjJv1R1XWw9GRBM_57ig3FoP9vEhAfBgJst-5PzD9ov/s320/c10_10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605166725837221362" /></a><br />Johnny Carson hosted a local talk show from this very building in the late 1940s. <br /><br />Several nationally-known news figures began their careers with rival KMTV including Floyd Kalber, Tom Brokaw, and Chuck Roberts.<br /><br />Both KMTV and WOWT claim to be the first station in Omaha to do live local color broadcasts.<br /><br />The downtown towers are no longer used except for emergencies. The three "majors" (WOWT, KMTV, KETV) now broadcast from a shared facility on north 72nd. Street.<br /><br />The highrise just to the west of the WOWT studio is home to two well-known Fortune-500 companies. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMboeBNUW2A_re0KlO2SbBiydc5Umm0deNACkPJtyXjsn_HMiMq4EMkEl1BlIPebgTRvhHKvFbkZ_8egckDsdHRhTz06VtYelqRLUAgTw9gyfyf1CqJ7vonvUElzozBkHcKVEh/s1600/c12_12.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMboeBNUW2A_re0KlO2SbBiydc5Umm0deNACkPJtyXjsn_HMiMq4EMkEl1BlIPebgTRvhHKvFbkZ_8egckDsdHRhTz06VtYelqRLUAgTw9gyfyf1CqJ7vonvUElzozBkHcKVEh/s320/c12_12.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605052350934555426" /></a><br />The moniker is that of PKS (Peter Kiewit and Sons) whose family parlayed a small bricklaying outfit into one of the largest construction contractors in the world.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyOcIL4YEcAfXaQV2JZX7vPrLEJNLwhkFGeRvOsh_bsmiGi2xl0Kmlu77KPw4hodiCDJskA2gskL-sbA_J2ka1EjWOyvaDR3noBmoBpshNP0d5GDQaV3q8B4tjpMVrr3hK7RK/s1600/d16_16.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyOcIL4YEcAfXaQV2JZX7vPrLEJNLwhkFGeRvOsh_bsmiGi2xl0Kmlu77KPw4hodiCDJskA2gskL-sbA_J2ka1EjWOyvaDR3noBmoBpshNP0d5GDQaV3q8B4tjpMVrr3hK7RK/s320/d16_16.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605053379757068210" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lpEVkLUP71hJthE0vHMIVCefuM2m4hpCoGyvsadoHCOCToU0Uo4wBo4_z8ON1LJeuQT4ktSKaYTSMXFzf9rM4tI9kyzTGWjKJfelXcaGeJGw5OwiZqjycwtHBOL7ySqpQPqe/s1600/a06_6.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lpEVkLUP71hJthE0vHMIVCefuM2m4hpCoGyvsadoHCOCToU0Uo4wBo4_z8ON1LJeuQT4ktSKaYTSMXFzf9rM4tI9kyzTGWjKJfelXcaGeJGw5OwiZqjycwtHBOL7ySqpQPqe/s320/a06_6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605050661957680674" /></a><br />However, the sleeper behind the facade is none other than Berkshire-Hathaway. Uh-huh, this is Warren B's office! :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWx_ZdRWyf5-gZv3S5gW-yPuto8VSzrvitT4mKJzUt8JL1zo6TqByk6GU-hq5UmMatqW2nxZe2GALVaN3H9FL5lRPwKh9EKUTVZ3jzgwUyLNKXXixdSQ1hukYROBH6L9Wclz7/s1600/d15_15.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWx_ZdRWyf5-gZv3S5gW-yPuto8VSzrvitT4mKJzUt8JL1zo6TqByk6GU-hq5UmMatqW2nxZe2GALVaN3H9FL5lRPwKh9EKUTVZ3jzgwUyLNKXXixdSQ1hukYROBH6L9Wclz7/s320/d15_15.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605053371899775522" /></a><br />No huge "BERKSHIRE-HATHAWAY" logo here. They keep a low profile.<br /><hr><br />The flagship of the Gold Coast is, or rather was, the Blackstone Hotel.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_cGjyTaqpnS8WXEs1Xs1v_-uxlncufWdZvlDVZVJoL6QDQF-L-Zj5Be9WbsTWLZqRUhCCVWQlrYs681n5_hdfjcj14GrjL5yoVDQ0_oZ92z_4gT8izhyphenhyphenJN2XAsWVPO7pnmfB/s1600/c17_17.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_cGjyTaqpnS8WXEs1Xs1v_-uxlncufWdZvlDVZVJoL6QDQF-L-Zj5Be9WbsTWLZqRUhCCVWQlrYs681n5_hdfjcj14GrjL5yoVDQ0_oZ92z_4gT8izhyphenhyphenJN2XAsWVPO7pnmfB/s320/c17_17.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605052361408222898" /></a><br />The Blackstone closed as a hotel shortly after I arrived in Omaha. In my goings-on I became acquainted with several recent employees of the Blackstone and all reflected upon the classy place it was under the management of Schimmel and the subsequent fall from grace under Radisson's (mis?)direction.<br /><br />The tale oft told was that of the Reuben Sandwich and its origin at the Blackstone.<br /><br />The name is attributed to Reuben Kulakofsky, a Russian immigrant of the founding family of Central Market and a regular diner at the Blackstone. It was said that the sandwich was made at the request of Mr. K., and when it was placed on the menu, for the lack of a better name, "Reuben" was used.<br /><br />Another Omaha institution, the Rose Bowl on Saddle Creek Road, also claimed to originate the Reuben. Although all I know is hearsay, my impression was that the sandwich and the name were long established before the Rose Bowl came to be. Since both dogs in this fight are long gone, it's doubtful that the disagreement will ever be satisfied.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1KUO-j7HRiikjqLkmGbmNQNoKbRAH4LDeqnVYI7taaIOGdTChcEHOLe0zy1NxuE0dL2Sa2htSVH8JeAHNOxsjRRk2owS8r1gkgAi3uhxQLDarscIOdjSR30m6FQydAuh80Ig8/s1600/d22_22.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1KUO-j7HRiikjqLkmGbmNQNoKbRAH4LDeqnVYI7taaIOGdTChcEHOLe0zy1NxuE0dL2Sa2htSVH8JeAHNOxsjRRk2owS8r1gkgAi3uhxQLDarscIOdjSR30m6FQydAuh80Ig8/s320/d22_22.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605053555921135506" /></a><br />The view above shows the closed former entrance to what was the Golden Spur, one of the Blackstone's dining establishments.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUgPNSFidkS6CfaowOc4whmPGWV6E2dhAk8Pmr83SY4p2xjI4XozCyTzLFFB7DJ8aSxwq1MkjpFa1fQu34T68VAErQfXLftqvZI6CdBz2eSWO2lWFPPLvLJBas13Zx2FmA1GfT/s1600/d19_19.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUgPNSFidkS6CfaowOc4whmPGWV6E2dhAk8Pmr83SY4p2xjI4XozCyTzLFFB7DJ8aSxwq1MkjpFa1fQu34T68VAErQfXLftqvZI6CdBz2eSWO2lWFPPLvLJBas13Zx2FmA1GfT/s320/d19_19.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605053545297432034" /></a><br />Anyway, the once tres elegante Blackstone is mostly offices and has been for some time. Kiewit now controls and manages the building.<br /><br />Across Farnam to the north from the Blackstone lies a revitalized strip once dominated by the Blackstone Pharmacy.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3R59cCxQ1w67Bsljax_1Edzm7PTmguoHRvqr4KvjRm_dujSl0JcdIappaNg9TsFUZegA5yY3MUD9ziPfsz4Kr0pKIyK8glJgjkSR1mz2nS7rnC_9x3wFa9Dk7wAZEma1QX233/s1600/d24_24.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3R59cCxQ1w67Bsljax_1Edzm7PTmguoHRvqr4KvjRm_dujSl0JcdIappaNg9TsFUZegA5yY3MUD9ziPfsz4Kr0pKIyK8glJgjkSR1mz2nS7rnC_9x3wFa9Dk7wAZEma1QX233/s320/d24_24.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605053863752376866" /></a><br />The Crescent Moon Ale House occupies the northwest section, the former entrance to the pharmacy.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZZR5jjNsvfNRf8lVMLKSDKDg5SWh6AYGP_S_TcEDGZwdB9FN6QT3Jgp2ptIO3ChfVsIzQlOFAqt0b3HP9qHKWvXvHJVJmOqJkV2qsmvMQ6xl8Sz92seeg83XMwEYVi1YeM_Z/s1600/farn004.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZZR5jjNsvfNRf8lVMLKSDKDg5SWh6AYGP_S_TcEDGZwdB9FN6QT3Jgp2ptIO3ChfVsIzQlOFAqt0b3HP9qHKWvXvHJVJmOqJkV2qsmvMQ6xl8Sz92seeg83XMwEYVi1YeM_Z/s320/farn004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605240002847175682" /></a><br />The lower level has become the Huber Haus, a beer-garden venue for special events. As I was shooting the Blackstone and Kiewit Plaza area, the sound of an OOM-PA band was emanating from the area.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGjT7zOJQxQSrjnn5EOSVd2LADFL3yBx4jF0inutH4XKZTRL-lneoEdCrABhNVJh3LFUcyWrsuyYW6u16ZnN9qqmG7jkSHYfe1tj5UCM3JStlJFIQ__4Snn6s5AKfl9br1yTnS/s1600/farn003.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGjT7zOJQxQSrjnn5EOSVd2LADFL3yBx4jF0inutH4XKZTRL-lneoEdCrABhNVJh3LFUcyWrsuyYW6u16ZnN9qqmG7jkSHYfe1tj5UCM3JStlJFIQ__4Snn6s5AKfl9br1yTnS/s320/farn003.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605239995991384850" /></a><br />Max And Joe's (looks like another special event hall) and Beertopia round out the scene.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6SqSoTBVK6qdFP75b1j14_ueiCSNzXFvWE1ZRoFD-aTvIMF2b9ecF7LOQF5ku457zTK_vit0wPzwRciveKL1rsAizRtQ-1vuZ4lalizBBuBKraVCsrp-vKT_CtbDRQPMCU5ZN/s1600/d25_25.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6SqSoTBVK6qdFP75b1j14_ueiCSNzXFvWE1ZRoFD-aTvIMF2b9ecF7LOQF5ku457zTK_vit0wPzwRciveKL1rsAizRtQ-1vuZ4lalizBBuBKraVCsrp-vKT_CtbDRQPMCU5ZN/s320/d25_25.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605053863907666146" /></a><br />The connected buildings to the east host a frame shop ...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRbWCjK55gKEC70isgPA_I3iU9QlcfSRuQ_K4x8-iCxOmNvxUXPaMjVLYnQ0enuVBsBamppla00lcl7CJX_Ead5domC0RscevxmTsM-ce1T0jRHAuVYC1-efdWPhGZWLObNFTM/s1600/a01_1.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRbWCjK55gKEC70isgPA_I3iU9QlcfSRuQ_K4x8-iCxOmNvxUXPaMjVLYnQ0enuVBsBamppla00lcl7CJX_Ead5domC0RscevxmTsM-ce1T0jRHAuVYC1-efdWPhGZWLObNFTM/s320/a01_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605050652751905250" /></a><br />... and Tommy Colina's.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOrcICu6nH_uhx7J8FPcIT_OjRSUdNKyvyPpBWhRwJE1xk-k4PcCqe1weyKXg7Bq4G6xv-WxAdYkdmoR6NYfKkjSmrwxrTXMW7sNTxDeLQUnP9pBgwnEvEyjxMX8L7tq0y0fRn/s1600/a02_2.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOrcICu6nH_uhx7J8FPcIT_OjRSUdNKyvyPpBWhRwJE1xk-k4PcCqe1weyKXg7Bq4G6xv-WxAdYkdmoR6NYfKkjSmrwxrTXMW7sNTxDeLQUnP9pBgwnEvEyjxMX8L7tq0y0fRn/s320/a02_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605050656578246546" /></a><br />Tommy Colina's is on my must-try list, but it just hasn't happened yet. It's said that it's "contemporary casual" in theme, featuring burgers, melts, wraps, salads and the like, with a recently-added breakfast buffet.<br /><hr><br />West of 36th. on the north side of Farnam are a couple of surviving Gold Coast Era mansions.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkvoYG0iM35XIqx2vs9Dhoy0clumSEHBtahYwwsaaSkDgKfMOtxlXINWI_mgHAluTk27yNkW9PIz7zg6JOMZ8__cQF99_0WSDx0cVchaW3NKycbtZhiYHoZLGpu7er1lqtwWXc/s1600/d21_21.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkvoYG0iM35XIqx2vs9Dhoy0clumSEHBtahYwwsaaSkDgKfMOtxlXINWI_mgHAluTk27yNkW9PIz7zg6JOMZ8__cQF99_0WSDx0cVchaW3NKycbtZhiYHoZLGpu7er1lqtwWXc/s320/d21_21.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605053551304004546" /></a><br />This particular mansion, although at one time a residence, was the long-standing home of the Fitch McEachron & Cole Mortuary.<br /><br />During the 1940s, the stretch of Farnam Street from roughly 32nd. to 37th. or so was colloquially known as "Mortuary Row", due to the preponderance of undertaking businesses.<br /><br />Another surviving early 20th. century mansion is the Storz House, just west of the intersection of Farnam and 37th.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSSgoWKjHRbZofR2XFNAmbwndZTOSIUnJYWQ7jBaC7HNhN2HcL9nBXn0euQXXaX5Tz9B_OHdS7Bv2X9ju3vUdiKB4bWXkfhbXboi8qhRdUKnR6e0MSuK3_c3xaDwJrkpVVY0Kh/s1600/a08_8.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSSgoWKjHRbZofR2XFNAmbwndZTOSIUnJYWQ7jBaC7HNhN2HcL9nBXn0euQXXaX5Tz9B_OHdS7Bv2X9ju3vUdiKB4bWXkfhbXboi8qhRdUKnR6e0MSuK3_c3xaDwJrkpVVY0Kh/s320/a08_8.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605050667140419922" /></a><br />Gottlieb Storz, a local brewer, built the mansion in the early 1900s and it remained in the family until the 1980s. It is once again under private ownership.<br /><br />It's been said that Fred Astaire used the ballroom on the upper level to rehearse, his father being an employee of Storz and the Storz family supporting Astaire's up and coming career.<br /><br />The Storz Brewery on 16th. Street had an almost-100-year career from 1876 to 1972.<br /><br />Storz Beer, the brand, disappeared in the mid 1970s.<br /><br />I only remember having Storz Beer once, at a political rally for a local candidate, for whom I had done some volunteer work. They had a small stash of Storz Triumph squirreled away for an important event.<br /><br />The lineage of Storz Beer survives, to an extent, but the bloodline has now been diluted and polluted to the degree which surely has Gottlieb and Adolph Storz perpetually rolling in their graves! Storz was acquired by Grain Belt in the mid 1960s, which continued to produce both brands. Grain Belt was then taken over by G. Heileman (Heileman's Old Style) in the 1970s which dropped the Storz label. Heileman then merged with Stroh's in the 1990s, which was subsequently taken over by Pabst.<br /><hr><br />As we approach 38th we come upon Joseph's College of Barbering, which I assume is a spin-off of Joseph's College of Hair Design in Lincoln.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhylSh6jmI8x1YZ4cW4Tno4syDzqJa0M7SsN7Ox-F30kwcRcP4sgrdXp3sWALRkUS3wRoghUJumIsghOeGqG5nqLdokgkorQ0ImurrMrtoUENnuYbxoxSb7XdrBb22uWtbPl5Qc/s1600/a10_10.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhylSh6jmI8x1YZ4cW4Tno4syDzqJa0M7SsN7Ox-F30kwcRcP4sgrdXp3sWALRkUS3wRoghUJumIsghOeGqG5nqLdokgkorQ0ImurrMrtoUENnuYbxoxSb7XdrBb22uWtbPl5Qc/s320/a10_10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605050668189077090" /></a><br />I'm guessing that the building once housed either a neighborhood hardware store or small supermarket.<br /><br />We have a surprise on 38th! Thrift shop, that is. :)<br /><br />When I lived in the Turner Park area, this used to be the Post Office.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6DavNyPiEPT5NIGGNGT0_VmUGnquWEdUHyNfeyx1ES3hDe71Rz70R49M2ZcSZe9ie1SYNdlbwERHmRHcCO2vB426oaeWaxHBl6naz2sl4fGn97mpsEKqvo1Zhkj702JqY2HRI/s1600/a11_11.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6DavNyPiEPT5NIGGNGT0_VmUGnquWEdUHyNfeyx1ES3hDe71Rz70R49M2ZcSZe9ie1SYNdlbwERHmRHcCO2vB426oaeWaxHBl6naz2sl4fGn97mpsEKqvo1Zhkj702JqY2HRI/s320/a11_11.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605050894005173282" /></a><br />McFoster's Natural Kind Cafe graces the southwest corner at 38th. Street. The architecture, evidence of doors for service bays, indicates that this most likely was a very stylish service station at one time.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCTh83myYwytgpCwi6Pr8B9W7IyPtfLewU_JRH-__JgGowDo5Slf5yhKJWaOxhKADtWR1yw-VsxFlZSOdp8wI6DO9dbHJF2-lbxHQqHzWbJ3TDyb2m2C8Ln2y7zSJEva3LmUhc/s1600/a12_12.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCTh83myYwytgpCwi6Pr8B9W7IyPtfLewU_JRH-__JgGowDo5Slf5yhKJWaOxhKADtWR1yw-VsxFlZSOdp8wI6DO9dbHJF2-lbxHQqHzWbJ3TDyb2m2C8Ln2y7zSJEva3LmUhc/s320/a12_12.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605050895985340434" /></a><br />For some reason I get the impression that prime rib is not on the menu. :)<br /><br />They aren't mansions, but several larger detached and attached homes remain on the south side of Farnam heading west of 38th. Street<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MZTeAqhlPidKZMxBcqsCHvmqXAHb61thb-9QYBJhU6IW1LphZboi7spvZbI5W0Q2w7V4hJrDG5O-WidAyW_xQq3Ioofp6KK8l-8B4OK6ro0OkMnHHMS2wnAILo08pE1yQh-t/s1600/a17_17.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MZTeAqhlPidKZMxBcqsCHvmqXAHb61thb-9QYBJhU6IW1LphZboi7spvZbI5W0Q2w7V4hJrDG5O-WidAyW_xQq3Ioofp6KK8l-8B4OK6ro0OkMnHHMS2wnAILo08pE1yQh-t/s320/a17_17.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605051131020477906" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBM4STefYGhFjs_Zddptwi6CVznVICFpXvuKdPFyr70mv8K4_VoMwmYFITzbF7SAcfnQgLndoIywoJOYGwSaxYn9Ty1l2y3zCiHR1Te7U_lVNn7_DXpmXVWlTb1vJxtP9Sfxd/s1600/c21_21.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBM4STefYGhFjs_Zddptwi6CVznVICFpXvuKdPFyr70mv8K4_VoMwmYFITzbF7SAcfnQgLndoIywoJOYGwSaxYn9Ty1l2y3zCiHR1Te7U_lVNn7_DXpmXVWlTb1vJxtP9Sfxd/s320/c21_21.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605052596324486466" /></a><br /><br />The sign on the entrance of 3817 piqued my curiosity.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5BS_XPNoK4ZrFAwweysyfXv6qLPq3EaQ5z_vLPmLpCvjvXeNP5EK6KqEK61jTn1hwTwdNEnrgHLLTji6AUcscQ9riVKXEH3kyjQUnNZlROax-gQjyK432-FqvmtbQYLhXklR/s1600/a19_19.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5BS_XPNoK4ZrFAwweysyfXv6qLPq3EaQ5z_vLPmLpCvjvXeNP5EK6KqEK61jTn1hwTwdNEnrgHLLTji6AUcscQ9riVKXEH3kyjQUnNZlROax-gQjyK432-FqvmtbQYLhXklR/s320/a19_19.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605051135473487954" /></a><br />Turns out that this is an Oxford House, one of several in the area.<br /><br />An Oxford House is a self-run, self-supported "safe house" for those recovering from drug and/or alcohol issues.<br /><br />Residents are welcome to live in an Oxford House as long as they feel the need, and as long as they remain drug and alcohol free.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVliYqwKChtZT0SJBN1fPUH5aDMotblW5ERcky48KElutV1PlR1nBOHiNlHPHPWVkf1ay3ZG4rk2VwbUkuswxyfXWap-I75ERL_EWtbspFWpitS9xxIHIXvqmbA_CY212M7rbt/s1600/a20_20.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVliYqwKChtZT0SJBN1fPUH5aDMotblW5ERcky48KElutV1PlR1nBOHiNlHPHPWVkf1ay3ZG4rk2VwbUkuswxyfXWap-I75ERL_EWtbspFWpitS9xxIHIXvqmbA_CY212M7rbt/s320/a20_20.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605051144319467122" /></a><br />The Colonial Hotel has been a landmark of the area for decades.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBtMsPsLNDST6enWvGXaUSUbY1meAHVkTdwVNyhpOIIbfkgnmqzXS2ZyzwxE7wsiLKh6ETbZ69RP7_toFH8tykMhyphenhyphenGNVqZHo68zvq6LNDOYBEjouGlPN94CX2VViQ6lQOV1XNo/s1600/a14_14.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBtMsPsLNDST6enWvGXaUSUbY1meAHVkTdwVNyhpOIIbfkgnmqzXS2ZyzwxE7wsiLKh6ETbZ69RP7_toFH8tykMhyphenhyphenGNVqZHo68zvq6LNDOYBEjouGlPN94CX2VViQ6lQOV1XNo/s320/a14_14.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605050897860514722" /></a><br />When I worked in this area, late 1980s, the Colonial had slid from its grand standing and at the time was one cut above that of a flop-house.<br /><br />However in recent years it's been cleaned up quite a bit and now houses a mixture of permanent residents and nightly guests.<br /><br />The Brothers Lounge is another fixture in the neighborhood.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFf7xcTvT9Zzn4AzI3aM_JQEODp9H3YuB0eR9eT1kT-5cwfXMPTuFg0jaE1aU3PiqB7rDBG-nyvLNsZxeket-z0dBVMmoWb2i9DCNzZA7axI2uv9BmaqwCTc_7NtHCq7XXXo2d/s1600/a21_21.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFf7xcTvT9Zzn4AzI3aM_JQEODp9H3YuB0eR9eT1kT-5cwfXMPTuFg0jaE1aU3PiqB7rDBG-nyvLNsZxeket-z0dBVMmoWb2i9DCNzZA7axI2uv9BmaqwCTc_7NtHCq7XXXo2d/s320/a21_21.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605051141760404354" /></a><br />"Brothers" refers to the Firmature Brothers, the family being noted in a previous posting for operating several bars and restaurants in the area, including the Gas Lamp and the Regency Sidewalk Cafe.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKjDUmQUtHtIGnurlVQ-hCnlOV5aMPeUnxTC5j6SkGu8SnWX2nYUzqe8_IBBm9ABkuorf-32h5byFTGsHbL333233IcZuW7U1mYSx6OmwWVEOwRLk2bayIE9jUDiIKH422JX2x/s1600/a18_18.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKjDUmQUtHtIGnurlVQ-hCnlOV5aMPeUnxTC5j6SkGu8SnWX2nYUzqe8_IBBm9ABkuorf-32h5byFTGsHbL333233IcZuW7U1mYSx6OmwWVEOwRLk2bayIE9jUDiIKH422JX2x/s320/a18_18.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605051135191770370" /></a><br />Having spent a number of evenings in the "Sisters Room" at Brothers, I did happen to pick up on one bit of neighborhood trivia which may not be well known.<br /><br />North of Brothers, this otherwise unassuming six-flat, the Lash Apartments, holds a certain distinction.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhui3nk-c6UHncwRWwbujylfUxZXztKiQR2FCwgeNMOoUbHK8NxKwhWxYQJD8RUlcf5D_n94VeGDKzt1E4pT3pm8j2UEf68NA9ooh322Mrerb042GcCIkwdSQvJYdVNoF9yQW2a/s1600/a16_16.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhui3nk-c6UHncwRWwbujylfUxZXztKiQR2FCwgeNMOoUbHK8NxKwhWxYQJD8RUlcf5D_n94VeGDKzt1E4pT3pm8j2UEf68NA9ooh322Mrerb042GcCIkwdSQvJYdVNoF9yQW2a/s320/a16_16.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605050904873755906" /></a><br />This building was the long-time home of the late Alice Buffett, for whom the Buffet Award for Education is named.<br /><br />Uh-huh, another one from >>THAT<< Buffett family! :)<br /><hr><br />We now pass 38th. Avenue heading west. Remember that in Omaha, numbered avenues usually run parallel to the same numbered street, and usually one block to the west. Such is the case with 38th. Street and Avenue.<br /><br />Brite Ideas is a year-around business dealing exclusively in holiday and decorative lighting. Their showroom and production facility occupies this former telephone company garage at Farnam and 38th. Avenue.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7FNBYYeUxxA3B68KSh0swzw2YMykVyHIFB6yMn0fQsCaUqKL9Fq0v5POpKdd_47wf6RM4tE3MFbVP3CDvYJ9hQUpY7RN2ge_kzwXUbyRJ_mU1M_thC6f3nQ8ZBnNewibcA0bs/s1600/a15_15.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7FNBYYeUxxA3B68KSh0swzw2YMykVyHIFB6yMn0fQsCaUqKL9Fq0v5POpKdd_47wf6RM4tE3MFbVP3CDvYJ9hQUpY7RN2ge_kzwXUbyRJ_mU1M_thC6f3nQ8ZBnNewibcA0bs/s320/a15_15.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605050904253917170" /></a><br />Brite Ideas was the victim of a devastating fire in 2005, noted briefly in a previous posting. At first glance, the building appeared to be close to a total loss!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9dOVhu2E3-hiAOB2dQuXT_FoRtjbb0PtxiaB4m18agXPqrREUXgU5sfQrvT_QlGdiyW8OLL7NKUxDWQXYZdfbCZ12QU8m1SQfwydw8N1zWCEeO6Uss3G1J3gg7qHHw-oGY8E_/s1600-h/oops2.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9dOVhu2E3-hiAOB2dQuXT_FoRtjbb0PtxiaB4m18agXPqrREUXgU5sfQrvT_QlGdiyW8OLL7NKUxDWQXYZdfbCZ12QU8m1SQfwydw8N1zWCEeO6Uss3G1J3gg7qHHw-oGY8E_/s320/oops2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090821591937904386" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWwrAK1Kan-qz-ktkQZjKp7lBIwrJ37WCGsDPV9pKKoS9JEQjAt588jkKHOiuRnINyVrvN5xwTLh_8nG1pf-iM46e5TezcT7MqKcFdTwdrQyvTmYAHP6JINHTuD7V6tBFd_NV6/s1600/bi02.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWwrAK1Kan-qz-ktkQZjKp7lBIwrJ37WCGsDPV9pKKoS9JEQjAt588jkKHOiuRnINyVrvN5xwTLh_8nG1pf-iM46e5TezcT7MqKcFdTwdrQyvTmYAHP6JINHTuD7V6tBFd_NV6/s320/bi02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547758889993112162" /></a><br />They completed renovations and moved back just in time for the holiday season of 2006.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH7xPLzsBTkSzLzSbE8NL8DILCBEi-2cqcasNvCEX5aYHgxryDXCq1gbJs7n_TF04V8AAfeK_H0rNVHUh0Wp0ylLdntUdB4MGO8Uge6nyVkOGpD4xHmXPdW4AWccjzILlYr5ZX/s1600/e01_1.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH7xPLzsBTkSzLzSbE8NL8DILCBEi-2cqcasNvCEX5aYHgxryDXCq1gbJs7n_TF04V8AAfeK_H0rNVHUh0Wp0ylLdntUdB4MGO8Uge6nyVkOGpD4xHmXPdW4AWccjzILlYr5ZX/s320/e01_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605432624447727250" /></a><br /><br />I've always considered the Tudor Arms, just north of Farnam on 39th. Street, to be one of the most attractive apartment buildings in the Omaha area.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2EyqbjFCN3o-7LMbONS_KIzI_ZLNGpHkzR_ErdDxBeeSz-uUhzYvTp4FZMG5595nhrTWdSSwyvh7i7_EeULQMLJJQf04G9EJ-ZyouZqVnqGhyrfeXt61KxJCaDXPvVqRszkl/s1600/a23_23.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2EyqbjFCN3o-7LMbONS_KIzI_ZLNGpHkzR_ErdDxBeeSz-uUhzYvTp4FZMG5595nhrTWdSSwyvh7i7_EeULQMLJJQf04G9EJ-ZyouZqVnqGhyrfeXt61KxJCaDXPvVqRszkl/s320/a23_23.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605051401495553858" /></a><br />Several other well-preserved and well-maintained apartments are dotted about Farnam in the 38th-39th. area.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw1ZoG6vEd_PwUmNDBs70kLpyJymnB4HcjyXR67W3-s-iTdhWrjPj1d7L6CqgWBnjcPmLaDAVVQDOrvU14eCfScT5DZq3coS76OJdI7E7SqQdk3VzlYql81F5mDbnb4S2XHIck/s1600/e02_2.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw1ZoG6vEd_PwUmNDBs70kLpyJymnB4HcjyXR67W3-s-iTdhWrjPj1d7L6CqgWBnjcPmLaDAVVQDOrvU14eCfScT5DZq3coS76OJdI7E7SqQdk3VzlYql81F5mDbnb4S2XHIck/s320/e02_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605053865868407378" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLO6s5379Jnv5I8tOEInVIHVaAhyQyOwXjSZIyz9DHsBzYlii3PB565TIAGv3TK2KJa23gz9uclu0OgxcHin-9wfufnFN_E2xcW7wifABZAVSzr1PC2QXZKoGvPpeHiGZBe9qh/s1600/a25_25.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLO6s5379Jnv5I8tOEInVIHVaAhyQyOwXjSZIyz9DHsBzYlii3PB565TIAGv3TK2KJa23gz9uclu0OgxcHin-9wfufnFN_E2xcW7wifABZAVSzr1PC2QXZKoGvPpeHiGZBe9qh/s320/a25_25.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605051403560255170" /></a><br />Others, such as this row of four, are not so well-maintained.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvEIMKbQAq-pgyv6gfPQ0gZARhNmnf0wBxE8djjwIrEVOJcRCDIvpMFrdsrnNhQWkix6hhIdBnaCj1EmKLOIH80gytHuUG5E69PKoO2l1i51nOhHNwUUA5ySFbveB-EUh072s1/s1600/b01_1.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvEIMKbQAq-pgyv6gfPQ0gZARhNmnf0wBxE8djjwIrEVOJcRCDIvpMFrdsrnNhQWkix6hhIdBnaCj1EmKLOIH80gytHuUG5E69PKoO2l1i51nOhHNwUUA5ySFbveB-EUh072s1/s320/b01_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605051408717124210" /></a><br /><br />Another area mansion, along with an attached commercial building, houses Katelman Antiques.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpd9bD2l05Vcyl1rc5xSQ1UFM2RfSE7FdDDDGW8LUFsdSQWBcJVDnhe2o75dupmVwt7kM097OjHvz-z0a9RE-Prbx1Vd9QidYFD3v2-vExwkZhsjdC8kzNRcF3v6-baCiqSXK1/s1600/a24_24.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpd9bD2l05Vcyl1rc5xSQ1UFM2RfSE7FdDDDGW8LUFsdSQWBcJVDnhe2o75dupmVwt7kM097OjHvz-z0a9RE-Prbx1Vd9QidYFD3v2-vExwkZhsjdC8kzNRcF3v6-baCiqSXK1/s320/a24_24.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605051406143423858" /></a><br />Katelman's is on the northwest corner of 39th. Street and Farnam.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN6xA2NPoAsrvPZZvlNVCpqljx2DI54IXuH9gw_CFmGjPe4E8C-fZJRitFM7KAV9rUqSdj4C3qxnWQ4Y3l0JpD4VxCjehHbSxcyW4dh8YJcpyf18n67fHhRhxSMWxFgBQZIQQa/s1600/e03_3.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN6xA2NPoAsrvPZZvlNVCpqljx2DI54IXuH9gw_CFmGjPe4E8C-fZJRitFM7KAV9rUqSdj4C3qxnWQ4Y3l0JpD4VxCjehHbSxcyW4dh8YJcpyf18n67fHhRhxSMWxFgBQZIQQa/s320/e03_3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605053872385841618" /></a><br /><br />I admit that I've forgotten far more than I remember about the block of Farnam between 39th. and 40th. Streets. The block now has a definite well-worn and rough around the edges air to it. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZnk8zq8E_SsI4bClReYee9r3SYp2u1XzEtyYcK9Aaq4zu04HEsWFavv8b1L2p5N0eQ7abRD__i5AUuYz2YXuph5NhPOO-IWM_a4BHZmSUuanjfaNuDeFu1SfQRKIsXglrFvDb/s1600/c25_25.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZnk8zq8E_SsI4bClReYee9r3SYp2u1XzEtyYcK9Aaq4zu04HEsWFavv8b1L2p5N0eQ7abRD__i5AUuYz2YXuph5NhPOO-IWM_a4BHZmSUuanjfaNuDeFu1SfQRKIsXglrFvDb/s320/c25_25.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605052611329354242" /></a><br />The commercial buildings on this block have so much potential! Hopefully the energy of Midtown Crossing will spread westward as the economy continues to recover.<br /><br />The Icon Salon occupies the eastmost section of the north-side strip, and appears to be healthy.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOxPKZT_brpaZT3He24CXQQZshsbxRf7MiZZBZUJEZBWYL1eytXtKGj6uP_V4rhcZlgZIsqtRCTgPW69eWdBEybmQ0K7UZ0pmYvFQVFi9uz-w5oKNQ_ACLei5qqeFJB4qeSoo0/s1600/e05_5.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOxPKZT_brpaZT3He24CXQQZshsbxRf7MiZZBZUJEZBWYL1eytXtKGj6uP_V4rhcZlgZIsqtRCTgPW69eWdBEybmQ0K7UZ0pmYvFQVFi9uz-w5oKNQ_ACLei5qqeFJB4qeSoo0/s320/e05_5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605054377348972242" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7A1wboJmseCo4fNt-7vJ1HhFzmtXiKeX224GmxsDMQ1YbNHqK1LT8jKvaZJ61Z56MTcUgr3IqShyphenhyphenNZOh3SpuuihBH4p9MsHaNYcfWCb_CM_-7R_2c0eh9oLypurl6kvzzRuO/s1600/e06_6.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7A1wboJmseCo4fNt-7vJ1HhFzmtXiKeX224GmxsDMQ1YbNHqK1LT8jKvaZJ61Z56MTcUgr3IqShyphenhyphenNZOh3SpuuihBH4p9MsHaNYcfWCb_CM_-7R_2c0eh9oLypurl6kvzzRuO/s320/e06_6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605054383685059970" /></a><br />Kaufman's Bakery is what I most remember about this block, but I'm actually uncertain about which building it was.<br /><br />The sign of Oxide Graphic Design looks somewhat like it may have been made from the old Kaufman sign, but the more I think about it, the Oxide building may have been a long-closed hardware store with a similar sign.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVT3wt97jMu8jUbvW9QN1YMAW8EdKank8BJdwyGOYAItJufU1DO9lXrq29I1wmCMkhvX4HrbKYwLduGi0PV-o4XeusvQZXiNJjKxX8fKLS0q0hO4pb5ySzC3Uy3YmCauPoWMuG/s1600/e15_15.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVT3wt97jMu8jUbvW9QN1YMAW8EdKank8BJdwyGOYAItJufU1DO9lXrq29I1wmCMkhvX4HrbKYwLduGi0PV-o4XeusvQZXiNJjKxX8fKLS0q0hO4pb5ySzC3Uy3YmCauPoWMuG/s320/e15_15.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605054546804120402" /></a><br />The quintessential neighborhood bar, Sullivans, is the best preserved of any of the businesses on this block.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQunnO3ITDm610ol1ziIsTMCq5Ew4WIWKh1YHAE0gAGqnnJp4AKN-nLrSfiS1wvZGAgdebFosTqkBkfH_Rxq07L_AT1uCDv7POmWhfuMSYviSky8H-hs9DOGf6HiT_jMTr7LAS/s1600/e14_14.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQunnO3ITDm610ol1ziIsTMCq5Ew4WIWKh1YHAE0gAGqnnJp4AKN-nLrSfiS1wvZGAgdebFosTqkBkfH_Rxq07L_AT1uCDv7POmWhfuMSYviSky8H-hs9DOGf6HiT_jMTr7LAS/s320/e14_14.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605054394469031874" /></a><br />Across Farnam to the south, a modern facade breathes a sign of life into this otherwise-vacant strip.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfybf3I_4Fpg5HFuTNfqiFbDesMdQ5UPAyTq7p8TC4O7_eKw1L6QZZ3CdshyphenhyphenOMRCIXboGBku6ZZvU5faukudfNsZMlwFRHqohSIrj2NWQzRW_e_g3JtZU1JvNebmh0fO6N5Vrd/s1600/e11_11.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfybf3I_4Fpg5HFuTNfqiFbDesMdQ5UPAyTq7p8TC4O7_eKw1L6QZZ3CdshyphenhyphenOMRCIXboGBku6ZZvU5faukudfNsZMlwFRHqohSIrj2NWQzRW_e_g3JtZU1JvNebmh0fO6N5Vrd/s320/e11_11.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605054392153650866" /></a><br />I remember this corner bay as Jasper's, a popular Friday "Beer For Lunch" and attitude-adjustment bar and grill during the 1980s.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGrAtdYH36xx4u2AOYAcVw3K3GqSogkW3Uy9glF94MPfljrXYPdAdU8hmugXGkJA3bSQModVZxzIgzl_RuRO_e07g0DU6qm0_fTVJq4VWOT2Al-VY2l7ZiIHIXwWq89EW6NG4Q/s1600/b04_4.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGrAtdYH36xx4u2AOYAcVw3K3GqSogkW3Uy9glF94MPfljrXYPdAdU8hmugXGkJA3bSQModVZxzIgzl_RuRO_e07g0DU6qm0_fTVJq4VWOT2Al-VY2l7ZiIHIXwWq89EW6NG4Q/s320/b04_4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605051645604968498" /></a><br />Now vacant, in recent years it's developed a particularly bad reputation as Cheaters Lounge, notorious for shootings and gang activity.<br /><br />The northeast corner of Farnam at 40th. was a very long standing Rexall pharmacy, complete with luncheonette, known as Green's, Rice's, and Beaton's, over the decades.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdv3hAqvZLLnLLY9fjBhbTHaYynOWwNbY7RN8ngzA78EIOMDlvGFZHYYvR6hZtQTeg5-T4B5BCv1Vuiz05tShnMlYzLgOo5JXfV_nkTVH7mtXu_ju3YYnQyNmmQ-rf_CVs7YoL/s1600/farn002.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdv3hAqvZLLnLLY9fjBhbTHaYynOWwNbY7RN8ngzA78EIOMDlvGFZHYYvR6hZtQTeg5-T4B5BCv1Vuiz05tShnMlYzLgOo5JXfV_nkTVH7mtXu_ju3YYnQyNmmQ-rf_CVs7YoL/s320/farn002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605239998735015794" /></a><br />It appears to be vacant, unfortunately, with signage for The Reading Grounds, a coffee house and sandwich place, probably closed only recently.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwhH5y1u8cfBOU6_3ZPnQJ4q7C6xAGhV8EzVx1YJrcGynUWLY8vcqSYyHJcwybTBEF7hUd8uChu0VPd40UH9NbFFToEB-luR1BownJ6HoRL736No23piXiktpZiVKLW6OFycn6/s1600/farn001.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwhH5y1u8cfBOU6_3ZPnQJ4q7C6xAGhV8EzVx1YJrcGynUWLY8vcqSYyHJcwybTBEF7hUd8uChu0VPd40UH9NbFFToEB-luR1BownJ6HoRL736No23piXiktpZiVKLW6OFycn6/s320/farn001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605239984494042386" /></a><br /><br />Catercorner to the southwest, the commercial scene fades as the Medical Center campus begins, with a tattoo parlor (sorry, not my style!) and a few others.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkppBGw8DttrTkDWp0jW3nb3jKn8POF4DsYvQwT6cbwdxL9Q1TQCrGCnXXV8WIYaNX-j2MuDqGFY_fRY3KeoM2njTggVU460XYDQEEX4Kt8xTvyoBsDrKSKbitLl_1rzGeWN8/s1600/e08_8.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkppBGw8DttrTkDWp0jW3nb3jKn8POF4DsYvQwT6cbwdxL9Q1TQCrGCnXXV8WIYaNX-j2MuDqGFY_fRY3KeoM2njTggVU460XYDQEEX4Kt8xTvyoBsDrKSKbitLl_1rzGeWN8/s320/e08_8.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605054386761904226" /></a><br /><br />Just north of Farnam on the west side of 40th, the only sign of recent activity is this Middle-Eastern restaurant which appears to be closed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFAHcWHY60Jz576WFCcjsvknTYP8yrRswoppkogIDbt0WHnXv7wYGSZy_vGFNu_Ql8U30Jt2AD49z5VB2_BeTOYMKF2KRa9oaMw3y9ttJM2UpxxctDk68g3FyUVY2wjt-fB65T/s1600/b06_6.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFAHcWHY60Jz576WFCcjsvknTYP8yrRswoppkogIDbt0WHnXv7wYGSZy_vGFNu_Ql8U30Jt2AD49z5VB2_BeTOYMKF2KRa9oaMw3y9ttJM2UpxxctDk68g3FyUVY2wjt-fB65T/s320/b06_6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605051645833258402" /></a><br /><hr><br />That's it for today, gang! Hope you've enjoyed joining me on this venture.<br /><br />I've enjoyed doing it, and I assure you that I intend to be posting far more frequently than I have in the recent past. I have two other items in the works, so please stay tuned! :)<br /><hr><br />Technical information:<br /><br />Olympus Stylus Zoom, Fuji Superia 200<br />Yashica D, Fuji Provia 100, cross-processed in C41 chemistry<br />Kodak 4530 digitalOmababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36542287.post-79969610723681572472010-12-06T08:51:00.002-06:002010-12-06T09:09:56.444-06:00Can we tawk?Let's face it, dead and abandoned blogs are oh-so common, as those who frequent the Blogosphere (to use the buzzword-compliant term) can testify.<br /><br />I just want to assure all of you that I do not intend to let this blog become one of them!<br /><br />It's just that with work, family, various projects and such, my opportunities for shooting and my time for blogging have been close to zero the past few months. :(<br /><br />I actually have three items in the works here, one of which just needs the "ok" to post a certain photo.<br /><br />What I really need are a couple of clear weekend afternoons with non-sucky weather when I am otherwise free. Unfortunately this has not happened in the past few months, with "clear" and "free" appearing to be mutually-exclusive, and it's highly doubtful that it will happen until January.<br /><br />I don't want to come off as teasing you, but here are a few things I do have in the works and just need to finish up ...<br /><ol><br /><li>Forgotten Cuisine II. I'm concentrating on chicken places, drive-ins and a few others and focusing on several of the places which have been mentioned in the comments on the original item.<br /><br /><li>A walk-through which seems to get more extensive all the time. I have pieces of this shot, but I need to get back for at least two sessions. I'm going to cover Farnam from roughly 30th. to 40th, including, yes, the Midtown Crossing area. Now before you start rolling your eyes at the thought of yet another Midtown Crossing shoot, I plan on doing this a bit differently, using cross-processed medium format.<br /><br /><li>A "Then And Now" nostalgia thing, scenes in NYC as they appeared decades ago and now.<br /></ol><br />I really wish I could give you more of an idea of when these should appear, but as of this day, I don't know, and I don't even know when I will know, if that makes any sense to you. :)<br /><br />So anyway, I wish everybody a Happy Hanukkah (early this year, huh?), Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, and I do promise I'll have some meaningful content on line here just as soon as I am able!Omababehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13923843074599022110noreply@blogger.com3