[mattpoulsen]

The point is that sometimes old buildings are worth saving and sometimes they're not. This isn't a philosophical issue that deserves to be argued from an absolutist perspective. They are buildings and when its economically in someone's interest to tear down and build they do so and when its more profitable to renovate they choose that route. As always, it comes down to dollars and cents.

[ehenningsen]

Developers (not the city or it's people) build million dollar condo's because people are buying them...plain and simple..
there are many condos well into the common mans budget..because they sell too.. This thread is dumb...

[DTO Luv]

Woohoo I just bought combo #2 yesterday! I'm so excited.

[WARNYOU]

Woohoo I just bought combo #2 yesterday! I'm so excited.

COMBO #2 Did you go to Burger King???????

I had the combo #9. Today.

[DTO Luv]

Oops. Should be condo #2.

[mattpoulsen]

Grow up. Do you have nothing better to do but to randomly post junk like this and go to the trouble of forming an alias, like "MuttPloosen".

[mattpoulsen]

You can disregard that last post. Apparently the monitors deleted the post I was responding to. It was some guy acting like a clown.

[cirhsein]

Warnyou,

The Indian Hills was neither vacant (fact) nor an eyesore (opinion) in the years before it was torn down. If you have any interest in the reality of what you're talking about feel free to visit Wikipedia or apartment 101 films, or see "Saving the Indian Hills." The theatre wasn't even that old (40 years-ish), but it represented a bygone era of the American cinema experience. Methodist Health Systems should be utterly ashamed (a parking lot, indeed--too bad they don't even use it now).

The Indian Hills destruction was a national travesty--that's indisputable. You, fella, are an anomaly.

[Steve_W]

Maybe it's because nobody in Omaha gives a damn about how it was to view a movie 40 years ago when the quality is much more incredible nowdays. It's almost like we are supposed to save all of our VHS tapes because they could bring back memories or something. Come On! Indian Hills was torn down to better utilize the area. Big freaking deal...get over it.

[SurfOmaha]

Originally Posted by rpontillo

Why does downtown Omaha think they can ask the prices they are asking on some of those condos in the Old Market district..there is not that much to do...I dont care how much money they pour into redevelpment ..Omaha will never be a vibirant urban cosmopolitan city ..its just a farmers town that thinks its gotten sophisticated...

The whole point of building those condos is charge you an arm and a leg, not only that but the city needs tax revenue, thats why the city doing anything it can to bring the stadium downtown, that's why the Qwest Center was so important.