God is a Husker said:

I don’t care is somebody’s gay it’s legal and do whatever you want but what is the purpose of a gay children’s playground?


other than color theme I see nothing different than a regular children’s playground

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David Webb said:

Could be wrong, but from reading the article, I think they designed it to benefit disabled kids.

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God is a Husker said:

not sure, maybe? I mean all playgrounds have to be full ADA compliant now.


the news story made it seem like it was done for LGBT but they were pretty vague (for obvious backlash reasons)


story still baffles me

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David Webb said:

I would venture to guess there are very few ADA compliant parks/playgrounds outside the metro areas of Nebraska and building one is big news for these small towns.

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God is a Husker said:

might be? I'll post an update if NTV has one.



PS: Love you but you have no idea how bad you rustled my jimmies calling Hastings a small town

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God is a Husker said:

not sure, maybe? I mean all playgrounds have to be full ADA compliant now.


the news story made it seem like it was done for LGBT but they were pretty vague (for obvious backlash reasons)


story still baffles me

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God is a Husker said:

wife found these pics at some art festival yesterday morning, the lady who had them thinks they are all from 1968




Red Willow County (McCook) wheat harvest

Downtown Lincoln

Downtown Omaha

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Elizabeth Reed said:

Downtown Omaha was such a shit hole back in the 60s/70s.

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Elizabeth Reed said:

Downtown Omaha was such a shit hole back in the 60s/70s.

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Baron Winnebago said:

60s/70s, present day. Potato potato

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God is a Husker said:

wife found these pics at some art festival yesterday morning, the lady who had them thinks they are all from 1968




Red Willow County (McCook) wheat harvest

Downtown Lincoln

Downtown Omaha

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Elizabeth Reed said:

Downtown Omaha was such a shit hole back in the 60s/70s.

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bbenson67 said:

At least there was a downtown lol. There were some pretty cool places like the City News Bookstore, Astro Theater, the Fontenelle Hotel and the large department stores. Now it looks like East Berlin.

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Elizabeth Reed said:

Not sure I understand the “East Berlin” comment. 60s-80s was a war zone in actual downtown Omaha. Spillover crime from north Omaha/ N. 24th/N. 30th, etc was affecting the downtown area from time to time.

CHI Center is booked, as are the area hotels, with busy restaurants and shops. At least that’s my take when I’m back 6-8 times annually.

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Elizabeth Reed said:

Not sure I understand the “East Berlin” comment. 60s-80s was a war zone in actual downtown Omaha. Spillover crime from north Omaha/ N. 24th/N. 30th, etc was affecting the downtown area from time to time.

Today, CHI Center is booked, as are the area hotels, with busy restaurants and shops. At least that’s my take when I’m back 6-8 times annually.

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bbenson67 said:

The East Berlin comment refers to the blocks and blocks of vacant lots and empty buildings which is Omaha downtown now. I'm just saying it was a destination when I was in high school in the '60s. The kind of place you dressed up to visit. I'm also not a fan of the gigantic suburban sprawl that Omaha has become. I like cities with a core center which makes me seriously out of step with the way urban cities are now positioned.

Agree with the concern about the Near North Side but it was not top of mind when I went downtown. Our biggest issues were the traffic and parking.

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Elizabeth Reed said:

Sadly, the reference to “blocks and blocks of vacant lots and empty buildings” describes the majority of small-mid sized towns across the state. Empty Mall spaces in ScoBlo, NP, K-Town and probably even GI.

Fucking Wal-Mart. Hate ‘em but my wife still goes there 1-2 times weekly. I maybe go in 3-4 times annually. Maybe….

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bbenson67 said:

Yup. Downtown Lincoln suffered a similar fate. That was such a shame as in a 3 block area there was Gold's, Miller and Paine's, Ben Simon's, Magee's, the women's store Goldstein Chapman which was an incredible grouping of quality stores in a town the size of Lincoln.

As an aside, my first true love was in 2nd grade with Deborah Goldstein at Randolph Elementary. Her Dad was the Goldstein in Goldstein Chapman. Missed it by that much.

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