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If anyone else does a helecopter, you need way more than the 1 hour I did!  I can think of sooooo many more shots I did not get!  Probably needed 3 or 4 hours.

If they are too big for your screne, click here.. http://www.bradwilliamsphotography.com/aerial.html  My website will resize them to fit your screne.

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great pics.. riverfront area looks amazing
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brad_in_omaha wrote: Above Omaha

If anyone else does a helecopter, you need way more than the 1 hour I did!  I can think of sooooo many more shots I did not get!  Probably needed 3 or 4 hours.

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What is the name of this park? Or is it a business center that has a park like setting. I and my partner stopped here about 6 years ago and was impressed.
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This is ConAgra's World Headquarters.

Thanks for the pictures, nice to see Omaha from the air, that was a nice city to grow up in.
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Great Pictures!

Nice to see the 2nd phase of the Medical center getting going. I really like the look of the renderings I have seen with the 2 identical towers.
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Next time I'm in Omaha, I'll try and get some pics of Dundee.  There are some great shops and houses in that area.
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anniewarbucks wrote: What is the name of this park? Or is it a business center that has a park like setting. I and my partner stopped here about 6 years ago and was impressed.

That's the Heartland of America Park. It's a city park but around Conagra was closed to the public up until last week. You can see the new trail around the office buildings.
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That riverfront park would be a great idea for KC's West Bottoms.
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I don't know if that's what inspired the comment or not... but we lost a 'West Bottoms' of our own with the construction of Con Agra's campus and this park.  Two dozen brick warehouse buildings were lost... all that remains is this one...

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Heartland of America Park is a great asset... but it would have been nice if it could have come at a slightly smaller cost in terms of historic architecture.
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Personally I can't wait till I'm up there in June. I like Omaha and look forward to visiting.

I plan on taking plenty of pictures.
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eomaha.com wrote: Heartland of America Park is a great asset... but it would have been nice if it could have come at a slightly smaller cost in terms of historic architecture.
The ConAgra Campus is outrageous.  At the foot of the dense, historic Old Market, they transition to a sprawling suburuban campus on the banks of the river.  To do it, they bulldozed much of the great warehouse building stock.

If I didn't already boycott processed foods, I would boycott ConAgra specifically. I hate what they did to Omaha.
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There was a great book that came out a few years ago detailing Omaha architecture:

Building for the Ages, Omaha's Architectural Landmarks

I bought it for my sister...it's a little tough to track down.  Really nicely done, though.

Has some cool stuff, including pictures of lost buildings.
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Yes, I own a copy of it... it is a very good book.
At the foot of the dense, historic Old Market, they transition to a sprawling suburuban campus on the banks of the river.
On the other hand... the Heartland of America Park is a fabulous downtown green space.  Of course it would have been nice if it were surrounded by old brick warehouse buildings, but what's done is done.

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The park is indeed nice, but the worst part is that there is a huge chunk in the middle of downtown that isn't devoted to the park, like ConAgra's huge front lawn.  They could have built a park, an appropriately urban headquarters and preserved half of the buildings that were there.
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ConAgra's campus there is a pretty apt symbol for how ConAgra (and Big Ag generally) treats the earth, farmers, and we the consumers.  slash and burn baby!  :twisted:
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eomaha.com wrote: Yes, I own a copy of it... it is a very good book.

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I own it to..... GREAT BOOK!

Jeff when did they have a ferris Wheel down there?  Taste of Omaha?
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