Category: Ghosts of Omaha

46 Dodge: A Mysterious Disappearance

Originally announced to the neighborhood in February of 2019 by Garrison companies, 46 Dodge was to include 278 apartment units on five floors above a three-story parking garage. The new development would have required clearing eight aging structures on a 1.4-acre spot southwest of 46th and Dodge Streets.

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The Intersections: Things That Go Bump In The Blight

In November 2021, Community Health Development Partners (CHDP) announced a plan for a 25-acre health and wellness campus called The Intersections. The development’s now-defunct website described it as “a place where opportunity, fun, and wellness come together for everyone.”

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Rick’s Cafe Boatyard: Night of the Living Bread

In 2001, a lone business submitted a plan to the City of Omaha to open a restaurant at Lewis and Clark Landing on the Missouri riverfront downtown. Rick’s Cafe Boatyard, under the ownership of Rick Albrecht, opened in November 2002. The city retained ownership of the redeveloped ASARCO lead refinery site at 325 Riverfront Drive, signing a comprehensive 30-year agreement to lease the property to the restaurateur.

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A Liminal Space at 14th and Dodge

A liminal space represents the time between “what was” and “what’s next.” They are the waiting areas between one point in time and space and the next – a time of waiting and not knowing the future.

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