I’ve got something to show you. A place I’ve been toodling by for years. May I present Miss 323 South 51st Avenue—diminutive and dreamy, as though a romantic English cottage had wandered from the Cotswolds, taken one wrong turn, and
Category: A Passing Glimpse
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Today’s investigation will be brief—but, I hope, irresistible. Summer has a way of filling every hour, and I, for one, have every intention of finding time for a swim. Let’s gather around for just a moment. I promise this isn’t one of my
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The old Steak N Egg Kitchen used to occupy the northwestern edge of the Econo Lodge motel parking lot, fronting Douglas Street. The one-story, free-standing restaurant at 2215 Douglas operated as its own business by the time we walked in,
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Today’s investigation is just a brief wandering into some recent ruminations. I’ve been thinking a lot about the long-razed TraveLodge motel on the northwest corner of 39th and Dodge and was pleasantly surprised when I came across a postcard of
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Weekend sights–26th and Harney. Sadly there was a fire in one of buildings of the adjoining commercial series at 2580, 2576, and 2572 Harney Street on April 8th, 2024. The roof collapsed, and the mysterious fire was/is under investigation.
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We received a surprise notice from a friend named Julie in the ol’ P. I. office box the other day. It was riveting word from the street, succinct and pressing. It read: “One of my favorite houses at 80th and Woolworth, that has been empty
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I have always been infatuated with the Black House at 52nd and Dodge and I know I am not the only one. Although I have heard its library was once lined with only the best smelling leather-bound books, the silver kept polished by servants and the
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I thought I had caught a lucky break back in 2015. A remodeling of the Beverly Hills Plaza at 78th and Dodge exposed a large ghost sign had been perfectly sealed underneath the strip mall’s eastern façade. I snapped away at the hand-painted
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Just the other day I saw that they took down 4679 Leavenworth Street—Jim’s Seek & Save Antiques. Very cool, very weird and most definitely very old. I always kept a watchful, compassionate eye on this one. This structure was one of the
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Omaha, you sure are pretty today. 5678 Marcy woke up like this. Easy on the eyes. 5678 Marcy, I will be back to wink at you at a later date. I welcome your feedback and