is what will become of this house. (and the others next to it. Not to mention the retail buildings behind it.)

The house was built sometime between 1900-1915 if I had to guess.
It survived several tornadoes, the great depression, surbanization of Omaha in the 1950's and 1960's, and the thankfully never built West freeway of the early 1970's, all for nothing.

CVS Inc., wants to build a Pharmacy but this home and others are in it's way. They claim they cannot use the existing historic buildings and they need all of these neighborhood homes torn down for parking. It may not be a palatial estate but this home was occupied. It also fit in with the character of the neighborhood. The city was initially against it because CVS's building design didn't meet the city's code requirements for historically important neighborhoods. CVS said it would not build any stores in Omaha if it could not have it's way with the Dundee Neighborhood. After discussions with CVS, one city council member (Ben Gray) reversed his decision and the buildings and homes are now slated to be gone. The homes have already been gutted on the inside. What a waste of perfectly good homes. I might have supported this idea if the building CVS is constructing was better than what they are tearing down. Unfortunately it appears that it's not. It is also important to note that there is another locally owned and operated Pharmacy a block to the West and there is a Walgreen's Pharmacy about 4 blocks to the East. How many Pharmacies does one Neighborhood need.

I really feel sorry for the people that live across the street from these homes. Well I guess they will soon have a beautiful parking lot to look at. Oh well it's progress right?? As we know progress tends to trample the little guy.

(I apologize for the rant. I am feeling a bit feisty today.)

I plan to photograph each home (without a rant) unless they tear them down first.