Wednesday, March 25, 2009

LOVE TO SEE HUMOR
IN UNEXPECTED PLACES

I bore a worried frown yesterday while driving on business to 59th and Maple Streets. That's downtown Benson, which is more or less inner city North Omaha nowadays. Hadn't been there for many years. Eww! The tattoo parlors! Eww! The boarded-up businesses! The area was really showing the ravages of our current economic doldrums.

Then my frown transformed into a happy grin, for there, in one of the worn-out glass storefronts, were two hilarious metal robots, one gray, one blue, and if you looked closely, you'd see Barbie dolls here and there.

Of all places, it was a law office. The robots were there just to be eye-catching -- just for fun.

Glad to see that a sense of humor is still legal in this tough economy!
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Unknown said...

Wow! Obviously you aren't the most perceptive of people. Downtown Benson is thriving more now than it has in the past three decades. There has been tons of new businesses in the past couple of years such as the Waiting Room, Jakes, Mia's Bongo Room, The Sydney, Burke's, and the list goes on. Yeah, there is ONE tattoo parlor on the strip, how dare people express themselves. As far as the boarded up businesses I haven't seen them yet but I will keep looking Susan.

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Susan Darst Williams said...

Well, I'm glad to hear you think it's on the uptick. I do remember the vibrancy that was there in the 1980s when I worked at the Junior League Jumble Shop a couple of times a month. It was fairly mainstream then.

Didn't there used to be a grocery store, and a hardware store, and a toy store on that strip? And restaurants?

Hopefully, it'll come roaring back with a new iteration, like Westport in Kansas City.

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