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  2. Wikipedia:Avoid Parkinson's bicycle-shed effect - Wikipedia

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    This "bicycle shed effect" is easily explained: true expertise on nuclear plants is rare, while everybody can have a say about bicycle sheds, and refreshments are clear and dear to all. Sadly, the "bicycle shed effect" can be noted on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and theoretically every Wikipedian is working to build it.

  3. Law of triviality - Wikipedia

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    The law of triviality is C. Northcote Parkinson's 1957 argument that people within an organization commonly give disproportionate weight to trivial issues. [1] Parkinson provides the example of a fictional committee whose job was to approve the plans for a nuclear power plant spending the majority of its time on discussions about relatively minor but easy-to-grasp issues, such as what ...

  4. Burlington Headquarters Building - Wikipedia

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    Part of the original cast-iron Farnam Street facade remains; and although the original atrium elevator was replaced, a new elevator occupies the same area as the original. [3] The Gene Leahy Mall wraps around the building today, and is on the outskirts of the Old Market Historic District and is across the street from the Nash Block.

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  6. Woodmen of the World Building (Omaha, Nebraska) - Wikipedia

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    The former Woodmen of the World Building in Omaha, Nebraska, was located at 1323 Farnam Street. Built in 1912 by the architectural firms of Holabird & Roche and Fisher and Lawrie, the building was the headquarters of Woodmen of the World (WOW) from 1912 until 1934. WOW relocated in 1934 to the Bee Newspaper Building at 17th and Farnam, also ...

  7. List of Omaha landmarks - Wikipedia

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    1415 Farnam Street No Yes Gottlieb Storz House: 1905 3708 Farnam Street Yes Yes Grossman Apartment: 1904 102-108 South 36th Street No Yes Havens-Page House: 1900 101 North 39th Street Yes No Hicks House: 1892 3017 Pacific Street No Yes Hicks Terrace: 1890 3005-3011 Pacific Street, 1102 South 30th Avenue No Yes Hill Hotel: 1919 505 South 16th ...

  8. Blackstone Plaza - Wikipedia

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    Blackstone Plaza (formerly named Kiewit Plaza) is a 210 foot (64 m), 15 story high-rise office building in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. It is located at 3555 Farnam Street at the corner of South 36th Street. [1] It was built from 1960 to 1961, and is designed in the modernist architectural style. [1]

  9. List of streets in Omaha, Nebraska - Wikipedia

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    Dodge Street splits into two streets that are Route 6, Dodge and Douglas. Dunlop Avenue: The main street of Omaha's Frenchtown. Ed Creighton Avenue: Starts at 32nd Avenue and ends when it hits the Interstate 480. F Street: Farnam Street Originally the main street of Omaha, it branches off of Dodge Street and goes east until it hits Eighth Street.