Category: Grocery store

A History of North Omaha’s Fort Street Grocery Store

Post author By Adam
Post date October 2, 2019
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This is the former Fort Street Grocery at 2701 Fort Street. It was run by the Gendelman family for more than 25 years.

When I grew up in the Miller Park neighborhood during the 1980s and 90s, there were only memories and rumors of what used to be. There were ghosts of busy shopping districts, a thriving school, beautiful churches and streetcars haunted the neighborhood. Some memories were so enticing that they made me imagine what was. One […]

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A History of the Ames Plaza, North Omaha’s Shopping Center

Post author By Adam
Post date September 20, 2019
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A history of Ames Plaza in North Omaha by Adam Fletcher Sasse for NorthOmahaHistory.com

This is a history of the Ames Plaza, opened in 1960 at North 56th and Ames Avenue in then-Northwest Omaha.

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A History of the North Star Theater aka the Ames Theatre in North Omaha

Post author By Adam
Post date August 31, 2019
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This January 1950 ad for the Ames Theatre perfectly reflected the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_Age_(design)">Atomic Age design</a> of the time, which was futuristic, space-oriented and stylistic. The author re-interpreted the ad for NorthOmahaHistory.com.

This is a history of the North Star Theater, the Ames Theatre and the building standing today at N. 25th and Ames Avenue in North Omaha.

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A History of the Forgot Store

Post author By Adam
Post date April 15, 2019
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This is Junior's Forgot Store Bar and Grill at 11909 Calhoun Road in the Ponca Hills.

A grocery store at the end of the road for the forgetful became a bar, and now stands tall in Ponca Hills. Learn about the history of the Forgot Store.

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A History of King Solomon’s Mines in North Omaha

Post author By Adam
Post date January 3, 2018
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This is the former location of King Solomon's Mines, opened from 1970-1972 at 2425 Ames Avenue. Previously, it was the North Star Theater and a grocery store. Today, its an industrial storage building.

This is a history of King Solomon’s Mines, a nightclub open at 2425 Ames Avenue in North Omaha from 1970-1972.

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A History of Grocery Stores in North Omaha

Post author By Adam
Post date October 13, 2017
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This is a history of how people get food in a North Omaha, Nebraska.

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A History of the Omaha Market House

Post author By Adam
Post date October 6, 2017
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A 1909 postcard that I've marked to show the location of the Omaha Market House, aka the Omaha National Guard Armory, at N. 14th St. and Capitol Ave. from 1903 to circa 1930. The postcard dates from 1909.

This is a history of a controversial, then popular, then forgotten idea in Omaha called the Market House.