Category: civic infrastructure

Categories
20th century 21st century 24th and Lake Architects architecture Black spaces and places business civic infrastructure culture Great Plains Black History Museum historic preservation Lake Street Listed on National Register of Historic Places Near North Side Organizations Social services

A History of the Webster Telephone Exchange Building

Original North Side YMCA, 2213 Lake Street, North Omaha, Nebraska
The Webster Telephone Exchange Building at 2213 Lake Street was the home of the Urban North Side YMCA from 1945 to 1951, later becoming the Great Plains Black History Museum.

Some buildings are constructed, serve a purpose and then are demolished. Others seem to live several lifetimes by acting as a base for several enterprises and a hub for the community during different crises. Despite looking like its falling apart right now, one Lake Street building is such an institution, serving as an icon of change, sustainability and transformation in the community. This is is a history of the Webster Telephone Exchange Building.

Categories
19th century 20th century 21st century Ames Avenue architecture Belt Line Buildings business civic infrastructure culture economics Expo grounds historic preservation History of Nebraska houses industry Intersection North 16th Street North 24th Street Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Co. Organizations Politics Saratoga wealthy White flight

A Timeline of the History of Saratoga

Suburban Theatre, North Omaha, Nebraska
In the 1910s, the Suburban Theatre was located on North 24th Street just south of Ames Avenue.

This is a timeline of the history of the Saratoga neighborhood in North Omaha, including the intersection of 24th and Ames. Included here are events, places and people central to the neighborhood’s existence as a pioneer town, leafy suburb, and a seemingly abandoned urban neighborhood.

Categories
19th century 20th century 21st century architecture civic infrastructure economics Florence government Highways historic preservation History of Nebraska Missouri River Mormons North 30th Politics Ponca Hills Wyman Heights

A History of the Mormon Bridge in North Omaha

Built on the rock bottom of the Missouri River, dreams of today’s Mormon Bridge go back to 1846. This article explores the history of the bridge, the ferries, the politics and more.

Categories
19th century 20th century 21st century architecture Black people Buildings civic infrastructure economics geography Historic houses historic preservation houses Lost history neighborhoods North 30th parks Politics real estate Scandinavians schools Segregation White flight

A History of the Omaha View Neighborhood in North Omaha

This is a history of North Omaha’s Omaha View neighborhood, one of the city’s oldest western expanses.

Categories
19th century 20th century 21st century Belt Line Black people civic infrastructure Demolished buildings Demolished buildings economics historic preservation neighborhoods Segregation Shacks and shanties

A History of the Plum Nelly Area in North Omaha

A history of Plum Nelly in North Omaha, Nebraska, by Adam Fletcher Sasse for NorthOmahaHistory.com

The Plum Nelly area is a once secret neighborhood that’s become a lost neighborhood located in North Omaha.

Categories
19th century 20th century 21st century Ames Ave Apartments architecture civic infrastructure Demolished buildings Demolished buildings economics Historic houses historic preservation houses Monmouth Park neighborhoods Normal house history schools White flight

A History of Monmouth Park Neighborhood in North Omaha

Monmouth Park neighborhood, North Omaha, Nebraska
This is a 2018 satellite image of the Monmouth Park neighborhood.

One neighborhood in North Omaha had a hospital, a half-dozen churches and businesses galore, and a long history. Then it all seemed to disappear. This is a history of the Monmouth Park neighborhood.

Categories
19th century 20th century 21st century civic infrastructure economics historic preservation Lost history North Omaha

A History of Dumps in North Omaha

East Omaha dump, Nebraska and Iowa
This was the East Omaha dump located between Abbott Drive and the river south of the IC railroad line. The area is an open field today, and there's no sign of the dump.

This is a history of legal and illegal dumps throughout history in North Omaha.