The Changing Image of the City: Planning for Downtown Omaha, 1945-1973The Changing Image of the City describes urban planning and development from the end of World War II to 1973, when major elements of the design of Nebraska's largest city were in place. Janet Daly-Bednarek shows how the appraches to planning shifted during a period that saw Omaha change from a hub of food processing and transportation to a postindustrial center dominated by insurance and by educational, medical, and other services. Finally, she surveys recent developments such as the Central Park Mall and the Old Market area in light of earlier plans and their implementation. In considering the changes that have occurred in Omaha, this book reveals much about the growth of professional urban planning in America. In Omaha, as elsewhere, planners dealt with power brokers, coped with rampant suburbanism and sprawling shopping malls, searched for ways to reverse the inner-city decay, and concerned themselves with historic preservation, beautification, and quality of life. |
Contents
Omaha 19451973 | 43 |
Planning 19331945 | 77 |
Traditional Planning for a Traditional City 19451958 | 107 |
A City in Transition 19581966 | 149 |
Planning 19661973 | 187 |
Epilogue | 227 |
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activities agenda Alden Aust annexation auditorium beautification booster buildings business community business leaders campaign Carter Lake Census Central Business District Central Omaha Plan Central Park Mall Chamber of Commerce changes charter city hall City Planning Department city's civic and business civic center clearance Commerce Profile committee construction Creighton University Daly Department Clip File downtown downtown Omaha early economic employment facilities federal finance goals growth highway historic preservation Ibid ideas important included industrial Joslyn Art Museum Kiewit leadership Mall mayor meatpacking ment metropolitan area Missouri River municipal National Nebraska Northwestern Bell Omaha Chamber Omaha City Planning Omaha Public Library Omaha World-Herald open space parks percent population postwar President private sector projects promote proposed retail Riverfront Development role Science Department Clip service economy sewer Social Science Department South Omaha streets Sun Newspapers tion traditional Union Pacific University of Omaha urban design urban renewal
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