Omaha City Architecture by Junior League Of Omaha Paperback Book
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Omaha City Architecture by Junior League Of Omaha Paperback Book. Our purpose is not to preserve all old structures, just the best of them. We must weigh the end result of our decisions to demolish, to judge if our pride in Omaha would be greater or less without the structures represented in this book. This book documents a concern-a concern about the future of Omahs Omaha's future is dependent on many factors: economic, social, educational, and, most important, the pride of its citizens. For this pride to develop it is neces sary that our physical environment manifest both the depth of our history and potential of our future. Omaha should not limit itself to a visual mantle of mid-twentieth-century architecture; our stock is deeper than that, and we should use it. From a frontier town of mud streets and river traffic to the urban complex we know today, our growth has been evolutionary. This history of our growth, as evidenced by our architecture, provides a rich tapestry of who we are and what we can become as a city. It is an asset that, if kept, can help create that ingredient of character instantly evident in the best of our cities. Our purpose is not to preserve all old structures, just the best of them. Unfor-tunately, however, because of the strategic commercial location of many of these buildings, they are the ones most often threatened. We must weigh the end result of our decisions to demolish, to judge if our pride in Omaha would be greater or less without the structures represented in this book. Indeed, some are already lost; and we believe that Omaha, as an urban environment both to live in and visit, will be richer if those remaining are preserved as an active part of our busi-ness, religious, and domestic life. They are a challenge to our future, not to emulate in form, but in conviction and quality, to assure that Omaha will be a city of character, not mediocrity.
