Book Review: Lost Omaha

Lost Omaha by Janet R. Daly Bednarek, History Press, Charleston, SC., 2018.

 Through the years, much has been lost in Omaha.  Peony park which sported a large swimming pool.  The pool was off limits to blacks however and was a source of racial oppression.  Aksarben was a horse racing track and dance pavilion which too went away and is now where UNO plays hockey.  Downtown buildings include the Medical arts building, Hotel Fontenelle and the Omaha Athletic Club.  Jobbers Canyon, a series of old warehouses which made it look like a bunch of canyons with steep cliffs, is gone to make way for Gene Leahy Mall and Heartlands Park.  The Stockyards are all gone, and most of the meat packing industry.  With the ose of each meat packer went hundreds of jobs s well.  The lead refinery on the river fron is gone, making way for the river front park and the Lewis and Clark landing.  Left is a memorial statue honoring labor.