By Linda Williams MDSHP BAC 2014 Historic New England 2015 Symposium Competition Northeast Omaha is an American Ghetto ghetto area of city inhabited by minority an area of a city lived in by a minority group especially a rundown and densely populated area lived in by a group tha ID: 652581
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Northeast Omaha—An American Ghetto
By Linda Williams, MDSHP; BAC 2014Historic New England 2015 Symposium CompetitionSlide2
Northeast Omaha is an American Ghetto‘ghetto’-
area of city inhabited by minority: an area of a city lived in by a minority group, especially a run-down and densely populated area lived in by a group that experiences discriminationSOURCE: BING DICTIONARY
DEFINITIONSlide3
Omaha, Nebraska
Map
NE
IA
IA
NE
Source: www.google.com
Source: www.dcassessor.org
IASlide4
District Map
Source: City of OmahaSlide5
Eastern Omaha, Nebraska
Historically U
nderutilized Business Zone a.k.a. ‘HUB Zone’ Map
Source: www.sba.govSlide6
North & South Omaha
MINORITY CONCENTRATION
Source: City of Omaha 5-Year Strategy (2008-2013)Slide7
North & South NRSA’s
NRSA (Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Areas)
-North Omaha; African-American Community
-South Omaha; Latino Community
Source: City of Omaha 5-Year Strategy (2008-2013)
Source: City of Omaha 2015
CDBG Funding PresentationSlide8
Eastern Omaha
LOW TO MODERATE INCOME LEVELS
Source: City of Omaha 5-Year Strategy (2008-2013)
Source: City of Omaha 2015
CDBG Funding PresentationSlide9
Concentration of Code Violations-I
1,973 BUILDING CODE VIOLATIONS
Source: City of Omaha 5-Year Strategy (2008-2013)Slide10
-Does Historic Preservation have a place in an American Ghetto?
-Has Historic Preservation even forgotten about American Ghettoes?
-Will American Ghettoes accept Historic Preservation?
ISSUESSlide11
LANDMARKS SURVEY MAP; 1980’s
Source: ‘Patterns on the Landscape’; City of Omaha Landmarks Commission
N. 24
th
& Lake Streets; Heart of Historic Jazz DistrictSlide12
Historic Preservation can be a catalyst to redeveloping America’s underserved communities.
STANCE
‘
Patterns on the Landscape- Heritage Conservation in North Omaha’; City of Omaha Planning Department; copyright 1984; Pg. 32. This photo was taken of the results of the Easter Tornado of 1913 in the Northeast Omaha area of N. 24
th
& Lake Streets.
Nolli
Map. Empty lots vs. BuildingsSlide13
Historic Preservation is not a popular means of redevelopment by current developers in an American ghetto.
CRITICAL OBSERVATION
Habitat for HumanitySlide14
Advocacy Committee
-LB 191 -20% tax credit -2014-Approved in State Legislature -1
st time ever state wide historic tax credit-Restoration Exchange Omaha-1+ years old-Predecessor: Restore Omaha
LOCAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORGANIZATIONSlide15
NORTH OMAHA ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY
Clarence ‘Cap’
Wigington
, Omaha’s First African-American Architect; 1883-1967. Trained by Kimball.
South Omaha
Omaha Architect-Thomas Kimball; Trained at
L’Ecole
Des Beaux Arts; St. Cecilia’s Cathedral.
http://northomaha.blogspot.com/
(Adam Fletcher
Sasse
)Slide16
Omaha Architect-Thomas Kimball; Trained at
L’Ecole
Des Beaux Arts, Paris France-Designed St. Cecilia’s Cathedral, Omaha’s first downtown library and various other historic structures in Omaha.
Omaha ‘s first African-American Architect-Clarence ‘Cap’
Wigington
; Apprentice to Thomas Kimball-Mt. Zion Baptist Church and various other historic structures in North Omaha
Kimball-
Wigington
Design CenterSlide17
AD HOC BUILDING STOCK
Source: www.dcassessor.org
Source: Linda Williams,
Americorps
VISTA member
; Habitat for Humanity-Omaha,
2009
Historic
Contemporary
Elderly Housing
Habitat for HumanitySlide18
KIMBALL-WIGINGTON DESIGN CENTER CAMPUSSlide19
TYPICAL NORTH OMAHA HOUSE
EXISTING HOUSE
& FLOOR PLANSlide20
HISTORIC DESIGNThe End.
PROPOSED HISTORICAL
DESIGN & FLOOR PLAN
Stairs
Bedroom
Dining
Room
Bedroom
Living
Room
Porch
Kitchen
Restroom
‘
Maidstone
’
SOURCE: http://www.antiquehome.org/House-Plans/1920-Bennett/