Review of The Changing Image of the City: Planning for Downtown Omaha, 1945-1973

Authors

Harl A. Dalstrom, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Date of this Version

1993

Document Type

Article

Comments

Published in Great Plains Quarterly 13:4 (Fall 1993). Copyright © 1993 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Abstract

The title of this book is a fine indicator of its essential theme, for this is the story of how the prevailing images of Omaha determined the objectives of city planning. From 1945 to 1973, Omaha's economy changed fundamentally, and this reality eventually changed how local decision- makers perceived their community. These new perceptions finally brought a new orientation in planning for the heart of the city