Omaha MidCentury Modern

Next round of meetings set for the local Omaha 2020 modern preservation groupl

March 16

April 20

May 18

June & July - summers vacation

August 17

2020 Omaha Modern Preservation Organization announces its next meeting dates on its updated website.

A group of supporters of midcentury modern Omaha have agreed to send in their top five buildings, structures and landscapes from the recent past Omaha.  I will attempt to compile the list here.

1. Fire station #52 107th & Pacific - TS
2. South Omaha Fire station - RP
3. Benson Post Office - MM
4. Max I Walker Saddle Creek Rd neon - RP
5. Northern Natural Gas office tower 24 at Dodge - RP
6. Original Commercial Federal Bank Saddle Creek Rd, hyperbolic parabaloid drive thru - RP
7. Original Commercial Federal Bank South Omaha, hyperbolic parabaloid drive thru/pylons - RP
8. Mount Vernon Gardens - RP
9. Federal Building (art deco) - RP
10. Stateline Motel (60th & L-Atomic Design) - JR
11. Bronco’s Drive In & Sign (45th & Leavenworth) - JR
12. Polski House (Neutra style modern) - JR/TLS
13. Omaha World Herald Bldg (streamlined modern corner) - JR
14. Circular Bank, Marvin Martian style (18th and Dodge) - JR
15. Chop’s Bowling Alley - MS
16. City Office (south 24th street) - MS
17. Christ the King church (banded windows, enormous screen wall) - MS
18. Frito Lay plant - MS
19. Rocket Slide? - RP
20. Thermos Bottle House - RP

2020 Movie Event, Movie Sleeper by Woody Allen. 

Sunday, Nov 19, 3pm, Dundee Theater

Admission $7, all proceeds for midcentury preservation