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Property Name	Omaha Park and Boulevard System
Reference Number	13000196
State	Nebraska
County	Douglas
Town	Omaha
Street Address	Throughout the City of Omaha, NE
Multiple Property Submission Name	N/A
Status	Listed 04/23/2013
Link to full file	http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13000196.pdf

The City of Omaha's Park and Boulevard System is eligible for the National Register at the local level under Criterion A: Community Planning and Development and Recreation for the role the System played in providing green space and recreational opportunities to Omaha residents by the turn of the twentieth century and thereafter. The park system's influence on the City and use by citizens has continued to the present. Moreover, the park and boulevard system illustrates how the initiation of a citywide park system influenced the advancement of Omaha's planning efforts. Omaha was one of the earliest Midwestern cities to develop and implement a complete park and boulevard plan. The System began in the late nineteenth century and was substantially complete by 1918.

 

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