Following OKC's and Tulsa's major urban parks investments, Omaha is getting in the game.
$290 million parks rehab/re-imagining. Designed by OJB of Myriad Gardens fame. $50 million will be paid by bonds issued by the city with the remainder from local philanthropic sources.
The Omaha side flythrough:
https://vimeo.com/ojblandscapearchitecture/omaha
A big issue with connecting the park space to the Missouri River is a railroad that runs right along the bank. This will build over the tracks to get full use of the asset.
This part of the park has huge obstacles. It used to be a lead plant and had a ton of contamination. That was buried and capped which prevents building anything substantial which leads to more surface parking and no large buildings. Still this is going to bring active uses to an area that is mostly unused passive space now.
The Iowa side of the river is also included in the development. Their side really impressed me and I think will compliment Omaha's urban parks design with a more nature focused and active tone. Lots of interesting renderings in this PDF.
http://riverfrontrevitalization.com/...on-reduced.pdf
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