Old Market Morning - Omaha is a photograph by Susan Rissi Tregoning which was uploaded on May 13th, 2021.
Old Market Morning - Omaha
Entering the historic Old Market District in Omaha, Nebraska, from the intersection of Howard and 10th streets for an early morning walk.
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Old Market Morning - Omaha
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Susan Rissi Tregoning
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Entering the historic Old Market District in Omaha, Nebraska, from the intersection of Howard and 10th streets for an early morning walk.
In the late-1800s, the heart of the Old Market District in Omaha, Nebraska, was teeming with produce dealers, shoppers, and transporters as the City's center for grocery business activity. All that came to a halt in the 1950s when radical changes to grocery marketing left the Old Market's century-old brick warehouses sitting vacant. The City threatened to condemn and demolish them to put modern buildings in their place.
Sam Mercer, whose family owned several of the building, equated it to "painting over the Mona Lisa." It was his vision to renovate these warehouse spaces into restaurants and shopping with living spaces above. By 1968, he had acquired the remaining building in the Old Market and begun his revitalization project.
Today, the Old Market buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places as a Historic District. The area is known for its restaurants, art galleries, and upscale shopping. In 2020, the Old Market celebrated 50 years as Omaha's entertainment district.
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