The 1200 Landmark Center in Downtown

The 1200 Landmark Center in Downtown

The construction of US West’s 1200 Landmark Center in 1988 reflected a balance between preservation and development in Omaha. While one historic building was saved, another—among the city’s oldest—was lost as part of a project that was promoted as the largest office...
Omaha and the Ski Lift

Omaha and the Ski Lift

Well known as the birthplace of the Reuben sandwich, the TV dinner and butter brickle ice cream, Omaha is less known as the birthplace of the ski lift. The inventor, James Curran, worked as an ironworker for Paxton & Vierling Iron Works while taking night classes....