Lost Neighborhoods of Omaha
| Dates: | March 19, 2025 |
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| Meets: | W from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM |
| Location: | MCC North Express 306 |
| Cost: | $39.00 |
There are still openings remaining at this time.
Over the course of Omaha's history around a dozen neighborhoods have disappeared from the map, often leaving little but their names. From frontier ghost towns to Victorian ethnic enclaves we will take a tour of Omaha's lost neighborhoods and the role that the Urban Renewal Era had in reshaping the urban landscape.
| Fee: | $39.00 |
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| Hours: | 1.50 |
| CEUs: | 0.15 |
MCC North Express 306
Quintin Slovek
Quintin Slovek is a fourth-generation Omahan and a graduate of Loyola University Chicago and the University of Alabama American Studies Master's Program where he focused on early 20th century popular culture. Quintin worked as a teacher's assistant and later guest-lecturer for Omaha Public Schools award-winning Making Invisible Histories Visible Program from 2013 to 2019. He also served as an assistant artist and historical researcher for the South Omaha Mural Project, a public art series dedicated to the area's immigrant communities. He has also worked as a tour guide for the last three years, primarily focused on the Old Market area. His interests include labor and immigration history, Prohibition and organized crime, and collecting the merch of old-school Omaha restaurants, breweries, and other institutions.powered by ACEweb from ACEware Systems