Rebirth of the Inner City: Master Plan for North Omaha; includes two copies of the manuscript, the second titled “North Omaha Plan – Outline” with corrections and notes incorporated in the first

07/12/1979

Project Report Early Version

Early draft, organized in seven chapters, with a Preface, which defines the place and role of North Omaha for the city, and an Introduction, referring to the Ten Year Budget, required for the process of reconstruction. Chapter 1: Human Structure; Chapter 2: Economic Structure; Chapter 3: Physical Structure; Chapter 4: The North Omaha Planning Process; Chapter 5: The System of Criteria; Chapter 6: Examples of Projects Evaluated According to the System of Criteria; Chapter 7: The North Omaha Commision; Chapter 8: The North Omaha Land Development Corporation. The document also includes two additional chapters at the end; the first one on obtaining further funds by using the planning process, and the second on the emergence of a new community, analyzing and unfolding the possible future developments in the area; they include budget estimates, handwritten notes and sources of funding .

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Howard Davis, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Carl Anthony, College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Content of

Project

Community Development Plan for North Omaha 1979 to 1982

Omaha, NE, U.S.A.

Development Plan, Designed , Completed in Feb-1982

Client:

Housing and Community Development Department, Omaha, Nebraska - Marty Schukert, Director

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Howard Davis

Project stages:

Generic rules for urban growth process Implementation process

A comprehensive development plan for the community of North Omaha, with 13,000 people and 4 square miles total area. Strong emphasis on community reconstruction and on the economic development of a depressed inner city neighborhood, with 95 percent black people. ...

Contents

Manuscripts

References

Correspondence

Master Plan for North Omaha: Draft letter referring to the project process and the importance of the idea of a full involvement by all neighborhoods of the area in study, asking for the support of the Housing and Community Development Department 01/01/1979

Project, Design Matters, Proposal Brief

Sender:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Recipient:

John Campbell, Housing and Community Development Department, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter

Manuscripts

SEE ALL Manuscripts

Reports

Rebirth of the Inner City: The North Omaha Plan 01/01/1981

Project, Project Report

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Howard Davis, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

The substance of the plan has to do with the creation of a process by which people can create a community for themselves. 233-page report organized in three parts, as follows; Part One: The Assumptions of the Plan; Part Two: ...