Editing Omaha, Nebraska (section)

===Landmark preservation===
{{Main|Landmarks in Omaha, Nebraska|List of Registered Historic Places in Douglas County, Nebraska}}
[[File:091407-JoslynCastle.jpg|right|thumb|[[Joslyn Castle]]]]

Omaha is home to dozens of nationally, regionally and locally significant landmarks.<ref>[http://www.cityofomaha.org/planning/landmarks/alphabetical-listing m "Alphabetical list"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607035425/http://www.cityofomaha.org/planning/landmarks/alphabetical-listing// |date=June 7, 2012 }}, City of Omaha Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission. Retrieved August 10, 2012.</ref> The city has more than a dozen [[historic district]]s, including [[Fort Omaha Historic District]], [[Gold Coast Historic District (Omaha, Nebraska)|Gold Coast Historic District]], [[Omaha Quartermaster Depot Historic District]], Field Club Historic District, Bemis Park Historic District, and the South Omaha Main Street Historic District. Omaha is notorious for its 1989 demolition of 24 buildings in the Jobbers Canyon Historic District, which represents to date the largest loss of buildings on the National Register.<ref>Gratz, R.B. (1996) ''Living City: How America's Cities Are Being Revitalized by Thinking Small in a Big Way'', John Wiley and Sons. p. v.</ref> The only original building surviving of that complex is the [[Nash Block]].

Omaha has almost [[List of Registered Historic Places in Douglas County, Nebraska|one hundred individual properties]] listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], including the [[Bank of Florence]], [[Holy Family Catholic Church (Omaha, Nebraska)|Holy Family Church]], the [[Christian Specht Building]] and the [[Joslyn Castle]]. There are also three properties designated as [[National Historic Landmark]]s.<ref>Gerber, K. and Spencer, J.C. (2003) ''Building for the Ages: Omaha's Architectural Landmarks.'' Omaha, Nebraska: Landmarks, Inc. p. 4.</ref>

[[Omaha Landmarks|Locally designated landmarks]], including residential, commercial, religious, educational, agricultural and socially significant locations across the city, honor Omaha's cultural legacy and important history. The [[Government of Omaha|City of Omaha]] [[Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission]] is the government body that works with the [[mayor of Omaha]] and the [[Omaha City Council]] to protect historic places. Important history organizations in the community include the [[Douglas County Historical Society]].<ref>Mead & Hunt, Inc. (2006) ''{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080909205604/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/reports/omaha_so_central.pdf Reconnaissance Survey of Portions of South Central Omaha, Nebraska: Historic Buildings Survey.]}}'' Nebraska State Historical Society. p. 37. Retrieved 6/16/07.</ref>

Built in 1962, Omaha's [[Cinerama]] was called [[Indian Hills Theater]]. Its demolition in 2001 by the [[Nebraska Methodist Health System]] was unpopular, with objections from local historical and cultural groups and luminaries from around the world.<ref>Haines, R. (2003) ''The Moviegoing Experience, 1968–2001''. McFarland Publishers. p. 8, 231.</ref> The [[Dundee Theatre]] is the lone surviving single-screen movie theater in Omaha and still shows films.<ref>[http://www.dundeetheatre.com/about.html "About Us"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014215334/http://dundeetheatre.com/about.html|date=October 14, 2007}}. [[Dundee Theatre]]. Retrieved 6/7/07.</ref> A recent development to the Omaha film scene was the addition of [[Film Streams]]'s Ruth Sokolof Theater in North Downtown. The two-screen theater is part of the [[Slowdown (venue)|Slowdown]] facility. It features American independents, foreign films, documentaries, classics, themed series, and director retrospectives. In addition to the five [[Douglas Theatre Company|Douglas Theatres]] venues in Omaha, two more are opening, including [[Midtown Omaha#Neighborhoods|Midtown Crossing]] Theatres, on 32nd and Farnam Streets near the [[Mutual of Omaha Building]]. [[Westroads Mall]] has a modern multiplex [[movie theater]] with 14 screens, operated by [[Rave Cinemas]].<ref>Barbe, A. [http://media.www.unogateway.com/media/storage/paper968/news/2007/11/30/ArtsLeisure/Metro.Movie.Theaters.To.Multiply.In.Next.Two.Years-3125417.shtml "Metro movie theaters to multiply in next two years"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115140838/http://media.www.unogateway.com/media/storage/paper968/news/2007/11/30/ArtsLeisure/Metro.Movie.Theaters.To.Multiply.In.Next.Two.Years-3125417.shtml|date=January 15, 2016}}, ''UNO Gateway''. November 30, 2007. Retrieved 9/26/08.</ref>