Italian Mural: South Omaha Mural Project

 The Italian Mural is not in South Omaha, but it is in keeping with the common theme of representing different cultures which made up South Omaha.  The mural is located on the corner of Seventh street and Pacific on Orsi's Italian Bakery and Pizzeria.  The bakery has been there since 1916.  It is in the heart of Little Italy.  The mural has an Italian theme showing the boat bringing people to Ellis Island.   Two brothers came here from Carlentini near Sicily.  They set up a bank and then made arrangements for others from Carlentini to come to America.  There are now more descendants from Carlentini in Omaha than residents of Carlentini.  There are also religious themes and Italian food.

Santa Lucia in the tree 

Many Italians worked for the railroad, others ran businesses

in the garden at the bakery

the famous fork is around the corner at a restaurant

Buena Vista High School Student Art

 This artwork is under the Tree of Life at Buena Vista High School.  I lie the use of colors.

Art at the South Omaha Library

 There are five paintings at the South Omaha Library, depicting the history of South Omaha.  The oldest librarian says they were done by seniors at South High School.  over ten years ago, about 2010 maybe.  

Magic City was magic. because of fast growth due to meat production

The center of the feed lots and meat packing

Street Car, Johnny's Cafe, meat packing 

Cgief theater, South High School and Royals farm team in Omaha.

We see the zoo, Rosenblatt Stadium, meat packing and train.

South Omaha Mural Project

I found the South Omaha Mural Project after visiting the Irish mural which had a blurp about sponsorship.  I have really b een enjoying tracking them all down.  As of today there are 18 in total.  

Ancestral Voices  Native American: 25th and N

Star Seed, Granary Mural: Off of F on D and 28th 

Zajedmica Croatian Mural : 36th and W

Mayan Mosaic: 25th and N

Aztec Mural: 24th and N

Threads of Life: Mayan Mural. 25th and N

Sláinte: Irish Mural

Quetzal Mural. 24th and N

Mexican American Mural. Del Futuro al Pasado: 25th and N

Nebraska Odyssey: Sesquicentennial Mural. 36th and Q, Nuestra Familia Supermarket

Waves of Immigration: Metropolitan Community Collage

Black American Communiuty Mural, Q and 30th streets

Lithuanian Community Mural South Omaha, Q and 33rd

Italian Mural 10th and Pacific

Magic City. 24th and N, replaced by Quetzal Mural

Nostrovia Polish Community Mural South 29th Street south of Hanscom Park

South 13th Mural, Little Bohemia, 13th and Williams (behind the stores on 13th)

Buena Vista: Tree Pluribus Unum, In Buena Vista High School 60th and L, tree of life.

Tree of Life on South 24th Street in South Omaha

 The Tree of Life is on the Main Street of South Omaha and now South 24th Street in Omaha.  It is at 24th and L.  It is a welcome to South Omaha with its unique heritage.  The tree "balls" symbolize four local ethnic groups, Czech, Polish, Croatian and Mexican.

Mayan Mosaic from the South Omaha Mural Project

 This statue is located by the South Omaha Parking 24th and N, by the Mexican American mural.  The statue has a quetzal, a Mayan pyramid, corn stalks and hieroglyphs.