Midtown Crossing at Turner Park

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Midtown Crossing at Turner Park
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Condos in Midtown Crossing surround the west end of Turner Park.
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StatusCompleted
Location Omaha, Nebraska
USA
Coordinates 41°15′32″N95°57′33″W / 41.25889°N 95.95917°W / 41.25889; -95.95917 (Midtown Crossing)
OpeningMay 19, 2010 [1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)Holland Basham Architects & Cope Linder Architects
DeveloperECI Investment Advisors
Structural engineerNielsen-Baumert Engineering
Main contractorWeitz

Midtown Crossing at Turner Park is a seven building, 16-acre mixed-use development in midtown Omaha, encompassing 297 condominiums, 196 apartment units, and fine and casual dining, entertainment and shopping. [2] A majority of Midtown Crossing's restaurant and retailer partners are Omaha-born businesses, [3] including Wohlner's Neighborhood Grocery & Deli and Garbo's Salon and Spa. Built around an expanded and renovated Turner Park, the neighborhood sits between Farnam and Dodge Streets and 31st and 33rd Streets. It is directly to the east of Mutual of Omaha's headquarters, [4] who planned and financed the development, and is located to the west of downtown Omaha. It was the first major project tied to Destination Midtown, a public/private partnership focused on returning historic midtown Omaha to prominence. [5]

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Free community events, held in 7-acre Turner Park, are a hallmark of the development and include festivals, concerts, and health and wellness gatherings.

Events

Midtown Crossing hosts a slate of free community events in Turner Park, including:

Turner Park is also a popular venue for outdoor fitness events and leagues. [6]

Retailers & Restaurants

Turner Park

The origins of Turner Park date back to 1900. Charles Turner, a Nebraska pioneer and prominent real estate professional, donated the original land to the city to be used as a public park. (It was a gift of six acres. The park grew to 7.5 acres with the development of Midtown Crossing.) Turner wanted the park to be known as Curtiss Turner Park in memory of his son, 35-year-old Curtiss C. Turner. A prominent civil engineer, Curtiss Turner was killed in a snow slide in 1898 while working in Alaska's Klondike country at Chilkoot Pass.

Beginning in 1922 the American War Mothers labored to raise money for a World War I monument in Omaha. [9] By 1925 an impressive $250,000 structure of Bedford limestone designed by famed war memorial sculptor Lorado Taft was proposed for a prominent point in Elmwood Park. [10] However, after years of waning interest, a scaled-back monument was eventually sited and dedicated on November 1, 1937, at the southeast corner of Turner Park. [11]

Pavilion at Turner Park

Built in 2013, the Pavilion at Turner Park provides a permanent stage (44 ft by 24 ft) and infrastructure, eliminating the need to install and tear down temporary staging facilities for each new event in Turner Park.

Other features include:

Holland Basham Architects, executive architect of the Midtown Crossing development, designed the pavilion, which is funded by private donations through the Omaha Community Foundation.

“We wanted to create an iconic structure that was memorable and enhanced the current environment. You don’t see anything like this around,” said Tim Holland, principal, Holland Basham Architects.

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  11. “War Memorial is Dedicated” Omaha World-Herald, November 1, 1937, p2