In the coming weeks, this site will be redone to focus on the lost architectural treasures of Omaha. For so young a city, we have had far too many of our unique buildings torn down and replaced with boxy steel monstrosities.

Peony Park, our late, lamented amusement park, was demolished in 1996, to make way for another strip mall. No thought was given to the millions of people who had spent the happiest moments of their lives at Peony Park, and fought to preserve it. The City of Omaha steamrolled over them and handed the land over to a developer. We have another Hy Vee, another Walgreens, a Fazoli's, exactly what we did not need, where a magical one-of-a-kind place once stood. To this day we boycott those businesses, because we won't give money to a place that has had anything to do with destroying Peony Park.

The latest indignity Omaha suffered was the destruction of the Indian Hills Theatre, to make room for another parking lot that now sits 95% empty. The employees at Methodist have been told to park there, despite the fact that it's several blocks from their buildings, to make it look as if the parking lot was necessary. However, anyone with eyes in their head can drive by the vacant lot at 86th and Dodge, at any time of the workday, and see a virtually empty parking lot. It is completely empty after 5pm until 8am.

The Indian Hills Theatre, the last surviving round Super-Cinerama theatre in the world, was torn down on August 20, 2001, by Methodist Health Systems. With absolutely no regard for any pleas from film stars, the American Society of Cinematrographers, the local Landmark commission, and most importantly, the people of the city of Omaha, the theatre was demolished.

The theatre was in its prime at only 38 years old. It should have had many more years to delight it's customers, and the demolition can be likened to the murder of a healthy human being.

This website will eventually have photos, reminiscences, and other memorabilia dedicated to the Indian Hills and our other lost buildings, for all the years they faithfully served the Omaha area.