![]() ![]() Everyone had businesses, places of worship and social halls to themselves throughout the neighborhood. During this time period, the African American population stabilized. There were still Swedes, Germans and English immigrants moving in, as well as Russian, German and other Jewish people who’d lived in the neighborhood for a generation. ![]() ![]() In 1913, the Near North Side was a mix of immigrants and African Americans. There was busy-ness and relaxation, laughter and release, and as usual, the Near North Side was abuzz with activity. On any given Sunday afternoon, people flooded out of the churches and synagogues in the neighborhood and poured into the movie theatres, pool halls, grocery shops and boutiques that filled the corner. The house in the middle of the street without a roof was carried there by the twister, while the one of the right is knocked off its foundation and next to it, the roof is gone. On the Corner Devastation from the 1913 Easter Sunday tornado is obvious from these houses at 26th & Patrick in the Long School neighborhood. This is an iconic 1913 drawing from the Omaha Bee published the day of the tornado. ![]()
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