Pleskac Bakery Building in Brown Park

For nearly a century, the endangered building located at the southwest corner of 20th and S Streets in the Brown Park neighborhood was home to three different Bohemian businesses. While it’s most widely recognized as being home to the beloved Pleskac Bakery, the building at 2001 S Street was first home to John Franek’s Saloon.…

Meyer Tatle’s Building in Jefferson Square

The M. Tatle Building, famous for being the longtime home of the Happy Bar, is one of the last historic vestiges of the once thriving Jefferson Square neighborhood in North Downtown Omaha. Born in 1867, Meyer Tatle, a Russian Jew, immigrated to the United States around 1890. After settling in Omaha, he established a furniture…