Welcome to Omaha/Bellevue Christie Heights Baseball Fields

Christie Heights baseball fields are on the corner of 36th and Q, kitty corner from St. Mary's.  The diamonds have artificial turf.  They share an outfield, and there is a foldable fence in the smaller diamond's dugout.  One field is regulation baseball and the other appears little league.  They have nice seats rather than all bleachers.  There appears to be one scoreboard for both diamonds, in the left field of the little league diamond and the first base side of the regular size diamond.  It appears only one field can be played at a time.

 

Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church

 Catholic churches seem to be very beautiful.  Sts Peter and Paul has a modern circular architecture.  They were closed so only pictures from the outside.  Saints Peter and Paul is on 36th Street and X Street.  It was built by the Croatian Community.

The school nest door

Mary set at the door to the school

Welcome to Omaha/Bellevue: Essex Park, South Omaha

 Essex Park is on 36th street just over the Bellevue City line in Omaha.  (South Omaha area.) It is basically a community playground with swings and slide.  

North Omaha Visitors Center

 North Omaha offers a visitors center with a different feel.  Located on 24th close to Grant, the visitors centr offers a coffee shop with pastries.  There is a couple of murals of prominent Africans Americans from the Omaha area.  This includes Bob Gibson. and many others, including York, a slave with the Lewis and Clark Corp of Discovery.  Malcolm X is there.  The center offers a small book store, and tours.  I have signed up for one next week

an outside mural

mural inside the visitor center

St. Cecilia Cathedral in Omaha

 In addition to flower pictures from St. Cecelia this weekend I took a few of the cathedral.  There was lots of stained glass, and statues, and art and architecture.  The cathedral is very large.  Consecrated in 1959 after about 50 years of construction.  It is 255 feet long, 158 feet wide and 222 feet wide.

North Entrance

West Main Entrance

Moses

This I think is something used for a processional