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An Historical Description And Analysis Of Lincoln, Nebraska’S Development Pattern: 1860-1985 Concentric Growth – A Fading Dream, Leonard Pavelka

Open Access Master's Theses (through 2010)

Three successive comprehensive plans for the city of Lincoln, Nebraska have advocated concentric growth as a goal.This thesis analyses Lincoln’s physical and economic development and finds that many elements that played a major role in the city’s growth strongly influenced residential expansion in two directions – east and south. Further investigation revealed that Lincoln’s comprehensive plans have weakened the central business district and strengthened the Gateway-East Park retail complex in east Lincoln.This thesis demonstrates that both historical tendency and the process of incremental policy making employed by the City Council make realization of the goal of concentric growth improbable.

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Planning For Reservoir Shoreline Development In Nebraska, Thomas Victor Cech

Open Access Master's Theses (through 2010)

Comprehensive second home development controls for reservoir shoreline areas in Nebraska do not exist at the state level, and regulations at the local level have often been created after problems have become critical.In addition, many existing local controls on shoreline residential development are not strictly enforced. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis was to:

1. Identify the extent and potential demand of second home development near Nebraska’s reservoirs;

2. Identify existing environmental and land use problems associated with such development;

3. Identify shoreline development regulations which exist at the federal, state, and local level which affect residential development in Nebraska;

4. Identify existing problems …

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Influences On Early Twentieth Century Bungalow Housing In Lincoln, Nebraska, Madeleine F. Panarelli

Open Access Master's Theses (through 2010)

Housing publications of the Bungalow era (1900 to 1930) containing over 1200 illustrated Bungalows and derivations, were compared with 717 photographed representatives in Lincoln, Nebraska. These samples were categorized by 10 types first described by writer Henry Saylor (1911). Interpretations of the style by local builders and architects in Lincoln, Nebraska, were traced to house pattern books, national and local publications, and state and city records, to determine how the style evolved locally. The search led to regional design features of the Bungalow, nearly square forms, and composite types.

Advisor: Mabel C. Skjelver.

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