It wasn’t just a broken cooler that made owner Joel Marsh decide to close Noli’s Pizzeria in Blackstone.
Joel and Krystin Marsh have done everything they can to keep their business afloat. Response from the community since they decided to close has been amazing, Joel says.
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Construction on Farnam Street is a challenge for all the businesses along the streetcar route, but some have deeper pockets than others, Joel Marsh said.
Barricades are seen on Farnam Street across from Noli's Pizzeria. Owner Joel Marsh said he's lost about $500,000 in revenue since construction began.
Photos: Omaha's streetcar system through the years
In 1887, this horse-drawn omnibus operated from 16th and Cuming Streets to the "Cowshed" depot at 10th and Marcy Streets.
Omaha's first trolley car and a trailer are seen in this image from around 1890.
A streetcar smashed at 24th and Lake after the March 23, 1913, tornado.
The Omaha Papillion trolley ran through Ralston in the 1920s. This picture is at 16th Street and Capitol Avenue. Pictured are, from left, Ben Ballard, conductor; George Shively; Julia Shively Giles; and G. Ed Shively.
Streetcars along 16th Street in Omaha in the 1940s.
Hugh Lee Jr. taking a picture of Streetcar No. 946 at 60th and Leavenworth in 1942.
Farnam Street and streetcar tracks from 35th to 37th are seen in 1945. In the distance is the Blackstone Hotel.
The caption on this photo published on July 1, 1949 read: "A buck's worth of tram rides ... Tokens are back after a 14-month layoff."
A chaotic network of private streetcar lines led to the creation in 1903 of the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Co. Roads also were being improved and developed at the time, as was the city’s infrastructure. Above, 24th and N Streets in 1951.
Undated photograph of downtown Omaha with streetcars.
A Dundee streetcar in the 1950s.
A Dundee streetcar in the 1950s.
Omaha streetcar history: 10th and Howard Streets in 1952.
Motorman A.W. Kiger welcomes Omaha attorney E.B. Wintroub and his son Frank, 7, aboard the last streetcar, No. 1017, to run publicly in Omaha on March 4, 1955. Fifty people showed up to ride.
The Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Co. made a commemorative run on March 5, 1955. The sign on the side of this streetcar reads: "Official last trip.... Ending street car service in Omaha, completing the conversion to all-bus operation."
Hawkins Construction unearths old streetcar tracks from under 16th Street and Capitol Avenue during work on the First National Bank expansion in February 1998. This is looking south along 16th toward Capitol.
Simon Schoenbeck, right, shows his work to Tomo Bessho, center, and Anthony Rodriquez as the trio of 6-year-olds and other up-and-coming artists work on their drawings of the Dundee streetcar wall sculpture on June 1, 2006.
A simulated photo of a proposed Omaha streetcar in 2006.
A simulated photo of a proposed Omaha streetcar in 2006.
Dundee streetcar tracks unearthed at 49th and Dodge Streets.
This is one concept of a modern streetcar, as envisioned by the Omaha City Planning Department.
