The Elmwood Park neighborhood in Omaha, Nebraska is a historically significant area that was developed in the late 19th and early 20th century.

[1] Home to ethnic Swede celebrations through the 1950s,[2] today the neighborhood's park hosts the city's "Shakespeare on the Green" festival.

George laid out Happy Hollow Boulevard and developed the area south of Dodge and west of 50th to Elmwood Park.

Cleveland recommended that Omaha acquire a park large enough to shut out city sights and sounds in order to refresh the senses.

[6] Soon after the city acquired an initial 55-acre (220,000 m2) donation of land for the park, the Omaha Bee described it as a "wild and romantic place... containing a wooded ravine that followed the course of a small stream."

[15] In 1933 an artificial island was built in the park to house a small population of Rhesus macaques from the Henry Doorly Zoo.

[17] Renovated again in 1987, the city spent $100,000 from a bond issue to replace windows and repair restrooms at the pavilion.

The park received a $1 million renovation in 1993, and in 2000 the Peter Kiewit Foundation made a significant grant to the city that allowed the city to renovate the park's historic spring area, improve the swimming pool and create new entrance signage.