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The John Gottschalk Freedom Center is a newspaper production facility located at 14th Street and Capitol Avenue in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska. Built for the ''Omaha World-Herald'', the building is considered to be one of the most automated and technologically advanced newspaper facilities in the world.〔McMeekin, T. "Integration key to smooth operations at Omaha World-Herald," ''Newspapers and Technology.'' Retrieved 7/24/08.〕〔(""The Omaha World-Herald John Gottschalk Freedom Center: State of the Art, Concrete-Rich Challenge," ), L&M Construction Chemicals ''Concrete News''. Retrieved 8/25/08.〕〔("Tours" ), ''Omaha World-Herald'' company website. Retrieved 7/24/08〕 The Freedom Center has been labeled a "catalyst" in the redevelopment of Downtown Omaha,〔("Downtown development" ), Greater Omaha Economic Development Partnership. Retrieved 7/25/08.〕〔("Great Plains" ), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Policy Development and Research. Retrieved 7/25/08.〕 along with such other new downtown development as the opening of the Missouri riverfront, the First National Center, the Omaha Convention Center and Arena and the Gallup University campus.〔Kotock, C.D. ("How Omaha looks is serious business" ), ''Omaha World-Herald.'' January 11, 2004. Retrieved 7/25/08.〕 The facility covers four blocks, and houses the new shaftless printing presses, material handling center, assembly equipment, and a parking garage.〔("2006 Architectural Engineering Conference Keynote Speakers" ), Architectural Engineering Institute. May/June 2006. Retrieved 7/25/08.〕 == Design == The facility was opened in August 2001, and cost almost $125 million to build.〔("The Omaha World-Herald Freedom Center Grand Opening Ceremonies: September 1, 2001" ), OmahaHistory.com. Retrieved 7/25/08.〕 It consists of three structures designed by HDR, Inc. They include a five-level, press hall featuring 3 MAN Roland presses from Germany; a paper-storage facility capable of storing 3,000 rolls of newsprint and a 600-stall parking garage. Large portions of the exterior are glass, allowing downtown traffic to see the storage facility and presses.〔("Omaha World-Herald Freedom Center" ), HDR Inc. Retrieved 7/25/08.〕 The storage facility/press hall is connected by a tunnel than runs underneath 13th Street. Most newspaper facilities of this size have been built on greenfield sites. The Omaha World-Herald was dedicated to keeping its newspaper facilities downtown, which required a more vertical structure, and the underground tunnel. Transfer Vehicle System (TVS) robotic vehicles are used to deliver newsprint to the press.〔("'Scary smart' students pass the grade during paper's security audit" ), University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Information Science and Technology. Retrieved 7/25/08.〕〔Moozakis, C. ("Newspapers seizing automation with renewed sense of urgency" ), ''Newspapers and Technology.'' Retrieved 7/24/08.〕 The presses weigh 1,661 U.S. tons and can produce 75,000 newspapers per hour. The John Gottschalk Freedom Center produces four editions of the ''Omaha World-Herald'' daily, in addition to a Sunday edition and daily editions of the ''Daily NonPareil'' for neighboring Southwest Iowa. Construction of the modern facility served as the impetus for redesigning the layout of the actual newspaper.〔Johnson, R. ("Designing for readers: How the Omaha World-Herald’s redesign changed their thinking" ), ''Design Update''. Fall 2002. Retrieved 7/25/08.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Freedom Center (Omaha)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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