Jonathan Lopez stepped back to soak in the entirety of the binational, multifaceted mural he and other young students helped to paint across a gym wall at Pine Elementary in Omaha’s Little Italy neighborhood.
What stood out to the 8-year-old: On the left half of the canvas that stretched 26 feet wide and 4 feet high were familiar Omaha images such as the Henry Doorly Zoo, Durham Museum, Lauritzen Gardens, St. Frances Cabrini Church and his own schoolyard.