 In 1889 Horace <unk> Cleveland proposed that the city of Omaha develop a series of " broad ornamental avenues , known as boulevards or <unk> " designed " with a <unk> arrangement of trees and shrubbery at the sides and in the center " , similar to the comprehensive plans of European cities in the mid @-@ 19th century . His plan was accepted by the city 's Parks Commission , resulting in the construction of Omaha 's <unk> Mile Boulevard in 1892 , and dozens of other boulevards in the through to the present . Today , <unk> and Lincoln boulevards are among the many remnants of the early plan ; <unk> Parkway is a modern version of the historical plan . Saddle Creek Boulevard , currently known as Saddle Creek Road , which was originally the westernmost boulevard in the system . 
