Bike Union (1818 Dodge) Round Building

[iamjacobm]

The Bike Union Mentoring Project is moving into the round retail space here. According to their fb they will sell refurbished bikes and the employees are going to be at risk youth.

https://www.facebook.com/thebikeunion

[Coyote]

The Bike Union Mentoring Project is moving into the round retail space here.  

"Round Retail Space": Does that mean the old bank?

[iamjacobm]

The Bike Union Mentoring Project is moving into the round retail space here.  

"Round Retail Space": Does that mean the old bank?

Yes.

[Brad]

Downtown building's distinctive design is from 1960s imagination, not Mars

http://www.omaha.com/money/downtown-bui ... mode=story" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

After reader inquiries, some archive diving and a key interview, we’ve cracked at least some of the mystery behind the shape of the clamshell building at 19th and Dodge Streets.

[Seth]

That $400,000 cost in 1968 seems a bit high. Was it built as part of a larger project?

[iamjacobm]

Looks great lit up.

[skinzfan23]

Wow, that does look nice.

[U R my Helix]

My friends refer to this building as The Pac Man Building

[Coyote]

Omaha's Bike Union and Coffee shifting focus to nonprofit with new name


Omaha World-Herald
In just a few weeks, Bike Union and Coffee in downtown Omaha will bear a new name, Astute Coffee, to reflect the shop's real mission: a program for young adults aging out of the foster care system.