Barker Building (15th and Farnam)

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 2:01 am

guitarguy wrote:What on 15th St? hopefully nothing important!

The actual street! Darn sewer separation woke up a hidden sludge beast that is lighting the entire city on fire!

I think he was speaking metaphorically.

guitarguy · Post by **guitarguy** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 2:02 am

Holy Smokes.. you don't usually see that stuff on a typical Friday night out huh..

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 2:06 am

guitarguy wrote:Holy Smokes.. you don't usually see that stuff on a typical Friday night out huh..

I see what you did thar.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 2:21 am

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guitarguy · Post by **guitarguy** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 4:08 am

One of the best movies ever made! Guess there is quite a few Uncle Eddy's living around Downtown here in Omaha haha

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:11 pm

Big sign is attached to the corner of the building now.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:16 pm

iamjacobm wrote:Big sign is attached to the corner of the building now.

I saw that yesterday....I was just going to ask if they were going to put up a sign like the renderings show.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sat Sep 21, 2013 1:02 am

Signage is up on the clinic and pharmacy.

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Sun Sep 22, 2013 9:34 pm

We ate at the Zin Room next door Friday evening (packed to the gills, btw). Anyway, we walked over to look in the window of Pickleman's afterward (open seven days, until 10 pm, according to the sign in the window). Then we walked inside the Barker Building entrance. Real cool. It has been restored to its original marble luster. Felt like a time travel back to 1925.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 9:43 pm

From Dicon's Faceboook Page:

Signs are going up!

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 4:00 am

I wonder why they didn't change the look of the Alegent/Creighton Clinic area. It looks terrible for this building. Maybe its just me, but it looks so much like the 70's.
They could have made it look similar to Pickle Barrel's side.

TitosBuritoBarn · Post by **TitosBuritoBarn** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 4:43 am

I think it looks pretty cool, personally.

This clinic is kind of a sign that downtown is becoming a true, full fledged neighborhood now, not just a place for a few urban pioneers.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 1:11 pm

I don't remember all the details, but since it was a historic building and they got some sort of break, they had to preserve a lot of the building.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 1:25 pm

I know they had to preserve different aspects of the building, but I would think that would mean to try to bring it back to its original state. The facade on that part of the building was no doubt an add on after the building was built in the late 20's. I just think it would look better if the ground floor bays matched each other some what like the upper floors.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Mon Oct 07, 2013 10:39 pm

It might seem small, but I noticed they installed two bike loops in front of Pickleman's. There was always a bike locked to the light pole so this is a sign that someone was paying attention and did something about it. Good to see.

Omaha_Gabe · Post by **Omaha_Gabe** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 3:19 am

iamjacobm wrote:It might seem small, but I noticed they installed two bike loops in front of Pickleman's. There was always a bike locked to the light pole so this is a sign that someone was paying attention and did something about it. Good to see.

It is probably for the delivery staff. There are usually two delivery bikers for picklemans daily

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:49 pm

Omaha_Gabe wrote:
iamjacobm wrote:It might seem small, but I noticed they installed two bike loops in front of Pickleman's. There was always a bike locked to the light pole so this is a sign that someone was paying attention and did something about it. Good to see.
It is probably for the delivery staff. There are usually two delivery bikers for picklemans daily

That makes sense. Still nice to see someone react quickly, now we just need to make sure developers consider bike infrastructure during the building process instead of after :thumb:.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 4:48 am

I was in the Barker again tonight working on more photos. I was in some of the new area on the 7th floor tonight. Its really cool because half the unit is in the new part of the building and half is in the old part of the building. Where the two meet, they left the old brick wall exposed. It turned out really nice! I will see if I can get some photos posted up later.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 6:05 pm

Dicon posted a few of the photos I took for them to their "Barker" album on their Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 157&type=3

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S33 · Post by **S33** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 6:15 pm

That lobby is incredible.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 6:29 pm

S33 wrote:That lobby is incredible.

Yep, they did an awesome job restoring it. My favorite part, is the little dials on the elevator that show which floor its on still work!

Here is a before and after for the 7th floor:

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 6:53 pm

Looks great!

Thanks for the pictures!

Garrett · Post by **Garrett** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 7:02 am

Based on the pictures you posted in the other threads, this building has some kick-|expletive| views.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 7:06 am

Axel wrote:Based on the pictures you posted in the other threads, this building has some kick-|expletive| views.

Yes and no. It has great views to the mall and to the old market. Not many to the North, South, or West.

Its is really cool inside.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:16 pm

Only 5 apartments left...

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 11:45 pm

Small lounge taking the last retail bay here?

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 7:06 am

"The Omaha Lounge" - early August.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sat Apr 18, 2015 3:18 am

Pickleman's is looking to put in a small fenced in outdoor seating area.

BIGO88 · Post by **BIGO88** » Mon Apr 07, 2025 4:37 pm

1505 farnam st that was last used as a E Bike place has closed and work is being currently done on something new. Sign says "Reading Room" coming soon.

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