Friends of the Industrial Arts Building

09/22/2024

A few more views of the IAB in its later years, after it was left to deteriorate. Does anyone have photos to share from its glory days?

09/22/2024

A look back at some of the interior that was lost when the university redid the IAB. Glad to have saved most of the exterior, but it was sad to lose the mezzanine and intricate support structures inside.

09/22/2024

03/16/2021

A recent view of the IAB.

06/19/2020

When they do this to a building, you wonder why it's called preservation. While the building exterior is saved, it's stately presence is covered up and lost to sight, using a jarring modern addition.
https://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/centerpointe-plan-for-16m-historic-trabert-hall-renovation-gets-early-approval/article_64d7213c-1bce-502b-83ec-91738bb96ea9.html -source=home-top-story-1

07/29/2018

Hats off to the preservation folks in Omaha who are trying to save this old Chevrolet dealership at 18th and Harney downtown. It was part of the historic "Auto Row" on Farnam and Harney. The county wants to tear it down to build a youth detention/rehabilitation center. Gee, do you think they could fit that use in the old building? I know a ton of creative people who could make that happen!

03/03/2018

Every time NIC talks about what types of amenities they could have, one thinks of how the IAB could have been used to create a unique place: maker space, startup space, meeting rooms, restaurant, fitness center, a combination of things - with that mezzanine level, the soaring trusses, a skylight.... *sigh*

As Nebraska Innovation Campus was preparing to open a little more than three years ago, university and research park officials asked lawmakers and regents for patience.

01/13/2018

Another building going up at NIC.

Construction of a three-story, 80,000-square-foot modern office building at Nebraska Innovation Campus is “on time and on budget,” a project manager said.

08/31/2017

The three-story structure will feature a planned business incubator and will contain common spaces built to spur collaboration. Area around the building will include a community garden and space for outdoor activities.

06/12/2017

The Mill is open at Innovation Campus.

03/19/2017

The next building at NIC will provide for different sizes of office space, including smaller spaces for those not needing more than a few hundred square feet.

Even before the Lincoln City Council considers a redevelopment plan request from Nebraska Innovation Campus to begin the next phase of construction at the research park, interest in the 80,000-square-foot

03/09/2017

NIC will no longer be a coffee desert.

The new shop will feature The Mill’s signature coffees and teas as well as an expanded food menu of breakfast items, lunch items, small plates, snacks, wine and beer.