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by FangKC
Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:22 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza
Replies: 476
Views: 307085

Re: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza

They need to have a fountain. I've always liked the long cascading fountain along 12th Street.
by FangKC
Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:02 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8392
Views: 8110430

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

A look at the recent history of sports stadium financing and Jackson County's Question 1 ... Financial experts argue that teams stay even without taxpayer money. There are approximately 118 professional sports stadiums in the U.S. About 59% of sports facility referendums don't include a sales tax c...
by FangKC
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:49 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: KC metro growth and migration stats
Replies: 362
Views: 185356

Re: KC metro growth and migration stats

State taxing policies always come down to personal situations, income levels, and whether you are working or retired. https://www.bankrate.com/taxes/state-with-no-income-tax-better-or-worse/ There are winners and losers in each tax blend. While some benefit from no state income tax, it often comes a...
by FangKC
Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:38 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Downtown Buildings with Activity
Replies: 604
Views: 391952

Re: Downtown Buildings with Activity

929 Walnut being renovated by Exact. What was the outcome of LCRA this week? A team of Exact Architects and MR Capital Advisors wins incentive approval for an $11.1 million conversion of a historic downtown building that was the city's first to be built specifically for storing real estate records....
by FangKC
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:07 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Troost Village
Replies: 69
Views: 15433

Re: Troost Village

Developer in $162M Troost Village plan files for bankruptcy protection during loan dispute ... But Midtown Redevelopment Partners has yet to turn those renderings into reality. Instead, financial disputes have led to liens and lawsuits, most recently resulting in a bankruptcy filing by Troost Villa...
by FangKC
Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Alternative Energy
Replies: 63
Views: 22122

Re: Alternative Energy

Stadler’s hydrogen-powered train FLIRT H2 achieves a new Guinness World Records title Stadler is proud to announce that the FLIRT H2 has been entered into the Guinness World Records database for the longest distance of 1,741.7 miles (2,803 kilometers) achieved by a pilot hydrogen fuel cell electric...
by FangKC
Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:18 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Affordable Housing
Replies: 402
Views: 113390

Re: Affordable Housing

The Guadalupe Center is building new affordable housing on its campus at Truman and Hardesty (the former Saint Paul's School of Theology). Guadalupe Centers Breaks Ground on Affordable Housing Initiative Guadalupe Centers Inc.(GCI) recently broke ground on a new affordable housing initiative, named ...
by FangKC
Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:40 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Suburban sprawl is a Ponzi scheme
Replies: 19
Views: 10038

Re: Suburban sprawl is a Ponzi scheme

UrbanLab KC @urbanlab_kc This really should be a wake up call that it’s time to discourage and stop sprawl. We need to build upon existing infrastructure going forward, incentivizing development that makes more responsible use of land. We need economic and environmentally sustainable growth. https:...
by FangKC
Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:37 am
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: KC metro growth and migration stats
Replies: 362
Views: 185356

Re: KC metro growth and migration stats

We need to add population in places where infrastructure is already in place, otherwise, we are dooming future residents to higher costs per resident than other denser cities. Continuing the sprawl on undeveloped land is not in the interest of KCMO. UrbanLab KC @urbanlab_kc Efforts are already being...
by FangKC
Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:44 pm
Forum: Urban Living
Topic: Why is the Crossroads an “Arts” District?
Replies: 11
Views: 562

Re: Why is the Crossroads an “Arts” District?

(I don’t count the Stray Cat, because I’ve visited basements with a larger projector setup) Not sure how you can't count Stray Cat. Exhibition has changed so much since the pandemic. By this definition there's no theater anywhere in the urban core other than B&B. There is also a movie theater a...
by FangKC
Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:17 pm
Forum: Urban Living
Topic: Why is the Crossroads an “Arts” District?
Replies: 11
Views: 562

Re: Why is the Crossroads an “Arts” District?

So what makes the Crossroads an “Arts” district? The Crossroads used to be mostly a warehouse district containing a variety of businesses including Film Row, which were a bunch of buildings housing regional film distribution and exhibition offices for big Hollywood studios. People who owned and ope...
by FangKC
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:14 am
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Restoration of City Control Over KCPD
Replies: 150
Views: 29431

Re: Restoration of City Control Over KCPD

It's been under state control for more than 80 years. KC is now the only city in the USA under state control. There isn't any justification for KCPD being under state control. Kansas City's elected leadership has no say about hiring or firing the police chief, how the police leadership sets policy, ...
by FangKC
Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:33 am
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Restoration of City Control Over KCPD
Replies: 150
Views: 29431

Re: Restoration of City Control Over KCPD

Some of the highest crime rates are in so-called red states. It's not just as easy as what party is in control. New York State and New York City have among the lowest crime rates in the country, and lower than many so-called "red" states. More often it has more to do with the poverty rate,...
by FangKC
Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:21 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Parade Park
Replies: 15
Views: 1214

Re: Parade Park

HUD takes over and installs a Virginia firm to manage Kansas City's troubled Parade Park Homes [quote ]After decades of neglect and decay amid turmoil among the management of one of the country’s oldest Black-owned housing cooperatives, Parade Park Homes has been taken under federal control. ... Th...
by FangKC
Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:50 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Tracks 215 Project
Replies: 276
Views: 121360

Re: Tracks 215 Project

Thanks for all the photos today Chris. How about swinging over to Beacon Hill and updating us on new houses on Forest Avenue? https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0795359,-94.5688881,484a,35y,90h/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu And new houses in the Plaza Heights neighborhood north of 45th Street to Corbin Terra...
by FangKC
Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:37 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Condos near Federal Reserve
Replies: 123
Views: 28579

Re: Condos near Federal Reserve

I can't remember. Are they also tearing down that garage on 31st and Baltimore?
by FangKC
Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:44 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: West Bottoms Redevelopment
Replies: 811
Views: 261944

Re: West Bottoms Redevelopment

That structure was built in 1910 as the Ridenour-Baker Grocery Company Building. The downtown airport wasn't built until 1927.
by FangKC
Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:19 pm
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: wtf is happening to w. 39th?!
Replies: 596
Views: 182108

Re: wtf is happening to w. 39th?!

Build more dense apartments along Southwest Trafficway south of Penn Valley Community College.
by FangKC
Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:17 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: West Bottoms Redevelopment
Replies: 811
Views: 261944

Re: West Bottoms Redevelopment

Essentially, with a gutted Weld Building, a developer is getting a multi-story concrete and steel frame already constructed. Put a new facade on it. It's also a structure that would have interesting views from the upper floors.
by FangKC
Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:20 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: West Bottoms Redevelopment
Replies: 811
Views: 261944

Re: West Bottoms Redevelopment

Some of the complaints about the building were graffiti and missing windows. The same thing was said about The View before it was renovated.