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what was the scope of the study? Crossing the RR is one problem but even using industrial is pretty treacherous and I wouldn't recommend anybody walk it currently. It's a little hard to define. We went in with the idea that we might get something like a Town of Kansas bridge. We had hoped that Spir...

Is that the building for the beer garden?

I'm surprised they didn't go for a 3-story above the front grade instead of 2-story. It could have been a 3-story with basement. That could have made it possible to create a multi-generational house. I think that would sell quickly in a neighborhood with people of Italian and Vietnamese descent.

Yeah we need more rowhouse in KC but I wouldn't touch those due to the proximity to the highway. Glad they got built though! The six acres in Columbus Park around 4th and Gillis should be all rowhouses. We are looking at 3 plots of land near CP Lofts are are likely to be townhomes and live/work spa...

Anyone hear anything about these townhomes going up? Foundations have been poured, ETA for completion? https://compasskc.kcmo.org/EnerGov_Prod/SelfService/#/plan/b368290b-a694-48ab-b4bb-a088698fccf3 https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1110457,-94.5710605,3a,75y,132.23h,89.9t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1stsPZEgS...

The new front of the building has an art deco design.

I still maintain they could have reused the facade of the old bank building in their design.

The mayor said on TV yesterday that the migrants must have work permits. The action was taken because local employers have difficulty finding workers to fill positions. He also mentioned large construction projects that needed laborers. He means construction projects that need CHEAP laborers. There...

Statistics show that immigrants are less likely to commit a crime than US-born citizens. The Mythical Tie Between Immigration and Crime https://siepr.stanford.edu/news/mythical-tie-between-immigration-and-crime Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than U.S.-born Americans, studies find https:...

I wish the former YMCA in downtown Kansas City at 10th and Oak had been converted to lofts and not demolished. https://kchistory.org/image/ymca-building-3?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=86c49a5d1fbed40615ee&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=15 Single room occupancy and dormitory housing likely ha...

Kansas City coming up with alleyway maintenance plan

https://fox4kc.com/news/kansas-city-com ... ance-plan/

You can thank the mayor for the state treating us like their red headed step child KC has received short shrift from Missouri for a long time and over the tenures of many mayors. St Louis has the advantage (at least St Louis County) of being the locus of the metro's wealth where several large corpo...

What are the odds this building never gets built?

I wish the former YMCA in downtown Kansas City at 10th and Oak had been converted to lofts and not demolished.

https://kchistory.org/image/ymca-buildi ... fset%5D=15

Any downward trend is good news.

There is a saying: "Some people are determined not to be pleased with good news."

More houses might be placed on the market if there were targeted developments for rental and owner dwellings for seniors. They could take their cash from the sale and buy their new smaller home, so the interest rate issue might not apply to them. Many seniors stay in large family homes. There might...

I doubt the number of migrants will have a significant effect on the cost of housing in KC. Factors having a much greater effect are Interest rates, the lack of experienced developers, the lack of construction workers, and the escalating cost of building materials. Migrants taking construction jobs ...

KCPowercat wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:50 am Yeah we need more rowhouse in KC but I wouldn't touch those due to the proximity to the highway. Glad they got built though!

The six acres in Columbus Park around 4th and Gillis should be all rowhouses.

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The mayor said on TV yesterday that the migrants must have work permits. The action was taken because local employers have difficulty finding workers to fill positions. He also mentioned large construction projects that needed laborers. Local agencies work with migrants and refugees to find jobs and...

NYC Migrants Are Being Welcomed by Kansas City’s Mayor to Fill Jobs ... Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas has a hunch that migrants with work permits could help alleviate the labor shortage that has built up as his city posts some of the region’s fastest economic growth. That could also help ease the...