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Copy the post and send it to the downtown police precinct, send a copy to the mayor/city manager, and the council members who represent downtown.

If people don't take action, squatters will get into that building and set it on fire.

I'm also happy to see something being done with that building. I agree with Chris that something needs to happen on the corner. It would be a good building to create some cheap small sq. footage retail spaces -- up to five. There is also potential for that building to provide some live/work situatio...

Market-rate housing will make your city cheaper

https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/market-r ... -make-your

Scarritt School back on the market The long-mothballed Scarritt Elementary School at 3509 Anderson Avenue is back on the open market as the Kansas City Public School District’s repurposing initiative is once again accepting redevelopment proposals for the aging school site. ... In February, 2024 th...

Lumi has secured Davey's Uptown Rambler's Club sign.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C6Q56uKsOSs ... BiNWFlZA==

https://thelumineonmuseum.org/neon_sign ... bler-club/

Traffic calming measures slated for St. John Ave.

https://northeastnews.net/pages/traffic ... -john-ave/

Sauer Castle update:

https://www.instagram.com/p/C6PPbkttiFz ... BiNWFlZA==

A post on one of the Northeast KC Facebook sites today indicates that the CVS drug store at Independence Avenue and Prospect will be closing in June. Another CVS on Independence Avenue at White Avenue closed two years ago.

bspecht wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 5:19 pm Q just posted some LQ renderings.

I hate that they have that parking lot/plaza in front of the building to the left. The entire building should front Troost.

Historic Northeast Lofts scheduled for green light Roughly eighteen months after first announcing the concept for the Historic Northeast Lofts project at the old Hardesty Federal facility at Independence and Hardesty Avenues, developer Jonathan Arnold is finally seeing a light at the end of the pro...

It's a big step up from what has been built so far.

General Motors is moving its headquarters from Renaissance Center to the new Hudson's site developed by Dan Gilbert's Bedrock. ... GM CEO Mary Barra told a crowd of local dignitaries and reporters Monday afternoon that GM will relocate its global headquarters in 2025 from the Renaissance Center on D...

Art Garden KC begins summer festival at Berkley Riverfront

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The event will be held every Sunday from April 21 to Oct. 27 at Berkley Riverfront Park East from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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https://fox4kc.com/news/art-garden-kc-b ... iverfront/

What do you do about all the hotels that have built their convention business around the current location being walkable--Loew's and Marriott for example? One of the major justifications for the Power & Light District was luring more convention business to the existing location. You are advocati...

I'm surprised they haven't considered converting the American Royal complex for something like this. It's near Hy-Vee Arena and there might be crossover use there.

Here is a link. https://kchistory.org/blog/belvidere-hollow-kcq-unearths-kansas-city%E2%80%99s-lost-black-neighborhood Location: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1091292,-94.5672651,828m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu It is depicted here on the lower left. You can zoom in on the image. https://kchistory.org...

My understanding is that the townhomes must have an HOA--for themselves--for common areas and common physical structures, like adjoining roofs. The rowhomes should not fall under laws governing condos and pre-sale. It would seem to me the way to go would be townhomes/row house, that share common wa...

Would you mind expanding on this concept A bit? I'd love to hear your vision of what this could look like. Different poster, but this is what I envision. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungalow_court Those are great in the right situation. I think they can be tough to pencil out for small infill job...

Rowhouses and townhouses are charming, but bear in mind when developing that many older people who are looking to downsize, need places with no stairs. Makes the hunt for affordable housing as an elder even more difficult. There is also an old-timey solution like this that could be placed randomly ...

It's being done on the West Side. Much of the rebuilding of the neighborhood has been done in "one-off" situations where a developer has built one house and sold it, or someone commissioned a house to be built. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0894013,-94.5934237,3a,48.2y,32.42h,102.98t/dat...