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by TheLastGentleman
Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:50 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
Replies: 6019
Views: 1539377

Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)

I feel like this board is 50% politics now. I get it, politics impact urban life but man it feels like lately none of the topics on here can stay on topic, and it’s making this forum a lot less usable
by TheLastGentleman
Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:27 pm
Forum: Kansas City Sports
Topic: GO ROYALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 11191
Views: 1285985

Re: GO ROYALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's probably mostly servers now, right? Like many have pointed out, longlines/telephone buildings like this are almost impossible to decommission for any number of reasons. Every city has one
by TheLastGentleman
Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:25 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: OFFICIAL - Pennway Point
Replies: 472
Views: 320104

Re: OFFICIAL - Pennway Point

The IRS center, like the Star printing plant, might be too purpose-built to be reusable. Though, even if the facility stays, the "moat" could at least be filled in...

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by TheLastGentleman
Sat Apr 06, 2024 5:21 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: OFFICIAL - LuxLiving 'The Wonderland' (formerly Faultless Linen)
Replies: 139
Views: 151664

Re: OFFICIAL - LuxLiving 'The Wonderland' (formerly Faultless Linen)

Is sealing it up part of the construction process, or is this to mothball the project until someone else picks it up? I’m slightly confused
by TheLastGentleman
Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:38 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: New Chiefs Stadium
Replies: 1485
Views: 177125

Re: New Chiefs Stadium

KCPowercat wrote: Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:31 pm People use KC tenants like a freaking crutch. They aren't that powerful. It's pure inept KC leadership. Just like this vote was purely on the owners but everybody blaming KC tenants. Lol.
I'm getting sick of it. This is becoming a textbook example of scapegoating and it's really gross.
by TheLastGentleman
Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:35 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Alleyways
Replies: 14
Views: 813

Re: Alleyways

Midtownkid wrote: Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:06 pm
TheLastGentleman wrote: Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:29 am Could alleys be retrofitted into some blocks?
Probably not without taking away people's property. And you know that would not go well...
Goes pretty "well" when modot wants to smash a highway through the city. This city is willing to roll over if it involves roads and cars
by TheLastGentleman
Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:29 am
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Alleyways
Replies: 14
Views: 813

Re: Alleyways

Could alleys be retrofitted into some blocks?
by TheLastGentleman
Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:26 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: 301 Admiral Hotel Development
Replies: 7
Views: 1330

Re: 301 Admiral Hotel Development

Hope it can inject some life into that corner of downtown. There’s a surprising amount of building stock left there, but it’s pretty desolate
by TheLastGentleman
Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:39 pm
Forum: Out of Town Talk
Topic: Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS) in SF
Replies: 4
Views: 249

Re: Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS) in SF

I love how kc is too poor for parks. The city is too poor for parks and our chronically impoverished developers are too poor for parks.

Honestly seems like a miracle we haven’t gone bankrupt like detroit yet
by TheLastGentleman
Mon Apr 01, 2024 8:15 pm
Forum: Out of Town Talk
Topic: Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS) in SF
Replies: 4
Views: 249

Re: Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS) in SF

I like them in theory, and fun ones like rooftop gardens and observation posts are great, but I think historically POPS tend to come in the form of windswept plazas. However, that might be changing since downtown development is less office-skyscraper focused than it used to be.
by TheLastGentleman
Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:12 pm
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: OFFICIAL - Aspiria (formerly Sprint Campus)
Replies: 25
Views: 8038

Re: OFFICIAL - Aspiria (formerly Sprint Campus)

Feels so behind the times but I guess JoCo enjoys being comfortably stuck 30 years in the past
by TheLastGentleman
Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:06 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Aladdin--boutique hotel by Holiday Inn
Replies: 157
Views: 35968

Re: Aladdin--boutique hotel by Holiday Inn

I can't imagine any of the walls on the upper floors are historic. Just knock them down and reconfigure the building. Regardless, getting buildings occupied in the loop should be a priority. It is not good how many vacant historic buildings we have, especially when so many of them have brittle terra...
by TheLastGentleman
Sat Mar 30, 2024 10:31 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 9014
Views: 9342027

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

I think the premise of historic preservation has been at least somewhat diluted in KC. You could probably find people to stand in front of the bulldozers for the plaza, but we lose a couple of 19th century churches every year and the weld wheel building is being destroyed and the scarritt is rotting...
by TheLastGentleman
Sat Mar 30, 2024 10:24 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: New Riverfront Women's Soccer Stadium
Replies: 230
Views: 128588

Re: New Riverfront Women's Soccer Stadium

I’m confused as well
by TheLastGentleman
Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:22 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza
Replies: 478
Views: 346269

Re: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza

Also having an uneven landscaped park as the roof likely adds a lot. It will be similar to the Kauffman Center’s garage, which was very expensive IIRC
by TheLastGentleman
Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:18 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: 18th and Vine
Replies: 701
Views: 250126

Re: 18th and Vine

They’re hoping for some PGOD (Parking Garage Oriented Development)
by TheLastGentleman
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:41 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Downtown Buildings with Activity
Replies: 609
Views: 417825

Re: Downtown Buildings with Activity

Can we agree that the proposed signage is pretty garish? Otherwise, looks like a nice project. I hadn't realized the building was so empty. No worse than a lot of NOW LEASING banners slung onto apartment buildings downtown. The professional building and the courthouse lofts STILL have banners stuck...
by TheLastGentleman
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:39 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza
Replies: 478
Views: 346269

Re: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza

Underground construction is always crazy expensive
by TheLastGentleman
Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:30 pm
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: Downtown KCK
Replies: 134
Views: 38758

Re: Downtown KCK

So is the building being demolished or just vacated? KCK won’t even have a downtown left if it tears down much more
by TheLastGentleman
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:23 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Ozark Building / AC Hotel by Marriott at 9th and Grand
Replies: 44
Views: 10651

Re: Ozark Building / AC Hotel by Marriott at 9th and Grand

Knock on wood, this project seems to be going smoothly.