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TBF they also put almost all of Kansas City on the list: -18th and Vine -Local Modern Architecture -The Epperson House -Westport -Churches -Closed KCMO Schools -Neighborhood Commercial Buildings -Midtown Apartment Buildings -The Plaza -The Northeast -The Sauer Castle There are two actual structures ...

My guess would be that she lobbied other PZ&E members to not vote for it until the project was forced to go through other hoops. Like a side trip to the BZA. But that's only a guess.

Dang... you all need better info.

The MAC development is being held up by Shields. I'm reasonably sure it's over parking and the concerns of one Central Hyde Park resident. If you like this project and live within the HPNA boundaries, you might want to vote for regime change at this fall's elections.

According to local legend, those houses had been relocated to Hospital Hill to make room for the construction of Union Station.

The FMV established during the eminent domain process for the MAC buildings placed the value of this building at maybe 1/5th of that.

Gillham had a de facto road diet for a year or two while those buildings were being built and everything worked out.

Velvet Freeze?

If they close as car lots, they cannot re-open as car lots without a special use permit.

Did anyone walk or spend time on Oak outside of a car, maybe talk to any of the business owners or residents? If the road diet was doing something you would think that the change would be even a little bit perceptible to drivers. That’s certainly true of other road diets I’ve driven on. Sorry if yo...

Drove it Friday at rush hour and again this morning. No noticeable difference, even on a First Friday.

Westport High School would be a terrible location. I thought the whole idea was to get the Conservatory downtown near the epicenter of the Arts community? And Westport High has the lowest visibility of any location [other than 63rd.]. Great that the school district sold Westport High to a group who...

There's no way to know.

There wasn't anything that said that they couldn't do it, and there was zero political will to steer them away from it. The OB board considered it nonnegotiable. Of course, it was framed as "if we don't build this bridge we will lose an entire generation of kids".

They couldn't resist the metaphor.

That should be sorted out at the primary.

Have to imagine that some of this will depend on Kander's platform, which nobody's seen yet. I love his voting rights work, but the mayor's office isn't about that.

By that logic, all of the east side - which has a notably reduced tree canopy - isn't suburban. Or something. What?

Now I really want neon on the MAC buildings.

Totally agree, and on a separate note it points out the folly of the KCMO/KCPD building demolition program.