Thank you. We have a long ways to go. And no word yet on revised site plans, where the real problems lie...DaveKCMO wrote:kudos to the downtown neighborhood association for pressuring for a better interaction with the street!
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- Mon Jul 28, 2014 1:59 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: OFFICIAL - Summit on Quality Hill
- Replies: 76
- Views: 28603
Re: Summit on Quality Hill
- Wed Jul 02, 2014 1:27 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: Hospital Hill activity
- Replies: 339
- Views: 133558
Re: Hospital Hill activity
Would you want to put your name to that?chaglang wrote:Once again, there's no architect listed with the article or image. Huge pet peeve of mine.
- Mon Jun 30, 2014 7:37 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: Capping the Loop
- Replies: 2573
- Views: 527640
Re: Capping the Loop
Other cities have trenches downtown. Vine Street Expressway and a section of I-95 in Phily. Sections of the Eisenhower and Stevenson in Chicago. Etc. When I say trench I'm referring to the large swath of land (2-3 blocks wide) that destroy the streetgrid and many, many blocks of buildings. That's w...
- Mon Jun 30, 2014 4:27 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: Capping the Loop
- Replies: 2573
- Views: 527640
Re: Capping the Loop
Doing away with or capping the north loop is 10 million times more important than doing one single thing to the south loop. At least the south loop is buried and somewhat limited in size, while the north loop is simply a wasteland of sprawled destruction. The north loop is easily the worst designed...
- Mon Jun 30, 2014 2:43 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: Capping the Loop
- Replies: 2573
- Views: 527640
Re: Capping the Loop
i would be very cautious about adding copious amounts of green space without a conservancy to maintain it. city needs things that add value and tax base. Of course...considering how many abatements and TIFs there are downtown...this significantly limits the ability of the City to capture that value...
- Mon Jun 30, 2014 12:14 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: Capping the Loop
- Replies: 2573
- Views: 527640
Re: Capping the Loop
i would be very cautious about adding copious amounts of green space without a conservancy to maintain it. city needs things that add value and tax base. Of course...considering how many abatements and TIFs there are downtown...this significantly limits the ability of the City to capture that value...
- Mon Jun 30, 2014 12:07 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: Capping the Loop
- Replies: 2573
- Views: 527640
Re: Capping the Loop
i would be very cautious about adding copious amounts of green space without a conservancy to maintain it. city needs things that add value and tax base. You're not saying that parks don't add value / tax base, are you? Not to be hasty before you clarify...but of course they do, and there are pleth...
- Fri Jun 20, 2014 11:01 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: 1515 Gennessee - West Bottoms
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7849
Re: 1515 Gennessee - West Bottoms
Great project! Looks like the image from the Star article may have been stretched without maintaining the aspect ratio, making it appear taller than it otherwise would. Here is the same image from the Centric Projects website: http://www.centricprojects.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Large-Stockyar...
- Tue Apr 15, 2014 2:41 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: OFFICIAL - Apex on Quality Hill (10th & Jefferson)
- Replies: 70
- Views: 23355
Re: Apex on Quality Hill
Perspectives directly applicable to both these developments:
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http://bettercities.net/news-opinion/bl ... ruly-urban
- Mon Apr 14, 2014 4:29 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: OFFICIAL - Crossroads Westside
- Replies: 99
- Views: 46530
Re: Crossroads West
It's not befuddling when you start looking at land ownership downtown and all the pieces that have to come together This parcel was easy to buy/get a development agreement with the owner, be by someone that can get the financing for the land and project, has the right zoning and access (this one ha...
- Sun Apr 13, 2014 5:10 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: OFFICIAL - Crossroads Westside
- Replies: 99
- Views: 46530
Re: Crossroads West
I understand your point Worm Copy, but this is an odd development site. I'm actually surprised it's getting developed at all right now, and especially with apartments. It sits between two viaducts that have car traffic, and noise from the freeway and trains. I figured it would have been among the l...
- Sat Apr 12, 2014 11:48 am
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: OFFICIAL - Crossroads Westside
- Replies: 99
- Views: 46530
Re: Crossroads West
My point here is to suggest that, *in this specific site and context*, if the architect and developer applied a few basic principles of good urban design the site could potentially become a viable public place that both increases property values and helps connect and support the (existing retail and...
- Fri Apr 11, 2014 11:37 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: OFFICIAL - Crossroads Westside
- Replies: 99
- Views: 46530
Re: Crossroads West
I hope this developer takes heed of the development proposal at 1914 Main Street ( http://kcrag.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=19221 , namely: 1. orientation to the street 2. ground floor commercial space. This project is a fraction of the size of Crossroads West yet they are adding a mixed-used comp...
- Fri Apr 11, 2014 8:32 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: OFFICIAL - Apex on Quality Hill (10th & Jefferson)
- Replies: 70
- Views: 23355
Re: Apex on Quality Hill
I'm sure it has some New York style amenities. :D Zing! Pushing the first floor up 6' is a huge missed opportunity to have some actual ground-level activity, instead of a double loaded parking lot. Fairly sure someone thought that giving people access at ground level was a security risk. Ugh. You'r...
- Fri Apr 11, 2014 6:43 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: OFFICIAL - Apex on Quality Hill (10th & Jefferson)
- Replies: 70
- Views: 23355
Re: Apex on Quality Hill
Not really a fan. https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/10153694_642854639096062_6843889727186399207_n.jpg I believe the expression is 'ham-fisted'. The facade's acceptable, but how it hits the ground and the site planning is just really poor. No doubt the first thing people will ask ...
- Fri Apr 11, 2014 11:17 am
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: OFFICIAL - Crossroads Westside
- Replies: 99
- Views: 46530
Re: Crossroads West
I hope this developer takes heed of the development proposal at 1914 Main Street ( http://kcrag.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=19221 , namely: 1. orientation to the street 2. ground floor commercial space. This project is a fraction of the size of Crossroads West yet they are adding a mixed-used compo...
- Thu Apr 10, 2014 10:45 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: OFFICIAL - Summit on Quality Hill
- Replies: 76
- Views: 28603
Re: Summit on Quality Hill
Please explain why.chingon wrote:Entire zip codes in Baltimore disagree with you.Worn Copy wrote:rowhouse streets are inherently safer because they are more active.
- Thu Apr 10, 2014 6:04 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: OFFICIAL - Summit on Quality Hill
- Replies: 76
- Views: 28603
Re: Summit on Quality Hill
Thank you.loftguy wrote: Nice contribution. Welcome...
- Thu Apr 10, 2014 3:20 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: OFFICIAL - Summit on Quality Hill
- Replies: 76
- Views: 28603
Re: Summit on Quality Hill
The only thing I don't like about that rendering is the lack of doorways. There should be more places where people can enter and exit the street. The building already is made to look like rowhomes, why not make them actual rowhomes with individual doors for each building? They can still be flats an...
- Thu Apr 10, 2014 1:53 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: OFFICIAL - Summit on Quality Hill
- Replies: 76
- Views: 28603
Re: Summit on Quality Hill
I hope the design is revised to be more sensitive to the streetscape. The developer could actually get more density per acre doing 3-story shared-entrace townhouses. A more sophisticated transition between the street and facade (stoop entrances, small yards / front gardens, patio doors, etc) would b...