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look at the ground level, where the light from the signs is shining on the building. it is obviously light tan brick. that said, i have never understood the purpose of night-time renderings or real estate photographs. You generally don't find fancy outside lighting on affordable housing. It's all s...

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You can transfer to a railroad at St. Louis to get to KC so why take a boat here?

I think it's just a really bad rendering and they always intended it to be light colored.

Ignore the brick, look at the people on the balconies. They're pitch black too.

NOT RETAIL. Walkability, pedestrian oriented. NOT BLANK WALLS. if every block had three retail shops on it that would be more than 500 stores just in the crossroads. That’s not a very large percentage of the space either. You would quickly find that most storefronts would be empty most of the time....

It doesn't seem to look anywhere near the early renderings, which looked slick with two tone charcoal-like dark facade - one of best looking projects downtown. It looks like this might turn into a bland light cinder block and a below avg project in terms of aesthetics. Suppose we should wait til co...

You keep building stuff like that, and you're failing to build upon the characteristics that drew people to the neighborhood in the first place. What period are you talking about? It was an industrial district edged by single family homes Then it was an industrial district with lots of parking Then...

Doesn’t even need to be literal walking distance. With the train coming and their history of free bus passes they could start to infill along Main rather easily. Buying that lot at 44th and put select offices and graduate studies in a new building there would be a smart move. It’s not uncommon you’l...

beautyfromashes wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:36 pm

That doesn’t make any sense. Why would they not make one garage that goes both down to below grade and up for above grade portion?

Money. When we want more housing to be affordable this comes with trade offs.

Interesting that they all talk about moving to KCK but it looks like every event this year except BBQ is still downtown. It's hard to confirm locations for some events.

For all their bluster and demands they weren't remotely ready to leave.

I'm all for downtown-ish baseball, but I'd prefer not have it a block from my house. NIMBY! Sigh. In this case I must admit it. I feel like the negative externalities of 20,000 people a block away 82 days a year would just be a little much. "But Wrigleyville!" Yeah, I dunno. It is admittedly a diff...

chingon wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 06, 2018 4:40 pm

The City should just give them Theis Park.

Give after a citywide vote to remove it from the park system.
I would expect that would get a lot of pushback.

There's something in city code I couldn't find again that requires street space be active but it's based on having a minimum amount already setup with retail.

Classic chicken-egg problem.

Otherwise the goal is to hide the garage and have a blank wall.

smh wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 06, 2018 12:51 pm

I'm all for downtown-ish baseball, but I'd prefer not have it a block from my house.

NIMBY!

The 2013(?) master plan was clearly all about two things 1. infill 2. year-round At one point in the closer part of the zoo for indoor options you had the entrance building, the two Australian spaces with snakes, tropics, and the red barn. That's not enough to be a good cold weather value. People wo...

KCPowercat wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 06, 2018 9:49 am

Justin also said an express kci to downtown bus would be beneficial

A second express bus to the Mission transit center would encourage JoCo bus usage.

Not everything should terminate downtown.

Am not a fan of seeing wild animals penned/caged in so not really into zoos unless they are positioned as a research park that allows public access. Would like to see KC Zoo (or any for that matter) focus more on animal research, animal recovery and even saving a species but not add animals for the...

GRID wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:16 pm

I never quite understood the push to move the conservatory downtown.

The idea was to utilize existing downtown theaters for the school rather than need to build this kind of space.

I know you said highly financially successful, which I am not sure about for private, not-for-profit colleges. I do know that many colleges have only a few thousand students, even in the KC area. For example Avila has enrollment of 1,676, Benedictine has 2,249, Baker has 1,144 and William Jewell ha...

mgsports wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 04, 2018 6:07 pm

But Parking Garages not allowed in that part of Metcalf.

Yet.