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by TheLastGentleman
Wed Aug 03, 2022 8:37 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: OFFICIAL - Pennway Point
Replies: 474
Views: 351760

Re: OFFICIAL - Pennway Point

I have more faith in the wheel getting built than 3D’s entertainment zone
by TheLastGentleman
Mon Aug 01, 2022 1:52 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Make Grand Grand
Replies: 458
Views: 112559

Re: Make Grand Grand

Downtown needs to be designated some sort of district where every street has traffic calming. If you wanna drive your fast car, go somewhere else in this sprawling metro Stop light, sound, or speeding cameras that auto ticket are some of the best ways to tackle this considering the police don’t hav...
by TheLastGentleman
Mon Aug 01, 2022 1:38 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Make Grand Grand
Replies: 458
Views: 112559

Re: Make Grand Grand

Downtown needs to be designated some sort of district where every street has traffic calming. If you wanna drive your fast car, go somewhere else in this sprawling metro
by TheLastGentleman
Fri Jul 29, 2022 3:24 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 9224
Views: 10527182

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

Tearing down some structures to make way for new It was a lot more than tearing down "some" and was for a lot less "new". I wish all the destruction was built back up, but that's not what happened. https://preview.redd.it/247d4kzvmix61.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&...
by TheLastGentleman
Thu Jul 28, 2022 10:23 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 9224
Views: 10527182

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

I suggested this as it's about the only thing that makes sense to save that building. However some people pushed back hard because there are some non-historical and non-impressive buildings being used. Tearing down all the "non-historical and non-impressive" buildings is how we destroyed ...
by TheLastGentleman
Thu Jul 28, 2022 10:31 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: 1003 Walnut
Replies: 13
Views: 2070

Re: 1003 Walnut

there are are a few opportunities along Walnut from 10th St to 7th street. This building, then head North and you have the budilding that held the comedy club/Stables and the parking garage next to it. They appear to be re-doing the Hampton Inn next door. Then you have the Racket building and the p...
by TheLastGentleman
Fri Jul 22, 2022 5:41 pm
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: OFFICIAL: The Legends at Village West
Replies: 1950
Views: 303646

Re: OFFICIAL: The Legends at Village West

Houston “left behind” a lot of cities with way better urbanism. Again, economic success and good urbanism are not very closely tied together. Especially true on a global scale
by TheLastGentleman
Fri Jul 22, 2022 11:08 am
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: OFFICIAL: The Legends at Village West
Replies: 1950
Views: 303646

Re: OFFICIAL: The Legends at Village West

Big shiny crap alone a good downtown does not make. You can have a very economically "strong" downtown and still have it turn out like Houston
by TheLastGentleman
Thu Jul 14, 2022 1:55 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Capping the Loop
Replies: 2573
Views: 501265

Re: Capping the Loop

If KC and STL sank into an abyss the rest of the state would probably celebrate before the whole economy collapsed
by TheLastGentleman
Tue Jul 12, 2022 9:07 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: OFFICIAL: Penn Valley Park (Ideas+redeveloment)
Replies: 819
Views: 139142

Re: OFFICIAL: Penn Valley Park (Ideas+redeveloment)

From the June 29th meeting. I kept forgetting to post https://i.imgur.com/aW7UEVk.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Vnl9oqz.jpg https://i.imgur.com/TqPpsCc.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Djw9lXq.jpg https://i.imgur.com/dS0qtZa.jpg https://i.imgur.com/YHJB2OS.jpg https://i.imgur.com/TllzoWg.jpg https://i.imgur.com/lb...
by TheLastGentleman
Tue Jul 12, 2022 9:00 pm
Forum: Power & Light District
Topic: Three Light
Replies: 2554
Views: 774967

Re: Three Light

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by TheLastGentleman
Mon Jul 11, 2022 12:58 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Ozark Building / AC Hotel by Marriott at 9th and Grand
Replies: 44
Views: 10873

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

Cityscene sometimes reposts older articles. Looks like this one was from last October.

I’m not by this building very much, but I’ve never seen much activity so I’m not sure much work has actually been occurring
by TheLastGentleman
Tue Jul 05, 2022 8:28 pm
Forum: Power & Light District
Topic: Three Light
Replies: 2554
Views: 774967

Re: Three Light

The 20th century called and they want their asinine ideas back
by TheLastGentleman
Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:40 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: 13th and Grand tower
Replies: 355
Views: 94775

Re: 13th and Grand tower

kc-nyc wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 5:22 pm Long time reader, first time posting. I thought I would share a concept I've been playing around with for a while.
Awesome designs! What programs did you use to make these images?
by TheLastGentleman
Sat Jul 02, 2022 11:04 pm
Forum: Power & Light District
Topic: Three Light
Replies: 2554
Views: 774967

Re: Three Light

A goal of good urbanism is having people on the street. The skywalk was invented to get people off the street. So, building skywalks is bad urbanism.
by TheLastGentleman
Thu Jun 30, 2022 9:13 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Tracks 215 Project
Replies: 276
Views: 133579

Re: Tracks 215 Project

Workers!

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by TheLastGentleman
Thu Jun 30, 2022 9:12 pm
Forum: Power & Light District
Topic: Three Light
Replies: 2554
Views: 774967

Re: Three Light

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by TheLastGentleman
Thu Jun 30, 2022 12:30 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Americo Plaza Tower (Former Holiday Inn)
Replies: 101
Views: 19306

Re: Americo Plaza Tower (Former Holiday Inn)

GRID wrote: Thu Jun 30, 2022 11:01 am Another case of tearing shit down before you have a real plan to develop.
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