KCRag Forum

I used to work with a woman who knew a honcho with Kansas City Convention and Visitors Bureau named Mike White. Back in the mid-to-late 1980's he decreed that Kansas City should go after the mid-sized convention market. Well we've seen how well that worked for our economic prosperity. A mid-sized ci...

Yeah, more like Jennifer Anniston in that picture

We need to be at least on equal footing with similarly situated cities.  Denver, Loiusville, Nashville, San Antonio, STL, Indianapolis etc.  Whatever these cities have, we need to have.  This is our competition.  We either stay on pace or fall by the wayside.  P&L, SC, PAC, and all of Barnes ot...

Belden Alley, San Francisco is a good example. There are photoimages at this link:

http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&h ... co&spell=1

I've wondered about the possible uses of alleys downtown for quite some time. I am starting this thread to see what ideas our forumers might have for the use of these corridors. Has anyone seen how such throughfares are used in other cities? I see myriad possibilities as pedestrian ways, and courtya...

Fifth and Walnut may not be the place for it, but a news stand might be a nice complement to what the market has to offer. I don't know how well it would do the other five days a week. How does Bo Lings do in the City Market?  It is a popular local chain, and it might be the best bell whether of su...

Infrastructure and engineering for 13th and Walnut is not designed to support a 1000 room hotel.  300 room luxury would be max.  The Convention Hotel should be built on the block just west of the mainstreet Theater.  By far the best location hands down.  KC can support a W quality hotel and a conve...

dangerboy wrote: Advocrat, that's easy for you to say from Olathe.  Last time I checked it was KCMO that was debating whether or not to build rail, not Olathe

Oh, shit! Thanks for telling me that! I'm morphing into a Chastain. It's probably a good thing that I haven't moved to West Virginia. 

I would build a 1000 room convention hotel on the west side of 14th-15th and Baltimore (Truman Road). I would even settle for 900 rooms. Demolish the existing eyesore (14th & Baltimore)and the wierd parking garage on Wyandotte at 14th. It would provide connection to Crossroads on the south and P...

This rendering could become a reality someday. This type of transit future, drawings to development, has happened elsewhere along light rail corridors. Early last Spring there was a public meeting (one of many last year,) held at 55th and Oak in the Presbyterian church there. Maybe some of the folks...

Another area for me (and this is doable) is focus east-west on 18th Street from Broadway to Brooklyn. What I'm talkin' about is part of the Funk Filosophy-Kids, Kodes, Kurbs and Kops. The Kids might not fit in specifically, but a general improvement on this very nice 2 mile corridor could sure attrr...

DaveKCMO wrote: the new hotel should also accomplish the goal of capping another segment of 670.

Tha would be great! 14th-15th and Baltimore (west side), w/ a convention meeting room area capping the loop.

loftguy wrote: What else do you all visualize as fitting there?

Vietnamese Market would make an excellent third location for D'Bronx, or another, New York Deli

Massive development in the West Bottoms.  I'm not calling for TIFF, but the City can promote this area without a massive tax deferment-just make it a favored development zone.  The Funk talks Kops, Kids, Kurbs, and Kodes; put the effort where the mouth is.  Stand back and look at the Bottoms from a ...

What about the equipment?  Those KC-StL trains look like they have seen better days. Any new news on the OKC to KC run? What about pushing the KC-StL line to Lawrence?  Would Kansas go for that? Kansas may already be going for that. Have you been following the intercity passenger rail initiative in...

in short, track conditions and capacity. regardless, 79 mph is the max U.S. speed on shared track that has grade crossings. most locomotives could go 110 if needed, but that would require elimination of grade crossings. faster than 110 and you'd need dedicated passenger track. that being said, the ...

Excellent news. Is it possible that the cost of driving is a factor in it finally passing? Let's just hope more people ride the system to justify this action and promote faster and more effcient rail. The cost of energy may have been a big contributor to the 3-1 margin of affirmative votes, bu the ...

it's not a price point issue for me, it's where i am at in my life.  right now i wouldn't live in a non-urban setting for any salary i am qualified to make, but i would gladly live in an urban setting making less than half what i am making now.  however, in 20 years, maybe i'll want to live out in ...

OK, Kard

I'll take it back. Finally a green car that doesn't look like it was created by a Playskool or Lego design team.

But you got to admit, what's been on the scene for decades seemed to be deliberately crafted to look bad and be ashamed to be seen in.

Is there some kind of Divine commandment that a hybrid or "green" vehicle has to be ugly? Every single one. Why? If it is possible to pack that power plant in something small like that, it could also be put in the body of a Mustang, the new Challenger, a Charger or the soon to go on the ma...