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by JBmidtown
Sun Apr 29, 2018 12:34 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: The Midwest Is Booming—Just Not Where You Think
Replies: 12
Views: 4850

Re: The Midwest Is Booming—Just Not Where You Think

Really wish there was a way to check the migration data by individual zip codes.
by JBmidtown
Sat Apr 28, 2018 1:41 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: OFFICIAL - Main Street Streetcar Extension
Replies: 3428
Views: 671006

Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC

Westport is trash
by JBmidtown
Thu Apr 26, 2018 8:47 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Troost developments
Replies: 1241
Views: 412296

Re: Troost developments

Maybe it’s a surprise renovation? A gift to the city?
by JBmidtown
Wed Apr 25, 2018 7:59 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Electric Park Neighborhood (East Bottoms)
Replies: 64
Views: 23953

Re: Electric Park Neighborhood (East Bottoms)

Don’t feed the troll y’all
by JBmidtown
Wed Apr 25, 2018 7:57 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: OFFICIAL - Loews Convention Hotel (formerly Hyatt)
Replies: 3315
Views: 705004

Re: OFFICIAL - Loews Convention Hotel (formerly Hyatt)

the American Royal brought cowboy culture here. It’s definitely a more artificial than organic identity but a part of our identity nonetheless. Just embrace it
by JBmidtown
Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:50 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: OFFICIAL - Main Street Streetcar Extension
Replies: 3428
Views: 671006

Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC

Alright scratch the whole thing. No streetcar for me, no streetcar for anyone!
by JBmidtown
Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:49 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: KC area Transit master plan LIGHT RAIL OR BUST!
Replies: 61
Views: 13973

Re: KC area Transit master plan LIGHT RAIL OR BUST!

I heard today that the Chamber of Commerce is looking at an "AI Superhighway" as part of their transit initiative. Anyone else here something about this? It sounds awesome but I don't know what it means. If you blockchain the data lakes and cryptomine the ELK stacks, you can use the cloud...
by JBmidtown
Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:46 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Electric Park Neighborhood (East Bottoms)
Replies: 64
Views: 23953

Re: Electric Park Neighborhood (East Bottoms)

Am I going crazy or wasn’t the original Electric Park somewhere near where Emmanuel Cleaver BLVD is today?
by JBmidtown
Sun Apr 22, 2018 6:48 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: 911 Linwood Redevelopment as Senior Housing
Replies: 91
Views: 32629

Re: 911 Linwood Redevelopment as Senior Housing

Wow, what a loss :(
by JBmidtown
Sat Apr 21, 2018 4:47 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: 911 Linwood Redevelopment as Senior Housing
Replies: 91
Views: 32629

Re: 911 Linwood Redevelopment as Senior Housing

moderne wrote:Hope it does not go the way of The Defenders across the street. That was the tallest building between DT and the Plaza and the sign on top was almost as familiar as the Western Auto.
Wow I’ve never even heard of this building. Any pictures?
by JBmidtown
Sat Apr 21, 2018 4:45 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: OFFICIAL - Loews Convention Hotel (formerly Hyatt)
Replies: 3315
Views: 705004

Re: OFFICIAL - Loews Convention Hotel (formerly Hyatt)

TheLastGentleman wrote:
aknowledgeableperson wrote:
TheLastGentleman wrote: Yes, but it would also have a slab of the Titanic
That's down in Branson.
There's a pyramid hotel/casino in Vegas that has a piece of the Titanic's side for some reason.
Neither of those towns make any sense
by JBmidtown
Sat Apr 21, 2018 12:04 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: 911 Linwood Redevelopment as Senior Housing
Replies: 91
Views: 32629

Re: 911 Linwood Redevelopment as Senior Housing

Future parking lot. The will just isn’t there to redevelop it seems.
by JBmidtown
Sat Apr 21, 2018 12:01 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: OFFICIAL - Loews Convention Hotel (formerly Hyatt)
Replies: 3315
Views: 705004

Re: OFFICIAL - Loews Convention Hotel (formerly Hyatt)

TheLastGentleman wrote:Giant pyramid.
Bass pro shop as anchor tenant?
by JBmidtown
Thu Apr 19, 2018 8:37 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: Phase Three Streetcar Expansion
Replies: 1281
Views: 198377

Re: Phase Three Streetcar Expansion

That would be nice
by JBmidtown
Thu Apr 19, 2018 8:34 pm
Forum: Power & Light District
Topic: Two Light - 14th & Grand
Replies: 1050
Views: 376212

Re: Two Light - 14th & Grand

At least ours changes color and has moving clouds Clouds are so cheap looking though, and they keep using the same color. Maybe if they used some higher quality vapors like in Chicago, NYC, or Boise people would take us seriously. Never been to Boise, but if they use some high quality vapors in the...
by JBmidtown
Wed Apr 18, 2018 10:51 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: OFFICIAL - Main Street Streetcar Extension
Replies: 3428
Views: 671006

Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC

It would be a shame if one neighborhood’s entitlement hampered the expansion of the streetcar for the whole city. But it would be a very Kansas City thing to have happen.
by JBmidtown
Wed Apr 18, 2018 1:28 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: OFFICIAL - City Club Apartments (former Midwest Hotel)
Replies: 702
Views: 229590

Re: OFFICIAL - City Club Apartments (former Midwest Hotel)

President Rodrigo Duterte would never let this happen!!!
by JBmidtown
Tue Apr 17, 2018 4:36 pm
Forum: Power & Light District
Topic: Two Light - 14th & Grand
Replies: 1050
Views: 376212

Re: Two Light - 14th & Grand

Don’t let Darlene see. The loss of all that parking is sure to break her heart.
by JBmidtown
Tue Apr 17, 2018 4:33 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: OFFICIAL - City Club Apartments (former Midwest Hotel)
Replies: 702
Views: 229590

Re: OFFICIAL - City Club Apartments (former Midwest Hotel)

So are the developers paying homeless people to burn this place for insurance money because they haven’t locked down financing still and are in a financial bind?
by JBmidtown
Mon Apr 16, 2018 5:58 pm
Forum: Power & Light District
Topic: Two Light - 14th & Grand
Replies: 1050
Views: 376212

Re: Two Light - 14th & Grand

Everything seems fine to me. I just wish I could afford to live there instead of the crappy, tragically vinyl-sided bungalow I’m about to move to.