KCRag Forum

Anthony_Hugo98 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:21 pm Y’all act like they haven’t released plans for dense walkable new era urbanism surrounding the stadium area…its still barely half developed down there

Haha, I dunno man... can I get a link?

Hmm interesting. This whole extension perplexes me a bit, but happy they're finding money. Not sure it's the best use of transportation money but 🤷🏼‍♂️ no one picked me to make these decisions Concur. In a world where the riverfront was developed more intensely I think it makes sense. As it stands,...

The only location in the metro being on 135th is a bummer for sure. And that's not a large store by REI's standards. It's the smallest REI store I've been in and I've been in many - it's even smaller than the one in Anchorage AK. I guess there isn't that big of a market here in KC for that kind of ...

taxi wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 12:56 pm I wish an REI would go in there. I fucking hate driving to 135th.

Agreed. Would be great for a flagship store. When I was in KC I never visited the 135th shop because it was just too far away. I'd rather shop elsewhere or buy online.

shaffe wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 4:08 pm 15+ pages of arguing just this week. Nobody knows how to fight over hypotheticals like the Rag!

It really has been nice to see this place COME ALIVE, haha.

The riverfront developments are so disappointing (Current excepted).

Yeah, so now imagine all that plus the new baseball stadium and spin-off. You might get an actual area of the city that resembles what the top 5 cities in the country have. Not just two “good/okay” areas with EV & Crossroads. This lines up with some of my thinking. Now that I have lived elsewhe...

mourban wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 11:17 am

Great points. Have you really been lurking here for 14 years?
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Ha! Just found my old account info, but actually, yes!
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Amazing, welcome!

I haven’t seen anyone mention the time it will take to complete an east village “village” or the risk a fully developed EV site could pose to P&L. Using Busch 3 in St Louis as an example, the new stadium opened in 2006. Ballpark Village opened in 2014… 8 years later. One Cardinal Way didn’t ope...

DCole your input is highly valued here.

I’m fine losing that row of buildings on Grand. You’re not losing much (in my view) unless you like that Prime Bar (I hear it’s a problem business), a poke shop, event space, strip club and tattoo shop. The buildings on Oak are better to be saved since retaining those, and renovating them into bars...

I would expect the main entry to face Truman, with smaller entrances at 17th and Grand and Oak. Something like the storefronts in that East Village rendering could work.

Is there any way to shift it to the East and preserve that sliver of building structure on Grand partially instead of the partial on Locust I’m fine losing that row of buildings on Grand. You’re not losing much (in my view) unless you like that Prime Bar (I hear it’s a problem business), a poke sho...

You could build this in a way that either preserved or created new retail opportunities along Grand, maybe even one or two with a view into the stadium a la Fenway. But also, nothing the Royals have shown so far suggests they have assembled a team that can do any of this with the kind of precision t...

It remains a solid example of Kansas City's infatuation with baubles rather than the less sexy work of real city building.

KCPowercat wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2024 11:40 am I'm just talking the grand side. Again just one of many reasons this is a bad location, not the biggest reason

Don't get me wrong, I remain skeptical largely because KC is never very good at the details and for many of the reasons you've mentioned, but I am also open to hearing more.

https://i.ibb.co/JBWHPnQ/HOK7.png Would be interesting too, if somehow a street wall of small buildings (or, say, those that already exist) could be maintained along Grand and left field either stop behind them or somehow cantilever on top. Maybe out of the realm of possibility, but just thinking o...

I propose the immediate vicinity of this concept be re-christened "The Wiggle" if this comes to pass. "Hey, where are you guys meeting up?" "We're right past the Wiggle!" JOKES ASIDE, this might also provide an opportunity, as Eon Blue hinted at above, to finally right ...

Nothing to stop the stadium project over, but I actually really like the little office building at 1501 Oak. It's a cool example of modernist architecture. It's just so pure. Will be sad to see it go. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0955014,-94.5788397,3a,44.4y,103.54h,91.81t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1svr...

My main observation about the Crossroads site is that a stadium plan would need to be developed with a strong attention to detail to make it work as part of the neighborhood in a way that doesn't totally blow up the place (to a lesser extent I also think this is true at EV if we're to have anything ...