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by flyingember
Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:50 pm
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: What are the Boundaries of "Northeast Johnson County"?
Replies: 14
Views: 4656

Re: What are the Boundaries of "Northeast Johnson County"?

http://nejcchamber.com/cities-we-serve/ Fairway, Merriam, Mission, Mission Hills, Mission Woods, Prairie Village, Roeland Park, Westwood, Westwood Hills, Northern OP That's Basically to Switzer and 95th. Eyeballing it, that's roughly the NE quarter of the NE quarter of the county. The center is som...
by flyingember
Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:58 pm
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: What are the Boundaries of "Northeast Johnson County"?
Replies: 14
Views: 4656

Re: What are the Boundaries of "Northeast Johnson County"?

http://nejcchamber.com/cities-we-serve/ Fairway, Merriam, Mission, Mission Hills, Mission Woods, Prairie Village, Roeland Park, Westwood, Westwood Hills, Northern OP That's Basically to Switzer and 95th. Eyeballing it, that's roughly the NE quarter of the NE quarter of the county. The center is some...
by flyingember
Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:26 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: OFFICIAL - Power & Light Apartments
Replies: 524
Views: 149033

Re: P&L Building

same article A 3,000-square-foot clubhouse on the 32nd floor will house a bar, piano, and sundeck as well as a 360-degree terrace with the most stunning views of Kansas City. there's a photo of the view. given what's around it, it's going to take a big deal project to the south to cut that view the ...
by flyingember
Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:23 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: OFFICIAL - Power & Light Apartments
Replies: 524
Views: 149033

Re: P&L Building

http://metrowiremedia.com/bringing-multifamily-downtown-northpoints-power-light-plan/ “Our plan was to come in with a five-story garage that suits the parking needs for our project, and the Hotel President had a need for 100 stalls, so we cut a deal,” Pomerenke said. “The Hotel President is one of t...
by flyingember
Wed Oct 22, 2014 1:33 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
Replies: 6021
Views: 1605395

Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)

135th and Nall is Prairiefire. Which has one of the most unique buildings in the city.
by flyingember
Tue Oct 21, 2014 11:45 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Misc Crossroads News
Replies: 3556
Views: 2083144

Re: Misc Crossroads News

barcade concept coming to the old hamburger mary's spot: http://updowndsm.com/ Another concept that would work well here is a Laundromat that has a bar or coffee shop in it, maybe they serve a little bit of food. I think something like that would be a successful in the crossroads or westport like w...
by flyingember
Mon Oct 20, 2014 3:04 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Disney's Laugh-O-Gram Studios
Replies: 61
Views: 34534

Re: Disney's Laugh-O-Gram Studios

$51K just to fund a study whether or not this is a viable idea? The true arts community in the city did alot more in the new city with $0K. the true arts community in the city has individual paintings sold at $5000 each. I knew I should have been an artist..... I sell at art shows sometimes (at way...
by flyingember
Mon Oct 20, 2014 2:43 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Disney's Laugh-O-Gram Studios
Replies: 61
Views: 34534

Re: Disney's Laugh-O-Gram Studios

$51K just to fund a study whether or not this is a viable idea? The true arts community in the city did alot more in the new city with $0K. you're funding people's time to figure out if there's business interest, if entities will provide money for the renovation, if there's people that will be inte...
by flyingember
Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:46 am
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Kansas, Missouri battle over companies
Replies: 1799
Views: 346151

Re: Funk's one good idea

http://www.kansascity.com/news/business/biz-columns-blogs/talking-business/article2708028.html I think there is a place for incentives but not in the burbs. If at all available, they should be limited to attracting companies into locations that create density and enhance public transportation oppor...
by flyingember
Fri Oct 17, 2014 3:27 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
Replies: 6021
Views: 1605395

Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)

We use "on" as a preposition to show a location or direction.

That shows how poor our understanding of English grammar is, and I had to look it up too.
by flyingember
Fri Oct 17, 2014 12:08 pm
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: OFFICIAL: The Streets at Metcalf (Metcalf South redevelopment)
Replies: 228
Views: 62062

Re: OFFICIAL: The Streets at Metcalf (Metcalf South redevelo

The flashcube office towers to the south are also struggling, if a half-empty (or more) parking lot is any indication. I don't think the use of all of the space is for "offices". Think quite a bit of the space is dedicated to equipment and monitoring stations. Given Sprint used to be in i...
by flyingember
Fri Oct 17, 2014 9:14 am
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: OFFICIAL: The Streets at Metcalf (Metcalf South redevelopment)
Replies: 228
Views: 62062

Re: OFFICIAL: The Streets at Metcalf (Metcalf South redevelo

Was in the shopping center with Micro Center (93rd and Metcalf) it's at least 50% empty on the small storefronts. So that's three corners with poor retail coverage. A great example that having the only type of a store in the region doesn't mean your shopping center will do well if you can't get peo...
by flyingember
Thu Oct 16, 2014 7:06 pm
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: OFFICIAL: The Streets at Metcalf (Metcalf South redevelopment)
Replies: 228
Views: 62062

Re: OFFICIAL: The Streets at Metcalf (Metcalf South redevelo

Was in the shopping center with Micro Center (93rd and Metcalf) it's at least 50% empty on the small storefronts. So that's three corners with poor retail coverage. A great example that having the only type of a store in the region doesn't mean your shopping center will do well if you can't get peop...
by flyingember
Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:29 am
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: Downtown KCK
Replies: 140
Views: 39970

Re: Downtown KCK

It's not like there's not enough vacant space or underutilized buildings and land in the same general area. Vacant or underutilized doesn't mean the land is available to develop. What if 50% of it is owned by speculators waiting for rent rates to reach a certain point. Someone would need to kicksta...
by flyingember
Sun Oct 12, 2014 10:05 am
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper
Replies: 715
Views: 191870

Re: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper

Personally, I wouldn't live in the West Bottoms for that reason, because even if my apartment or loft was on the second or third floor of the building, and at little risk of flooding, a major flood would mean I couldn't get into my apartment for days or weeks if it did flood. There are plenty of ot...
by flyingember
Fri Oct 10, 2014 7:39 am
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper
Replies: 715
Views: 191870

Re: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper

I'm still not convinced of the wisdom of the West Bottoms becoming a residential area again--especially new residential buildings built from scratch. I have less reservations about converting existing warehouses to lofts. The West Bottoms used to have houses, but they were wiped out by flooding. I ...
by flyingember
Thu Oct 09, 2014 3:24 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: Phase 2 Streetcar Funding
Replies: 329
Views: 43873

Re: Phase 2 Streetcar Funding

the ethics complaint failed and the group that filed it responded that they expected that response, it was politics.

of course it was. the complaint was politics too.


http://www.kansascity.com/news/governme ... 36408.html
by flyingember
Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:31 am
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper
Replies: 715
Views: 191870

Re: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper

I'm not sure where "overlooking I-670" comes from. If you look at the site , it's a ways away from 670 and the views aren't too bad as far as that area of the WB goes. Perhaps that was supposed to refer to the easy access to 670? sorry, that's the apartments Mr. Haw was mentioning buildin...
by flyingember
Thu Oct 09, 2014 9:27 am
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper
Replies: 715
Views: 191870

Re: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper

My favorite point of the article is this The 7,000-square-foot concrete building will have first-floor retail space and balconies overlooking Gennessee Street and I-670. overlooking I-670. Who wants to have a balcony overlooking an elevated freeway with no other view? 2-4 Light will at least have th...
by flyingember
Thu Oct 09, 2014 9:08 am
Forum: Power & Light District
Topic: One Light - 13th & Walnut
Replies: 759
Views: 250926

Re: Proposed apartment for 13th and Walnut - One Light

the structure is above the height of the Jones Pool and is almost above the garage across the street. that's two more floors than a month ago. It's the beginning of the 6th floor. The rendering show it about level with the top of H&R Block but I don't know how it cannot be taller with 19 more t...