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by FangKC
Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:21 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: OFFICIAL - Embassy Suites (former Federal Reserve)
Replies: 322
Views: 115049

Re: OFFICIAL - Embassy Suites (former Federal Reserve)

It's too bad about the switch from the hotel because the lobby was perfect for a hotel. I'm not surprised this was the outcome though.

https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/ ... c-fed.html
by FangKC
Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:32 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: 18th and Vine
Replies: 701
Views: 241143

Re: 18th and Vine

Rosin Preservation posted some photos showing the transformation of the Crispus Attucks School for reuse as the ZhouB Art Center. Some include the restoration of the auditorium, which was in bad shape. https://www.instagram.com/p/C33deYsubkF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== htt...
by FangKC
Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:52 am
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: 50th & Rainbow Mixed-Use
Replies: 21
Views: 10328

Re: 50th & Rainbow Mixed-Use

Judge's ruling gives Westwood green light to make park into offices Developers now can move forward with plans to transform Westwood’s sole city park into a commercial development. On Friday, Johnson County District Judge David Hauber ruled that a petition filed by residents seeking to overturn the...
by FangKC
Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:39 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 437
Views: 175246

Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?

The City should encourage some of the torpedoed developments to present again, and then point to the Parade Park Homes redevelopment when KCT protests. That neighborhood is going from the current 510 townhouses to 1065 affordable units. They have doubled the number of residences there. The City coul...
by FangKC
Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:12 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: 18th and Vine
Replies: 701
Views: 241143

Re: 18th and Vine

I don't know why they are planning new commercial space seeing that the Jazz District is adding some more, and the district has had problems attracting commercial and retail.
by FangKC
Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:07 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: 18th and Vine
Replies: 701
Views: 241143

Re: 18th and Vine

HUD takes over and installs a Virginia firm to manage Kansas City's troubled Parade Park Homes After decades of neglect and decay amid turmoil among the management of one of the country’s oldest Black-owned housing cooperatives, Parade Park Homes has been taken under federal control. ... This week,...
by FangKC
Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:37 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Affordable Housing
Replies: 402
Views: 113496

Re: Affordable Housing

Jerusalem Farm Community Land Trust Paves Way for Affordable Housing in Northeast Neighborhood ... A land trust is a legal arrangement in which land is owned, managed, and held for specific purposes by one party, in this case Jerusalem Farm, for the benefit of the broader community. “Land trusts ca...
by FangKC
Mon Feb 26, 2024 7:18 pm
Forum: Power & Light District
Topic: OFFICIAL: Power & Light District
Replies: 7080
Views: 981288

Re: OFFICIAL: Power & Light District

There are several places downtown that a place like Shakespeare's Pizza could expand into from Columbia. There would be a built-in customer base of former MU students. Does anyone know if Simmons Bank is taking over the entire Bonfils Building at 1200 Grand or just a portion of it? They might also d...
by FangKC
Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:39 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: 5th and Main (Northwest Corner)
Replies: 455
Views: 94218

Re: 5th and Main (Northwest Corner)

Yes, that looks like it would hold more, and also keep things from getting crushed.
by FangKC
Sun Feb 25, 2024 10:29 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: 5th and Main (Northwest Corner)
Replies: 455
Views: 94218

Re: 5th and Main (Northwest Corner)

I understand this point of view, and it makes sense. But on the other hand, people visiting the River Market are going grocery shopping. If you've got two reusable bags loaded down with fruits and vegetables, you don't want to walk very far lugging that around. If I buy a couple watermelons at the ...
by FangKC
Sun Feb 25, 2024 10:27 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: 5th and Main (Northwest Corner)
Replies: 455
Views: 94218

Re: 5th and Main (Northwest Corner)

When you downplay the number of households in the City Market as your measure, you are forgetting something. The City Market's current model has businesses making most of their money on the weekends and they think they need free parking for that. Having additional residents all week might be a bette...
by FangKC
Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:16 pm
Forum: Power & Light District
Topic: OFFICIAL: Power & Light District
Replies: 7080
Views: 981288

Re: OFFICIAL: Power & Light District

The fact any party received a federal loan doesn't mean anything regarding practices. The federal government has given loans to parties and later learned they committed fraud, and prosecuted them. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/leader-20m-covid-19-relief-fraud-ring-sentenced-15-years Before it went ...
by FangKC
Sun Feb 25, 2024 7:51 pm
Forum: Power & Light District
Topic: OFFICIAL: Power & Light District
Replies: 7080
Views: 981288

Re: OFFICIAL: Power & Light District

DCole, in this case, you are mistaking defamation for criticism. She used the words "in my opinion." People can hold beliefs without proof and speak them. Otherwise, preaching most religions wouldn't be protected speech. But in this case, she also alludes to the City having to make bond pa...
by FangKC
Thu Feb 22, 2024 7:16 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Lumi Neon Museum Kansas City
Replies: 33
Views: 14405

Re: Lumi Neon Museum Kansas City

KCTV 5 interview of president of Lumi Neon Museum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWhu13E0wN4
by FangKC
Thu Feb 22, 2024 6:53 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Condos near Federal Reserve
Replies: 123
Views: 28589

Re: Condos near Federal Reserve

And that last low rise section standing was the psych ward. I was changing residences and wanted to get rid of an aquarium collection so I dumped my fish into the psych ward aquarium. My fish promptly ate the resident fish as patients watched. That story is like a scene out of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
by FangKC
Thu Feb 22, 2024 6:02 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Condos near Federal Reserve
Replies: 123
Views: 28589

Re: Condos near Federal Reserve

Two of my sisters and one of my brothers were born in that building being demolished.
by FangKC
Wed Feb 21, 2024 3:37 am
Forum: Kansas City Photos
Topic: Postcards From the Edge of Time
Replies: 649
Views: 255447

Re: Postcards From the Edge of Time

City Union Mission posted photos today and one was a new angle of the entrance to Annie Chambers' brothel.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=78 ... 3719772337
by FangKC
Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:35 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Fixing the KC Zoo (ongoing)
Replies: 711
Views: 160374

Re: Fixing the KC Zoo (ongoing)

I think I heard on the news today they are using old wood utility poles that have been cut up into boards to use to renovate the walkways.
by FangKC
Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:33 pm
Forum: Power & Light District
Topic: Four Light
Replies: 519
Views: 286708

Re: Four Light

by FangKC
Sun Feb 18, 2024 7:01 pm
Forum: Power & Light District
Topic: Four Light
Replies: 519
Views: 286708

Re: Four Light

That used to be the site of the Armacost Studebaker dealership. https://kchistory.org/image/armacost-studebaker?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=3243962fab79d7b91a73&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=0 https://kchistory.org/image/president-hotel-0?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=5f4c4483e96b69cfe3c6&solr_nav%5...