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by TheLastGentleman
Wed Dec 27, 2023 1:07 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza
Replies: 449
Views: 277574

Re: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza

Muehlebach needs to reopen as a hotel. It’s more of a stereotypical historic NYC hotel than anything in NYC at this point. Should be our most famous hotel. Marriott runs historic properties, so why not reopen it as one of their boutique historic style properties? It can still be interconnected to th...
by TheLastGentleman
Sun Dec 24, 2023 2:32 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza
Replies: 449
Views: 277574

Re: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza

Aladdin is definitely still closed.

I’ve heard there are construction documents for the new BAP out
by TheLastGentleman
Fri Dec 22, 2023 11:48 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: NE Corner of 14th & Wyandotte (300 unit apartment)
Replies: 379
Views: 394652

Re: NE Corner of 14th & Wyandotte (300 unit apartment)

I thought 3 light was commanding downtown LA -level prices? Per the 3 light thread. A residential/mixed use skyscraper in downtown KC would probably kill it, we just have a breed of developers in this city that are roughly 40 years behind the present and won’t test the waters until they’ve had a do...
by TheLastGentleman
Thu Dec 21, 2023 7:08 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: OFFICIAL - Buck O'Neil Bridge
Replies: 1449
Views: 402521

Re: OFFICIAL - Buck O'Neil Bridge

I have not heard that access to I-70 from HOA would be eliminated? That would just end up with trucks exiting on some other loop exit and going through loop surface streets to get to HOA and NKC industrial areas adjoining Burlington. Or maybe they’ll get smart and just use the bond bridge? I’m not ...
by TheLastGentleman
Thu Dec 21, 2023 4:00 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: Hyperloop between KC and STL
Replies: 108
Views: 89009

Re: Hyperloop between KC and STL

Here’s hoping the tech bros and self-described Futurists can become obsessed with real high speed rail now
by TheLastGentleman
Thu Dec 21, 2023 3:38 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: NE Corner of 14th & Wyandotte (300 unit apartment)
Replies: 379
Views: 394652

Re: NE Corner of 14th & Wyandotte (300 unit apartment)

I think a specific peculiarity is how little has developed along the existing streetcar line over the 7 years it’s been running. Some rehab, some new businesses, but still huge swaths of parking lots and undercooked urban spaces around the stops. And with a wildly successful streetcar at that
by TheLastGentleman
Thu Dec 21, 2023 3:33 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: OFFICIAL - Buck O'Neil Bridge
Replies: 1449
Views: 402521

Re: OFFICIAL - Buck O'Neil Bridge

Yeah I mean they live there, you'd think they would figure it out. It's a weird neighborhood. I think it’s probably in the same vein as city market vendors being freaked out by the streetcar and buildings replacing parking. Could it be a big improvement? Sure, but in their minds there’s a huge unan...
by TheLastGentleman
Thu Dec 21, 2023 2:30 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: OFFICIAL - Buck O'Neil Bridge
Replies: 1449
Views: 402521

Re: OFFICIAL - Buck O'Neil Bridge

Columbus park and the river market should be one cohesive neighborhood, as it once was. Imagine if there was an offramp bisecting the french quarter of NOLA? Nobody would stand it
by TheLastGentleman
Wed Dec 20, 2023 8:04 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: NE Corner of 14th & Wyandotte (300 unit apartment)
Replies: 379
Views: 394652

Re: NE Corner of 14th & Wyandotte (300 unit apartment)

I thought 3 light was commanding downtown LA -level prices? Per the 3 light thread. A residential/mixed use skyscraper in downtown KC would probably kill it, we just have a breed of developers in this city that are roughly 40 years behind the present and won’t test the waters until they’ve had a doz...
by TheLastGentleman
Tue Dec 19, 2023 4:28 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: NE Corner of 14th & Wyandotte (300 unit apartment)
Replies: 379
Views: 394652

Re: NE Corner of 14th & Wyandotte (300 unit apartment)

It’s really weird to me that KC was able to do Union Station, WWI Museum, Power and Light District, and the Kauffman Center, all in little over a decade; but now a decade later we’re struggling to do anything. Did the city get poorer somehow? Those are all civic projects except for P&L. The Kau...
by TheLastGentleman
Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:58 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: NE Corner of 14th & Wyandotte (300 unit apartment)
Replies: 379
Views: 394652

Re: NE Corner of 14th & Wyandotte (300 unit apartment)

It’s really weird to me that KC was able to do Union Station, WWI Museum, Power and Light District, and the Kauffman Center, all in little over a decade; but now a decade later we’re struggling to do anything. Did the city get poorer somehow?
by TheLastGentleman
Sun Dec 17, 2023 8:58 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: KCI Flight Schedule Adjustments
Replies: 2528
Views: 616979

Re: KCI Flight Schedule Adjustments

I mean obviously KCMO isn’t filthy rich, but the MCI catchment area is vast and varied
by TheLastGentleman
Fri Dec 15, 2023 5:12 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: 18th and Vine
Replies: 696
Views: 232293

Re: 18th and Vine

I wish we had some sort of monuments program for historic churches so that they could be maintained as historic sites. It would probably be argued to conflict with separation of church and state or something, but it’s just wild how many of these buildings KC has lost just within my memory.
by TheLastGentleman
Wed Dec 13, 2023 6:23 pm
Forum: Kansas City Photos
Topic: Architects: Louis Curtiss Buildings
Replies: 156
Views: 186124

Re: Architects: Louis Curtiss Buildings

Interior looks in way better condition than I expected!
by TheLastGentleman
Tue Dec 05, 2023 4:12 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: NE Corner of 14th & Wyandotte (300 unit apartment)
Replies: 379
Views: 394652

Re: NE Corner of 14th & Wyandotte (300 unit apartment)

moderne wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2023 4:07 pm Was it not NorthPoint who developed the adjacent Power & Light apartments?
Correct
by TheLastGentleman
Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:04 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Kansas City Needs a Proper Christmas Market
Replies: 12
Views: 15751

Re: Kansas City Needs a Proper Christmas Market

I know I brought up union station in the last thread, but now I think city market area would probably fit the best for this. It’s the Old Market in the Old Town down by the river, with quite a bit of historic architecture around. It could also give the market a boost during the winter months
by TheLastGentleman
Mon Dec 04, 2023 3:07 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Misc Crossroads News
Replies: 3486
Views: 1618880

Re: Misc Crossroads News

Rope off the front of Union Station and make it a christmas market! It’s literally the facade of a roman european bathhouse like come on
by TheLastGentleman
Thu Nov 30, 2023 12:43 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Tracks 215 Project
Replies: 276
Views: 117276

Re: Tracks 215 Project

From yesterday

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by TheLastGentleman
Tue Nov 28, 2023 10:46 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
Replies: 5982
Views: 1438245

Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)

14 tennis courts with restricted access is not a “park”
by TheLastGentleman
Mon Nov 27, 2023 2:05 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
Replies: 5982
Views: 1438245

Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)

If the courts stay they must become fully public courts. Not a tennis center operated by Genesis or whatever is going on now. Make em like the Loose courts or scrap em