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by FangKC
Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:04 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: 3rd & Grand to be redeveloped as TOD
Replies: 308
Views: 102573

Re: 3rd & Grand to be redeveloped as TOD

I like that Chinese market.
by FangKC
Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:40 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: West Bottoms Redevelopment
Replies: 811
Views: 262010

Re: West Bottoms Redevelopment

Breaking the wheel: Demolition starts on West Bottoms building ahead of $526.7M development SomeraRoad Inc. has started tearing down the former Weld Wheel Industries Inc. building as a precursor to the first projects in its $526.7 million West Bottoms plan. Workers on Monday were doing interior dem...
by FangKC
Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:06 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza
Replies: 478
Views: 307472

Re: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza

The plan is to have 20 percent of the apartments set aside as affordable. From an earlier Business Journal article: The mixed-use apartment complex would be financed by a combination of private equity, debt and about $8 million in gap financing. Excess bond revenue could help cover costs associated ...
by FangKC
Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:25 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8411
Views: 8118796

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

Jackson County Legislature will host public hearing about Royals ballpark The public have a chance next week to voice an opinion about the Kansas City Royals' intent to build a ballpark in the East Crossroads. Two members of the Jackson County Legislature, Chair Jeanie Lauer and Vice Chair Megan Ma...
by FangKC
Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:56 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza
Replies: 478
Views: 307472

Re: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza

KC will close deteriorating Barney Allis Plaza garage for demolition Kansas City will permanently close Barney Allis Plaza's crumbling parking garage in a little over a month so officials can prepare to demolish it. The 970-space underground garage is set to be shuttered April 15, about four years ...
by FangKC
Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:47 pm
Forum: North of the River
Topic: North Kansas City
Replies: 249
Views: 100077

Re: North Kansas City

Kansas City can finally go down The Rabbit Hole at a new museum for children's literature Co-founders and spouses Pete Cowdin and Deb Pettid, pictured here in 2019, first began working on The Rabbit Hole in 2018. Their new museum will open to the public March 12. https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2024...
by FangKC
Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Suburban sprawl is a Ponzi scheme
Replies: 19
Views: 10038

Re: Suburban sprawl is a Ponzi scheme

“Disillusioned” Author: American Suburbs Have Become a Ponzi Scheme | Amanpour and Company Once the quintessential image of the American dream, suburban neighborhoods now reveal a systemic racial disparity, with new Black and Brown residents struggling to deal with the declining conditions left by ...
by FangKC
Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:34 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: OFFICIAL - Wallstreet Tower (formerly US Bank Tower)
Replies: 668
Views: 204416

Re: OFFICIAL - Wallstreet Tower (formerly US Bank Tower)

Whenever this thread pops up because of a new post, I assume the WallStreet Tower fell over.
by FangKC
Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:32 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: West Plaza Flats
Replies: 31
Views: 8938

Re: West Plaza Flats

If I were to guess, I imagine the issue with West Plaza and other Price projects is financing and perhaps cash-flow problems.
by FangKC
Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:24 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: 2023 KCMO Election
Replies: 537
Views: 190788

Re: 2023 KCMO Election

I have a feeling he's not going anywhere. The City will likely match any offer he gets. The media leak is advantageous to Platt.
by FangKC
Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:19 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Trees in KC (ongoing)
Replies: 120
Views: 42408

Re: Trees in KC (ongoing)

We all need to keep an eye on the City's new tree plantings and raise hell if they all start dying from lack of watering.
by FangKC
Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:17 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: East Side Development
Replies: 146
Views: 86088

Re: East Side Development

If we were Dallas, Atlanta, or Houston, that neighborhood would get several higher-density residential towers.
by FangKC
Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:13 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Plaza Residential Development
Replies: 92
Views: 33373

Re: Plaza Residential Development

I wish we had an eloquent speaker who would attend these meetings, and after the selfish NIMBYs do their testimony, this person would get up and point out how the City doesn't have enough money for things because it's not dense enough, and that the previous speakers are all selfish assholes who once...
by FangKC
Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:03 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: Rail to KCI - 2023
Replies: 123
Views: 51418

Re: Rail to KCI - 2023

Culturally and politically, MSP is a highly progressive metro. People are more money conscious and and environmentally friendly than the average American. ... There were a lot of Scandinavian settlers in MSP and Minnesota. Throw in a bunch of Germans and Scots and you have a population of money-con...
by FangKC
Wed Mar 06, 2024 4:55 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 437
Views: 174946

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

Many on this board, including myself, are saying "let's make an effort to make the market work better." How to make the market work better? Make it easier for small developers to enter the market and build a wider variety of housing types. The types of housing that the big institutional b...
by FangKC
Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:56 am
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Trees in KC (ongoing)
Replies: 120
Views: 42408

Re: Trees in KC (ongoing)

Push to Plant Trees in Kansas City Takes Root ... Tree preservation will kick into high gear in June when a $12 million windfall grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture reaches city coffers. The influx will enable the city to provide greater care to our existing arboreal canopy, which include...
by FangKC
Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:32 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8411
Views: 8118796

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

A’s release renderings of new Las Vegas domed stadium that resembles famous Sydney Opera House https://apnews.com/article/las-vegas-as-stadium-renderings-f536a1cb906eb65e8b9a9f3e968aed3e?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Facebook https://x.com/Athletics/status/176511507599480...
by FangKC
Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:36 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Economy
Replies: 246
Views: 50018

Re: Economy

Lake City is the largest small arms plant in the world. Senator Harry Truman was instrumental in establishing the Lake City plant. When the Sunflower Ammunition plant near Gardner was still operating, along with Lake City, the KC region was the world's largest producer of ammunition products. The pl...
by FangKC
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:49 pm
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: Westwood - 47th Street
Replies: 11
Views: 864

Re: Westwood - 47th Street

Chris Stritzel wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:04 pm Daytime photos.
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Holy moly, a unicorn. An actual place to sit at a bus stop, and a trash can to boot.
by FangKC
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:42 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: OFFICIAL: Port Authority Riverfront Project
Replies: 1855
Views: 552271

Re: OFFICIAL: Port Authority Riverfront Project

Needs trees.