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May break ground in 2023, 20 floors, 20% affordable, biggest challenge is parking... https://cityscenekc.com/kcata-briefed-on-tower-plan-for-10th-and-main-work-could-begin-in-2023/ Wouldn't be surprised if it ends up 5 floors of parking and 10 floors of residential, breaking ground in 2025. The Col...

It's probably not a good idea to be naming things after politicians while they are still in office, or so soon after leaving office. This absolutely cannot be named after Blunt. First, the federal money is not actually in hand. Second, save the name for naming rights to cover operational costs for ...

If we really do name this Blunt Park and surround it with food trucks, I can't help but picture there's going to be an inescapable baseline level of cannabis use during large events, with a rotation of tree smokers getting the munchies and visiting the vendors frequently. I suppose that's good for b...

I can't find if/when I posted about this before, but the lot directly north of the Savoy had for sale signs not too long ago, but no longer does. Cars are cleared off on the south side of the block, while still packed on the north side, so maybe just half the block got sold? Similar situation in th...

im2kull wrote: ↑Sun Oct 17, 2021 11:46 pm 2507 might be calling my name. :/

Estimated rent $6558 per month... $78K per year. It calls my name and then promptly laughs at me like the bully kid Nelson Muntz from the Simpsons.

There's a post on the /r/kansascity reddit this morning that says the Seiden's Furs building has had a partial roof collapse.

Any idea what's happening there? General reno/new windows? That building used to have a cornice above the first floor windows. It deteriorated and several years ago it partially fell down in a windstorm and had to be removed. On examination I think it ended up that the cornice was largely a reprodu...

I do still receive the security warning from my antivirus (Bitdefender) for https://www.kcrag.com/ -- which my browser likes to autofill if I just type 'kcrag.' https://kcrag.com works fine.

Wichita making a little bit of bank on their flag with a tourism video. Catchy tune. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cKDYCZFL2I

Even if the article is completely true (and not just another Star attempt at seeding a contrived controversy to ignite newspaper sales), shifting that demand line back to the balance point is easily done: private developers will take some of the older hotel room stock offline and convert it back int...

Writing has been on the wall for awhile. Maybe we can redo that whole building and reopen walnut? Yes. A few things: 1. Walnut is being reconfigured this year to pass directly through the Market, just like it used to do before the 50s. 2. A replacement tenant has approached the city. 3. The Arabia'...

Wichita's flag is apparently popular enough that they now have a city flag license plate available through the state of Kansas, with funds going to benefit that city's local parks. https://wichitaparksfoundation.org/plates-for-parks/ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c0b686e4b094d93e3f7422/t/...

There is no serious plan or discussion about rail beyond river to UMKC streetcar. Frankly, I'd be fine with it remaining a circulator system for the densest part of the city--only extending it if the TDD voters themselves wanted a spur to hit a specific part of the city, or if there were an adjacen...

To be honest, I've sort of cringed over the years watching a handful of new residential construction projects go up in downtown KC--and, post-Greensburg tornado, seeing that the most substantial part of the buildings is almost always the freaking parking garage. These developments' garages are built...

Construction workers have been busy as beavers on this building for several weeks now. Some of the old ghost windows and doors facing the south alley have been opened up--and the liberated bricks were promptly moved a few feet and re-used to close up other alley windows. Presumably it's to accommoda...

While I'd be fine with either of the designs I've submitted here, I think I actually like the first one a bit better.... https://i.imgur.com/TA8V5pf.png The fountain is just framed better IMO. I can see the appeal of the exact triangles of the second one though. Agreed, I liked the framing better o...

https://i.imgur.com/TA8V5pf.png This is more along the lines of what I like. Agreed, this is now a simple, clean design. It connects with the old flag, but boldens it up in the right way. I've never liked how the fountain symbol on the existing flag looks very delicate and got lost on the white bac...

I mashed the KC logo with some art deco line art I found and played around with the colors. https://i.imgur.com/AGOQea7.png https://i.imgur.com/yAAmd7F.png https://i.imgur.com/xXestNz.png https://i.imgur.com/4lohsmu.png I didn't mean for them to look so MU/KU related. If anyone has any color ideas ...

Wichita's city flag has enough design mojo that there's a movement afoot to make it available as a personalized license plate. http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article178464901.html I'm not sure if Missouri allows such a thing, and even if they did, the current KC flag blows and probab...

Anyone heard any updates on this project? I live near this building and haven't seen significant progress, just a construction dumpster. A couple weeks ago, I noticed many of the building windows were left open overnight during a large rainstorm--although they then wisely closed them in advance of t...