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Is that The Point bar or across the street? There is a row of small bungalows on SW stretch, the way the incline shows am thinking it's that stretch. The diagram references pre-fab aluminum balconies, corrugated metal and painted steel. Sounds like it could go up quickly and that location is fine fo...

A hybrid might be the best balance. Smarts in the bikes/app with city approved dedicated 'dumb' stations/racks. Would be a good balance of lowering cost, broader deployment yet giving it some structure. Those smart docking stations are expensive.

^That, Nica's should be an entry in the Urban Dictionary for 'tryingtoohard' and 'overlycomplicated'. Beignet is pretty good though.

Finally. Was concerned Hawthorn would be ultimately torn down. This is about as good as could be desired to kickstart that area.

I could see why Beignet would want a larger spot but Windows's space is huge for what is otherwise a quaint eats counter. Would hate to see this place ending up not making it if not able to handle the rent for a space that size. Maybe they have ambitions to become KC's Cafe du Monde. It is just abou...

Not suggesting getting rid of all the office space above retail, but some of it. It's time to make the Plaza 'bowl' truly mixed use. Your other ideas are a good way to get there.

^Nothing wrong with that, same can be said for any tall building not near transit. Though a bikeshare station would help a bit. Don't see the need for a recommended height, especially given the access to 71 not far.

Great job on restoring the facade. I walked by there last week and it still had some gaps, looks complete now.

Yeah, is disappointing that such a small building would be planned along streetcar line. I could see these 'prefab looking' buildings dispersed around Xroads but the streetcar line deserves more substantial developments. Though more important is the pedestrian integration and the 'car park' entrance...

Hallmark selling 2-block lot in E Xroads, SE corner of 19th/Oak... “We believe it will be sold for someone to develop as a multi-use project with multi-family residential,” said Stacey Paine, president of Crown Center Redevelopment Corp. a Hallmark’s real estate subsidiary. “Obviously, apartments wo...

^Careful, chingon might call you out for stereotyping.

The building comes with a large garage, won't be surprising if most drive the two blocks to Plaza.

An office building at NE corner of 47th/Main is going residential, luxury senior living. Would like to see some of the office spaces above Plaza retail also go residential.

https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/ ... enior.html

Too bad Two Light wasn't completed enough for homes tour, that could've grabbed a few signups. But isn't there a Spring tour as well? Seems few are concerned (as I am) that Three Light may look like Two Light so if there isn't a push for mixing things up, no need to put out a rendering if it's just ...

Cerner working on a $10B contract with VA...
https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/ ... erner.html

^That could work as a more simplistic station-based method. There's one system that doesn't have GPS on the bike. It's just a barcode, basic texting radio or NFC and smartlock. The user scans barcode or uses NFC, it unlocks bike and then they use the GPS from user's smartphone app to check the drop ...

A generic suburban "lifestyle center" brewing in the city core peoples. <sigh>

^You're stereotyping. Gasp!

Fair enough. But xenophobic nationalism is definitely present in same areas as such identity, even a sense of American superiority - some might say a good chunk of Trump's base. And it's not difficult to correlate with identity, wildly stereotyping or not. Yeah, I suspect it has some overlap, not cl...

Pretty consistent. Is it true most new systems have a significant drop after first 'novelty' year? Am thinking I've read about that. Would think continuing population growth and more downtown events will eventually bump that up.

Genetic genealogy is an interest of mine and there are a lot of folks of colonial American ancestry who go all in on it - the tl;dr version is that the consumer-level autosomal tests (Ancestry, 23andMe, etc.) have a very hard time reliably distinguishing NW European ethnicities apart, as (surprise!...