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- Mon Nov 15, 2021 2:15 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: Union Station
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6573
Re: Union Station
I wonder how much spinoff attendance there is for the World War I Museum from people traveling from outside Kansas City? Anecdotal, but driving Uber pax in Austin I bring up KC to everyone, and all the people I’ve encountered who have been to KC since the exhibit opened mentioned going through the ...
- Mon Nov 15, 2021 8:31 am
- Forum: Kansas City Transportation
- Topic: OFFICIAL - Buck O'Neil Bridge
- Replies: 1467
- Views: 478518
Re: OFFICIAL - Buck O'Neil Bridge
This is how great cities build and maintain bridges (Pont Alexandre III bridge, completed 1899). This bridge is 57 years older than the Broadway Bridge. You picked an international historic landmark that just happens to be a bridge. It would be like not maintaining the Liberty Memorial. Then there'...
- Sat Nov 13, 2021 2:29 pm
- Forum: Power & Light District
- Topic: P&L District: 13th & Walnut Site Proposal
- Replies: 1185
- Views: 305081
Re: P&L District: 13th & Walnut Site Proposa t
Oh piss off. The discussion about a specific site proposal doesn’t need to devolve into fucking wage debates for restaurant employees. The original discussion was they though they couldn’t hire enough workers for two spaces. So if hiring and wages aren’t relevant then why were they relevant to a di...
- Fri Nov 12, 2021 3:53 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: Union Station
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6573
Re: Union Station
The Auschwitz Exhibit has been hugely successful.. if you were not aware, KC is the second of two cities in the US to host the exhibit before it returns to Europe. This is the legacy of the bistate tax, a location hosting international caliber events. The Star did a piece 5 days before opening. The ...
- Thu Nov 11, 2021 2:26 pm
- Forum: Urban Core
- Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
- Replies: 6021
- Views: 1589489
Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
^The tennis courts can stay as a rooftop and/or floor within a broader public use building on this site (doesn't have to be housing), with perhaps moving Plaza library here as well. You get much more public function and acts as a gateway to Plaza from streetcar stop, plus potentially a few TOD reta...
- Thu Nov 11, 2021 11:47 am
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: Amenities missing from downtown
- Replies: 439
- Views: 126439
Re: Amenities missing from downtown
How could something as a big as a few acres fit as a downtown project? Acres is not that big. One block of the east village site is 2 to 2.5 acres each. There's 16.5 acres in Columbus Park flanking 3rd St The parking lot north of Washington Square Park is 4 acres The Children's Mercy parking lot al...
- Thu Nov 11, 2021 11:02 am
- Forum: Kansas City Transportation
- Topic: Bike Lanes
- Replies: 787
- Views: 267466
Re: Bike Lanes
Sounds workable. Might be tricky between Indy Ave and I-70 where there are number of monuments, fountain, pergolas, retaining walls. Putting it in Troost Park is good idea as most of park unused, too bad Troost Lake along Paseo is mostly steep downgrade hardly enough room for narrow ped sidewalk. W...
- Thu Nov 11, 2021 10:50 am
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
- Replies: 9208
- Views: 10272676
Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Aesthetics is never a reason to tear down a building
If we had let aesthetics determine what buildings we keep we would have a lot less Art Deco buildings in this country. Look at how many old buildings were reskinned like Oak Tower
- Thu Nov 11, 2021 10:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: COVID19
- Replies: 1182
- Views: 276319
Re: COVID19
Member will still be virtue signaling about masks I was in HyVee the other day after the mandate dropped. Was one of the ~40% not in a mask. I'll wear one if the store has a sign up still. I hate them. Hate, hate, hate. I scheduled my kids to be vaccinated for the first date that was available beca...
- Thu Nov 11, 2021 10:30 am
- Forum: General Kansas City
- Topic: Home prices across KC neighborhoods
- Replies: 61
- Views: 18072
Re: Home prices across KC neighborhoods
The trend of buying to tear out seems more likely to happen when a house is under priced or if the home is older. My mother's home is from the 1940s and we could see a lot of those same things. I think it's this idea is with older or cheaper anything new is better than doing nothing. The major probl...
- Wed Nov 10, 2021 8:55 pm
- Forum: Power & Light District
- Topic: P&L District: 13th & Walnut Site Proposal
- Replies: 1185
- Views: 305081
Re: P&L District: 13th & Walnut Site Proposa t
Please stop. For real. This site is my escape, keep the politics to the political thread and leave the rest of the subs to their subject. EVERYTHING about development is politics. You’re escaping to a world of politics in every single thread Just looking at P&L The politics of getting rail tran...
- Wed Nov 10, 2021 7:16 pm
- Forum: Urban Core
- Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
- Replies: 6021
- Views: 1589489
- Wed Nov 10, 2021 1:02 pm
- Forum: Urban Core
- Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
- Replies: 6021
- Views: 1589489
Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
In regards to doing away with the Plaza tennis center, I think there might be some support from unexpected quarters. I've heard residents of the north side of the Sulgrave and Regencey stating that they wish the courts were not there, at least in the evening because the intense lighting glare spoil...
- Wed Nov 10, 2021 12:50 pm
- Forum: Kansas City Transportation
- Topic: Bike Lanes
- Replies: 787
- Views: 267466
Re: Bike Lanes
I'm thinking more in the areas we have a wide median and limited left turns on the Paseo. Why would we tear out grass to put in bike lanes? Indep Ave to 18th should be trails down the middle. a nice ten foot wide shared trail for walking and biking with existing sidewalks for connections and adding...
- Wed Nov 10, 2021 9:27 am
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: Capping the Loop
- Replies: 2573
- Views: 496146
Re: Capping the Loop
Are there press releases showing these parties?KCPowercat wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 9:09 am I stand by what I said. Too many interested parties for this not to happen.
- Wed Nov 10, 2021 9:25 am
- Forum: Kansas City Transportation
- Topic: Bike Lanes
- Replies: 787
- Views: 267466
Re: Bike Lanes
Would/could Paseo be center running? The amount of curb cuts (green paint) on Gillham just look like a recipe for bike/car interactions. I bet the majority of dangerous crossings is people turning left into their driveway. People don't generally look behind themselves when they do this. With a bike...
- Wed Nov 10, 2021 9:19 am
- Forum: Urban Core
- Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
- Replies: 6021
- Views: 1589489
Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
I was going to say somehow build a transit oriented development on the tennis courts, but I thought that was sacred ground. I've been talking about it for years expecting ONE PERSON to clutch pearls and it hasn't happened... yet. This leads me to believe that (a) I'm in a bubble or (b) Plaza tennis...
- Wed Nov 10, 2021 8:49 am
- Forum: Urban Core
- Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
- Replies: 6021
- Views: 1589489
Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing
As a nearby resident I would like to see more neighborhood type amenities. Also a fan of closing a street for a block for outdoor dining and what not. would you consider an urban target or other daily needs type retailer to be a desirable neighborhood amenity? Right now, if you live on the plaza wh...
- Wed Nov 10, 2021 8:44 am
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: Amenities missing from downtown
- Replies: 439
- Views: 126439
Re: Amenities missing from downtown
Type 1 or type 2 fun?normalthings wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 1:01 am Big announcement in next 6-9 months. Can not share details yet but it will be fun. advancing quickly
- Tue Nov 09, 2021 10:39 pm
- Forum: Kansas City Transportation
- Topic: Bike Lanes
- Replies: 787
- Views: 267466
Re: Bike Lanes
I agree that something nicer should be put on Paseo. Mixed use path where possible would be great. Do more to make it looks nice where its on street. Nothing wrong with demanding more. Especially on Paseo, which is supposed to be one of our grandest boulevards. I see a lot of people who are clearly...