KCRag Forum

that's a fair point. the tea party claimed to be better though, more populist.

not that that's unique in American politics either

beautyfromashes wrote:Is anyone else starting to hate the Trolley Track Trail? This is the second development that it's supporters have slowed down. I wish they had never set it up.

nope. almost wish I lived next to it

As an Arizonan, I have to say (even though it pains me to say it), I miss Jan Brewer. She was a traditional conservative as opposed to a "tea party" conservative and she blunted a lot of potential "tea party" damage. That's why, with a legislature that gives Kansas's and Missour...

if I had to guess I would bet they're doing exactly like what's across the street. they kcata owns the land, the development gets to use part of the row but not cross the trail. it's nothing new for the kcata on the corridor. there's three other parking lots within a block that don't connect straigh...

I insist they build an actual barn.

the streetcar team deserves credit. they've been doing a huge amount of work in nasty weather. was at The Farmhouse with family on Saturday (it was super busy in the snow!) and a team from Mark One (and others I didn't catch) was out tearing up the street entirely. this intersection is going to look...

if you look at the parcel layout the UMKC building is entirely within university land. that land is owned by the university so there's no need for a lease with the parks dept. this looks like it's the KCATA moving the lease for land they own from parks to the university. need way more details than t...

it seems to me they need to become journalists again and do research pieces. I would pay for a sub if this is how they did things. I don't see the point in paying for them to report on an accident at 3pm that happened at 1pm as breaking news (they actually have done this) they should be the place th...

so basically if there's anything happening it's probably the corporation founded to buy the land trying to keep things quiet so they can get a good deal but they need to get big picture costs for each place they're looking at so there's some noise

Brick would seem harmonious with the district yet the architecture would be different from the old industrial rsidential conversions. I was amazed that the valley between the KCPA and Liberty MEmorial is 130 foot. But wouldn-t the view shed from Kauffman to Union Station be obscured? if it wasn't t...

it shows from a long ways away already and will even more when it's taller (slightly) than H&R Block it can be seen from 22nd on US 71 already an 18th and Main. the crane is a bit taller than the actual size and it's clearly visible it won't show from the north but with the downtown hill it woul...

brewcrew1000 wrote:If warby parker, apple and a hipster hoodie store were to go in would people protest this project?.

with the traffic from an apple store, you better believe it.

KCPowercat wrote:Rumor of an announcement in March with Hyatt as the flag?

12 months ago I wouldn't have believed it. but with other hotels not asking for public financing it's clear the financial model downtown has changed

so that's 1.3 parking spots per unit.

there's lots to do. and replacing bridges is likely a key step for a cap. Main St was raised up when it was rebuilt. the utility bridge was not. So there's one. There's thorough engineering to do just to figure out the maximum weight possible based on the underground environment. can't draw concept ...

so i guess they still haven't hit the 3,500 signatures they need? that doesn't bode well for even getting on the ballot, let alone passing. people really don't like signing petitions. the media jumps all over the ones that have public opinion on the petition's side, as if the government isn't doing...

we talk about autonomous vehicles. but why do they have to travel only on roads and only be cars? why not combine efforts with new intra-city rail service? There's an auto-train on the NE corridor. Imagine a premium service where you reserve space on a special autonomous car-holding EMUs (electric m...

Lyon is an example to show how distance and size don't define rail as being better just because cities are closer together in Europe. it's slightly smaller than KC and StL at 2.1 million people It's 288 miles to Paris, KC to StL is 247 miles. the train in Europe takes way less time. It's twice as fa...

cities in Europe are father apart than you think. it's that the train is so much quicker between major cities. Paris to London is 454km via road KC to St. Louis is 398km via road that trip is 5:20 in Europe (via the chunnel train) vs. 4:00 in the US via train Eurostar takes 2:30. the river runner ta...

Your argument doesn't fly that easily. If designed from the beginning you won't necessarily need more hallways. And rent charged and sq ft do not go hand-in-hand (reducing space by 25% won't reduce rent by 25%). As I said high rise senior housing does it so it can be done. And done to make financia...