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by flyingember
Fri Jun 19, 2015 5:06 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Misc Crossroads News
Replies: 3502
Views: 1749724

Re: Misc Crossroads News

I don't have to look very long to tell that rendering is crazy fake, it's dusk so the sun is very low, below the horizon, remember that the west side is higher in elevation. but somehow lighting is coming from two directions evenly. The other buildings tells me it's summer but somehow th building ac...
by flyingember
Thu Jun 18, 2015 5:58 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: KCMO Downtown Streetcar
Replies: 6092
Views: 1016624

Re: KCMO Downtown Streetcar

Today's line status trenching looks to be largely done at 3rd/Grand. the curve is a LOT wider than I expected. the switch is south of the (former) crosswalk point the track work is partially stalled in the CBD on visible work, but the Delware Bridge NB is entirely back open, guessing until line work...
by flyingember
Thu Jun 18, 2015 5:48 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: KCMO Downtown Streetcar
Replies: 6092
Views: 1016624

Re: KCMO Downtown Streetcar

you can't say anything about the streetcar on other corridors. we CAN do dedicated lanes like Houston has where cars cross every other block and the train has signal priority or no left turns in front of it except select intersection like NoLA. that might actually sell the expansions as much as anyt...
by flyingember
Thu Jun 18, 2015 2:20 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: KCMO Downtown Streetcar
Replies: 6092
Views: 1016624

Re: KCMO Downtown Streetcar

I know I've said it before, but one of the failures of the streetcar was it wasn't going to change bus service. There was NO gain for people along Indep Ave except more taxes. The goal is to It's hard to change over it being a local line, but it should be a part of future lines. Train + more bus ser...
by flyingember
Thu Jun 18, 2015 9:53 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Norman School
Replies: 30
Views: 10871

Re: Norman School

neighbors are concerned with parking over having a place for homeless and criminals to break into and live in?

amazing...
by flyingember
Thu Jun 18, 2015 8:06 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Misc Crossroads News
Replies: 3502
Views: 1749724

Re: Misc Crossroads News

beautyfromashes wrote:Does anyone else hate the building redo at 18th and Main? It's looking terrible! I'd almost wish they'd had knocked it down instead.
How can you say it's horrible? The outside isn't finished yet.
by flyingember
Wed Jun 17, 2015 9:39 pm
Forum: Power & Light District
Topic: One Light - 13th & Walnut
Replies: 759
Views: 246091

Re: Proposed apartment for 13th and Walnut - One Light

That's subjective. And it's exactly what the commerce tower has on it
by flyingember
Wed Jun 17, 2015 9:37 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Why is there so many NIMBYs in KC?
Replies: 21
Views: 6383

Re: Why is there so many NIMBYs in KC?

I really doubt KC is alone with that either.

In KC we just haven't written these kind of things into the building code yet.

Like the Plaza bowl and Kauffman view are just guidelines. versus DC which saw its building height max through a law back in 1910
by flyingember
Wed Jun 17, 2015 9:28 pm
Forum: Power & Light District
Topic: One Light - 13th & Walnut
Replies: 759
Views: 246091

Re: Proposed apartment for 13th and Walnut - One Light

So you don't like the design because they add flair.

So. you dislike this building because of what? Its lack of flair? It's 90% only glass on the exterior with some brick on low floors.
by flyingember
Wed Jun 17, 2015 6:24 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: KCMO Downtown Streetcar
Replies: 6092
Views: 1016624

Re: KCMO Downtown Streetcar

beautyfromashes wrote:Wait, so Max will still continue running through DT and RM? Why?
Reduce number of transfers

Image someone going from 63 to Main St MAX and suddenly being forced to change again,

There's no reason to require two transfers to replace a bus that doesn't use Main through the CBD
by flyingember
Wed Jun 17, 2015 2:20 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: KCMO Downtown Streetcar
Replies: 6092
Views: 1016624

Re: KCMO Downtown Streetcar

combining the 19th St stops makes sense. gives consistency to the spot and removes the NB stop that takes up way too much space right now I also see their point about not rerouting MAX over such a small part of the route. by the time UMKC is up and running they might decide to retire it on Main in f...
by flyingember
Wed Jun 17, 2015 12:06 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Whole Foods mixed-use project @ 51/Oak
Replies: 306
Views: 110940

Re: Whole Foods mixed-use project @ 51/Oak

I'm not sure midtown can support another grocery store without a lot of new population. Within approx. 4 miles driving from the north Kansas city high school there's nine grocery stores. these are full sized stores red x hyvee price chopper sams target festival sun fresh walmart save a lot centered ...
by flyingember
Wed Jun 17, 2015 8:13 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: OFFICIAL - Argyle Building
Replies: 106
Views: 27734

Re: Argyle Building

So does that mean it's like 92 feet from my door to my parking spot, or what? Because that seems pretty far. Walkscore.com says I can get that down to 6 feet if I live in Olathe. ... (yes, I know this is a joke post, but it makes a serious point) Clearly you don't live in Olathe. No one parks in th...
by flyingember
Wed Jun 17, 2015 8:10 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: OFFICIAL - Loews Convention Hotel (formerly Hyatt)
Replies: 3315
Views: 712391

Re: New Convention Hotel

I agree that height doesn't matter, it's design. Look at the Kauffman Center. It's not all that tall but it works great as a design goes. Could it have a better street presence? Yes. But it really doesn't matter because the building itself is such a great addition to downtown. But this hotel should ...
by flyingember
Wed Jun 17, 2015 8:05 am
Forum: Urban Living
Topic: Dog problems in apartment elevators.
Replies: 15
Views: 16077

Re: Dog problems in apartment elevators.

To me, this is something that buildings that allow dogs need to account for. The cleaning idea makes is absolutely the best solution. I don't know that it has to be cleaned daily as a matter of course, but a priority cleaning policy should be. Notice a problem and report it? They clean it the same d...
by flyingember
Tue Jun 16, 2015 6:45 pm
Forum: Power & Light District
Topic: One Light - 13th & Walnut
Replies: 759
Views: 246091

Re: Proposed apartment for 13th and Walnut - One Light

I don't have a shot, but the text is legible from 22nd and 71
by flyingember
Tue Jun 16, 2015 6:44 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Whole Foods mixed-use project @ 51/Oak
Replies: 306
Views: 110940

Re: Whole Foods mixed-use project @ 51/Oak

Downtown Consentino's is 36k for comparison
by flyingember
Tue Jun 16, 2015 6:40 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: KCMO Downtown Streetcar
Replies: 6092
Views: 1016624

Re: KCMO Downtown Streetcar

I've been on wire-based systems in NoLA, Minneapolis, Houston, Charlotte, St Louis I can picture the Charlotte stop at one end of the line with the barrier in the middle to keep people from trying to get on the coupling between the trains, the huge bike share stop, a meat market and nothing about th...
by flyingember
Tue Jun 16, 2015 12:21 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Whole Foods mixed-use project @ 51/Oak
Replies: 306
Views: 110940

Re: Whole Foods mixed-use project @ 51/Oak

is that smaller units or bigger building?
by flyingember
Tue Jun 16, 2015 10:45 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Misc Crossroads News
Replies: 3502
Views: 1749724

Re: Misc Crossroads News

I've always liked the idea of having requirements to get incentives like: mandatory shared parking minimum height mixed use public need Like a developer promising a discount rate for a preschool and would do it for 15 years they should instantly get incentives to make that happen. If a preschool wit...