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Preservation isn't always about a building being a historic site (forefathers met here to write a constitution). Many preservation efforts are just as much about conserving the built environment. Reusing buildings over and over and not resorting to throwaway culture. It recognizes that construction ...

I can't believe anyone is proposing new office buildings right now.

There are only two buildings downtown that I'm aware of that have sheep heads adorning them. Aladdin and the Rialto Building at 9th and Grand.

Thanks for those photos. The Aladdin is such a beautiful old building.

Anyone who has stayed in some hotels in Paris will know how small elevators and bathrooms can be there in older buildings. I don't know why they think they have to squeeze two beds into every hotel room. I've stayed in plenty of hotel rooms with only one bed. The President Hotel had that problem as ...

3019 Grand Ave, Kansas City, MO 64108
3 bed, 3.5 bath
2-car garage
2,113 square feet
5,130 square foot lot
$568,000

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I can't believe how many empty buildings downtown end up having vagrants living in them. Don't the property owners know how many buildings are set on fire by vagrants? One would think they would hire security to check the building daily for break-ins. Can't they hire someone to live in the building ...

There are lots of residential neighborhoods in Los Angeles and Phoenix that have alleys.

Sounds like Spokes will be moving The city's Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority on Tuesday approved a 10-year, 80% property tax abatement and redevelopment contract for a 57-apartment renovation of the Kansas City Title and Trust Building at 929 Walnut St. The development team, Exact Archit...

They need to have a fountain. I've always liked the long cascading fountain along 12th Street.

A look at the recent history of sports stadium financing and Jackson County's Question 1 ... Financial experts argue that teams stay even without taxpayer money. There are approximately 118 professional sports stadiums in the U.S. About 59% of sports facility referendums don't include a sales tax c...

State taxing policies always come down to personal situations, income levels, and whether you are working or retired. https://www.bankrate.com/taxes/state-with-no-income-tax-better-or-worse/ There are winners and losers in each tax blend. While some benefit from no state income tax, it often comes a...

929 Walnut being renovated by Exact. What was the outcome of LCRA this week? A team of Exact Architects and MR Capital Advisors wins incentive approval for an $11.1 million conversion of a historic downtown building that was the city's first to be built specifically for storing real estate records....

Developer in $162M Troost Village plan files for bankruptcy protection during loan dispute ... But Midtown Redevelopment Partners has yet to turn those renderings into reality. Instead, financial disputes have led to liens and lawsuits, most recently resulting in a bankruptcy filing by Troost Villa...

Stadler’s hydrogen-powered train FLIRT H2 achieves a new Guinness World Records title Stadler is proud to announce that the FLIRT H2 has been entered into the Guinness World Records database for the longest distance of 1,741.7 miles (2,803 kilometers) achieved by a pilot hydrogen fuel cell electric...

The Guadalupe Center is building new affordable housing on its campus at Truman and Hardesty (the former Saint Paul's School of Theology). Guadalupe Centers Breaks Ground on Affordable Housing Initiative Guadalupe Centers Inc.(GCI) recently broke ground on a new affordable housing initiative, named ...

UrbanLab KC @urbanlab_kc This really should be a wake up call that it’s time to discourage and stop sprawl. We need to build upon existing infrastructure going forward, incentivizing development that makes more responsible use of land. We need economic and environmentally sustainable growth. https:...

We need to add population in places where infrastructure is already in place, otherwise, we are dooming future residents to higher costs per resident than other denser cities. Continuing the sprawl on undeveloped land is not in the interest of KCMO. UrbanLab KC @urbanlab_kc Efforts are already being...

(I don’t count the Stray Cat, because I’ve visited basements with a larger projector setup) Not sure how you can't count Stray Cat. Exhibition has changed so much since the pandemic. By this definition there's no theater anywhere in the urban core other than B&B. There is also a movie theater a...