OFFICIAL: Port Authority Riverfront Project
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JE Dunn was supposed to be part of a 12-block, 1,200 unit East Village development "modeled after Quality Hill" by Swope Community Builders (which became quite a saga itself). TIF was approved in 2006, used for JE Dunn & the EV Apartments building and expired for non-activated projects in 2016.
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Yeah I mean the years there say a lot and then it went into land banking.
Would love a ticktock story on the east village and what happened. For awhile I remember people being super excited.
Would love a ticktock story on the east village and what happened. For awhile I remember people being super excited.
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At one time, McCormack Baron was interested in developing a neighborhood there similar to Quality Hill. Prior to that, the City was pitching that area for a new Federal Reserve Bank campus. McCormack Baron's plan was to eventually develop all the way to Paseo.
There was also a plan to build a new General Services Administration (GSA) building in the EV but they never got the funding approved. Any GSA building would have reduced the number of housing units to 600-800.
viewtopic.php?p=138724#p138724McCormack Baron envisions building residential units, a la Quality Hill, from Ilus Davis Park on the west to The Paseo on the east, bordered by the downtown loop's highways to the north and south.
There was also a plan to build a new General Services Administration (GSA) building in the EV but they never got the funding approved. Any GSA building would have reduced the number of housing units to 600-800.
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I used to know more about this. The federal reserve got fucked with post Oklahoma city rules I think.
There was also a push to relocate one from mo, I think to Colorado?
This was a very bizarre time with the recession and rules and that area going back years. I just can't coherently remember it all.
There was also a push to relocate one from mo, I think to Colorado?
This was a very bizarre time with the recession and rules and that area going back years. I just can't coherently remember it all.
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Most of the momentum started around 2006, and the 2008 economic crisis put the kibosh on movement.
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There was a plan in place in 2001and possibly earlier. And the Funkhouser reign didn't help things.
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Yeah there was the recession and funk saying the only public money would go to lawyers to defend my wife.
A lot of stuff died in those years.
A lot of stuff died in those years.
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shame nothing else ever came back to life. Figure it's been at minimum 13 yrs since 2010 and the 2088 recessions was in the rearview.
My guess the land banking was really counting on Royals coming downtown. Now that appears to be gone so they will have to go back to the drawing board. Great potential for development but I guess no developers have the cash do do anything anymore.
My guess the land banking was really counting on Royals coming downtown. Now that appears to be gone so they will have to go back to the drawing board. Great potential for development but I guess no developers have the cash do do anything anymore.
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Wonder where the baseball stadium will go?TheLastGentleman wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:03 amAnchored? The JE Dunn building is the east village
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Area is fenced off and site work is started for the Beer Garden being done by the same people who are finishing up the hotel.
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Needs trees.
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Spent the afternoon at Berkley yesterday and I can’t remember seeing so many people out enjoying the park, the trails, the green space, etc.
Fun afternoon and cool to see it getting so much use.
Fun afternoon and cool to see it getting so much use.
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Can't wait for an actual ped connection. That main street bridge is cool as an overlook but sucks for connection. The other option through Columbus park is dangerous and almost unusable.
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As far as I know, they were given initial report at the end of March about the various options and we haven't heard anything since.KCPowercat wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 12:35 pm Can't wait for an actual ped connection. That main street bridge is cool as an overlook but sucks for connection. The other option through Columbus park is dangerous and almost unusable.
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Where is the pedestrian connection going to be?KCPowercat wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 12:35 pm Can't wait for an actual ped connection. That main street bridge is cool as an overlook but sucks for connection. The other option through Columbus park is dangerous and almost unusable.
What option do you have from Columbus Park? Walking down Guinotte Avenue to Lydia or NE Industrial Trafficway? Yikes.
It's rather amazing how isolated Berkley Riverfront Park is from the rest of downtown KC. You couldn't make it more isolated if you actually set out to do so.
Not sure I'd want to walk down this street:
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Port KC did a study for other connections to Berkley last summer, they had a survey and polled people coming and going from the park. I don't know what ever became of that. I assume it will be used to apply for grants, etc.Highlander wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:03 amWhere is the pedestrian connection going to be?KCPowercat wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 12:35 pm Can't wait for an actual ped connection. That main street bridge is cool as an overlook but sucks for connection. The other option through Columbus park is dangerous and almost unusable.
What option do you have from Columbus Park? Walking down Guinotte Avenue to Lydia or NE Industrial Trafficway? Yikes.
It's rather amazing how isolated Berkley Riverfront Park is from the rest of downtown KC. You couldn't make it more isolated if you actually set out to do so.
Not sure I'd want to walk down this street:
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