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smh wrote:

FangKC wrote:Then please describe the very public efforts they made, and provide the examples (media clips, newspaper articles, press releases, public statements), because I'm just not seeing it.

Hi, good morning. I never said it was a very public effort. However, I do know they put out an RFP for relocation and received only one response.

Minimal effort. No issuing press release to media to publicize need to move the houses. No contacting Historic Kansas City for help finding parties who might be interested. Maybe they did, but I doubt it since HKC didn't publicize the need to move these houses on their endangered list.

How many people in the community are even aware of the RFPs being issued? Who did they send them to? What publications did they publish in?

I'm sorry, but you have not convinced me that they made any real effort, or really cared about saving these houses. The whole idea of this is stupid. I am betting that the "reflection space" is a a placeholder and in a few years they will erect another RMH annex. If they really needed a reflection space, why not work with the CIty to create one in an already existing park across the street, next to their other annex building? The City rented them park land to construct a two-wing building. Why would they have a problem creating a nice garden space?

I'm also willing to guess that they didn't want much publicity about it because they realize that if they continue building annex after annex that the neighborhood and community will eventually get tired of it and protest.

Now, mind you, I think the RMH does good work, and I'm not even opposed to them building more space. It's just the approach they are taking. They don't need to demolish more buildings. There are other places they could build their annexes without tearing anything down.

I know how these organizations work. I used to work in public affairs/public relations for one. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised that the board of directors didn't want it publicized. They didn't want to risk bad publicity. It's unfortunate because had it been handled correctly, there would have been none. It was just laziness.

I think the new Children's Mercy Tower deserves it's own thread.
This is a real game-changer and will will instantly make KC the premier standout in pediatric research.
Two families; Hall and Sunderland gave $75mil each($150mil total) to make this happen.
To date, it is the largest collective gift ever dedicated to children's pediatric research in the world.

https://youtu.be/icwkBY2xP4w

The tower crane should be going up soon (probably this week).

gfenn11 wrote:The tower crane should be going up soon (probably this week).

It's going up today. So is the one for the Loews hotel. Kinda weird seeing two tower cranes going up in a single day in KC, but I like it.

KCLover wrote:

gfenn11 wrote:The tower crane should be going up soon (probably this week).

It's going up today. So is the one for the Loews hotel. Kinda weird seeing two tower cranes going up in a single day in KC, but I like it.

Too bad Three light tower crane is not going up too. That would be quite a sight for KC. I wonder if Three Light will start going up before the others come down.

KCLover wrote:

gfenn11 wrote:The tower crane should be going up soon (probably this week).

It's going up today. So is the one for the Loews hotel. Kinda weird seeing two tower cranes going up in a single day in KC, but I like it.

I drove by both sites today, it is crazy as they both seem to be on the same pace as they construct each puzzle piece of the crane.

This project needs a live cam like the Loews hotel has.

Have local contractors started buying more cranes? That would probably be the best indicator of future tall development.

https://video.nest.com/live/16BaltimoreEast

Found this live cam. You can see the tower crane going up in the distance

KCLover wrote:https://video.nest.com/live/16BaltimoreEast

Found this live cam. You can see the tower crane going up in the distance

How do you guys find these things?

KCLover wrote:https://video.nest.com/live/16BaltimoreEast

Found this live cam. You can see the tower crane going up in the distance

I don't have a picture handy, but through this video feed you can see the crane rising. On my drive into work on I35, from the hill it sits on, it looks massive.

The cran top is finally going up today so it's to full height and just needs the boom arm. Probably going to be visible across a huge portion of the east side

Picture from 19th and Grand

hartliss wrote:Picture from 19th and Grand

Not showing up

KCLover wrote:

hartliss wrote:Picture from 19th and Grand

Not showing up

Like always...

This tower looks huge when you're driving south on Oak.

Photo is now dated, as the cross arms of the crane are complete.

Vacation of 23rd between Locust and Holmes is at CPC next week.

There will be a second tower crane erected on Locust fairly soon. Fun fact: of all the cranes up downtown the CMH yellow crane is currently the tallest at 275 ft tall(315 base to mast).