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Re: New Downtown YMCA
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 8:37 am
by chaglang
aknowledgeableperson wrote:chaglang wrote:Slow down. We are still waiting on flying cars and Smell-O-Vision.
And to add, flying cars are already here. And have been here for years. One was in the 70's James Bond movie The Man With the Golden Gun. For other examples just Bing flying cars for many examples, or You Tube flying cars.
The arguments over parking for flying cars are going to be epic.
Re: New Downtown YMCA
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 3:02 pm
by flyingember
chaglang wrote:aknowledgeableperson wrote:chaglang wrote:Slow down. We are still waiting on flying cars and Smell-O-Vision.
And to add, flying cars are already here. And have been here for years. One was in the 70's James Bond movie The Man With the Golden Gun. For other examples just Bing flying cars for many examples, or You Tube flying cars.
The arguments over parking for flying cars are going to be epic.
it's not the parking. how do you make everyone land at designated spots?
and think of the accidents from a DUI with a flying car.
Re: New Downtown YMCA
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 3:15 pm
by Highlander
When's the earliest construction will start on this site? I saw the YMCA would need a substantial fund raising and that takes time - serious time.
Re: New Downtown YMCA
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 8:30 pm
by kboish
Highlander wrote:When's the earliest construction will start on this site? I saw the YMCA would need a substantial fund raising and that takes time - serious time.
I believe in the article they said a 2016 opening will be possible IF fundraising and everything go exactly as planned.
Re: New Downtown YMCA
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 6:12 pm
by pash
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Re: New Downtown YMCA
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 7:02 pm
by kboish
This project is just begging for an apartment tower on top
Re: New Downtown YMCA
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 7:04 pm
by smh
kboish wrote:This project is just begging for an apartment tower on top
Yep.
Re: New Downtown YMCA
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 7:13 pm
by atticus23
That would be glorious!
Re: New Downtown YMCA
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 2:03 am
by aknowledgeableperson
Call for The Village People.
Call for The Village People.
Re: New Downtown YMCA
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 9:07 am
by flyingember
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my favorite part of the rendering is how they felt the need to remove a number of historic lights from view, but adding a fire hydrant was necessary
Re: New Downtown YMCA
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 2:11 pm
by DaveKCMO
smh wrote:kboish wrote:This project is just begging for an apartment tower on top
Yep.
you want tower? we give you parking garage!
Re: New Downtown YMCA
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 2:47 pm
by smh
DaveKCMO wrote:smh wrote:kboish wrote:This project is just begging for an apartment tower on top
Yep.
you want tower? we give you parking garage!
*shakes fist*
Re: New Downtown YMCA
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 3:10 pm
by loftguy
My immediate reaction was 'TWA building without the red.'
Re: New Downtown YMCA
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 7:28 pm
by HalcyonKC
DaveKCMO wrote:you want tower? we give you parking garage!
For some reason when I read this sentence it is in the voice of the "City Wok" man from South Park.
Re: New Downtown YMCA
Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 1:35 pm
by DaveKCMO
http://www.kansascity.com/2014/05/02/49 ... tions.html
Peter DeSilva, president and chief operating officer of UMB Financial Corp., said the Y has been approached by the owner of the Lyric at 11th and Central streets, which was purchased by DST Realty in 2007.
In addition, VanTrust Real Estate is pitching to the Y a site in the East Village development area east of the J.E. Construction Co. garage at 11th and Cherry streets.
Re: New Downtown YMCA
Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 1:56 pm
by kcjak
Did fund raising hit a snag? Cuz we already went through this site selection 2 years ago.
Re: New Downtown YMCA
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 3:35 am
by FangKC
Here is a rendering of the proposed YMCA on Grand. I haven't seen it posted here before.
I don't know where the proposal stands now--since there was mention of re-using the Lyric Theater in a different YMCA plan.
Re: New Downtown YMCA
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 10:38 am
by chingon
"design sucks/not tall enough/looks like 119th and black bob/cheap materials/needs ground floor retail"
Re: New Downtown YMCA
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 10:49 am
by kboish
chingon wrote:"design sucks/not tall enough/looks like 119th and black bob/cheap materials/needs ground floor retail"
Instead of the "put a bird on it" portlandia hipster quote- I think the KC urbanist design quote should be "put a tower on it".
Edit: B/C "put a tower on it" was actually my first thought...
Re: New Downtown YMCA
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:54 pm
by pash
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