Not super crazy about the curb cuts. BTW, anyone know where this presentation was given?flyingember wrote:I'm extremely impressed. that's not huge but it has character
they even put rails in the street which shows an attention to detail
same number as existing, at least. and not a pair of them per street like some projects likesmh wrote:Not super crazy about the curb cuts. BTW, anyone know where this presentation was given?flyingember wrote:I'm extremely impressed. that's not huge but it has character
they even put rails in the street which shows an attention to detail
especially since they don't own any space to put a parking lotThorsteinVeblen wrote:Yeah, the covered parking plus garage seems more than adequate. Why you would use a surface lot as well doesn't make sense.
Yea me too. Extremely excited about this project. What really excites me about this too is that it looks like this will really happen. Just walked all around downtown tonight and saw a huge sign up on this block showing this future development. It's a cool sign too (18th and main parking lot). It's a 4 sided sign, and each side that you address it shows what the project will look like from that angle.flyingember wrote:I'm extremely impressed. that's not huge but it has character
they even put rails in the street which shows an attention to detail
No surface lot on Main. That's where the 3 story addition going. there will be parking for retail uses in and under bldg.kcjak wrote:So they're building a 360-space garage across Walnut, plus surface parking (on Main?), plus 32 covered spaces under the 3-story corner building?
? huh??flyingember wrote:especially since they don't own any space to put a parking lotThorsteinVeblen wrote:Yeah, the covered parking plus garage seems more than adequate. Why you would use a surface lot as well doesn't make sense.
Demosthenes wrote:Yea me too. Extremely excited about this project. What really excites me about this too is that it looks like this will really happen. Just walked all around downtown tonight and saw a huge sign up on this block showing this future development. It's a cool sign too (18th and main parking lot). It's a 4 sided sign, and each side that you address it shows what the project will look like from that angle.flyingember wrote:I'm extremely impressed. that's not huge but it has character
they even put rails in the street which shows an attention to detail
There may be too much parking in this development, but honestly, what project doesn't? They all have way too much. So I can't really fault them for that. At least it seems to all be in a garage with retail on the ground floor.
I like the look of the project too, as well as how they are tackling a couple key parking lots. Main street is really building up in this area, and it is going to look great. So many parking lots here right now, but with the apartment building next to the rieger and now this... some definite density being built, even though none of it is tall.
When I first looked at this rendering I thought the building on Main looked kind of like an old school train station, with the curb cut and all. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case, but it would have been cool if that's what it was, with offices or residence above.
On my walk around downtown tonight I walked a great deal of the streetcar line. In nice weather like this my thoughts are, "why take a bus or train, when you can walk the whole length in a pretty short amount of time?" Of course, it seems very few people are cool with walking those kinds of distances like myself, and the weather isn't always so nice. The key thing this walk reinforced to me though, was the true reason for building a streetcar line. The economic development. It's amazing how difficult it is for many people to understand that this line isn't primarily about moving people, and I suppose that doesn't really make a lot of sense initially. But when you are walking these streets, and seeing everything happen in great detail, you realize just how big of a difference this streetcar is making. And my god, it is not even finished yet! Imagine once it is done...
Anyone who is still against the streetcar is either ignorant of its benefits, or a complete dunce. It is radically changing the face of Main Street, and downtown as a whole. It's funny you mention the early days of Kcskyscrapers Powercat, because it is much like that. However I don't ever remember there being a time when there has been so much development occuring in every part of downtown. From top to bottom, it is being completely reimagined. Extremely exciting times for downtown Kansas City.
And the award for Morons of the Metro goes to: CERNER. Still baffled that they would not want to be a part of this revolution. It should have happened.
why wait? http://www.wired.com/2015/01/janet-dela ... of-market/mykn wrote:I can't wait to look at Google Streetview in, say, 2020 and compare it to the images from 2010. It will be so different.
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Class Bldgs Sqft Vacancy
A 24 7,946,447 22.1%
B 167 14,821,944 13.4%
C 105 4,315,460 8.4%
TOTAL 296 27,083,851 15.2%