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normalthings wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 9:26 pm

A revised plan ... will be submitted to add a level of parking spaces and more units.

Project will be heard at the June 15th CPC meeting

Rezoning request to be heard at July 20th Plan Commission meeting.
https://compasskc.kcmo.org/EnerGov_Prod ... b=meetings

New Name: Ascend at River Market

normalthings wrote: ↑Mon Jun 14, 2021 3:34 pm New Name: Ascend at River Market

I took a look at the latest plans submitted to Compass. There are no formal renderings yet. Some things in the latest plans that I noticed...
- 250 parking spaces
- 232 apartments
- Amenity deck's pool "overflows" to create a water feature along Oak Street.
- Clad in red brick, cast stone, gray metal paneling, red textured paneling, and perforated metal.
- 134ft from street level (3rd) up to the roofline.
- Angled balconies on the inside of the "L" shape. This allows the views from those balconies to be angled towards downtown.

Still wish 4th street wasn’t getting permanently removed. Could’ve been a good street connecting RM and Columbus Park

So is it pool water? Wouldn't want to swim in a pool that recirculates to the open street. People will dump all kinds of stuff in it.

shinatoo wrote: ↑Mon Jun 14, 2021 7:04 pm So is it pool water? Wouldn't want to swim in a pool that recirculates to the open street. People will dump all kinds of stuff in it.

I imagine it’s not actually pool water but instead designed to look that way from the street.

TheLastGentleman wrote: ↑Mon Jun 14, 2021 5:20 pm Still wish 4th street wasn’t getting permanently removed. Could’ve been a good street connecting RM and Columbus Park

#RestoreTheGrid

TheLastGentleman wrote: ↑Mon Jun 14, 2021 5:20 pm Still wish 4th street wasn’t getting permanently removed. Could’ve been a good street connecting RM and Columbus Park

Even assuming 9 comes down to grade sometime in our lifetimes.that's still a large wish. 4th st is a rumor

KCPowercat wrote: ↑Mon Jun 14, 2021 9:45 pm

TheLastGentleman wrote: ↑Mon Jun 14, 2021 5:20 pm Still wish 4th street wasn’t getting permanently removed. Could’ve been a good street connecting RM and Columbus Park

Even assuming 9 comes down to grade sometime in our lifetimes.that's still a large wish. 4th st is a rumor

This.

Not building 232 apartments to build a road in 20 years is a bad tradeoff.

flyingember wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 11:36 amThis.

Not building 232 apartments to build a road in 20 years is a bad tradeoff.

Why is everything always presented as all or nothing? Just build on either side of the block.

Frequent streets are good urbanism!

TheLastGentleman wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 5:03 pm

flyingember wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 11:36 amThis.

Not building 232 apartments to build a road in 20 years is a bad tradeoff.

Why is everything always presented as all or nothing? Just build on either side of the block.

Frequent streets are good urbanism!

4th st doesn’t exist for six blocks through the River Market and there’s already two buildings on top of it. Streets that stop and start over and over would be better used for space for people.

flyingember wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:14 pm4th st doesn’t exist for six blocks through the River Market and there’s already two buildings on top of it. Streets that stop and start over and over would be better used for space for people.

Who said streets can’t be for people?

TheLastGentleman wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:37 pm

flyingember wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:14 pm4th st doesn’t exist for six blocks through the River Market and there’s already two buildings on top of it. Streets that stop and start over and over would be better used for space for people.

Who said streets can’t be for people?

Like a building?

flyingember wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:50 pmLike a building?

What?

TheLastGentleman wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 6:51 am

flyingember wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:50 pmLike a building?

What?

When there’s no chance of a usable street being constructed that isn’t just a half block city liability to repair, space for people would also be a building

I’m generally not for removing streets, but this isn’t a situation where the building is taking away usable urban space. this building will help activate two streets that exist at the expense of a hypothetical street

The applicant shall revise the parking garage to the back of the building and bring units to the west facade facing Oak street.

design update

Hell yes. City Club & the upcoming Milhaus Freighthouse project should be the new city standard as far as requiring walk-up residential in lieu of blank parking walls (if retail isn't a good fit)

Bring back 4th street!!!!

TheLastGentleman wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 7:16 pm Bring back 4th street!!!!

Buy back 4th St you mean, the city gave most of the row away.

Here are the first 3D renderings. These were uploaded to Compass on July 28th. City Plan Commission meeting scheduled for August 17th. The walk-up style units have yet to make an appearance.