Re: Another 16th & Main hotel
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2017 7:06 pm
No Main Street driveway please!
call/email the planner and 4th district council reps...KCPowercat wrote:No Main Street driveway.
Will do...wasn't limiting driveways onto Main part of the zoning standard or something when the streetcar was built...is there some standard to point to when sending the email?DaveKCMO wrote:call/email the planner and 4th district council reps...KCPowercat wrote:No Main Street driveway.
believe it or not, no. you'd need the TOD policy in effect at that streetcar stop.KCPowercat wrote:Will do...wasn't limiting driveways onto Main part of the zoning standard or something when the streetcar was built...is there some standard to point to when sending the email?DaveKCMO wrote:call/email the planner and 4th district council reps...KCPowercat wrote:No Main Street driveway.
It's next door to an auto repair place...KCPowercat wrote:Yeah can't say Hampton inn excites me too much....Would much rather an aloft or something as I think that would fit the neighborhood more....The hotel indigo and one by Lulu's (forgot the name) seem to fit the neighborhood.
I wonder if in a few years the developers of the auto repair lot will say, "But, its next door to a Hampton Inn."?flyingember wrote: It's next door to an auto repair place...
Don't know about the effect in the future but I believe all of these smaller hotels did have an effect on the size of the proposed convention hotel. First they were shooting for 1,000 rooms now the proposal is for 800 rooms.beautyfromashes wrote:I know everyone will be excited about new development on Main, but I'm starting to wonder if some of these hotels aren't good for the Crossroads environment. They don't really fit into the history look (painted plaster to look like brick, carcentric, modern color, etc). Plus, we seem to be getting mid grade hotels instead of more high end chains. Does having more of these hurt is in attracting higher end?
I don't get itbeautyfromashes wrote:I wonder if in a few years the developers of the auto repair lot will say, "But, its next door to a Hampton Inn."?flyingember wrote: It's next door to an auto repair place...
The financial issues that made the hotel smaller are probably closer linked to the time it's taken since that idea was first conceived many moons ago(Costs have increased a lot) as well as no city guarantee.aknowledgeableperson wrote:Don't know about the effect in the future but I believe all of these smaller hotels did have an effect on the size of the proposed convention hotel. First they were shooting for 1,000 rooms now the proposal is for 800 rooms.beautyfromashes wrote:I know everyone will be excited about new development on Main, but I'm starting to wonder if some of these hotels aren't good for the Crossroads environment. They don't really fit into the history look (painted plaster to look like brick, carcentric, modern color, etc). Plus, we seem to be getting mid grade hotels instead of more high end chains. Does having more of these hurt is in attracting higher end?
Well it seemed like they decided on 800 rooms well before many of these hotels where announced.KCPowercat wrote:Right...the convention hotel didn't go to 800 rooms because of a smattering of hotels popping up around downtown.
We agree with each otherldai_phs wrote:Well it seemed like they decided on 800 rooms well before many of these hotels where announced.KCPowercat wrote:Right...the convention hotel didn't go to 800 rooms because of a smattering of hotels popping up around downtown.