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Hope to see Lead Bank and Olsson get replaced by something a little taller

No change to the alley squeeze for 1819 eh

neurosyphilis wrote: ↑Thu Sep 21, 2023 5:21 am No change to the alley squeeze for 1819 eh

Developer was able to show trucks can access with the changes they made

KCPowercat wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2023 9:16 pm

smh wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2023 3:50 pm I think these few changes, particularly the increased brick along Main St near the ground, make this project look much better. Stamp the plans, let's get it in the ground.

Agreed. Just hate losing that bank facade. Oh well time to give that up

Agreed it is definitely a cool facade, will be too bad to see it go.

It would be less hard to take if the replacement building facade was unique in some way.

One design element can liven up an otherwise bland building.

https://www.archdaily.com/1007010/verti ... age_search

Demolition starts this month, with the goal clearing the site by early March.

Copaken plans to add 2-stories to this and 29 more apartments.

If this weren't a previously approved project, I would be opposed to it because Copaken brought down the Imperial Brewery and will take down the bank building on this site (a building of high-merit). Copaken-Brooks... a history of destroying KC and tossing up tasteless junque. Of the three buildings they've built in the Crossroads, this will be, by-far, the biggest eyesore of them all. Plop it in Murmansk or one of those Chinese "new cities" where it belongs.

More from Thomas Friestad...

During a Monday meeting of the Port Authority of Kansas City's development committee, the Kansas City developer discussed several changes made to its project at 1818-1822 Main St. since it won city plan approval in October.

Now, Copaken proposes 29 more units, for 147 in total, in a building two stories taller. The larger project size, plus increased construction costs, drove a higher $48.1 million project cost and a resulting request for a bigger Port KC bond issuance as a conduit for incentives. The port committee on Monday recommended that request.

https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/ ... rt-kc.html

Not every building needs to be an architectural wonder

Unattractive building, but 2 more floors and 29 additional units on the streetcar line is a plus. Too bad the developer cannot see the goodwill they could gain by saving that small bank facade

Could be totally wrong here, but does adding more units have anything to do with the fact Royals suddenly decided to move like 2 blocks away from this site?

TheUrbanRoo wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 12:41 pm Could be totally wrong here, but does adding more units have anything to do with the fact Royals suddenly decided to move like 2 blocks away from this site?

No this has been in the works for a while / was on agenda before that

Excited for this increase in density. Not excited for construction.

DaveKCMO wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:02 pm Excited for this increase in density. Not excited for construction.

I’m sure settlers in 1870s town of kansas thought the same thing when they flung that new bridge over the river and built the big train shed in the bottoms

langosta wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:14 am Not every building needs to be an architectural wonder

Yes, not every building should be an architectural wonder, but that doesn't mean we should toss up a hunk of crap that can't be eliminated from the Crossroads skyline once complete for years to come. It'll be a stain on the skyline wherever it's visible from. Arterra and Reverb are masterpieces compared to this.

I’d say the real stain is that the crossroads is so underdeveloped and low rise that a mere 12 story building can dominate its skyline. If you don’t like it, bury it!

The fence is up. Demolition is on the horizon.

Fence is because shit was falling off of that facade. Regardless, demolition is coming soon.

Future 21st century McClure Flats.

Brian Platt says this is breaking ground this year.

Isn't demoing it considered ground breaking?