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by FangKC
Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:44 pm
Forum: Urban Living
Topic: Why is the Crossroads an “Arts” District?
Replies: 10
Views: 282

Re: Why is the Crossroads an “Arts” District?

(I don’t count the Stray Cat, because I’ve visited basements with a larger projector setup) Not sure how you can't count Stray Cat. Exhibition has changed so much since the pandemic. By this definition there's no theater anywhere in the urban core other than B&B. There is also a movie theater a...
by FangKC
Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:17 pm
Forum: Urban Living
Topic: Why is the Crossroads an “Arts” District?
Replies: 10
Views: 282

Re: Why is the Crossroads an “Arts” District?

So what makes the Crossroads an “Arts” district? The Crossroads used to be mostly a warehouse district containing a variety of businesses including Film Row, which were a bunch of buildings housing regional film distribution and exhibition offices for big Hollywood studios. People who owned and ope...
by FangKC
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:14 am
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Restoration of City Control Over KCPD
Replies: 150
Views: 29058

Re: Restoration of City Control Over KCPD

It's been under state control for more than 80 years. KC is now the only city in the USA under state control. There isn't any justification for KCPD being under state control. Kansas City's elected leadership has no say about hiring or firing the police chief, how the police leadership sets policy, ...
by FangKC
Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:33 am
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Restoration of City Control Over KCPD
Replies: 150
Views: 29058

Re: Restoration of City Control Over KCPD

Some of the highest crime rates are in so-called red states. It's not just as easy as what party is in control. New York State and New York City have among the lowest crime rates in the country, and lower than many so-called "red" states. More often it has more to do with the poverty rate,...
by FangKC
Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:21 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Parade Park
Replies: 14
Views: 1055

Re: Parade Park

HUD takes over and installs a Virginia firm to manage Kansas City's troubled Parade Park Homes [quote ]After decades of neglect and decay amid turmoil among the management of one of the country’s oldest Black-owned housing cooperatives, Parade Park Homes has been taken under federal control. ... Th...
by FangKC
Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:50 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Tracks 215 Project
Replies: 276
Views: 117445

Re: Tracks 215 Project

Thanks for all the photos today Chris. How about swinging over to Beacon Hill and updating us on new houses on Forest Avenue? https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0795359,-94.5688881,484a,35y,90h/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu And new houses in the Plaza Heights neighborhood north of 45th Street to Corbin Terra...
by FangKC
Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:37 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Condos near Federal Reserve
Replies: 123
Views: 28309

Re: Condos near Federal Reserve

I can't remember. Are they also tearing down that garage on 31st and Baltimore?
by FangKC
Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:44 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: West Bottoms Redevelopment
Replies: 811
Views: 255547

Re: West Bottoms Redevelopment

That structure was built in 1910 as the Ridenour-Baker Grocery Company Building. The downtown airport wasn't built until 1927.
by FangKC
Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:19 pm
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: wtf is happening to w. 39th?!
Replies: 596
Views: 179729

Re: wtf is happening to w. 39th?!

Build more dense apartments along Southwest Trafficway south of Penn Valley Community College.
by FangKC
Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:17 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: West Bottoms Redevelopment
Replies: 811
Views: 255547

Re: West Bottoms Redevelopment

Essentially, with a gutted Weld Building, a developer is getting a multi-story concrete and steel frame already constructed. Put a new facade on it. It's also a structure that would have interesting views from the upper floors.
by FangKC
Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:20 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: West Bottoms Redevelopment
Replies: 811
Views: 255547

Re: West Bottoms Redevelopment

Some of the complaints about the building were graffiti and missing windows. The same thing was said about The View before it was renovated.
by FangKC
Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:04 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: 3rd & Grand to be redeveloped as TOD
Replies: 308
Views: 99501

Re: 3rd & Grand to be redeveloped as TOD

I like that Chinese market.
by FangKC
Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:40 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: West Bottoms Redevelopment
Replies: 811
Views: 255547

Re: West Bottoms Redevelopment

Breaking the wheel: Demolition starts on West Bottoms building ahead of $526.7M development SomeraRoad Inc. has started tearing down the former Weld Wheel Industries Inc. building as a precursor to the first projects in its $526.7 million West Bottoms plan. Workers on Monday were doing interior dem...
by FangKC
Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:06 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza
Replies: 449
Views: 278421

Re: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza

The plan is to have 20 percent of the apartments set aside as affordable. From an earlier Business Journal article: The mixed-use apartment complex would be financed by a combination of private equity, debt and about $8 million in gap financing. Excess bond revenue could help cover costs associated ...
by FangKC
Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:25 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8092
Views: 7191378

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

Jackson County Legislature will host public hearing about Royals ballpark The public have a chance next week to voice an opinion about the Kansas City Royals' intent to build a ballpark in the East Crossroads. Two members of the Jackson County Legislature, Chair Jeanie Lauer and Vice Chair Megan Ma...
by FangKC
Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:56 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza
Replies: 449
Views: 278421

Re: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza

KC will close deteriorating Barney Allis Plaza garage for demolition Kansas City will permanently close Barney Allis Plaza's crumbling parking garage in a little over a month so officials can prepare to demolish it. The 970-space underground garage is set to be shuttered April 15, about four years ...
by FangKC
Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:47 pm
Forum: North of the River
Topic: North Kansas City
Replies: 249
Views: 99193

Re: North Kansas City

Kansas City can finally go down The Rabbit Hole at a new museum for children's literature Co-founders and spouses Pete Cowdin and Deb Pettid, pictured here in 2019, first began working on The Rabbit Hole in 2018. Their new museum will open to the public March 12. https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2024...
by FangKC
Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Suburban sprawl is a Ponzi scheme
Replies: 17
Views: 9785

Re: Suburban sprawl is a Ponzi scheme

“Disillusioned” Author: American Suburbs Have Become a Ponzi Scheme | Amanpour and Company Once the quintessential image of the American dream, suburban neighborhoods now reveal a systemic racial disparity, with new Black and Brown residents struggling to deal with the declining conditions left by ...
by FangKC
Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:34 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: OFFICIAL - Wallstreet Tower (formerly US Bank Tower)
Replies: 668
Views: 194870

Re: OFFICIAL - Wallstreet Tower (formerly US Bank Tower)

Whenever this thread pops up because of a new post, I assume the WallStreet Tower fell over.
by FangKC
Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:32 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: West Plaza Flats
Replies: 31
Views: 8835

Re: West Plaza Flats

If I were to guess, I imagine the issue with West Plaza and other Price projects is financing and perhaps cash-flow problems.