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I will subscribe to CityScene. I may pay for it by dropping my subscription to the Star. Local business news is all I'm interested in and the Star's business section doesn't change for days on end.

Amazing.

If the office building at 13th and Wyandotte, the hotel next to the Crowne Plaza, Waddell and Reed, Three Light, and Strata all happen with overlaps in construction times, that is going to be a very busy corner of the loop.

They are projecting it will take two full years to build. I thought it might take less time since they're not moving dirt.

https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2019/11/14/photo-of-kc-skyline-lands-local-company-in-legal.html Lenexa-based RBC Medical Innovations is the target of a copyright infringement case concerning a photo of the Kansas City skyline that the company had on its website. Photographer Eric Bower...

From unionstation.org: 1988 The city of Kansas City, Mo. initiates legal action against the redevelopment company for failing to redevelop the Station. 1994 The City and Trizec agree to settle their six-year lawsuit. A new not-for-profit corporation, Union Station Assistance Corporation (USAC), is e...

From Wikpedia: The city government of Kansas City wished to preserve and redevelop the building. To facilitate this, in 1974, they made a development deal with Trizec Corporation, a Canadian redevelopment firm.[9] Included in the deal was an agreement that Trizec would redevelop the station. Between...

Thank you, Chris, for all the photos.

I thought I remembered something like that, Moderne. And, if I remember correctly, the family had no interest in selling. Of course, that was a long time ago. Perhaps they'll be receptive, now. Also, if the city acquires the land and decides to build a parking deck, is there a way they could seek a ...

Yes, the big, empty lot.

I wonder if they have reason to think the owners would finally sell. Didn't the city explore purchasing this property before, like in the '80s or '90s, and the owners weren't interested? Or maybe it was a prospective convention hotel developer that was interested in it and was rebuffed.

Chaglang, I suggested once - several years ago - that the forum soule be more useful if it were divided into two parts: 1) news and 2) opinion. I'd still prefer it if it were like that.

You're not alone. As an aside, while most stories in the Star hang around for days (or weeks in the case of business news), I can't find that story this morning. Maybe it came to light that the charges of left wing harassment turned out to be as bogus as they sounded - charges of feces distribution ...

Yes, handsome building. Hope it gets included and saved.

Too bad as it is obviously at risk.

Agreed, Fang. This change was pushed through without public input. I say, change Main Street. Or 63rd Street. But not Paseo. Or Prospect. Or Troost. These names are Kansas City history.

Oh, and gorgeous panorama of downtown and the river.

What is r/kansascity, please?

Didn't that plan have something to do with residences for Conservatory students?

If and when the need arises for office construction to move out of the loop, I imagine it occurring in the Crossroads and along Main between Crown Center and the Plaza rather than Paseo West.