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by OPIchabod
Wed Sep 06, 2017 3:34 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: We need a new airport!!!
Replies: 5031
Views: 942193

Re: We need a new airport!!!

The Council COULD decide not to accept the committee's recommendation.

Alas, might be moot if voters snub their nose in two months time.
by OPIchabod
Tue May 30, 2017 1:43 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: We need a new airport!!!
Replies: 5031
Views: 942193

Re: We need a new airport!!!

No renovation please. See Kauffman Stadium and Arrowhead.
by OPIchabod
Mon Feb 13, 2017 9:02 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: We need a new airport!!!
Replies: 5031
Views: 942193

Re: We need a new airport!!!

I think everyone is being played here.

Kansas isn't getting the airport unless the northlanders royally screw things up.

I'm hopeful that Kansas City, Mo. rebuilds KCI not because they are being forced to because of Kansas, but because it's the right thing to do regardless.
by OPIchabod
Fri Jan 27, 2017 10:04 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
Replies: 5982
Views: 1438917

Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)

I think the 47 Madison project will help spur discussion of a grocery/CVS type store in the Plaza area.

Remember, there's still the old Nelle Peters Apartments sitting idle off of Summit. Only thing there is a random sidewalk splitting the lot!
by OPIchabod
Wed Jan 25, 2017 10:44 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
Replies: 5982
Views: 1438917

Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)

This thread has become so oddly specific that we're advocating for an Orange Julius? Perhaps its the single dude in me, but the Plaza hosting a B&H-type store - it would work perfect in the old Halls space but I think Nike's got that space - somewhere on the Plaza would be a nice draw. As a Plaz...
by OPIchabod
Tue Oct 04, 2016 12:24 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Whole Foods mixed-use project @ 51/Oak
Replies: 306
Views: 110160

Re: Whole Foods mixed-use project @ 51/Oak

My quick two cents on Nichols and the Plaza and then we can go back to talking about how the Whole Foods mixed-use project at 51st and Oak would never have passed in West Plaza or Plaza/Westport Hill: The ultimate piece of irony involving J.C. Nichols, his racial shortcomings and the Plaza is that, ...
by OPIchabod
Thu Sep 29, 2016 8:43 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: OFFICIAL - Main Street Streetcar Extension
Replies: 3428
Views: 671261

Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC

So, um, the announcement of two additional train units being ordered for the first district kinda mutes the argument that the delay in expansion isn't too big a deal due to the lack of availability of additional trains, no?
by OPIchabod
Thu Sep 15, 2016 11:13 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: OFFICIAL - Main Street Streetcar Extension
Replies: 3428
Views: 671261

Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC

Over time, I think this council trends even more cautious on support for projects such as streetcar that move things forward; the olive branch to the City Council to let them pursue their $800-million-ish general obligation infrastructure proposal next Spring without the streetcar TDD on any ballot ...
by OPIchabod
Thu Jun 09, 2016 7:07 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: OFFICIAL - Main Street Streetcar Extension
Replies: 3428
Views: 671261

Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC

Lots of tax discussions about today's announcement. Yikes. I just wanted to come on to say that expanding the streetcar south is 1) Great; 2) What's the best way to take it south immediately south of Union Station? There's really no good way to go south from there. Would a jog to the east to capture...
by OPIchabod
Mon Dec 09, 2013 9:12 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: GSA considers big office complex downtown
Replies: 760
Views: 89054

Re: GSA considers big office complex downtown

Sorry for any confusion...I meant the Commerce Tower. Carry on.
by OPIchabod
Mon Dec 09, 2013 6:34 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: GSA considers big office complex downtown
Replies: 760
Views: 89054

Re: GSA considers big office complex downtown

Three observations: 1) This surely isn't as poor a decision from the GSA as the decision they made in last few years to move the EPA from what was basically a custom building in downtown KCK to a suburban office park in Lenexa. 2) if these types of decisions are being driven in part by policy makers...
by OPIchabod
Wed Nov 13, 2013 12:26 pm
Forum: Out of Town Talk
Topic: Atlanta Braves ditch Turner Field for suburban plan
Replies: 14
Views: 3130

Re: Atlanta Braves ditch Turner Field for suburban plan

The Braves put together a "informative" website outlining the details of their plan http://www.HomeoftheBraves.com , including the spiffy map showing there their tickets live. I'd be interested in the Royals doing the same thing. Surely it would show a bias toward Johnson County? But reall...
by OPIchabod
Mon Nov 11, 2013 1:24 pm
Forum: Out of Town Talk
Topic: Atlanta Braves ditch Turner Field for suburban plan
Replies: 14
Views: 3130

Atlanta Braves ditch Turner Field for suburban plan

http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/baseball/braves-plan-to-build-new-stadium-in-cobb/nbpNQ/ Pretty amazing on really all sides of the issue: 1) That government and team officials were able to keep quiet about the proposal for so long 2) Team says that demographics of ticket buyers are closer to the new...
by OPIchabod
Wed Apr 03, 2013 12:50 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: Designing intersections without traffic control devices
Replies: 22
Views: 4705

Re: Designing intersections without traffic control devices

As someone who recently lived two years downtown and just over to the Plaza, just in the first week living and walking on the Plaza, it's been a night/day difference in the treatment of pedestrians. Even in the River Market area, which IMO is set up more like a small village, the pedestrians are sti...
by OPIchabod
Tue Apr 02, 2013 12:04 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: Designing intersections without traffic control devices
Replies: 22
Views: 4705

Designing intersections without traffic control devices

Hey gang! Been a long time since I've posted, but excited to get back in the flow of following posts on the forum. I came across a story on Atlantic Cities today about an intersection in England where engineers removed nearly all formal traffic control (stop lights, road markings) in an effort to re...
by OPIchabod
Thu Aug 19, 2010 2:03 am
Forum: Kansas City Sports
Topic: 2010-2011 College Basketball Season
Replies: 820
Views: 80154

Re: 2010-2011 College Basketball Season

And yes, it'll be called the Frank Martin Family Fun Coliseum and Tailoring Shop!
by OPIchabod
Thu Jun 10, 2010 1:51 pm
Forum: Kansas City Sports
Topic: TIME TO FREAK OUT AGAIN ABOUT CONFERENCE REALIGNMENT! THE BIG 12 IS DEAD! MAYBE!
Replies: 4608
Views: 478591

Re: Mizzou to the Big Ten?

If the rest of the chips fall as rumored, then MU, KU and KSU fans are going to have to put their differences aside for a while and move forward in a group.
by OPIchabod
Mon Jun 07, 2010 11:42 am
Forum: Kansas City Sports
Topic: TIME TO FREAK OUT AGAIN ABOUT CONFERENCE REALIGNMENT! THE BIG 12 IS DEAD! MAYBE!
Replies: 4608
Views: 478591

Re: Mizzou to the Big Ten?

gsmith601 wrote: Has Keitzman ever admitted his big scoop looks bogus now?  Or is he still hoping it pans out this month?

Greg
Kietzman may end up being inadvertently right.
by OPIchabod
Sun Mar 14, 2010 9:08 pm
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: OFFICIAL: The Legends at Village West
Replies: 1950
Views: 296877

Re: OFFICIAL: The Legends at Village West

That was what I was thinking. If schliterbaughn moves forward with their River Walk then I think that is were full price retail stores will choose to locate or perhaps relocate. So the strategy makes since. Regardless how you spell it, it's now official that Schlitterbahn is a fraud. Worlds of Fun ...
by OPIchabod
Sun Mar 14, 2010 9:00 pm
Forum: Kansas City Sports
Topic: NCAA Tournament Discussion
Replies: 380
Views: 41525

Re: NCAA Tournament Discussion

Is the forum going to setup a Bracket challenge again this year?