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by TheLastGentleman
Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:02 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: Phase 2 streetcar to North Kansas City
Replies: 333
Views: 66065

Re: Phase 2 streetcar to North Kansas City

The consultants must be rolling in it
by TheLastGentleman
Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:53 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: OFFICIAL - East Village
Replies: 1907
Views: 283421

Re: OFFICIAL - East Village

I like as much stuff downtown as the next guy but I don’t see how sending an art school almost 4 miles away from the giant art museum it already sits next to makes any sense. Nuking one of the only instances of synergy in the entire metro. On the other hand, UMKC definitely needs more of a downtown ...
by TheLastGentleman
Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:24 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8318
Views: 7945401

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

If a project can be killed by design critiques then it’s not a good project
by TheLastGentleman
Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:55 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: SomeraRoad West Bottoms District
Replies: 13
Views: 33683

Re: SomeraRoad West Bottoms District

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by TheLastGentleman
Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:04 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8318
Views: 7945401

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

wahoowa wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 5:27 pm studio kansas city posted on instagram that people affiliated with the yes vote booked their space and lied about who they were and what they were doing lol
This process is just chaos at this point
by TheLastGentleman
Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:54 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: OFFICIAL - East Village
Replies: 1907
Views: 283421

Re: OFFICIAL - East Village

It would be great if this area focused on residential of various types and some office development. This is the perfect area to skip the retail. We have plenty of retail downtown and plenty of retail capacity. We can’t keep making several small, self serving pockets that discourage residents from g...
by TheLastGentleman
Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:41 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza
Replies: 466
Views: 301830

Re: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza

The new designs of BAP always show the plaza descending down to grade in front of Municipal Auditorium. With its massive limestone wall, I think there should be a permanent "Art on the Mart" style projection show, like they have on the riverwalk in Chicago. It brings people out! https://ww...
by TheLastGentleman
Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:29 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza
Replies: 466
Views: 301830

Re: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza

Sorry, I’m going to bump this, even though it’s on the same page. I think there’s a middle ground between BAP being a raw plaza and being developed. I think the goal should be figuring out how it can be better internally into the convention complex. Maybe the overall footprint of the convention cent...
by TheLastGentleman
Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:51 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8318
Views: 7945401

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

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by TheLastGentleman
Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:46 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8318
Views: 7945401

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

beautyfromashes wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:02 pm
TheLastGentleman wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:07 pm
beautyfromashes wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:28 pm
Central to Main, 6th to 8th. Six blocks. Two more than EC.
Are the blocks identical size, and identical to the blocks at the crossroads site?
yes
That was a rhetorical question, the blocks are not identical
by TheLastGentleman
Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:07 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8318
Views: 7945401

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

Six square blocks. More than East Crossroads, and that's what makes me mad. It was dismissed for being "too small" and then they chose something smaller. I don’t think there are 6 square blocks of open contiguous land in the north loop. Are you counting the interstate? Getting that closed...
by TheLastGentleman
Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:54 am
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Sad...
Replies: 52
Views: 1898

Re: Sad...

KC has so much empty space in the core that I’m not sure older neighborhoods, SFH or not, need to be on the chopping block quite yet. One issue I have with the more extreme corners of yimbyism is the desire to go for the jugular instead of filling in empty or undercooked areas first
by TheLastGentleman
Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:38 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: KC metro growth and migration stats
Replies: 354
Views: 184393

Re: KC metro growth and migration stats

People are moving to springfield?
by TheLastGentleman
Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:21 am
Forum: Urban Living
Topic: Why is the Crossroads an “Arts” District?
Replies: 11
Views: 549

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

The Loews hotel is at the same latitude as the printing plant site. Is the Loews hotel part of the crossroads arts district?
by TheLastGentleman
Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:20 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: New Riverfront Women's Soccer Stadium
Replies: 221
Views: 113662

Re: New Riverfront Women's Soccer Stadium

KCPowercat wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:59 am People were really enjoying the walk to the stadium from what I heard through the riverfront.
KC finally discovering the joy of a nice walk! I’m proud of the Current for not caving to parking demands and actually making people just figure it out. There’s a lesson to be learned here
by TheLastGentleman
Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:38 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: New Riverfront Women's Soccer Stadium
Replies: 221
Views: 113662

Re: New Riverfront Women's Soccer Stadium

I like how the Current stadium looks
by TheLastGentleman
Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:55 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Tracks 215 Project
Replies: 276
Views: 120649

Re: Tracks 215 Project

It's only been just over two years, but for some reason it feels like this has been under construction for a long time
by TheLastGentleman
Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:24 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Capping the Loop
Replies: 2567
Views: 445727

Re: Capping the Loop

It’s incredible how this thing seems to be close to breaking ground every 6 months or so and then goes completely silent again
by TheLastGentleman
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:47 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: New mixed use tower at 8th and Grand
Replies: 4
Views: 652

Re: New mixed use tower at 8th and Grand

This is a great concept. Maybe it’ll reboot the Scarritt project too