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I don't buy this. I think the consensus is that there will be a city funded stadium that will be surrounded by surface parking with no clear future development. If someone wants to change that, I believe they know how to reach everyone. I could see this site getting between a few different sites. H...

Restoring Residential Density by Embracing the ‘City’ in Kansas City ... What would we do if we wanted to accelerate the recent positive change, and begin to achieve our elusive urban potential? Assuming we want to, what ideas would we pursue? Our potential is vast and impressive. Bear in mind that...

To move 10,000 people in 60 minutes takes 20 trains departing every 60 seconds. The existing stadiums and parking takes up 220 acres The entire area between HyVee Arena and 670 (excluding the train tracks) is 110 acres. If parking isn't added we need transit of course. 150 people per train. Let's s...

"Why it's so hard to create affordable housing in economically-disadvantaged neighborhoods. Again, it's the banks." One has to remember the banks are regulated. And those regulations to a great extent discourage granting a loan to exceeds the valuation of the property. Look at what happened 10 years...

One recent poll has a majority of the US wanting to impeach or remove Trump from office. For those of you who desire to impeach or remove Trump remember who would replace him. Mike Pence. Pence might bring some order into the White House but politically there wouldn't be much difference.

What is funny is the two current party leaders of the House, Ryan and Pelosi, are Roman Catholics. And yet many of their political views are quite opposite. With regards to the Supreme Court currently there are 5 Roman Catholics (Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Sotomayer and Kavanaugh), 3 Jews (Breyer, Gins...

You would honestly have to convince a lot of city staff that first. I’ve heard a number of relatively seasoned, mid level and higher employees express some pretty negative opinions on the core, streetcar, development in downtown. Then someone should clean house. And, no, I’m not kidding. They drama...

Also, when it comes to M&A involving KC companies, why does KC, more often than not, wind up on the losing end? Informix goes to CA, Embarq goes to Monroe, Louisiana(!) based Centurytel, Sprint goes to Bellevue. Those are tech companies, but over and over again we see this happen. KC has been bled ...

"I've asked this a number of times, to a number of different people, but is there actually a hard-and-fast, golden ratio for hotel rooms:convention space?" Unless things have changed over the years there is no golden ratio. There are many factors involved in the decision making process for conventio...

Our houses are about the same size: 1025 versus 1045 sq. ft. Mine was built in 1949. Her's in 2009. Her electric bill in winter is more than my gas and electric combined. I keep my house at 74 degrees year-round. She keeps her's cooler in winter because she can't afford to set her thermostat higher...

Why would a small, private school sell land to UMKC when they (Rockhurst) are also burdened with the same lack of available land? Small private colleges like Rockhurst typically have significant endowments and operating budgets and higher tuition than larger public universities. That doesn't mean t...

Doesn’t it not matter since they already have to build a new garage. That underground garage is in terrible shape, has been for years if not decades. It would not be wise to build on top of the existing garage. This is talking about the Kauffman Center garage. I stand corrected. Didn't research com...

1. You better have a much more robust public transportation system in place than now.
2. And, yes, a parking garage. In reality many more than just one.

normalthings wrote:

beautyfromashes wrote:

flyingember wrote:Was the garage designed to support a building on top?

Yep.

Doesn’t it not matter since they already have to build a new garage.

That underground garage is in terrible shape, has been for years if not decades. It would not be wise to build on top of the existing garage.

I was very much under the impression that a downtown campus was part of the impetus for the streetcar running to UMKC. BAP certainly is not my pick of sites but, it beats the hell out of 63rd street. It probably still isn't the UMKC master plan now but decades ago they were drawing up plans to expa...

Given the recent attitude of Trump on immigration I have finally figured out what he means by Make American Great Again. He means Make America WHITE again.

Surprised no one picked up on this (from what I can tell). May not have affected round #2 but who knows about the future. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/climate/koch-brothers-public-transit.html "NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A team of political activists huddled at a Hardee’s one rainy Saturday, wolfing d...

"2. I l hear a lot of talk about this being Trump's policy. Perhaps this is where the left is misguided with this fake outrage. This was taking place under Obama, Bush, and probably Clinton, etc." "This has been going on at the border for decades. While it's sad and shocking, it's really not "news,"...

Keep dreaming. A downtown stadium will not happen.

They need to reach financial close. That's for sure. I don't even know if they're still aiming for 30% design. But they need to close. After that they can blame shit on other people, but they're in charge of financing. We need a final agreement and financial close. How can you have a financial clos...