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by KCDowntownLoop
Wed Jan 04, 2023 5:33 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Arabia Steamboat Museum Looking for New Home
Replies: 116
Views: 19583

Re: Arabia Steamboat Museum Looking for New Home

Full disclosure: I'm personal friends with the Hawleys, owners of the Arabia. To answer a previous question: Greg Hawley, one of the brothers who helped dig up the boat with their late father and their friends, was killed on I-70 several years ago by a reckless, speeding driver who crashed into Greg...
by KCDowntownLoop
Fri Oct 21, 2022 11:39 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: 500 foot mixed use tower considered for downtown
Replies: 76
Views: 14054

Re: 500 foot mixed use tower considered for downtown

Aesthetically, I like how this tower would stretch our skyline further to the west. The view from Liberty Memorial toward the central business district would be that much more spectacular on the horizon.

But, as Mahomes once said, "I'll see it when I believe it."
by KCDowntownLoop
Sun Aug 14, 2022 10:15 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 9297
Views: 11910866

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

One of the buildings in the crosshairs of the Crossroads stadium concept is supposedly the oldest standing firehouse in KC: Firehouse No. 8. It's an airBnB now, but still a structure worth considering.

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by KCDowntownLoop
Sat Jul 30, 2022 8:27 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 9297
Views: 11910866

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

That AT&T building.... How do we lose so many gems over the years and keep THAT one.
by KCDowntownLoop
Mon Jul 04, 2022 4:26 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Uptown Shoppes
Replies: 249
Views: 95375

Re: Uptown Shoppes

The walls to Elmhurst—the Bird home (as in Emery Bird Thayer)—still exist around this development, and I hope they keep them intact. If you go to the west side of the block (Valentine and Pennsylvania), the "Elmhurst" name is still on the wall. https://valentineneighborhood.org/bird-mansion/
by KCDowntownLoop
Sun Jun 26, 2022 11:36 am
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Can KC Secede and join Kansas?
Replies: 80
Views: 19724

Re: Can KC Secede and join Kansas?

I get it, being a proud Missourian, it pains me to see what the rest of the state is doing and or turning into some crazy ass right wing "gods, gun, and morality" crew. As a DEM I do wish perhaps we try to get back to a more centric view. The pandering by the DEM's & GOP to the small,...
by KCDowntownLoop
Sat Jun 25, 2022 12:08 pm
Forum: Kansas City Photos
Topic: Architects: Louis Curtiss Buildings
Replies: 156
Views: 191959

Re: Architects: Louis Curtiss Buildings

Just took some pics of the Curtiss studio and residence Downtown for The Loop and am wondering: What's the status of this building?

(Also, what is the best way to post images on KC Rag? TIA)

(Also, also, the pic will be in tomorrow's Loop email: www.kcdowntownloop.com)
by KCDowntownLoop
Sat Jun 25, 2022 9:49 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 9297
Views: 11910866

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

Just to add my two cents on StL, I have enjoyed the couple of times I've gone to the "new" Busch Stadium, and love the skyline vista from the seats. We pre-gamed in Soulard and took one of the many free shuttles from the cool bars there to the doorstep of the stadium. Next time, might try ...
by KCDowntownLoop
Fri Jun 24, 2022 11:58 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 9297
Views: 11910866

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

Washington SQ Park is the perfect location, but is there any chance at all that a stadium will fit there? Even a minor league sized stadium would have a really hard time fitting there. Looking at Google Maps, probably not. It's more narrow east and west than I realized. I bet they could expand fart...
by KCDowntownLoop
Thu Jun 23, 2022 7:48 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 9297
Views: 11910866

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

This is why Washington Square is STILL the best possible location. It's right on the streetcar and across the street from Crown Center, Union Station, Liberty Memorial and a 4 minute streetcar ride to P&L. And with the south loop park completed, there is no hindrance to walking from the loop. T...
by KCDowntownLoop
Tue Jan 18, 2022 3:17 pm
Forum: Kansas City Photos
Topic: KCMO looked good on TV last night
Replies: 33
Views: 4591

Re: KCMO looked good on TV last night

I know this: Indy's skyline during the CFB championship game did not impress me like KC's did Sunday night.