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by ComandanteCero
Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:18 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Status and future of the River Market area??
Replies: 3007
Views: 785449

Re: Status and future of the River Market area??

Anyone know how this auction went?  Did the units hold their value fairly well or go at bargain basement prices?  Of course, since they weren't finished, their list prices aren't a very good basis for comparison I suppose, but would be interested to know how steep the discount was.  I suppose it's ...
by ComandanteCero
Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:48 am
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: Livestrong Sporting Park
Replies: 590
Views: 101366

Re: Livestrong Sporting Park

KCPowercat wrote:Hope it ends up selling out
according to the tv announcer they were sold out and then some (official capacity is 18,467, and the attendance was 20,109 so lots of folks standing).  
by ComandanteCero
Thu Jun 09, 2011 11:33 pm
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: Livestrong Sporting Park
Replies: 590
Views: 101366

Re: Livestrong Sporting Park

the higher you go with the camera the more you get a sense of the spacing between players.  For most MLS games being played in these smaller stadiums the camera is pretty low (thus foreshortening the apparent distance between people).  I'm guessing the pitch is wider by a couple of yards, but what y...
by ComandanteCero
Thu Jun 09, 2011 11:28 pm
Forum: Kansas City Sports
Topic: 2011 Sporting Kansas City
Replies: 140
Views: 38248

Re: 2011 Sporting Kansas City

Well, the stadium looks beautiful.

I think tonight's game is exactly what you get when the two teams meeting haven't gotten a win in either of their past 10 games.  Cringe-worthy.

All the same, the stadium looks great.  I would have preferred the camera be higher, but oh well.
by ComandanteCero
Thu Jun 09, 2011 11:23 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: trader joe's.
Replies: 482
Views: 87272

Re: trader joe's.

now you know.  I had no idea they were opening a Leawood store.

http://economy.kansascity.com/?q=node/11057
The highly touted specialty grocery chain will open both its area stores at 8 a.m. on July 15th.
by ComandanteCero
Mon May 16, 2011 8:17 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: KC in TV and Movies
Replies: 1900
Views: 574997

Re: KC in TV and Movies

David Matheny is a local filmmaker whom i've been keeping tabs on since I came across his low budget movie ("My Stepdad's a Freakin Vampire") at the Glenwood Arts (i think it played for a week or two).  It was pretty impressive considering he basically did for little to no money and with t...
by ComandanteCero
Mon Apr 25, 2011 10:41 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Why don't we have an arts festival?
Replies: 17
Views: 4638

Re: Why don't we have an arts festival?

I'm liking this idea. It might be cool to maybe take it further, where it's not necessarily just about art (specifically, gallery type art), but a sort of harvest celebration of locally grown food, beer, and wine; local art and artists; local chefs; local film and music and theater... like two stra...
by ComandanteCero
Fri Apr 22, 2011 5:36 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: NE Side
Replies: 41
Views: 16482

Re: NE Side

not that it hasn't been done before....

http://www.nekcchamber.com/fall_festival.html
by ComandanteCero
Fri Apr 22, 2011 5:31 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: NE Side
Replies: 41
Views: 16482

Re: NE Side

I don't spend enough time in the NE to know if there is an isolationist tendency amongst the Somali Muslim community (whom i assume is who we're talking about).  But my guess would be that the mosques they attend are attended by Muslims of many nationalities (and backgrounds), and that their kids ar...
by ComandanteCero
Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:32 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: NE Side
Replies: 41
Views: 16482

Re: NE Side

i wouldn't worry about that.  It's incredibly difficult for subsequent generations to not integrate to some extent or another. The only places where you get isolated and segregated populations are due to abnormal conditions (i.e the general population is purposefully isolating a given group, or phys...
by ComandanteCero
Tue Apr 19, 2011 2:06 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Despite the Costs, KC Sprawl Continues
Replies: 7
Views: 3603

Re: Despite the Costs, KC Sprawl Continues

chrizow wrote: yeah...i can't...stop....REPLYING....
heh, getting involved in any of the Star's comment sections is like fighting a tar baby.
by ComandanteCero
Sat Apr 16, 2011 3:27 pm
Forum: Kansas City Sports
Topic: 2011 Sporting Kansas City
Replies: 140
Views: 38248

Re: 2011 Sporting Kansas City

nice write up at cnnsi.com http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/steve_davis/04/15/reshaping.kansas.city/index.html Sporting Kansas City at forefront of MLS innovation When MLS insiders discuss various clubs' operational ways, they tend to categorize teams in one of two ways: those still run...
by ComandanteCero
Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:14 pm
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: Blanc Burgers & Bottles
Replies: 416
Views: 71990

Re: Blanc Burgers & Bottles

it's solid.  I've ordered it several times and it's been consistently good.  I think the first time i had it i was just surprised... i didn't expect it to be as good as it was, and with my expectations adjusted on subsequent visits i can say it's a solid burger.  I think the key is how unexpectedly ...
by ComandanteCero
Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 18 Cities Where the Suburbs are Rapidly Turning Into Slums
Replies: 35
Views: 8489

Re: 18 Cities Where the Suburbs are Rapidly Turning Into Slums

Not nearly on the same level, but there was an article in the Star last week about how JoCo social services are stretched to the limit because of an unprecedented number of low income families in the area now. According to the Sun (the JOCO local paper) it's second only to Sedgwick county in the st...
by ComandanteCero
Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:23 pm
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: Bad kids walking around 11:30pm on a saturday night
Replies: 13
Views: 5240

Re: Bad kids walking around 11:30pm on a saturday night

wrong sub-forum...

Unless said bad kids were offering delicious authentic streetfood for a reasonable price!
by ComandanteCero
Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:26 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Rankings, lists, and such
Replies: 1325
Views: 388994

Re: Rankings, lists, and such

yeh, I was around when the Botanical Garden decided to basically tear down McRee Town (the neighborhood immediately north of Shaw) as an incredibly ham fisted and messed up way of dealing with the issues there.  Pretty messed up, pretty sad. (here are some pics during demolition) http://www.builtstl...
by ComandanteCero
Fri Apr 01, 2011 5:03 pm
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: What Happend To Krang?
Replies: 56
Views: 17455

Re: What Happend To Krang?

:lol: i believe we have a new neighborhood in Kansas City, you might not believe the hype about it, it has a thread over in Urban Core.

Honestly, if there were a neighborhood with that name, i'd move there, like ... yesterday.
by ComandanteCero
Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:54 pm
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: What Happend To Krang?
Replies: 56
Views: 17455

Re: What Happend To Krang?

For FF i'm going to try parking on Locust, just to try those back-in parking spots.
by ComandanteCero
Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:49 pm
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: What Happend To Krang?
Replies: 56
Views: 17455

Re: What Happend To Krang?

bahua wrote: Sorry for not messing with your minds this year, folks, but outside influences stripped me of creativity and/or my overall capacity to annoy. Watch for 2011.
:(
by ComandanteCero
Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:49 pm
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: Fountainhead Brewery
Replies: 2
Views: 2309

Re: Fountainhead Brewery

it doesn't sound like they have any immediate plans to have an actual location. "Fountainhead Brewing Company became officially recognized the summer of 2009. From the beginning, the founders/brewers, Andy Robinson and Michael Ojo, have been steadily creating new and classic beers with the hope...