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by swid
Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:43 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: New Riverfront Women's Soccer Stadium
Replies: 219
Views: 105427

Re: New Riverfront Women's Soccer Stadium

Correct - it's the portion between the Grand viaduct and the stadium that had the issue, as converging back with the pedestrian route on the Riverfront Heritage Trail had far too many people walking on it (and using the entire width of the trail) to be of much use on a bike. In any case, if both gro...
by swid
Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:00 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: New Riverfront Women's Soccer Stadium
Replies: 219
Views: 105427

Re: New Riverfront Women's Soccer Stadium

I biked - other than the wind (which was "fun" on the ride back), the only real quibble I have is that the last stretch along the river to the stadium doesn't have a dedicated bike route, so you're doing one or more of: dodging peds on the riverfront trail, riding through the construction ...
by swid
Thu Mar 14, 2024 4:56 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Martini Corner near 31st/Gilham
Replies: 479
Views: 262416

Re: Martini Corner near 31st/Gilham

It looks like the first steps of re-making Martini Corner may be starting. An application for the rooftop deck at Sol Cantina has been submitted: https://compasskc.kcmo.org/EnerGov_Prod/SelfService#/plan/3f70b761-b62f-4bd3-8fc0-71631741c0a2?tab=moreinfo This project is back again for the Barrio bui...
by swid
Mon Mar 04, 2024 12:48 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Trees in KC (ongoing)
Replies: 120
Views: 40704

Re: Trees in KC (ongoing)

If you have a Callery/Bradford pear and cut it down this spring, you can register to get a free replacement tree.
by swid
Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:07 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Scarritt Building
Replies: 79
Views: 30669

Re: Scarritt Building

My dentist is in this building; I got a call yesterday that my upcoming appointment would have to be cancelled.

Turns that the cancellation is due to his office being without electricity for the foreseeable future because the building has an unpaid 5-figure Evergy bill.
by swid
Sun Feb 04, 2024 3:57 pm
Forum: Kansas City Sports
Topic: World Cup 2026 at Arrowhead?
Replies: 1236
Views: 257129

Re: World Cup 2026 at Arrowhead?

A bit of a bummer - 4 group stage games, one in the round of 32, and a quarterfinal, along with no USMNT games (in the group stage, at least), but still, we’ll have people here for events for all but the last week of World Cup.
by swid
Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:23 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: OFFICIAL - 909 Walnut
Replies: 450
Views: 112261

Re: OFFICIAL - 909 Walnut

swid wrote: Sun Jun 06, 2021 3:57 pm all I can hope for is that Worcester gives up and sells to building to competent owners eventually, as the building itself is still quite nice.
Looks like it only took about 2.5 years for this hope to become (partially) true, as Worcester has put the building on the market.
by swid
Tue Jan 23, 2024 4:30 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 433
Views: 162383

Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?

Given that this is the Show-Me State, feel free to show your work at your leisure.

Assuming you're not just (once again) low-level trolling and actually trying to influence policy, I'd say that whatever you've been doing doesn't seem to be working.
by swid
Tue Jan 23, 2024 12:43 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 433
Views: 162383

Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?

Kathleen Pointer, KCPS Senior Policy Strategist, is also a KC Tenants Board Member. She is very involved and opposes virtually every major development asking for incentives. Is her dual representation of KCPS & KCT a conflict of interest and creating a misrepresentation that benefits KCT/KCPS? ...
by swid
Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:44 pm
Forum: Out of Town Talk
Topic: News from Omaha
Replies: 253
Views: 124481

Re: News from Omaha

This is a weird argument to get into, but Omaha's transit agency has served Iowa for its entire history , and a bus route currently runs through Carter Lake between Eppley and downtown *. TBH, the biggest reason that no one up there presumably cares about enhancing transit access to the airport is p...
by swid
Tue Jan 16, 2024 5:53 pm
Forum: Kansas City Sports
Topic: World Cup 2026 at Arrowhead?
Replies: 1236
Views: 257129

Re: World Cup 2026 at Arrowhead?

Both SKC and Chiefs season ticket holders had presale windows (I don't know generous the Chiefs-side one was, but I could have bought up to eight additional tickets in the Cauldron if I had wanted), so it probably wasn't *just* the usual "Ticketmaster bots" bogeyman accounting for the lack...
by swid
Mon Jan 08, 2024 2:46 pm
Forum: Kansas City Sports
Topic: World Cup 2026 at Arrowhead?
Replies: 1236
Views: 257129

Re: World Cup 2026 at Arrowhead?

Arrowhead now has another warmup event for 2026, with SKC moving the Messi Inter Miami game there.
by swid
Thu Dec 21, 2023 3:29 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Status and future of the River Market area??
Replies: 3007
Views: 771609

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

Waldo Thai/Buck Tui has had a popup for another concept (Sandos Shack) the past few months in the Block 15 space across the street...
by swid
Mon Dec 04, 2023 3:28 pm
Forum: Kansas City Sports
Topic: World Cup 2026 at Arrowhead?
Replies: 1236
Views: 257129

Re: World Cup 2026 at Arrowhead?

The USMNT playing here in the group stage finale is a really good get - I'm pleasantly surprised for that one.
by swid
Tue Nov 14, 2023 1:08 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: NE Corner of 14th & Wyandotte (300 unit apartment)
Replies: 379
Views: 394380

Re: NE Corner of 14th & Wyandotte (300 unit apartment)

Gotta love keyboard warriors who love complaining about *everything*, but when it comes to things like "proving allegations with actual data" or "going to local government meetings to voice complaints directly to the people they presumably can't stand" or "running for public...
by swid
Mon Nov 13, 2023 9:10 am
Forum: Power & Light District
Topic: Power and Light District Official Tenant List
Replies: 822
Views: 296732

Re: Power and Light District Official Tenant List

It's a near-certainty that an SEO bot was looking for vacant business addresses to create fake locations and boost traffic/click revenue; the URL lists a location and phone number for Phoenix.

I just put in an edit request to have it removed.
by swid
Thu Nov 09, 2023 4:04 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: KU/KCK <-----> TSC East/West Transit
Replies: 338
Views: 325564

Re: KU/KCK <-----> TSC East/West Transit

langosta wrote: Thu Nov 09, 2023 2:21 pm Way too many stations spacing should be .4-.6 miles imho
The Linwood section has only one "extra" stop east of Gillham; otherwise, the spacing from Troost east would be 1/2 mile between all stops.

The Clark and Wyoming stops on the 39th St section could reasonably be combined, however.
by swid
Wed Nov 01, 2023 9:35 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Misc Crossroads News
Replies: 3486
Views: 1618158

Re: Misc Crossroads News

The hot chicken sandwich from...Nashville Hot Chicken is decent; I'd order it again. The wings from Mr Wingz...not so much. The only other concept I can speak to is Old Shawnee Pizza - the people I've talked to who've had it both there and at one of their actual locations didn't think it tasted any ...
by swid
Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:42 am
Forum: Kansas City Sports
Topic: Sporting Kansas City
Replies: 1022
Views: 283354

Re: Sporting Kansas City

Never underestimate MLS' ineptness in broadcast scheduling.

Sunday's game will also be on FS1/Fox Deportes.
by swid
Thu Oct 26, 2023 10:38 am
Forum: Kansas City Sports
Topic: Sporting Kansas City
Replies: 1022
Views: 283354

Re: Sporting Kansas City

Children's Mercy Park is now the third-smallest MLS stadium (only Colorado and San Jose play in smaller venues); the median capacity for MLS stadiums is 22K. In any case, while somehow winning the MLS Cup this year is still wildly unrealistic, knocking St. Louis out in the first round would be more ...