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Everyone planning this like we don’t live in Kansas City. After the WRBL, HKC, and the Broadway merchants get ahold of this, we will get a privatized surface parking lot with maybe 2 trees.

No parking, no party

Fortunately, the cycle of growth that we're in predated Troy so hopefully his departure won't slow things too much.

If those are precast, look at the panels on the PAC to get a sense of how they may age.

KCMSD won’t be lowering their levy, per the Star:

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/a ... 35782.html

IIRC a few years ago Hufft was supposed to a house on/near that site.

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Tue Sep 24, 2019 6:55 pm

Back then, houses were crafted, not slapped together like now. That's why that house was still standing, even in the shape it sat pre renovation.

The exterior walls being made of concrete no doubt helped.

Flipping through those photos and seeing the suburban, new construction photos interspersed with the Curtiss renovation photos makes me really curious about how the developer ended up investing in a wreck of a house on east 39th St.

That sounds like a significant improvement from the previous proposal. The design of that one was a bit strange.

I bet it's Milhaus, but it could be UC-B. Probably too far afield for MAC.

I have some bad news for you: it’s owned by KC Life and it’s highly unlikely they have any plans for it or any of the land they currently own.

The consensus seems to be to place the stadium where it won’t impact any Raggers’ immediate surroundings but is relatively nearby, should they choose to visit. 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 clea...

The consensus seems to be to place the stadium where it won’t impact any Raggers’ immediate surroundings but is relatively nearby, should they choose to visit.

The street grid being screwed up by one mistake shouldn’t be the pretext for screwing it up further.

But you will be able to park your auto mobile next to the street car and go on ad ventures through out the city with out having to worry. Parking is very difficult and you people do not under stand that we are now evolved to the point that the only way we can possibly be comfort able with existing ...

I'm sorry to see that building go. The facade is a little forbidding but the interior has some unique and well-done midcentury modern spaces. Given the quality of developer-driven architecture in KC, I do not have high hopes for whatever replaces it.

So the question is, will filling those blocks with dense, mixed use properties provide the City / County more tax revenue long-term than a stadium would? If it’s typical of the rate of return on small scale developments vs large, multi-parcel developments, the answer is yes. And taxpayer would like...

The Bistate Commission editorial is interesting because it hints at an underlying assumption that taxpayers will be footing some portion of the bill. I’d have a hard time voting for that.

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There's kind of a conundrum: putting it away from a growing downtown entertainment economy will protect that economy from dead spots in the form of parking garages, but that distance will also further minimize any economic benefits to the downtown. If it's not worth putting in the CBD, the economic ...