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Genuinely surprised how fast the Parks Department started switching out the JC Nichols Blvd signs, especially given the fact that there are still MLK Blvd signs up on some places on the Paseo.

A couple of developers I've talked to describe Westport Terrace as a zombie project - dead but still stumbling forward.

That's a great building. It would be cool to see that leased, as well as the buildings immediately to the south. That corner is much quieter than it was a few years ago, so maybe there's a chance.

I think that might be breaking the no-text rule of flag design Aside from Chicago, I probably can't remember a single city flag. I think some text is fine. The St. Louis flag is probably just as well known as Chicago to Midwesterners. Besides STL, Chicago and KC, I know no other city flags in the U...

yeah, this one popped up again out of nowhere. pretty good project but their public engagement is really, really poor. I can't imagine them trying for the zoning change before reopening public dialogue is going to be well received. seems like even a moderately savvy development team could get this o...

/gestures to the internet/

God I wish they would fuck off to JoCo where they belong.

Both of the Centric projects on Armour have looked like a SWPPP nightmare for months. It's a good thing for them that the EPA doesn't exist anymore.

There was utility work being done on the NE corner earlier this week.

^ we've had an acting Public Works Director for years.

The east side of Troost in Beacon Hill will be completely filled in when this project is done. That's wild.

I drove by the Boulevard Manor Hotel building, at Forest and Armour, yesterday and saw workers inside the basement level gutting the interior. One of the exit doors was open and I could see inside. The building didn't seem secured, and the fencing around it has been compromised. I worry a fire will...

Bars that stay open until 3am are not the issue. Sometimes it's a specific venue and sometimes it's just random. The citywide concentration of 3am bars in Westport, within the context of a bunch of 1am bars, is absolutely a problem. If you accept that the lack of business type diversity is an issue...

I think that's what happened. The neighbors on the block behind were post-rational. But a savvier developer could have navigated it easily.

It really wouldn't be hard to build something almost the same size as the proposed project and it would fit within the zoning envelope.

You might also have a different level of risk tolerance. You can hear gunshots in Midtown most weekend nights. It doesn't seem to stop people from moving there. To Highlander's post above, I do think the addition of residents will help some. But the city essentially giving the district to the bar ow...

The Opus brick color and blockiness of the building better suit Westport than the last iteration of the Westport Bank except for its large scale. That last remodel of the bank was done in the early days of the ressurection of Westport from a tired part of town with hippie head shops into a seventie...

To the 1970's brick facade? Seems like a waste of time and money to work around.

CityScene is a well connected guy with a good blog. That's it. I suspect people subscribe to the BizJournal because it's essentially an industry site for local businesses. They will print your PR flak's press release and call it a story. And they give out awards. But as a legit news organization, it...

The Opus development treated that building with only slightly less respect than the previous 7 reconstructions did.

Whichever hedge fund now owns the Star thanks you for your donation to their holiday party fund.