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by slimwhitman
Fri Apr 25, 2014 11:21 am
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: Dismantling of Great Mall (ongoing)
Replies: 174
Views: 51047

Re: Dismantling of Great Mall (ongoing)

I saw this piece on CBS Sunday morning about dead malls and how one in suburban Atlanta is thriving now by transforming into basically a Mexican village . In 2005 he took over a struggling, generic mall and transformed it into Plaza Fiesta, designed specifically to meet the needs of an exploding Hi...
by slimwhitman
Thu Apr 24, 2014 1:36 pm
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: OFFICIAL: The Streets at Metcalf (Metcalf South redevelopment)
Replies: 228
Views: 60407

Re: OFFICIAL: The Streets at Metcalf (Metcalf South redevelo

There will be rezoning and replatting, and that always requires public participating But this project is not to that stage yet. The mall just got bought and the design team was just brought on. This is being proposed as a "what does the community want us to build" meeting, not a "thi...
by slimwhitman
Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:12 am
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: OFFICIAL: The Streets at Metcalf (Metcalf South redevelopment)
Replies: 228
Views: 60407

Re: OFFICIAL: The Streets at Metcalf (Metcalf South redevelo

This meeting is tonight. It will be interesting to see. I find it odd to have a meeting at all. It sounds like the developer is putting it on, but why? Do they really want to know that the public thinks? ..or are they getting "public participation" for a political advantage to do what they...
by slimwhitman
Wed Apr 23, 2014 10:03 am
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Is KC a hit among millenials?
Replies: 64
Views: 13107

Re: Is KC a hit among millenials?

I was going to say that this has to do with young people being overly optimistic and older people being conservative and generally more pessimistic. But then I remember my boomer parents were scared of urban KC when they were young and keep the same views as they age. They are still a bit spooked to...
by slimwhitman
Mon Apr 21, 2014 5:30 pm
Forum: Kansas City Photos
Topic: Downtown Photoset: Lunch Time
Replies: 4
Views: 3151

Re: Downtown Photoset: Lunch Time

This is cheating a bit. One of the first nice 70d days after a long cold winter will bring out anyone.
by slimwhitman
Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:33 am
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: Johnson County Gateway
Replies: 40
Views: 8380

Re: Johnson County Gateway

http://www.kansascity.com/2014/04/15/4961904/gateway-project-kansas-biggest.html The three-year, $288 million undertaking is the largest highway project ever done in Kansas. How much is the streetcar project? I drive this highway almost weekly, sometimes during rush hour. I rarely find the traffic ...
by slimwhitman
Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:43 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: proposed Valentine QuickTrip
Replies: 109
Views: 20802

Re: Penn Valley QT

The combination of Main, Broadway, and SW Boulevard is probably wide enough to accommodate the traffic volume if SW Trfy went away tomorrow. That it went in shortly after the peak of KC's downtown and before the highways were finished makes me think it's at least drastically oversized and possibly ...
by slimwhitman
Mon Apr 14, 2014 12:03 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: proposed Valentine QuickTrip
Replies: 109
Views: 20802

Re: Penn Valley QT

herrfrank wrote:The city should re-open the pedestrian tunnel there and perhaps add additional tunnels at 33d street and Valentine.
Old-timers tell me that tunnel was a rape/drug problem. Placing a hidden walk under a street has its drawbacks, though the idea sounds good.
by slimwhitman
Fri Apr 11, 2014 1:44 pm
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: OFFICIAL: The Streets at Metcalf (Metcalf South redevelopment)
Replies: 228
Views: 60407

Re: OFFICIAL: The Streets at Metcalf (Metcalf South redevelo

I grabbed a mixed use aerial (Legacy Town Center in north Dallas) and plopped it on the site to get a sense of the possibilities. There are probably better examples, but this one came to mind as a developer friendly suburban example with similar regional conditions. Existing aerial on left. Scale is...
by slimwhitman
Tue Jan 21, 2014 5:41 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: The KCMO School District
Replies: 1091
Views: 263246

Re: The KCMO School District

Could the KCMOSD be broken up into a dozen school-based districts? Think about how most schools were formed in the 1800s and before the 1950s. If a school was needed, local leaders would seek to get district boundary set and then they would build a new school. Property taxes in the district paid th...
by slimwhitman
Wed Jan 15, 2014 1:54 pm
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: Downtown Mission/ The Gateway
Replies: 1404
Views: 302366

Re: Downtown Mission/ The Gateway

If it wasn't so sad it would hilarious. I expect the Walmart to stay a part of this plan and all that other silly salesmanship stuff that makes it worth caring about to go. Then add a standard strip mall or another Big Box. Maybe Lowes would like to leave RP as well? This project has become a waste...
by slimwhitman
Wed Jan 08, 2014 6:45 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: Fun Family Afternoon on KC Transit
Replies: 7
Views: 1740

Fun Family Afternoon on KC Transit

We had a little family fun over the holidays via transit. Being a NE JoCo family with kids, we don’t use public transit too much. It’s just not too practical with school, job location and kid sports activities. (Some of you get this, others of you are rolling your eyes.) So for an afternoon adventur...
by slimwhitman
Tue Dec 31, 2013 11:34 am
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: Blanc Burgers & Bottles
Replies: 416
Views: 72060

Re: Blanc Burgers & Bottles

I am glad to hear Blanc is moving back. I went there at least every month when they were in Westport, but have only been to the Plaza location 2 or 3 times.
by slimwhitman
Fri Dec 27, 2013 1:09 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Free Diner
Replies: 11
Views: 2708

Re: Free Diner

Eon Blue wrote:COrbin park maybe town Center or Legends have to find a pad site first maybe inside Ross in Blue Springs?
You almost have it, but you are still lacking a certain disrespect for sentence structure, punctuation and fluid thought. It takes years to mimic the mg master. Keep working on it!
by slimwhitman
Wed Dec 25, 2013 11:21 am
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Free Diner
Replies: 11
Views: 2708

Free Diner

But where would you put it? http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2013/12/vintage_diner_on_route_1_in_lawrence_needs_to_be_moved_or_demolished_for_redevelopment_project.html http://imgick.nj.com/home/njo-media/pgmain/img/the-times/photo/2013/12/-1968e0bad9db10b9.jpg http://imgick.nj.com/home/njo-media/...
by slimwhitman
Thu Dec 05, 2013 3:24 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Broadway Jimmy John's
Replies: 321
Views: 57080

Re: Jimmy John's to open Drive-Thru restaurant at 9th & Broa

I don't know how my parents ever survived without a drive thru - lugging around two young kids and expecting them to get in and out of the car must've been a huge pain in the ass. Huh? They didn't haul us around, they left us in the car for 2 hours and hoped we knew how to open the window when we g...
by slimwhitman
Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:13 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: OFFICIAL: West Edge/Plaza Vista development
Replies: 728
Views: 132005

Re: OFFICIAL: West Edge/Plaza Vista development

This is the north side of the Polsinelli building, across from the old J.J's. If the explosion hadn't destroyed the J.J's building, this low-grade street experience would have killed the business.

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by slimwhitman
Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:44 pm
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: City Place (College and US 69)
Replies: 39
Views: 13193

Re: Galleria project proposed for south OP

"Mixed use" is an overused term. Does this look "mixed use" to anyone here? Looks like 5 single uses to me. BORING!....next.

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by slimwhitman
Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:38 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Allen Village High School (Penitentiary?)
Replies: 5
Views: 2994

Allen Village High School (Penitentiary?)

Are they keeping the kids in or keeping the Westport riff-raff out?

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