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- Tue Nov 12, 2019 1:34 pm
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
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Re: Would you like to see the Royals move to a downtown stadium?
Also, I'm talking about non-retractable roof-open-air-downtown ballparks. I assume when a retractable roof is open you get a view of the sky and the retracted retractable roof.
- Tue Nov 12, 2019 12:53 pm
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
- Replies: 9298
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Re: Would you like to see the Royals move to a downtown stadium?
I'm talking about the ones that are in downtown.
- Tue Nov 12, 2019 10:44 am
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
- Replies: 9298
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Re: Would you like to see the Royals move to a downtown stadium?
It seems like the two rules, of any open air downtown ballpark, is that it can't face west because of the sun, and it needs a downtown skyline view beyond its outfield fences. The only exceptions I can find is Denver's facing the Rockies, San Fran's facing the bay and Cincinnati's facing the Ohio ri...
- Mon Nov 11, 2019 4:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Book Recommendations!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12994
Re: Book Recommendations!
Ballpark was published last May.
- Sun Nov 10, 2019 5:48 pm
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
- Replies: 9298
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Re: Would you like to see the Royals move to a downtown stadium?
That is close to one of rokhok's suggestions last week. A long way from the streetcar. How about replacing the Midtown Market Place with a ballpark? Get rid of two suburban boxes and a sea of parking. Has the Glover plan served it's purpose?
- Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:56 am
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
- Replies: 9298
- Views: 12025862
Re: Would you like to see the Royals move to a downtown stadium?
Just finished Paul Goldberger's new book, Ballpark. A nice history of baseball parks, from the wood structures of 19th century, through the concrete donuts of my childhood to the retros of today, and how they related to the American city. Three takeaways: 1. Goldberger is an excellent writer of both...
- Fri Nov 08, 2019 1:59 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza
- Replies: 478
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Re: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza
There was a second building at this location as part of the original bid package for the KCS HQ. Not a twin but about the same size.
- Wed Oct 23, 2019 2:24 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: Companies moving downtown
- Replies: 291
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Re: Companies moving downtown
Unless that's where they put the baseball stadiumTheLastGentleman wrote: ↑Wed Oct 23, 2019 2:09 pm There’s absolutely no reason the Bolling building will be torn down in the foreseeable future. In fact, I’d be willing to say that, of kc’s midcentury modern buildings, it’s one of the least likely to ever be demolished
- Sun Oct 20, 2019 5:17 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: Muehlebach Hotel / KC Club Project
- Replies: 352
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Re: Muehlebach Hotel / KC Club Project
An old warehouse, the Pabst & Pendergast, and an old office building, the Fairfax, have both been turned into very nice hotels. The old Federal Reserve and the Scarritt buildings are planned to become hotels. Does anyone, besides the Last Gentleman, think its odd that the greatest, most famous h...
- Sun Oct 20, 2019 3:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Book Recommendations!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12994
Re: Book Recommendations!
A great biography of Jane Jacobs came out in 2016, called Eyes On The Street, written by Robert Kanigel. My favorite part was how she almost single-handedly kept Robert Moses from building a freeway through SoHo.
- Tue Oct 15, 2019 1:56 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: Status and future of the River Market area??
- Replies: 3007
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Re: Status and future of the River Market area??
I had a beer or two at Ebenezer's sometime in the early 1980's. The place had very few customers but was comfortable. All the other storefronts on Delaware were closed and boarded up. I had been to the River Quay as a teenager in the mid 70's and thought this is somewhere I'm coming back to when I'm...
- Tue Oct 15, 2019 12:42 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: OFFICIAL - Hyatt House (900 Broadway)
- Replies: 209
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Re: Proposed: Hyatt House Hotel- 900 Broadway
Subcontractors have been released to begin work.