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So with the elevation changes between grand and walnut, does that mean there will be a commercial bay on the walnut side at grade with that street? Under the current configuration, there is no commercial space at 31st and Walnut. The tight parking garage layout, with the 19 additional spaces that w...

Here's a site plan and a look at our unit count. Note that the site plan shows the level at Grand, not Walnut. The Walnut level is where parking for the larger building will be (the elevation change allows us to make it mostly underground). We will significantly widen the sidewalks on 31st and Grand...

I think he’s probably worse than Crissy Dastrup, which is incredible I’m still backing him on the basis that of the three candidates, he’s the only one to respond to communications I’ve sent. He’s old school. No question about that, but I can at least have a discussion with him about anything and e...

Received the following campaign flyer today. It fetishizes parking and makes the false claim that further additional River Market contruction will be "devastating" to business including the farmer's market. Never mind that the farmer's market takes place on a closed parking lot as we've d...

KC Southern office expansion site. Not too surprising considering they’re right next door to this site and have looked at it anyway. Americo is teaming up with them for this.

NormalThings has been around, just has been busy. I know him. Besides, taking a break from social media is positive for the mind.

Perhaps parking could be placed on grand as an element of traffic calming, and maybe swap those spaces from inside the buildings parking structure, so as to not lose any space for ground floor activation? We already intend to add parallel parking on Grand with a wide raised crosswalk. With all the ...

I wish my neighbors would think a bit more all the way through "one of the reasons we voted for the streetcar extension was to *reduce* the need for cars/parking, right?", but alas. Another one of my pet peeves is one-way neighborhood streets (if you want traffic calming on side streets, ...

Quick update on this, per a quick discussion with some in the neighborhood, parking has increased from 70 to 89 spaces (the maximum we can fit without eliminating units or the commercial space). Additional changes are being made to be more in conformity with the Greater Downtown Area Plan and not ju...

Since renderings of the full project have never been posted here, I decided to post these. These are the most recent renderings (the ones I have in a packet show a project with an additional floor in the taller and shorter part). In case people weren't aware, Hufft designed this project. That is the...

There is no interest in setting up transit from downtown KCK and downtown KCMO. Until the West Bottoms is built out we should focus north to NKC. NKC is where it's at! There's a lot of interest in KCK.......but since the metro decides to ignore KCK, that interest is ignored. Didn’t strawberry hill ...

I can't see the city approving this. I appreciate Drake's commitment to want to do something here, but they're spending a lot of time, money, and effort to get something approved here that has slim chance of ever being so.

If Oak Park loses two big anchors, but the rest of the mall remains fairly stable, I could see this going to way of Westfield Old Orchard in Skokie Illinois. They’ll build some mixed-use buildings in a bid to start turning the mall into something more of a neighborhood hub rather than standalone des...

This is EXACTLY what this site needs to make an impact. It's down in the hole as-is. A project with 829 apartments on 3.6 acres has to mean these will be high-rise buildings. Potentially touching City Harvest-level height. I'm excited to see the designs for this. Here's to hoping the architecture i...

This is EXACTLY what this site needs to make an impact. It's down in the hole as-is. A project with 829 apartments on 3.6 acres has to mean these will be high-rise buildings. Potentially touching City Harvest-level height. I'm excited to see the designs for this. Here's to hoping the architecture is...

Committee delays approval. Requests the original 160 replacement parking spaces return in exchange for the elimination of 15 units at 50% AMI. If the team manages to do this, I think it gets approved. But what a bunch of bullshit. So many parking spots in what will become the most walkable neighborh...

FangKC wrote: ↑Tue Mar 07, 2023 12:01 am Love me some gargoyles.

Chris Stritzel, we need some drone photos of the gargoyles on the Aladdin.

I will add the request to the agenda so when I get well enough to emerge, I’ll send the drone up and get some photos. Really curious to see other details on this building too.

Brightline testing at 130mph. Great videos including showing it flying past cars on the highway. https://youtu.be/VIWY6jvau6U?t=50 And the Las Vegas-Rancho Cucamonga line out west should start construction towards the end of the year and open in 2026 or 2027. https://jalopnik.com/construction-of-10-...

moderne wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 10:35 pm Jump the crane for just some steel framing for the slanted parapet?

I think it has 2-stories to go till it's topped out and then the slanted parapet. But I'm not sure. A small crane jump would have to occur.

I think they'll jump the crane one more time within the next week or two. It's at that point.