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by slimwhitman
Thu Aug 21, 2014 1:23 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Westport
Replies: 2812
Views: 732489

Re: Westport's fate post-P&L

I think this update will make that area of Westport better and turn a dated, 1980s suburban style hotel into something modern, clean and new. suburban style? For me, the building was a nice contributor to Westport. It is architecturally forgettable, but not bad. That is Westport....a bunch of bland...
by slimwhitman
Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:20 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Westport
Replies: 2812
Views: 732489

Re: Westport's fate post-P&L

The Q is changing color... This reminds me a bit of the 1960s when we covered up all those icky 50 year old buildings only to cherish them later and repair the damage caused during the earlier coverup. In 2030, they will strip this building back down and try to make it look like it did before. I am ...
by slimwhitman
Fri Aug 08, 2014 11:39 am
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: Naughtieness in the dirrrrrty burbs!
Replies: 96
Views: 22025

Re: Naughtieness in the dirrrrrty burbs!

What ever happened to this mentality:
My Woman Ain't Pretty (But She Don't Swear None)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl-lLCCXq5Q
by slimwhitman
Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:45 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Nelson Atkins - Moving Forward
Replies: 130
Views: 46650

Re: Nelson Atkins - Moving Forward

Here is a comparison of the opportunity to turn those historic homes into a hotel, using the MASS MoCA concept. Connect the four homes together in a discreet and beautiful way and they preserve the great homes while getting their hotel across the street. In many respects, the NAMA opportunity is far...
by slimwhitman
Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:27 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Nelson Atkins - Moving Forward
Replies: 130
Views: 46650

Re: Nelson Atkins - Moving Forward

Maybe the historic houses could become the hotel. Sort of like a B&B? Expensive hotel with actual art in the rooms?? We stayed at Porches Inn next to MASS MoCA in N. Adams, MA several years back. (An awesome stay, by the way.) The museum bought these old run-down houses, merged the porches toge...
by slimwhitman
Sun Aug 03, 2014 10:10 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Nelson Atkins - Moving Forward
Replies: 130
Views: 46650

Re: Nelson Atkins - Moving Forward

"Landscape Urbanism" at its best (or worst).
http://bettercities.net/article/street- ... nism-14855

A few ideas in this proposal might have meat, but most of this is pure pipe dream.
by slimwhitman
Mon Jul 21, 2014 11:34 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Downtown and Tactical Urbanism
Replies: 20
Views: 4964

Re: Downtown and Tactical Urbanism

Not downtown, but in Westport: I have been dying to calm Mill Street from its current car sewer design. I want to turn the stop light at Westport Road into a 4-way stop sign. Remove the center turn lane. Add parallel parking on both sides. That is just my quick fix. I also want to move the curb inbo...
by slimwhitman
Mon May 19, 2014 4:47 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Washington Sq Park between Crown Center/Union Station
Replies: 196
Views: 52095

Re: Washington Sq Park between Crown Center/Union Station

^ That was the best location for a boutique stadium. Would have been a great location. My graphic...with apartment buildings fronting Main near the Memorial and at the base of the Hill on Pershing. This would connect all of the disconnects that make this area such a wasteland. http://i28.photobucke...
by slimwhitman
Thu May 08, 2014 12:18 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Interstate Bakeries moving HQ to Dallas
Replies: 21
Views: 5332

Re: Interstate Bakeries moving HQ to Dallas

Harry T. Fowler Residence. Photo from 1989. Razed in 1997.

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by slimwhitman
Thu May 08, 2014 9:50 am
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Interstate Bakeries moving HQ to Dallas
Replies: 21
Views: 5332

Re: Interstate Bakeries moving HQ to Dallas

ignatius wrote:I've had discontent for IBC ever since they torn down that awesome stone home at Armour/Main and put up that crappy cinder block.
A co-worker was telling me about this amazing old mansion. Does anyone have a photo? When was it razed?
by slimwhitman
Tue May 06, 2014 9:15 am
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: Downtown KCK
Replies: 131
Views: 38006

Re: Downtown KCK

I don't know that I would call it a revival, but city leadership seems to have become aware of the gem this could be and they are taking steps to encourage change in the right direction.
by slimwhitman
Sun May 04, 2014 9:46 pm
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: Villa Capri to move from downtown OP
Replies: 6
Views: 2762

Re: 10421 Mastin

Please rename this thread: Villa Capri to move from downtown OP That move is a death sentence. How can this make any sense at all? Map the address....it has no visibility and is itself in a declining area. https://www.google.com/maps/@38.941753,-94.701903,3a,75y,239.62h,87.97t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sHP...
by slimwhitman
Tue Apr 29, 2014 3:42 pm
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: 39th St./KU Med development?
Replies: 193
Views: 63849

Re: 39th St./KU Med development?

And keep in mind that the hospital was there first, with the shops and other amenities springing up to serve it. Not really. Sure, there was a small hospital there that grew, but the shops pre-dated a hospital of any real size. The original hospital was on Rainbow and the look and feel of the 39th ...
by slimwhitman
Tue Apr 29, 2014 3:20 pm
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: OFFICIAL: The Streets at Metcalf (Metcalf South redevelopment)
Replies: 228
Views: 60390

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

mistervinix wrote:Could Walmart be interested in building there? The store further down Metcalf is not a "superstore." So we might be looking at a Mission Mall/Gateway controversy in the future...
This would not surprise me one bit...
by slimwhitman
Tue Apr 29, 2014 12:08 pm
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: 39th St./KU Med development?
Replies: 193
Views: 63849

Re: 39th St./KU Med development?

Well, there are structures right on that corner -- I'm not sure what's all under there, but there are a dozen manhole covers and other access points. I suppose they could have put a building on there, but it would just be a dummy. Everything there could have been designed/configured differently. An...
by slimwhitman
Tue Apr 29, 2014 11:09 am
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: 39th St./KU Med development?
Replies: 193
Views: 63849

Re: 39th St./KU Med development?

Where could they have built the physical plant instead? It could have been built in that location, but with a kind eye to 39th with a liner building along the street. As built, it flips a middle finger right at 39th & State Line and serves to buffer the campus FROM the state line activity inste...
by slimwhitman
Mon Apr 28, 2014 10:48 am
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: OFFICIAL: The Streets at Metcalf (Metcalf South redevelopment)
Replies: 228
Views: 60390

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

Have all those non-profits in the mall like that cat adoption place or the election office gotten eviction notices? Don't they get tax breaks for giving those places free or reduced rent? All the remaining for profits in that mall on long term or short term leases? Has the Glenwood art house gotten...
by slimwhitman
Mon Apr 28, 2014 10:43 am
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: 39th St./KU Med development?
Replies: 193
Views: 63849

Re: 39th St./KU Med development?

A building here is good. I have zero confidence that KU or their hospital architect has a clue how to build a building with a decent sidewalk experience. No hospital in KC has attempted it. The fact that they built a facilities plant at the SW corner of a vibrant 39th & State Line a few years ag...
by slimwhitman
Fri Apr 25, 2014 4:41 pm
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: Dismantling of Great Mall (ongoing)
Replies: 174
Views: 51035

Re: Dismantling of Great Mall (ongoing)

I think Great Mall is too far away to bring in Hispanics from KCK and Independence Ave. I think Metro North, or Indian Springs would be better. This company has a Hispanic Mall in Oklahoma City called Plaza Mayor, so I think something like this is possible very soon. There are a ton of ESL Hispanic...