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- Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:25 am
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
- Replies: 9300
- Views: 12129287
Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Jackson County Legislature will host public hearing about Royals ballpark The public have a chance next week to voice an opinion about the Kansas City Royals' intent to build a ballpark in the East Crossroads. Two members of the Jackson County Legislature, Chair Jeanie Lauer and Vice Chair Megan Ma...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:56 am
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza
- Replies: 478
- Views: 425511
Re: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza
KC will close deteriorating Barney Allis Plaza garage for demolition Kansas City will permanently close Barney Allis Plaza's crumbling parking garage in a little over a month so officials can prepare to demolish it. The 970-space underground garage is set to be shuttered April 15, about four years ...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:47 pm
- Forum: North of the River
- Topic: North Kansas City
- Replies: 251
- Views: 106732
Re: North Kansas City
Kansas City can finally go down The Rabbit Hole at a new museum for children's literature Co-founders and spouses Pete Cowdin and Deb Pettid, pictured here in 2019, first began working on The Rabbit Hole in 2018. Their new museum will open to the public March 12. https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2024...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Suburban sprawl is a Ponzi scheme
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10346
Re: Suburban sprawl is a Ponzi scheme
“Disillusioned” Author: American Suburbs Have Become a Ponzi Scheme | Amanpour and Company Once the quintessential image of the American dream, suburban neighborhoods now reveal a systemic racial disparity, with new Black and Brown residents struggling to deal with the declining conditions left by ...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:34 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: OFFICIAL - Wallstreet Tower (formerly US Bank Tower)
- Replies: 668
- Views: 243028
Re: OFFICIAL - Wallstreet Tower (formerly US Bank Tower)
Whenever this thread pops up because of a new post, I assume the WallStreet Tower fell over.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:32 pm
- Forum: Urban Core
- Topic: West Plaza Flats
- Replies: 34
- Views: 9992
Re: West Plaza Flats
If I were to guess, I imagine the issue with West Plaza and other Price projects is financing and perhaps cash-flow problems.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:24 pm
- Forum: General Kansas City
- Topic: 2023 KCMO Election
- Replies: 545
- Views: 201675
Re: 2023 KCMO Election
I have a feeling he's not going anywhere. The City will likely match any offer he gets. The media leak is advantageous to Platt.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:19 pm
- Forum: General Kansas City
- Topic: Trees in KC (ongoing)
- Replies: 121
- Views: 50119
Re: Trees in KC (ongoing)
We all need to keep an eye on the City's new tree plantings and raise hell if they all start dying from lack of watering.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:17 pm
- Forum: Urban Core
- Topic: East Side Development
- Replies: 146
- Views: 90240
Re: East Side Development
If we were Dallas, Atlanta, or Houston, that neighborhood would get several higher-density residential towers.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:13 pm
- Forum: Urban Core
- Topic: Plaza Residential Development
- Replies: 93
- Views: 34827
Re: Plaza Residential Development
I wish we had an eloquent speaker who would attend these meetings, and after the selfish NIMBYs do their testimony, this person would get up and point out how the City doesn't have enough money for things because it's not dense enough, and that the previous speakers are all selfish assholes who once...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:03 pm
- Forum: Kansas City Transportation
- Topic: Rail to KCI - 2023
- Replies: 124
- Views: 70267
Re: Rail to KCI - 2023
Culturally and politically, MSP is a highly progressive metro. People are more money conscious and and environmentally friendly than the average American. ... There were a lot of Scandinavian settlers in MSP and Minnesota. Throw in a bunch of Germans and Scots and you have a population of money-con...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 4:55 am
- Forum: Urban Core
- Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
- Replies: 484
- Views: 229770
Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Many on this board, including myself, are saying "let's make an effort to make the market work better." How to make the market work better? Make it easier for small developers to enter the market and build a wider variety of housing types. The types of housing that the big institutional b...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:56 am
- Forum: General Kansas City
- Topic: Trees in KC (ongoing)
- Replies: 121
- Views: 50119
Re: Trees in KC (ongoing)
Push to Plant Trees in Kansas City Takes Root ... Tree preservation will kick into high gear in June when a $12 million windfall grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture reaches city coffers. The influx will enable the city to provide greater care to our existing arboreal canopy, which include...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:32 pm
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
- Replies: 9300
- Views: 12129287
Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium
A’s release renderings of new Las Vegas domed stadium that resembles famous Sydney Opera House https://apnews.com/article/las-vegas-as-stadium-renderings-f536a1cb906eb65e8b9a9f3e968aed3e?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Facebook https://x.com/Athletics/status/176511507599480...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:36 pm
- Forum: General Kansas City
- Topic: Economy
- Replies: 246
- Views: 52356
Re: Economy
Lake City is the largest small arms plant in the world. Senator Harry Truman was instrumental in establishing the Lake City plant. When the Sunflower Ammunition plant near Gardner was still operating, along with Lake City, the KC region was the world's largest producer of ammunition products. The pl...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:49 pm
- Forum: Kansas Suburbs
- Topic: Westwood - 47th Street
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1130
Re: Westwood - 47th Street
Holy moly, a unicorn. An actual place to sit at a bus stop, and a trash can to boot.
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:42 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: OFFICIAL: Port Authority Riverfront Project
- Replies: 1900
- Views: 667479
Re: OFFICIAL: Port Authority Riverfront Project
Needs trees.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:02 pm
- Forum: Kansas City Transportation
- Topic: Bond Bridge (formerly Paseo)
- Replies: 350
- Views: 54698
Re: Bond Bridge (formerly Paseo)
City Manager Brian Platt tweeted that lights are being repaired today on the Bond Bridge.
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- Sat Mar 02, 2024 4:40 am
- Forum: Urban Core
- Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
- Replies: 6030
- Views: 1673112
Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
Are potential new owners still buying Country Club Plaza? Here's a status report Is the Country Club Plaza still on track for a sale to Highland Park Village's owners, as more vacancies arise throughout the acclaimed shopping center? The answer is yes, numerous real estate sources familiar with pre...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 4:33 am
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: New Riverfront Women's Soccer Stadium
- Replies: 230
- Views: 157239
Re: New Riverfront Women's Soccer Stadium
KC Current co-owner Long says building 'elite facilities' was 'really a no-brainer' When the Kansas City Current’s owners moved forward on spending $118 million to construct the first stadium built specifically for a women’s professional sports team, they heard more comments from doubters than supp...