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Cities Compete in Hipness Battle to Attract Young Studies Say Atlanta Leads the Pack Among Big Cities http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/cities-compete-in-hipness-battle-to/20061125110609990004?cid=2194 Summary: Cities that do well attracting the young Top gainers: Las Vegas Charlotte Atlanta San...

I agree.  The Star does need a urban development columnist. Kevin Collison does a great job as a development reporter. However, there is a need for someone to be doing commentary / opinion pieces on development, TIF usage, preservation, street-life, retail, neighborhoods, home-building techniques, r...

If Macy's were to consider locating a store downtown, where could it be located? Downtown could probably support some sort of discount household goods retail store or a small department store like Stein Mart, Gordman's, or Kohl's instead of one of the larger department stores. With all the new apar...

This just might be the bargaining chip the City needs now to deal with the J.E. Dunn threat to leave the East Village project.  This certainly gives the City leverage to say:  "Fine. Leave. We'll put the GSA Building on your spot. More employees anyway.  Oh, by the way, we'll use all our influe...

Little known fact. The Cold Storage Building used to have an ice ball that rotated on its roof.

It appears to me that city leaders and developers actually do read our forum.  8) I guess it could be said that the Empire Theater is downtown's first "green" building.  :lol: School field trips can be taken to the tree exhibit to teach the kids about the "bad people" who didn't ...

I think it's really strange that there isn't a coffee place on Broadway.  The whole neighborhood smells like coffee all the time--thanks to the Folgers plant. One would think there would be a Pavlovian response that would cause pedestrians to look for a coffee place. You'd think that Folgers would o...

I'm just glad there is a restaurant in that space that can be seen from the street.

J. E. Dunn is worse than the mafia--extorting more money from taxpayers.  I say they need to be taught a lesson.  Boot them off the project and build housing on the parcel set aside for their headquarters. People living there will have more of an economic impact on downtown than Dunn will. Let them ...

City Center Square might as well be one big parking garage for the all the visible street-level retail it has.  :P I was glad to see the retail space on the Main Street frontage at CCS finally has a restaurant that can be seen from the street, and outdoor seating to boot.  Will miracles ever cease? ...

I walked past there last week, and the cleaned facade looks gorgeous.  It really freshens the front of the building and the entrance.

The City Market has really gone down hill --and become less vibrant-- ever since they stopped the donkey shows.   :P     :lol:

Delaware Street north of 7th during parade in 1897.  All of the buildings are gone.  Sometimes I think downtown felt more like a city then than now. http://www.kclibrary.org/lhimgs/kcpl/regular/10005604_reg.jpg One of the problems with the permanent City Market vendors is the low-quality of the prod...

What strikes me as strange is that there still has not been a single residential high rise built for purpose downtown since the Crown Center tower.  With several on the drawing board, I hope that will change and soon but I wonder if the market is really there for an ultra dense East Village. Well, ...

   Fang, do you live in a high rise? Not currently. I live on the third floor of a three-story building on Quality Hill.  I wish I lived higher though, so I could see more out of my windows. However, I used to live in a 12-story high-rise in the East Village of NYC, and a 32-story doorman building ...

I'm so please she has a tenant. She did a great job restoring that property. I think she should do another.  Any suggestions? Mine:  Grand Opera House/garage on Walnut; Apollo Theater on Troost; Any of the retail buildings on Troost between E. 30th and Armour Boulevard; Any number of the remaining u...

As far as the DST-owned parcels go, south of Case Park, I would advocate that larger residential buildings replace the 11-story ones that stood there. There really isn't a market downtown for more commercial buildings. The views from that location would be attractive, and could draw a premium. A fai...

Everyone always compares the East Village to Quality Hill.   Like it's some shining star example of urban development that should be the model.   However, while Quality Hill is quaint and on a human-scale, it's development did not do enough to help build up downtown Kansas City. It helped a bit beca...

Probably a bunch of disgruntled hooligans upset about UMB's past history of leveling historic buildings, and not providing financing to developers renovating older downtown properties.   

Fang are you seriously running for mayor? Quit.  I don't have the physical energy to be mayor.  Nor do I have the political connections to garner support if I did.  I've lived in Kansas City for less than five years. I have a chronic physical disability that limits my ability to function reliably, ...