Uptown Shoppes

[Chris Stritzel]

Chris, all of these photos across the threads are really fantastic. Thanks for doing this while you were in town!

When I come back in the Spring, I plan on taking more drone photos and hope to have certification to fly within the Downtown area. I posted in the Parkville thread a link to a Flickr Album that includes all my drone photos and videos from KC and STL.

[Chris Stritzel]

Thanks for all the excellent drone pictures!

Yes, thank you!

Thanks for all the great drone shots, Chris! Very appreciated.

So sad to see that sod field behind the new apartments.

Agreed, the drone shots are very appreciated. Very nice to see those perspectives in the city.

I sent this one to the developer. Great work!

You're all very much welcome.

[normalthings]

This will have a small retail space at the intersection and a lobby and mail room just to the north. The rest of the first floor will be mostly exposed parking.

[chaglang]

Oof. Exposed parking kind of defeats the point of building at the corner.

[flyingember]

Completely legal

88-425-07-C

If the street isn't already predominantly retail or residential at ground level all they have to do is put plants in for the first ten feet of the lot.

Basically, city code is anti urban design. It ignores the chicken-egg aspect of design

The metal covers people hate, that's covered in 88-425-07-D

[chaglang]

That street is predominantly retail at the ground level. The only part that isn't is the surface lot that is being built on. If that is an acceptable loophole, the ordinance is worthless.

[flyingember]

That street is predominantly retail at the ground level. The only part that isn't is the surface lot that is being built on. If that is an acceptable loophole, the ordinance is worthless.

The current parking ordinances really are that bad.

[chaglang]

Sure, sure, but is that how that specific ordinance is being interpreted? Examples, pls.

[flyingember]

Sure, sure, but is that how that specific ordinance is being interpreted? Examples, pls.

I've generally found they're being ignored, so interpretations are kind of pointless.

How many new (since 2013) parking garages have a ten foot wide planted buffer?

[Chris Stritzel]

Sunflower website has this project named "Converge KC"...
https://sunflowerkc.com/our-projects/uptown-lofts/

[FangKC]

The Business Journal reports this project will break ground on the corner annex in August 2021. The first phase will open this summer.

[normalthings]

Groundfloor will be wrapped in stone and glazing despite being mostly parking!

[Chris Stritzel]

Groundfloor will be wrapped in stone and glazing despite being mostly parking!

Elevations and site plan. All apartments will be Studios and One Bedrooms.