West Bottoms Redevelopment

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240 Unit Yards II will be taken up by the WYCO-UG this week.
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Re: Why Can't the West Bottoms Be Redeveloped....?

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My Brooklyn brother just sent me these while walking home. Domino Park in Williamsburg Brooklyn. Could see WB pursue something like these...

https://www.dominopark.com/history

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earthling wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2020 7:32 pm My Brooklyn brother just sent me these while walking home. Domino Park in Williamsburg Brooklyn. Could see WB pursue something like these...

https://www.dominopark.com/history

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Yes pursuing an outdoor activity center would get so many more people down there to utilize and become comfortable. If there is anyway we could get a city museum like St. Louis I could see it doing well down there too
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Not really just outdoor activity but the context and flow of modernism integrated into late 1800s grit. And KC/STL should be offering different experiences, not mimic each other.
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I think some paving and landscaping throughout the West Bottoms would do wonders to make it feel more like a place. I know the dirt roads are a bit of a novelty....but I think that'll wear out pretty fast once more people live in and visit it.

The scale of the west bottoms is truly staggering. I'm sure there are very few industrial areas from this era and of this scale in the midwest. It's like a whole town tucked down there.

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This building has an architect apparently

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West bottoms flats has patio furniture

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I like how West Bottoms Flats came out. Just need to replicate this many times and you got a really special area. Really, more special than now.
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KCtoBrooklyn wrote: Sun Jun 07, 2020 1:06 pm Here is a building that I believe is new to the market - the Laramie Tires Building at 1201 Union. Looks like it could have good potential. 120,000 sq ft:

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https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1201-Un ... /16944306/
This building still appears to be on the market, but a Special Use Permit application was recently submitted on Compass: "Sporting event venue indoors. Dodgeball with Bows and arrows, gaming sports."

Dodgeball with bows and arrows sounds dangerous.
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Very West Bottoms
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TheLastGentleman wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 5:06 pm Very West Bottoms
That sport looks like alot of fun

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q ... 4DFjvtlpWY
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normalthings wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 5:29 pm
TheLastGentleman wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 5:06 pm Very West Bottoms
That sport looks like alot of fun

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q ... 4DFjvtlpWY
It's certainly a unique concept. Should do well for those wanting to do something different.
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grovester wrote: Wed May 01, 2019 7:33 am Well this looks interesting.

https://rockislandbridgeproject.org/?fb ... _Fezsb1iuI

Tours today in conjunction with Historic West Bottoms Celebration.

They seem a bit behind schedule? Frankly, I'm surprised this isn't on a 10 year timeline.
saw some instagram activity about this project this weekend. looks like it was probably just a tour and explanation of plans. unclear to me whether anything new has happened. i guess they think phase 1 will open in 2022.
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Couldn't find the post that mentioned this. Office (?) renovation happening at the SE corner of 12th & Mulberry. Some historic facade has been exposed on the west side:

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Critical_Mass wrote: Sat Nov 14, 2020 7:27 pm Couldn't find the post that mentioned this. Office (?) renovation happening at the SE corner of 12th & Mulberry. Some historic facade has been exposed on the west side:

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RAU construction office?
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normalthings wrote: Sat Nov 14, 2020 9:41 pm
Critical_Mass wrote: Sat Nov 14, 2020 7:27 pm Couldn't find the post that mentioned this. Office (?) renovation happening at the SE corner of 12th & Mulberry. Some historic facade has been exposed on the west side:

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RAU construction office?
Rau Construction office and warehouse. If I understand right the old freight house section will all return to 19th century brick exterior. The mid-century modern addition to the east will remain mid-century modern.
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Short building adjacent to West Bottoms Flats is now "The Wood Lot". New paint on a lot of the windows and some of the junk out front was cleaned up.

http://www.thewoodlotkc.com/

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Rabble wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 7:34 pm
normalthings wrote: Sat Nov 14, 2020 9:41 pm
Critical_Mass wrote: Sat Nov 14, 2020 7:27 pm Couldn't find the post that mentioned this. Office (?) renovation happening at the SE corner of 12th & Mulberry. Some historic facade has been exposed on the west side:

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RAU construction office?
Rau Construction office and warehouse. If I understand right the old freight house section will all return to 19th century brick exterior. The mid-century modern addition to the east will remain mid-century modern.
I'm not sure if any organization does a "Most Enhanced Award" for historic redevelopment projects in KC, but if this building is overhauled and made to look like it did in the 19th Century, then it would surely win the award. Same goes for the West Bottoms Flats and numerous other projects in the City.
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Chris Stritzel wrote: Sun Nov 29, 2020 2:52 am I'm not sure if any organization does a "Most Enhanced Award" for historic redevelopment projects in KC, but if this building is overhauled and made to look like it did in the 19th Century, then it would surely win the award. Same goes for the West Bottoms Flats and numerous other projects in the City.
It's not quite that old. It was built 1909-1911

ftp://ftp.kcmo.org/outgoing/CD/Brownfie ... Street.pdf
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