Westwood - 47th Street

[Chris Stritzel]

This is a nice overhaul project of 47th Street between Rainbow and Mission. I believe this was partly, or entirely, funded by Johnson County. New sidewalks, baby tree trees, sidewalk lights, benches, concrete islands at some crosswalks and new bike lanes make this street feel and look better. I'll have to go back by during the day.

[kcjak]

It does look really nice - hard to believe it took 2+ years to get that completed. A solid job bringing some life into an otherwise struggling retail section. Anyone remember the nasty Apple Market where Walmart Neighborhood Market is? The strip mall with the thrift store where the swim school is now located? HUGE improvement.

[moderne]

A good example of attractive traffic calming, quite opposite of the visually ugly traffic calming on 31st.

[mjbauer95]

A solid job bringing some life into an otherwise struggling retail section.

I guess everything is relative, but honestly feels pretty vibrant to me. The original Joe's alone probably draws in more tourists than any restaurant on the Kansas side at least. Looks like pretty low vacancy too.

[herrfrank]

Westwood is a wealthy and purple-going-blue area of JoCo -- lots of DINKs. Is it any surprise that they want their infrastructure to reflect their preferences? I think NE JoCo will become the Brookside of the next generation. No slight on Brookside, but the city isn't playing ball on keeping up the standards there. To be fair, KCMO has bigger fish to fry.

Mission Hills even went for Biden in the last Presidential election. First time since 1964 that the town voted for a Democrat (and Goldwater 1964 outperformed Trump 2020 as a percentage of voters).

[kcjak]

A solid job bringing some life into an otherwise struggling retail section.

I guess everything is relative, but honestly feels pretty vibrant to me. The original Joe's alone probably draws in more tourists than any restaurant on the Kansas side at least. Looks like pretty low vacancy too.

You're right...I just meant prior to all of the work that was done and before Joe's gained the foothold it has today. Back in the day, I never would've guessed it would be as nice as it is now.

[Cratedigger]

Recent HQ relocation on 47th of Mohajir Energy which until recently was in the Bishop-McCaan building on 17th and walnut

[kboish]

Yeah this street used to feel run down. Looks great these days. Both the street itself and the businesses around it.

[smh]

I really appreciate the change to the street, but unprotected bike lanes should be struck from the design manual.

[Cratedigger]

I really appreciate the change to the street, but unprotected bike lanes should be struck from the design manual.

Completely agree. I biked this stretch last week actually. Cars drove in the left hand lane to give me a wide berth. the bike lane just isn’t wide enough

[Chris Stritzel]

Daytime photos.

[FangKC]

Daytime photos.

Holy moly, a unicorn. An actual place to sit at a bus stop, and a trash can to boot.