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With the renovation of Troost and closing of Cinemark on the Plaza maybe its time to renovate and expand the Strand into a legitimate cinema al la Screenland Armour.

The glass teeth have been removed from the front canopies, and a "construction survey" is being done on the east side.

TheLastGentleman wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 11:58 pm The glass teeth have been removed from the front canopies, and a "construction survey" is being done on the east side.

Do we know what type of work they’re planning on doing? Is it mostly restoration/repair type?

I took a video while wondering around. There seem to be no more than 15 people in the building at any given time.

https://youtu.be/gMofmV6DgOc

TheLastGentleman wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2020 5:25 pm I took a video while wondering around. There seem to be no more than 15 people in the building at any given time.

https://youtu.be/gMofmV6DgOc

Thanks for the walk-through, sir. I appreciate this and your other photographs of Downtown Kansas City elsewhere in the forum.

Anthony_Hugo98 wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 1:42 am

TheLastGentleman wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 11:58 pm The glass teeth have been removed from the front canopies, and a "construction survey" is being done on the east side.

Do we know what type of work they’re planning on doing? Is it mostly restoration/repair type?

I was told that these fences were to keep the homeless from using the building as a bathroom at the (previous) height of COVID when everything was closed. I have not made note recently of whether the fencing is still in place

That would be a very expensive solution if rue, so I'm guessing it is not.

The city also put toilets around downtown to help.

Burns&Mac has filed permits for demolition of an existing exhibit and installation of a new exhibit in Science City.

https://compasskc.kcmo.org/EnerGov_Prod ... b=contacts

normalthings wrote: ↑Wed Sep 09, 2020 11:32 am Burns&Mac has filed permits for demolition of an existing exhibit and installation of a new exhibit in Science City.

https://compasskc.kcmo.org/EnerGov_Prod ... b=contacts

That's the fifth redone space in the past ~2 years. Good to see movement on updating it.

flyingember wrote: ↑Wed Sep 09, 2020 1:28 pm That's the fifth redone space in the past ~2 years. Good to see movement on updating it.

Traveling exhibit about the Holocaust, Auschwitz.

beautyfromashes wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 6:30 pm

flyingember wrote: ↑Wed Sep 09, 2020 1:28 pm That's the fifth redone space in the past ~2 years. Good to see movement on updating it.

Traveling exhibit about the Holocaust, Auschwitz.

Inside Science City? That's probably going to be in the basement space they put exhibits in

flyingember wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 8:52 am Inside Science City? That's probably going to be in the basement space they put exhibits in

Yeah, that’s true. Will probably take the place of the dinosaur exhibit. Wouldn’t have any connection to science and Science City.

Planetarium sign got removed

14 Most Beautiful Train Stations in the U.S.

https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/most ... -in-the-us

The kc gift shop in union station is now a rally house, and they stripped out all the old shelves, which were originals as far as I can tell :(





Before, for reference

^Typical of a business like that to do. Hopefully they’re just behind those white shelves

Chris Stritzel wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 1:50 am ^Typical of a business like that to do. Hopefully they’re just behind those white shelves

Everything was ripped out

normalthings wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 6:14 pm

Chris Stritzel wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 1:50 am ^Typical of a business like that to do. Hopefully they’re just behind those white shelves

Everything was ripped out

Well that sucks.

Any word on if union station kept the shelves in storage somewhere?