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moderne wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 11:28 am While we are sprucing up the airport can we get rid of those awful "fountains" made out of billboard armatures? They are so hillbilly, like planters made out of toilets.

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Anthony_Hugo98 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 1:47 pm

moderne wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 11:28 am While we are sprucing up the airport can we get rid of those awful "fountains" made out of billboard armatures? They are so hillbilly, like planters made out of toilets.

I quite like the aesthetic of them, they could definitely use some refurbishing though

Slap modern LEDs and polish the metal

So I have some inside knowledge about the "armature" fountains. The original RFP (in the early 1990s) was for an expensive electronic billboard to flash messaging about KC for cars speeding toward I-29 (a smaller version of this idea was in fact built later), but the Department of Aviation somehow got screwed by the vendor. So they backed off the "sign" and with the remaining funds instead decided to build a cheaper arrivals feature in the form of these fountains.

(My father's architectural engineering practice worked on the site plan for it, which is now the arrivals fountains for the city.)

Y'all are about to be very dissatisfied...

https://www.buildkci.com/wp-content/upl ... 1.2021.pdf


Lots of progress photos in this report

International arrivals hall.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/oD4PWs3fPsjXqFtX6

I am digging those ceilings.

Sani wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:40 pm I am digging those ceilings.

But don't forget the whole airport is "very underwhelming"

anybody been inside. Does it feel wide enough? Wide enough for some kiosks down the middle? I remember width of the coordiors was a concern for some. It SEEMS wide enough especially for KCI level traffic.

KCPowercat wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 12:01 am anybody been inside. Does it feel wide enough? Wide enough for some kiosks down the middle? I remember width of the coordiors was a concern for some. It SEEMS wide enough especially for KCI level traffic.

Check some of the other construction pics, I think it had workers standing there, helps you get a scale of the area

yeah I've done some of that. Looking for boots on the ground opinions too.

AlkaliAxel wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:49 pm

Sani wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:40 pm I am digging those ceilings.

But don't forget the whole airport is "very underwhelming"

You know, you're absolutely right. Let me take of my rose-tinted glasses and put on my shit-tinted ones.

Sani wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 8:52 pm

AlkaliAxel wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:49 pm

Sani wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:40 pm I am digging those ceilings.

But don't forget the whole airport is "very underwhelming"

You know, you're absolutely right. Let me take of my rose-tinted glasses and put on my shit-tinted ones.

You borrowing im2kull’s pair or what?

Anthony_Hugo98 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:08 pm

Sani wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 8:52 pm

AlkaliAxel wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:49 pm

But don't forget the whole airport is "very underwhelming"

You know, you're absolutely right. Let me take of my rose-tinted glasses and put on my shit-tinted ones.

You borrowing im2kull’s pair or what?

Hahahahahaha

We were sold of fountain. No Fountain seen.

im2kull wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:26 am We were sold of fountain. No Fountain seen.

Why even have an airport.

im2kull wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:26 am We were sold of fountain. No Fountain seen.

There’s going to be one outside. They couldn’t have one placed inside directly above the baggage handling system, as you can imagine leaks above a system like that aren’t helpful.

I could care less about the fountain. The real icon here is gonna be that City Market display.

im2kull wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:26 am We were sold of fountain. No Fountain seen.

They said fountain drinks man, fountain drinks. Always read the fine print.