it is not bad to express your opinions on what is being done or not in downtown by developers or the city, there is some great stuff being done, but some i wonder if developers or the city really explored all other options . to say"knock yourself out" & "do it yourself" mentality is a bunch of crap.diamond wrote:You guys who want to save everything should get a group of investors (including yourself) and do something about it. Don't wait for someone else to do something to a 'historic' building that has been vacant and falling apart for a number of years. Knock yourself out. It is easy to say how a historic building shoud be this or that. Of course as soon as someone takes on a project, you complain about its design or lack of trees, lighting etc.. typical Easiest thing is to do it youself and not have anything to bitch about
i f i had the funds or knew others interested in buying a large historic building(like the law building) you'd bet i'd be on it. for most people that is not realistic, what is realistic is people voicing their opinions to city hall and let them hear your concerns. there is a lot of great insight that is being thrown around in these forums. is everyone expressing these to city hall ? with enough people voicing their opinions or a group, you would hope that that could have an effect on on the mindset of city hall and then it gets passed onto developers who do come into kc with their financing and do the right thing by thinking about the historic preservation of kc. not just lining their pockets. this is a nationwide problem, its' a shame that america has let itself become a throw away society.