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I'm super excited to be launching this project and the neighborhood has been really supportive of our concept so far. Now just need to hope construction pricing doesn't skyrocket on us again.

Can't wait to see renderings. Don't forget that everyone seems to want a covered front porch!

Best of luck. Downtown needs hundreds of these so hope this becomes a model of success

FangKC wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2017 4:30 pm

FangKC wrote:I drove by this morning and they were removing the corner of the building on the third floor on a part of the building where the facade had not collapsed. I don't know if this means they are demolishing the building, or just removing sections of the facade that are not stable with the intent on rebuilding the facade later.

Update photo taken Tuesday, Jan 10. The facade appears to be repaired, and the building salvaged.

There appears to be problems with this building again.

http://northeastnews.net/pages/north-en ... -building/

The problems have been ongoing. The asshole owner never fixed it, just put a bandaid on it. It has been empty, leaking, rotting and deteriorating ever since and he refuses to sell it or fix it until threatened with excessive fines. And even then, he will do only enough to get the city off his back. We have had parts of his "roof" littering the neighborhood for years. The owner has a long history of building neglect, also with other buildings in the neighborhood. He should be in jail.

KCPowercat wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 10:49 am http://northeastnews.net/pages/new-mexi ... -location/

Deceptive. Says it's a New Mexican restaurant but it's just a Mexican restaurant. I was hoping for some fry bread and green chili burgers.

normalthings wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:36 pm Project Name: Pacific + Troost
Proposed Use: Residential (for sale and rental). Retail.
Project Description: Development of 10 for sale townhouses along Pacific Street. Development of 10 rental units to south of Pacific Street and the townhouses. Development of corner retail building at Pacific Street and Troost Avenue


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

Seems like this is moving through the process.

Requesting UR rezoning approval for construction of 20 residential units at the SW Corner of Pacific Street and Troost Avenue.

Yesterday's Planning Commission agenda says it went before it, but Compass says that it will be reviewed March 15th. So who knows. Looks good so far...
https://compasskc.kcmo.org/EnerGov_Prod ... b=meetings

The guy who live tweets cpc meetings said it was moved to the 15th.

I have to think the highway noise is going to be a lot right there

wish red brick was used on new projects

normalthings wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 2:27 pm wish red brick was used on new projects

I hope we get out of the grey and neutral color world we’re in right now

TheLastGentleman wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 2:37 pm

normalthings wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 2:27 pm wish red brick was used on new projects

I hope we get out of the grey and neutral color world we’re in right now

Some things are in the works that will break the gray and white color trend that we're seeing going on buildings.

They used to be able to do whimsical things on brick buildings.

Columbus Park is full of interesting brick patterns. I suspect a lot of masons lived in the area.

Is this a new project we didn’t know was coming?

AlkaliAxel wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 7:55 pm Is this a new project we didn’t know was coming?

No

Chris Stritzel wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:57 pm

TheLastGentleman wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 2:37 pm

normalthings wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 2:27 pm wish red brick was used on new projects

I hope we get out of the grey and neutral color world we’re in right now

Some things are in the works that will break the gray and white color trend that we're seeing going on buildings.

This of it this way: fewer people will mind when the brick is inevitably painted.

chaglang wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 9:55 am
This of it this way: fewer people will mind when the brick is inevitably painted.

In my view, painting brick is a sin. I’ve seen houses with beautiful old red brick painted white or gray, along with a whitewashing of the interiors, and honestly, it ruins the character of those homes. Might as well have just demolished the house and built new at that point instead of bastardizing it.

I get what you mean though. But in the future, once trends revert back to people wanting brick in its original color, it’s going to be very hard, or impossible, to restore that brick back to the way it was.

Painted brick gets cleaned off pretty frequently. A lot of brick buildings got painted white through the 20th century in an attempt to freshen them up. The Savoy Hotel, Webster House, the Mainmark are several off the top of my head that were painted up and later restored. There are many more, in KC and elsewhere

Many say brick shouldn't be painted.

https://www.bobvila.com/articles/why-pa ... roversial/