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Re: Why Can't the West Bottoms Be Redeveloped....?

Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2019 12:26 am
by TheLastGentleman
FangKC wrote: Sun Jun 16, 2019 12:03 am Did they say what they are planning to do with that narrow interior courtyard?
This?

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Re: Why Can't the West Bottoms Be Redeveloped....?

Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2019 12:29 am
by FangKC
Yes.

I was imagining that perhaps they were putting a swimming pool / lap pool there.

Re: Why Can't the West Bottoms Be Redeveloped....?

Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2019 7:47 am
by missingkc
Thanks!

Re: Why Can't the West Bottoms Be Redeveloped....?

Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:23 pm
by FangKC
West Bottoms, Armourdale, and Argentine to get additional levee protection--raised 3 feet.

KC-area levees will get higher after $453M in improvements
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Levee designs are underway, and the project anticipates its first construction contract to be awarded in September. Updates will be made to 18 miles of levee systems, which reduce flood risks for an estimated $10 billion worth of property value, Mensing said. Improvements include raising the levee system by 3 feet and repairing gate walls.
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https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/ ... ttoms.html

Re: Why Can't the West Bottoms Be Redeveloped....?

Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:26 pm
by FangKC
'Local and authentic': Bridge transformation aims to unite Kansas City(s) [RENDERINGS]
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A partnership between Kansas City, Mo., Kansas City, Kan., and Flying Truss LLC will turn the bridge built in 1905 into a "creative crossing." Known as the Rock Island Bridge project, the transformation includes a six-kitchen food hall, event spaces, and pedestrian and bike trails. The two-phase construction process is anticipated to begin in September, with a total estimated cost of $5.8 million.
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https://tinyurl.com/y4zsouvz

Re: Why Can't the West Bottoms Be Redeveloped....?

Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 4:18 pm
by kboish
Is that a hang glider in the 1st rendering?

Re: Why Can't the West Bottoms Be Redeveloped....?

Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:01 pm
by flyingember
kboish wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 4:18 pm Is that a hang glider in the 1st rendering?
Yes, because who doesn’t like hang gliding on an airport approach

Re: Why Can't the West Bottoms Be Redeveloped....?

Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:08 pm
by TheLastGentleman
Renderings exist in a whimsical world

Re: Why Can't the West Bottoms Be Redeveloped....?

Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 12:34 am
by FangKC
TheLastGentleman wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:08 pm Renderings exist in a whimsical world

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugQwYNZljeQ

Re: Why Can't the West Bottoms Be Redeveloped....?

Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 12:45 am
by TheLastGentleman
Created by Sid & Marty Krofft in 1969 for NBC. The Series follows a shipwrecked boy named Jimmy (Jack Wilde) and the Mayor of Living Island, a friendly dragon named H.R. Pufnstuf, who helps protect Jimmy from the evil Witchiepoo.
This is definitely the kind of world renderings exist in

Re: Why Can't the West Bottoms Be Redeveloped....?

Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 9:31 am
by taxi
Is Wayne Reeder Witchiepoo?

Re: Why Can't the West Bottoms Be Redeveloped....?

Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 9:57 am
by rxlexi
Really hope the upcoming Rock Island Bridge launches with several vendors and support structures in Phase 1. If it's just a pedestrian bridge, in that location without connecting trails, etc. I worry it will fail to capture the imagination of the city.

I do agree with the biz journal article that there are few things more KC than a 1905 railroad bridge in the heart of the stockyards district, over a river :D

Re: Why Can't the West Bottoms Be Redeveloped....?

Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 2:54 pm
by langosta
Sizable swath of Westbottoms being upzoned to DX-15.


http://cityclerk.kcmo.org/LiveWeb/Docum ... d2A9p5Ked5

Re: Why Can't the West Bottoms Be Redeveloped....?

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:51 pm
by TheLastGentleman
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Re: Why Can't the West Bottoms Be Redeveloped....?

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:56 pm
by TheLastGentleman
The building that could become Rau's HQ has had brick removed on the west side, exposing a much older wall underneath

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Re: Why Can't the West Bottoms Be Redeveloped....?

Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 4:13 pm
by FangKC
If they need old brick to rebuild the brick in that area over the loading dock opening, I know where they can find it.

http://kcrag.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=1 ... 20#p595311

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Re: Why Can't the West Bottoms Be Redeveloped....?

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2019 3:44 pm
by TheLastGentleman
The west bottoms flats' moat has been drained.

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Some action at the corner of 9th and Wyomming that I hadn't noticed before. I believe the building on the left is now owned by the apartment project.

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Re: Why Can't the West Bottoms Be Redeveloped....?

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2019 4:30 pm
by TheLastGentleman
The building in the top left of this shot is the building Rau is looking at moving into.

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Here's the full version of the historic photo for those interested

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Re: Why Can't the West Bottoms Be Redeveloped....?

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2019 5:44 pm
by shinatoo
TheLastGentleman wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2019 4:30 pm Image
Damn.

Re: Why Can't the West Bottoms Be Redeveloped....?

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2019 7:11 pm
by Eon Blue
shinatoo wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2019 5:44 pm
TheLastGentleman wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2019 4:30 pm Image
Damn.
Look how dense the eastern portions of downtown are.