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Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 11:13 am
by moderne
Have been in the new bank twice. Both times they were having computer problems, blaming it once on the construction across the street and the other time on the overhead high voltage lines. Off hours you need debit card to get into vestibules where the ATMs are.
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2023 10:31 pm
by Chris Stritzel
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2023 8:32 am
by SHPNeighbor
Those are some great pictures. I drive by this project every day and it has been great to see the progress they are making. Really hoping all of the ground floor retail spaces fill up quickly. It would be a easy way to demonstrate their contribution to the neighborhood.
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2023 8:46 am
by earthling
Need to copy/paste this 4 corner catalyst project at a dozen other intersections throughout E Side.
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2023 10:00 am
by smh
earthling wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2023 8:46 am
Need to copy/paste this 4 corner catalyst project at a dozen other intersections throughout E Side.
And north, south, and west. Give this to me everywhere two significant streets intersect. I cannot get enough of this.
My question is: How do we make this the default in KC rather than the exception? This project only exists in this form because MAC understands how to create functioning, walkable places. It seems to me that we are lucky this was built in this way.
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:09 pm
by Sirius_Blue
smh wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2023 10:00 am
earthling wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2023 8:46 am
Need to copy/paste this 4 corner catalyst project at a dozen other intersections throughout E Side.
And north, south, and west. Give this to me everywhere two significant streets intersect. I cannot get enough of this.
My question is: How do we make this the default in KC rather than the exception? This project only exists in this form because MAC understands how to create functioning, walkable places. It seems to me that we are lucky this was built in this way.
We make this the default by pushing for this corner to succeed. I've already seen/heard locals complaining about the bank and grocery store (which is installing it's fridges and freezers today!). When the other two first-floor tenants go in, locals will no doubt complain about those too.
Let's work on fostering a welcoming and optimistic neighborhood attitude toward development, not just a "ew, something new" knee-jerk.
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:25 pm
by smh
Sirius_Blue wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:09 pm
smh wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2023 10:00 am
earthling wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2023 8:46 am
Need to copy/paste this 4 corner catalyst project at a dozen other intersections throughout E Side.
And north, south, and west. Give this to me everywhere two significant streets intersect. I cannot get enough of this.
My question is: How do we make this the default in KC rather than the exception? This project only exists in this form because MAC understands how to create functioning, walkable places. It seems to me that we are lucky this was built in this way.
We make this the default by pushing for this corner to succeed. I've already seen/heard locals complaining about the bank and grocery store (which is installing it's fridges and freezers today!). When the other two first-floor tenants go in, locals will no doubt complain about those too.
Let's work on fostering a welcoming and optimistic neighborhood attitude toward development, not just a "ew, something new" knee-jerk.
What's the complaint? Bank too boring, sure. But a grocer?
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 3:30 pm
by rxlexi
smh wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:25 pm
What's the complaint? Bank too boring, sure. But a grocer?
Too expensive! No parking! Gentrification!
Maybe?
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 9:11 pm
by missingkc
Let them eat cake.
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 10:41 pm
by FangKC
There are always going to be people determined not to be pleased.
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 12:20 pm
by Sirius_Blue
rxlexi wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2023 3:30 pm
smh wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:25 pm
What's the complaint? Bank too boring, sure. But a grocer?
Too expensive! No parking! Gentrification!
Maybe?
Yup, pretty much it. People just ready to be angry.
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2023 10:22 pm
by Chris Stritzel
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2023 10:04 am
by Midtownkid
Can we do this at 39th and Broadway PLEASE!! Maybe with more balconies. An classic colonnade-inspired complex would be awesome there.
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2023 10:34 am
by beautyfromashes
Midtownkid wrote: ↑Thu Jul 06, 2023 10:04 am
Can we do this at 39th and Broadway PLEASE!! Maybe with more balconies. An classic colonnade-inspired complex would be awesome there.
Totally agree, tear down the new Gomers and replace it with this.
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2023 10:43 am
by Cratedigger
beautyfromashes wrote: ↑Thu Jul 06, 2023 10:34 am
Midtownkid wrote: ↑Thu Jul 06, 2023 10:04 am
Can we do this at 39th and Broadway PLEASE!! Maybe with more balconies. An classic colonnade-inspired complex would be awesome there.
Totally agree, tear down the new Gomers and replace it with this.
Or just put Gomers on L1. They're looking to expand their store anyway
I wonder what will happen on the SE corner now that Grimm has moved to the Bottoms
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2023 11:08 am
by beautyfromashes
Cratedigger wrote: ↑Thu Jul 06, 2023 10:43 am
Or just put Gomers on L1. They're looking to expand their store anyway
I wonder what will happen on the SE corner now that Grimm has moved to the Bottoms
I’m sure that’s the lot he was talking about. I just hate the Gomers building. I do know they own the buildings to the north. They have an “event space” in one and petitioned at one time for a dispensary license.
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2023 4:24 pm
by Midtownkid
I literally want all four corners of 39th and Broadway redone with high-quality building similar to the Crosswalks development. Create nice retail and restaurant spaces on the ground floor with some recessed patios etc. Also some good landscaping would go a long way in making that intersection seem like a vibrant one, rather than looking like it was plucked from Prospect.
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2023 7:16 pm
by daGOAT
39th and Broadway has to be the number one candidate for an all 4-corner redevelopment. The SW corner of 39th and Main would be my personal choice, something modern and bold like the Godfrey in Hollywood would starkly contrast the old streetcar era buildings.
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 11:00 am
by KCtoBrooklyn
It looks like Urban Cafe will be one of the tenants for the NW corner:
https://compasskc.kcmo.org/EnerGov_Prod ... b17d3d27df
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2023 1:54 pm
by moderne
The "grocer" on the SE corner is only about the size of a Quick Trip, if that.
