Three Light

[AlkaliAxel]

You wouldn’t it’s come along at all if you listened to some people on these forums lol.

This makes me feel very old, but I'm guessing there are people that have been members here and on the predecessor longer than you've been alive.

No one believes what you said, and a lot of people here were formative in making it happen.

Your generation needs to continue it. Good luck

Ah, thank you. I apologize for being Gen-Z and thinking KC has done well as long I've seen it. I'm alot more concerned about the Chiefs season's life right now than any of this dumb whining.

[rxlexi]

Driving on the the entrenched South Loop with Two Light, Three Light and Waddell Reed on one side and the Loews Hotel on the other should have quite an urban canyon feel when completed. It will even be more pronounced when (and if) Cordish builds the proposed mixed use project on the south side of I-670. That is, until it is capped.

The canyon effect is just as pronounced on foot. Went to Tannin on Walnut Saturday evening and walked a bit, checking out the construction from ground level, and it's really neat to see that early 2000's Kay Barnes vision of the "south loop" starting to come to fruition (to WoodDraw's point - dating myself).

One can easily see how vibrant a freeway cap park would be, an instant smash hit if designed even reasonably well.

[GRID]

Love the urban canyon forming along I-670. They need to deck it, but driving through there is pretty cool with all the buildings towering over the depressed interstate.

[moderne]

Still like the Petticoat Lane urban canyon(except for the skywalk). Although it was more like a gorge when the Lillis and Waldheim buildings were there.

[GRID]

My favorite street in KC is Walnut. It has a nice urban canyon downtown (3light will make it even better), but even in crossroads, it has a nice urban canyon feel to it (even though buildings are shorter) with some distance that I don't think any other street in the city has.

I think that skywalk for 3 light will goof it up some though.

[earthling]

Baltimore Ave now filling in nicely with an urban canyon view, just needs a few more buildings adapted at ground floor to entice foot traffic.

[AlkaliAxel]

Baltimore Ave now filling in nicely with an urban canyon view, just needs a few more buildings adapted at ground floor to entice foot traffic.

If there were a good cap park along Truman with ground level retail/restaurants I think it would rival P&L.

[flyingember]

Baltimore Ave now filling in nicely with an urban canyon view, just needs a few more buildings adapted at ground floor to entice foot traffic.

If there were a good cap park along Truman with ground level retail/restaurants I think it would rival P&L.

P&L fronts Truman, really hope it wouldn't rival itself

[DColeKC]

Ground breaking ceremony is today. I’ll be curious to see how they set this up with such limited space at the construction site.

[kboish]

Are we expecting an announcement at the event?

[wahoowa]

i walked by some people gathered out there on my way in to work this morning. which one was you @dcolekc????

[DColeKC]

i walked by some people gathered out there on my way in to work this morning. which one was you @dcolekc????

???

I saw several people walk by this morning. Which one were you?

[wahoowa]

mostly unremarkable looking white guy, blue sweater, very apologetic as i walked through the sightline of some lady who was taking pictures of an empty stage, and oh i did a little dance on the grave of the massive potted plant that formerly blocked pedestrian access near the spark entrance! does that narrow it down?

[beautyfromashes]

mostly unremarkable looking white guy, blue sweater…

This probably describes 50% of people on this forum…the other 50% wore their gray sweater today.

[DColeKC]

mostly unremarkable looking white guy, blue sweater, very apologetic as i walked through the sightline of some lady who was taking pictures of an empty stage, and oh i did a little dance on the grave of the massive potted plant that formerly blocked pedestrian access near the spark entrance! does that narrow it down?

I think I did see you but I was shaking hands and kissing babies. Definitely couldn’t pick you out of a police lineup if there are more than 5 unremarkable white guys in sweaters!

First thing I noticed when I arrived was the awkward chair spacing and the fact any pedestrians would need to walk right in front of the stage to pass by.

[AlkaliAxel]

DCole, announce the cap or Four Light when you give your speech on stage today!

[wahoowa]

the set up was awkward but it pretty much had to be, there's just not a lot of room over there. at least the block didn't smell like toxic waste like it did yesterday morning around the same time.

[DColeKC]

the set up was awkward but it pretty much had to be, there's just not a lot of room over there. at least the block didn't smell like toxic waste like it did yesterday morning around the same time.

We can’t win the smell battle downtown. Everyday it’s a new nasal experience!

[KCPowercat]

Let's all just admit groundbreakings are kind of silly. I'd hate to have to attend those things if I was a public official.

[DColeKC]

Let's all just admit groundbreakings are kind of silly. I'd hate to have to attend those things if I was a public official.

150% for marketing purposes and yes, they're silly but it's important to mark these big milestones downtown, even if it's for 18 Light.