POWER AND LIGHT DISTRICT (it's alive!!!!!)

Czar · Post by **Czar** » Tue May 11, 2004 1:32 pm

It appears Cordish has changed the name of the Kansas Live! Project back to the orginal Power and Light District. There is an adevertisment for the P&L District in current issue of ULI (around pages 30-35). This is an improvement since all of Cordish's other projects are called Hoboken Live!. What are your thoughts???????

KCPowercat · Post by **KCPowercat** » Tue May 11, 2004 1:38 pm

I don't know about this....especially since the project doesn't really include the P&L building at all.

I would think they would want to avoid that name and it's negative context in the area.

But it is better than Kansas City Live!

Post by **staubio** » Tue May 11, 2004 1:41 pm

I didn't mind Kansas City Live! It was cool that the name of our great city was in the name of the attraction.

Whatever it is called, it'll be cool.

Post by **dangerboy** » Tue May 11, 2004 1:47 pm

It's a better name, but it also has a lot of political baggage. However, the new plan is really similar to the original P&L plan and a lot of people have already been referring to it as P&L II or Son of P&L. By the way, the first plan didn't include the Power and Light Building either. The owners didn't want to be included, and Centertainment was unsuccessful in getting it condemned.

KCPowercat · Post by **KCPowercat** » Tue May 11, 2004 1:52 pm

oh ok, my bad....it is a better name, I just don't know how it will play with the general population...they are overall pretty dumb

zonk · Post by **zonk** » Tue May 11, 2004 3:16 pm

KCPowercat wrote:they are overall pretty dumb

A few PR dollars should fix that...

Overall I like the "Power & Light" District name...P&L has a much better ring...There will be the crazies out there who will try to raise a stink, just a matter of time.

scooterj · Post by **scooterj** » Tue May 11, 2004 4:21 pm

Had Stan Durwood not died suddenly, anyone think we'd be close to the opening of a nearly-finished Power & Light District 1 about now?

KCPowercat · Post by **KCPowercat** » Tue May 11, 2004 4:25 pm

I do...he had enough drive and it was his dream...he would have saw it through.

Post by **dangerboy** » Tue May 11, 2004 4:48 pm

scooterj wrote:Had Stan Durwood not died suddenly, anyone think we'd be close to the opening of a nearly-finished Power & Light District 1 about now?

I don't think so. It was seriously stalled and/or behind schedule before Durwood died. The Centertianment developers had virtually zero experience in this type of project. The city made them bring in an experienced partner once become appareant that Centertainment didn't have much idea of what it was doing. Durwood might have been able to get something built through sheer force of will and wealth, but it's questionable if it would have actually been a success.

KCK · Post by **KCK** » Tue May 11, 2004 5:26 pm

Horrible idea resurrecting the dead. Are they kidding? Maybe H&R Block will back out like AMC did.

KCPowercat · Post by **KCPowercat** » Tue May 11, 2004 6:40 pm

DMW....it's the name only, not the idea.

LyRiCaL GanGsTa · Post by **LyRiCaL GanGsTa** » Tue May 11, 2004 6:57 pm

I like Power & Light.... sounds cool as heck. I hope to see lots of neon and art-deco architecture.

trailerkid · Post by **trailerkid** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 6:06 pm

At work today, a guy came in with a "Power and Light Live!" logo on his baseball cap. The back just said Kansas City, Mo. I asked him where he got it and he said that his brother was working on the project in KC and got it for him. Not groundbreaking news, but it caught me off guard to see someone with a P+L Live hat.

thedream · Post by **thedream** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 8:53 pm

It is better the power & light district because it makes the name more unique from other similiar Cordish projects in the past like; 4th street Live, and power plant Live. It ties it better into Kansas City History.

Tosspot · Post by **Tosspot** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 9:07 pm

I fall into the throes of chortling everytime I see the avatar of the person who started this thread.

"I'm Brian Fellow!"

KCN · Post by **KCN** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 9:21 pm

I was thinking the exact same thing when I opened this up