P&L District: 13th & Baltimore site proposal

[im2kull]

any more updates?

[KansasCityCraka]

Something that bugged me today while looking at all of the posters they had put up is how there is a guy and girl in a rolling chair outside....

[chrizow]

[moderne]

  Its a new kansas city trradition, the Running of the Office Chairs.

[HockeyPunkKC]

rolling chairs outside...BRILLIANT!!

[scooterj]

Construction is now visible well above street level, as the first wall for actual buildings has gone up.

[kard]

February 11, 2007

[lock+load]

Today

[schugg]

Today

what are they doing? or what is going there?

[KansasCityCraka]

Rtail shops a bookstore and a Steakhouse is what the original renderings show but I wouldn't be surprised if that has changed quite a bit.

[moderne]

Interesting all the different floor levels scattered over the block due to elevation changes.

[KCPowercat]

Photo Update:

[moderne]

The first floor levels are very lofty, much higher than on any of the other P&L and KC Live blocks.  I am still hoping for a bookstore here.  There is a nice sized Borders in 4th St Live in Louisville, but I could even settle for a Borders Express.

[trailerkid]

The first floor levels are very lofty, much higher than on any of the other P&L and KC Live blocks.  I am still hoping for a bookstore here.  There is a nice sized Borders in 4th St Live in Louisville, but I could even settle for a Borders Express.

What is going on floors 2 and up? The entire block appears to already have at least 2 floors.

I was under the impression from some of the renderings that the bookstore got scrapped for the boutique department store (oxymoron?). I think a chain bookstore will open downtown regardless of whether Cordish brings them in.

[DaveKCMO]

is this block supposed to be U-shaped, facing west? or is there some sort of enclosed atrium?

[ShowMeKC]

Well it's going to be the site of the expansion of H&R Block when they decide to expand, maybe it has something to do with that.

[DaveKCMO]

[ComandanteCero]

Is there a reason why the retail in this portion has a concrete structure?  It seems like the rest of the retail in the district is steel frame, it's kind of strange that this block should be all concrete structure.  i was thinking maybe because it was built ontop of the parking garage, but the stuff on the 13th/walnut block are also ontop of a garage and were built with a streel structure as well.

So, any possible explanations?

[GRID]

Is there a reason why the retail in this portion has a concrete structure?  It seems like the rest of the retail in the district is steel frame, it's kind of strange that this block should be all concrete structure.  i was thinking maybe because it was built ontop of the parking garage, but the stuff on the 13th/walnut block are also ontop of a garage and were built with a streel structure as well.

So, any possible explanations?

That is the future site of the second Block tower, same with the jones store block which will have the condo/hotel tower on top.

[voltopt]

These buildings are being built as poured in place concrete structures.  They have been designed to support a future building on top of them.

The garage in the live block is precast - it can't support a large multistory building on top of it.  All of the buildings are steel frame because that is as large as they will get - two stories.