There was at least one house moved in 2004ish from Troost Avenue where the north parking lot for Arrow Cleaners is now to 34th and Harrison. The owners of Arrow wanted to avoid demolition so they sold the houses for a modest price to buyers willing to move them. A new definition for “priced to move”
As the guy who wrote the book on zoning abolition, I'd like to go on record as saying: if you can use zoning to stop the concentration camps, fucking go for it.
A reminder to gen-x in particular who seems to love this AI caricature challenge trend, it takes 1.4-10 gallons of water to make that image compared to millimeters of water for a google search.
I have been outside in shorts and a t-shirt since 10:30am in Kansas City in late December. As much as I like showing off the progress on my legs, I should not be donning this outfit this time of year.
I went ahead and updated my phone to iOS 26 to prepare for the Rapture
Calling all transit fans! Let your voice be heard. 🚇
🗳️ Vote on the exterior design for our new 8000-series rail fleet! Voting will close at 11:59 PM on August 22. Winning concept will be announced next week.
Vote before time runs out: wmata.questionpro.com/a/TakeSurvey...
We could just fix the two out of order bridges between KCMO and KCK 🤷🏼♂️
ACT-UP/KC was a Kansas City-based HIV/AIDS activist group in the 1990s that used bold, confrontational tactics to demand action from city officials, drug companies, and health organizations.
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JD Vance meeting with the Pope and then the Pope dying is giving Liz Truss meeting Queen Elizabeth
If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
When walking back from a friend’s house last night, I saw this as the state of the transit center at 39th and Troost. I get that this is at 10pm on a Friday, but can the KCATA provide trash cans? Can they make the building attractive for customers? Can they be a good neighbor to me and my neighbors?
It feels like one of those crazy things a sophomore in high school proposes at Model UN
The devil is in the details.
France is moving far too fast against Marine Le Pen.
by Merrick Garland
After Utah outlawed Pride flags in government buildings, Bronwyn is at the Utah State Capital protesting the measure and pushing visibility! #RHOSLC
Work can be very challenging for alcoholics who are trying to stay sober. So why did Democrats make Pete Hegseth stop drinking?
But like…I want an urban growth boundary
My barber put my hard part in on the other side today and it is throwing me through a loop.
I drove the mile around the block so I could park in the dry cleaner’s other lot instead of just driving home and walking to the corner. I know this regret.
An interesting article about how Portland is trying to address its problems and get back to its roots as a livable city.
Lots of people driving the wrong way down the one way streets this morning downtown in their suburbatanks. I would love to see a vent diagram of this crowd and the “I don’t go downtown crowd” because of parking.
Trump Regales Jackson Mahomes With Tales Of His Old Groping Days theonion.com/trump-r...
Great morning with our regional land use leaders & planners @ Urban Land Institute Forum. Got to highlight the value of @wmata.com in developing our region’s economy & housing. 3% of DMV lane is near Metro stations and generates 30+% of tax base. Where Metro Goes the Community Grows!
I’m less concerned about building height and more concerned about a design worthy of the plaza. This is not worthy
I finally have time to read for pleasure and decide it is time to read A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander, so I guess I am still reading for work
I always thought similarly. It feels like they turn their back on the customer base in the urban core that made them known and diluted their brand in the process. I thought about this a lot when Betty Rae’s opened exurban locations and it has affected how often I go there as a customer.
When the Beyond the Loop study was underway in 2017-18, KCK officials opposed the plan. Today those officials are gone, and new leadership is interested in reimagining I-70.
Reader Charles Ballew asked our KCQ initiative, “When was the last time any of the Bobby Greenlease ransom money showed up?” This question opens a window into the chaotic days and weeks after the crime, involving crooks, mobsters, and corrupt cops. #kcHistory
Please note that “BRT light” was not studied in this example and and based on how RideKC BRT is designed, would not contribute to the decrease in crashes observed in the Albuquerque example. We would need to actually be serious about the region’s BRT infrastructure to start to see these results.
