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Posts Tagged ‘Development’

Boutique Hotel Proposed for Historic City Workhouse Castle on Vine

By | February 1, 2022 | 1
The long-vacant historic City Workhouse Castle opened in 1897 to incarcerate petty criminals and vagrants.

The ruined former City Workhouse Castle built in 1897 to incarcerate petty criminals and vagrants would accommodate a far more upscale clientele as a boutique hotel in a new redevelopment proposal.

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Imagine Downtown KC Strategic Plan Seeks More ‘Equitable Downtown’

By | January 26, 2022 | 0
The Imagine Downtown KC plan suggests a downtown ballpark as one of its catalytic projects this decade.

A strategic plan that encompasses neighborhoods more than a mile from Kansas City’s skyscrapers and envisions downtown as an economic catalyst for that larger area was rolled out Tuesday by the Downtown Council.

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Barney Allis Plaza Rebuild Plan Has $112.4M Price Tag

By | January 20, 2022 | 0
The final design for a revamped Barney Allis Plaza lowers it to street level and adds 39,000 square feet of green space for events.

Almost three years after launching its search, the city now has solid design plan and price tag for reviving the crumbling Barney Allis Plaza, but appears to be no closer to figuring out how to pay for it.

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‘A Splash of Art and a Little Traffic Calming’

By | January 14, 2022 | 0
Aerial view of the “Eye Heart KC” mural by recent Kansas City Art Institute alumni Parker Story, at the intersection of Westport Road and Wyandotte Street, created as part of the first round of commissions under the Asphalt Art Initiative program.

Public art meets public safety as part of Kansas City’s Asphalt Art Initiative.

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Proposed City Market Apartment Tower Hailed as Future Development Model

By | January 11, 2022 | 0
Flaherty & Collins is proposing a 13-story apartment tower for a parking lot immediately west of the City Market.

A 13-story, 300-unit apartment development planned for just west of the City Market was endorsed by a Port KC committee Monday after being hailed by the city manager as a model for future downtown development.

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