Comments on: Condos arriving in Westport

By: William Rockhill Nelson

William Rockhill Nelson — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:28:46 +0000

That’s fine, Joe. Move the big clubs Downtown where there is room for them. I’m more than happy to return Westport to being a real neighborhood for the people that live and work there.

Westport has never worked well as a regional entertainment district, which is something that should be downtown anyway.

By: Joe Medley

Joe Medley — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:43:00 +0000

“Plans to remake the neighborhood with less focus on megaclubs and more options for living, dining, and shopping.”

This is the beginning of the end of Westport as we know it. When you consider that the Cordish company asked for and recieved an exemption to the city’s open container ordinance and that the mom and pop bar owners in westport will soon be competing with the 500 pound gorilla that is Cordish, I don’t know how it can go any other way.

By: ScooterJ

ScooterJ — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:16:06 +0000

Manor Square didn’t work because it’s a mall. When you’re in Westport you want to be outside… it’s how the dynamic of that place works. Not sequestered away inside a mall.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:11:32 +0000

All you have to do is look across the street to Manor Square to realize Westport isn’t a very good area for retail. Manor square even used to have a food court, but there’s not much of anything in there now.

By: ScooterJ

ScooterJ — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:53:25 +0000

Ditto on the parking… there’s plenty. You’re gonna walk from place to place anyway. No one will miss that tiny little surface lot.

By: kiki

kiki — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:47:31 +0000

Here’s the important question: Since there’s going to be retail space on the ground floor, can we count on Starbucks to open a second Westport location?

By: john

john — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:46:51 +0000

Tim, there is plenty of parking in Westport, unless you are one of the fools that endlessly circle the block looking for a spot right in front of Kelly’s. The parking garage almost always has room, and you can even park on the street if you aren’t too lazy to work 4-5 blocks.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:24:40 +0000

Like parking isn’t a nightmare in Westport already. I’ve also heard that highrise condos might be built in what is now the parking lot just north of Westport Coffee House.

By: Live in Westport at Sarah Says . . .

Live in Westport at Sarah Says . . . — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:23:19 +0000

[...] this article on BlogKC.com today. The ought to sell pretty well – there’s kind of a condo whole in between the Plaza and [...]