Comments on: Downtown Documentary Preview

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:21:27 +0000

Most cities face the same issues. It’s not unique to KC by a long shot. It’s not even unique to the United States. These problems exist in a variety of places including some that wouldn’t come to mind such as Montreal. If you keep waiting for perfect, you will die unhappy and disappointed.

By: patrick

patrick — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:09:50 +0000

I should have added:

It’s hard to argue “There is not one aspect of KC that is not improving …” when roughly half the city is habitually ignored.

By: patrick

patrick — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:07:57 +0000

There are vast areas between 18th and Vine and the Shops on Blue Parkway that have remained unimproved. Two development projects that receive a large amount of public subsidies does not a renaissance make.

Drive down Troost from 18th to 85th Street. With very few exceptions, that stretch of road has gotten worse, not better, in a “development” sense.

And if that wasn’t enough, crime stats aren’t all that great (nor the police response) and the school district still sucks.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:14:32 +0000

I go East of Troost from time to time, and I think it’s getting better too. The 18th & Vine district, Shops on Blue Parkway. The improvements may be slower and not as obvious, but they are there. And there’s a growing sense of community in a lot of those neighborhoods. And that’s not a bad thing anywhere.

By: patrick

patrick — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:47:39 +0000

Tim,

I might possibly go along with this on a good day:

“KC is a great city, and is emerging as an ever-greater one.”

But this just makes me throw up a little in my mouth:

“There is not one aspect of KC that is not improving …”

Here are three words that negate that sunshiney bullshit: East of Troost.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:21:19 +0000

KC is a great city, and is emerging as an ever-greater one. There is not one aspect of KC that is not improving, and now we’re making strides to reverse the horrible sprawl…

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Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:49:45 +0000

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By: chris

chris — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:05:35 +0000

It’s great that they’re doing this project, but if this clip is any indication, should they really be calling this a documentary?

Maybe docu-PR or docu-feel-good.