A stark reminder that Kansas City's better days are in the rear view mirror.
Despite all the talk about "density" and the endless chatter of so many amateur urban planners . . .
OVER THE LONG THE LONG TERM KANSAS CITY HAS BEEN SHRINKING, DECAYING AND BASICALLY DYING DESPITE THE PROMISES OF YOUR FAVORITE POLITICO!!!
Here's the latest example of local FAIL over the long term . . .
Twenty vacant KCPS schools need a plan
Cash for these programs has been drying up quickly and neighborhoods that move slowly are going to be left with nothing but blighted buildings which remind us of a time before white flight, crime and one failed development scheme after the next took their toll on this town.
No, I don't.
ReplyDeleteWhats your point Botello?
ReplyDeleteMaybe that empty buildings full of asbestos might not be worth it.
ReplyDeleteA vacant school is the purrrfect place to take your man who happens to be the cooolest candidate for office in Missouri when you NEEEEED to do the fucky fucky thing. DO ME JASON MAKE ME A WOMAN! Shhhhhh Don't tell Diana or my family!
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How many of these schools were totally refurbished using desegregation money? Just like all of the newer abandoned shopping center/strip malls in the urban core.
ReplyDeleteI KNEW you were doing Jason Kander, is the little guy really a BIG GUY?
ReplyDeleteGive it a rest. You tried that last election and it didn't work.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sad state of affairs. Seeing this building and the Billion dollars spent on education in KC in the last 25 years. I guess it wasn't really "for the children".
ReplyDeleteDiana gets more girls than Jason, he seems to settle for Erin.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a good spot to film a remake of 'Fort Apache, the Bronx"!
ReplyDeleteI just can't imagine why people wouldn't want to live or shop in neighborhoods surrounded by crime and violence.
But will the building have Google fiber?
The schools are KC's shame.
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't they have a plan before they closed the schools? This rationale is part of the problem in Kansas City, MO. Let's do this and let's do that... creating more problems in the process and wrecking havoc on the people who reside and own property near them. What a damn joke!
ReplyDeleteJust think of all the learning that never happened here. Oh, the memories.
ReplyDeleteI blew this building up for a week straight. I wouldn't buy this building.
ReplyDeleteJust turn them into Whore houses.
ReplyDeleteWill help the dist raise lots of needed cash.
Plus give Tony some place to go on a Saturday night.
@11:09 While I agree with what you are saying as it applies to most of what the district does, in this case you are not making any sense.
ReplyDeleteThe district had to close the buildings. The fact that there wasn't a viable plan of what to do with them afterwards does not negate the necessity to close the buildings.