The core of the Crossroads is really the building on 18th Street that always attracts a crowd and is pretty much the main drag for hipsters & scenesters pretending to look at art.
YJ's has a history in KCMO that goes back to 1927 and Peregrine Honig was a founder of Birdie's panties before she was infamous artist/activist we know today. There's also a theater in the building that regularly hosted some important alternative shows.
Now, despite any assurances you'll read later . . . It's all gonna get shut down or "transform" into something very corporate.
Artist David Ford has already announced he's moving out and others will follow.
Here's the relevant info stolen from a sponsored content Downtown cheerleader blog:
Dan Sight of Sight Realty has a contract to purchase the 19,000 square-foot building at the northeast corner of 18th and Wyandotte and along with his 29-year-old son, Spencer, plans to redevelop it. He expects the deal to close next month.
The two-story building being sold to Sight by Paul Hilpman and Carol Crater has multiple storefront addresses: 116-130 W. 18th St. and 1715-17 Wyandotte. The current owners declined to comment.
Its eclectic tenants include: The Pearl theater, 1715 Wyandotte; Windhorse tattoo, 1717 Wyandotte; Oracle, 130 W. 18th; YJ’s Snack Bar, 128 W. 18th; Village Collection, 122 W. 18th; Peggy Noland, 124 W. 18th, and Birdies, 116 W. 18th.
Developing . . .
It was bound to happen.
ReplyDeleteNow they can look at office space during 1st Fridays.
That will be FUN!
Mike Christie taught Dan very well how to slam and scam deals
ReplyDeleteThey’re probably going to open a gay bar since about 95% of the hipsters are faggots.
ReplyDeleteThat's too bad. I never went to YJs but it really is one of those places you want to keep around. It's popular, brings a new set of people and offers a fun setting. This is the kind of stuff that's happening in Austin and making the place soulless and expensive to live in. The cycle of ruining downtown is already beginning. 15-20 years downtown will be like the late 80s
ReplyDeleteHistoric Northeast will become the Haight-Ashbury of the Midwest.
ReplyDeleteThere goes the neighborhood. It's a Gamble YOU see much of the crowds in the east crossroads now. It looks like they are moving the little guy and mom and pops out.
ReplyDelete5:58 must be gay.
ReplyDelete^^^ Nailed it!
ReplyDeleteShame to be losing YJ's. Crossroads is going to be corporate and condo. Nothing really special there anymore.
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