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TweetIf you’ve got a penchant for watching things get dismantled, knocked down, or otherwise rendered a pile of wreckage, Prairie Village has been paradise over the past few weeks. The demolition days began a couple weeks ago with the deconstruction of the McCrum Park water tower. Now, two more demolitions are under way. Crews and [...]
TweetTime to say your last goodbyes to the old Tippin’s building at Corinth Square. The city of Prairie Village has issued a demolition permit for the structure, with the contractor predicting work will begin on Monday. (We assume this means the Ripple Glass bin will be moving behind Hattie’s very shortly). Assistant City Administrator Dennis [...]
TweetThe Somerset Elementary building will soon be gone, demolished to make way for a new assisted living facility. But some of the accoutrements of an active school won’t be going to waste. Hunt Midwest, the building’s new owner, was looking for places to donate some of the school’s building materials and equipment, and Kale Boler, [...]
Tweet With the help of a gigantic crane on Friday, workers deconstructed the water tower that has stood high above McCrum Park for more than a half century. For the past few days, crews had used blowtorches to score lines along the tank’s exterior. On Friday, they hooked the tank panels to the crane as [...]
Tweet More than 60 years after it went up, the McCrum Park water tower in Prairie Village is on its way down. Crews have begun dismantling the tower, cutting two circular access holes in its north and south sides. On Tuesday, they began scoring the tank with blowtorches, preparing it to be broken down into [...]
TweetIn the down economic environment, many people would view construction of new houses in the area as a good thing. But a teardown-rebuild project on 72nd Terrace in Prairie Village has some of its neighbors grumbling. The new house going up between Roe Avenue and Tomahawk Road is considerably taller than those on the rest [...]
Tweet Renovations at Weltner Park near the State Line Shopping Center are nearing completion, with new playground equipment installed – and in use. The $335,000 renovation began in late August in conjunction with a road project that rerouted Cambridge Street, eliminating an under-used island of park land. In addition to expanding the park’s footprint, the [...]
TweetSpeaking of walking paths… You’re likely to see construction crews working along Tomahawk Road between Porter Park and the Village Shops in the coming weeks as they install a new eight-foot wide paved trail. Similar trails were installed between Corinth Square and Franklin Park earlier this year. The trails are part of Prairie Village’s parks [...]
Tweet Prairie Village and Fairway are among the Johnson County municipalities that will see significant benefit from the County Assistance Road System (CARS) Project in 2012. Plans unanimously approved Thursday by the county’s Board of Commissioners authorized $506,000 be awarded to Prairie Village for a road improvement project on Somerset Drive from Roe Avenue to [...]
TweetSpa aficionados will soon have some extra room to leave the workaday world behind at a popular local destination. Bijin Salon & Spa has signed a deal with Village Shops owner LANE4 to expand into 1,800 square feet of the space most recently occupied by the Macy’s home store. LANE 4 vice president Jeff Berg [...]
TweetFour new “pocket parks,” small developments featuring areas for rest or recreation, will be perhaps the most noticeable addition to Corinth Square as part of the plans approved by the city Tuesday night. Here’s a quick look at what each will consist of: Northeast corner, outside current CVS location: The centerpiece of this “node” is [...]
TweetPrairie Village officials broke ground Wednesday night on the renovation of Weltner Park, a $315,000 project that will bring an extensive playground to a space that previously only featured a basketball and volleyball court. The improvements are part of the upgrades suggested by Prairie Village’s Parks Master Plan, adopted by the City Council in 2009. [...]
TweetWork is under way on renovations to Cambridge Street and Weltner Park in Prairie Village that should make both driving and recreating in the area more enjoyable. Street crews have dug up the existing road and are clearing the way for the street’s new path, which will eliminate the current “island” between Booth Drive and [...]
TweetRED Development is finalizing the details of a planning process for development of the Mission Valley Middle School site, and aims to present its proposal to the Prairie Village city council on Monday. RED spokesman Dave Claflin said the group hoped to begin hosting a series of around six focus groups once the city and [...]
Tweet Adam Stern of architect Gould Evans presented the Shawnee Mission School Board on Monday with final drawings of the renovations and additions scheduled to begin at Indian Hills Middle School in the coming months. Gould Evans has planned the renovations out in four sequences, the first of which is scheduled to begin in October. [...]
Tweet Chances are the Prairie Village Planning Commission won’t be making its scheduled vote on a proposal to build a new CVS building at Corinth Square during tomorrow night’s meeting. Prairie Village city staff are recommending that the Planning Commission postpone its approval vote on the project until July 5 so the developers will have [...]
Tweet Architects for UMB have passed along the above rendering of the bank building being constructed across from The Village Shops. It gives a ground level view of the building looking south from the intersection of Mission Road and Tomahawk Road. (You can see previous schematics here). Construction crews are presently in the process of [...]
Tweet After a couple months of working out final design details, the city of Prairie Village has issued a building permit to UMB for its new location at the intersection of Tomohawk Road and Mission Road. Assistant City Administrator Dennis Enslinger said construction is expected to being in the next couple weeks. Crews should have [...]
Tweet The good news: pretty soon, an aging section of Somerset Drive will be completely reworked, with new asphalt on the road and an eight-foot wide sidewalk to increase pedestrian friendliness. The bad news: construction on the project starts today, and drivers can expect daily closures along the stretch between Franklin Park and Corinth Square. [...]
TweetThe managers of Ward Parkway Center, which experienced its heyday during the booming mall culture of the 1990s, are seeking Community Improvement District funding to help revitalize the facility. RED Development LLC has filed a CID proposal with Kansas City, Mo., calling for a 1 percent sales tax to raise revenue for demolition and improvements. [...]
TweetLANE 4 president Owen Buckley gave the Prairie Village Environmental Committee a peak at the company’s preliminary redevelopment plans for the Village Shops and Corinth Square last night. In September, the Prairie Village City Council approved two Community Improvement Districts, raising the sales tax at the Village Shops and Corinth by 1 percent to help [...]
Tweet Crews have just about topped off the cell phone tower the city council approved this summer. We’re interested in what area residents think about its impact on the landscape:
TweetPrairie Village held a meeting at city hall last night seeking comments from the community on a proposed set of improvements to Cambridge Street and Weltner Park that are scheduled to be completed in 2011. The most significant outcome of the improvements would be the elimination of an awkward island of land just south of [...]
Tweet Bell | Knott + Associates, the architects designing the UMB building that will go up on the site occupied for nearly 60 years by Roney’s service station, has formally submitted updated construction plans to Prairie Village. The new plans address a few concerns the city’s planning commission had with the original drawings, which had [...]
Tweet The cell phone tower approved unanimously by the Prairie Village city council this June is currently under construction on the grounds of the Johnson County Fire Department station at 63rd Street and Mission Road, just north of Indian Hills Middle School. The tower will be used by the fire department as well as mobile [...]
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