Comments on: Bannister Mall; Kansas City, Missouri http://www.labelscar.com/missouri/bannister-mall News and Views of Malls, Shopping Centers, and Retail Chains Past and Present Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:22:31 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Aaron Bales http://www.labelscar.com/missouri/bannister-mall#comment-130983 Aaron Bales Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:45:20 +0000 http://www.labelscar.com/missouri/bannister-mall#comment-130983 I worked at the BM V Cinemas when they opened. I would love to locate the projectionist or the manager, Mr. Z to find out if they still have a copy of the movie we made. The movie was called "Z- movie" and it was about working at the cinema. If anyone worked there in 1980 and remembers this let me know. ---aaron abales1@hotmail.com I worked at the BM V Cinemas when they opened. I would love to locate the projectionist or the manager, Mr. Z to find out if they still have a copy of the movie we made. The movie was called “Z- movie” and it was about working at the cinema. If anyone worked there in 1980 and remembers this let me know. —aaron
abales1@hotmail.com

]]> By: GregW http://www.labelscar.com/missouri/bannister-mall#comment-127023 GregW Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:54:04 +0000 http://www.labelscar.com/missouri/bannister-mall#comment-127023 I grew up in Johnson County (Prairie Village) in the 70s and 80s, and I've been in Denver, CO for over 15 years. I live in central Denver, right off one of the busiest bus lines in the country (the #15 Colfax bus). We have some crime, but not enough to scare people off. We have trouble with the public schools, but there is viable shopping downtown. There are areas with crime issues. But I've never heard the bus lines blamed, and it just doesn't seem as bad as in KC. KC, last I checked, does have more concentrated poverty than Denver. Is it white fear of black presence that scares people off? We have a large Hispanic population here, but I don't see the scale of problems I hear about from KC. Are the Anglos in Denver more accepting than the whites in KC? Has KC just never recovered from the desegregation and white flight that spurred the suburban sprawl into Johnson County? If this area is to thrive again, SOMEONE needs to figure out what can be done to restore EVERYBODY'S trust that they will neither be crime victims nor victims of overzealous police action. I grew up in Johnson County (Prairie Village) in the 70s and 80s, and I’ve been in Denver, CO for over 15 years. I live in central Denver, right off one of the busiest bus lines in the country (the #15 Colfax bus). We have some crime, but not enough to scare people off. We have trouble with the public schools, but there is viable shopping downtown.

There are areas with crime issues. But I’ve never heard the bus lines blamed, and it just doesn’t seem as bad as in KC. KC, last I checked, does have more concentrated poverty than Denver. Is it white fear of black presence that scares people off? We have a large Hispanic population here, but I don’t see the scale of problems I hear about from KC. Are the Anglos in Denver more accepting than the whites in KC? Has KC just never recovered from the desegregation and white flight that spurred the suburban sprawl into Johnson County?

If this area is to thrive again, SOMEONE needs to figure out what can be done to restore EVERYBODY’S trust that they will neither be crime victims nor victims of overzealous police action.

]]> By: Coachb http://www.labelscar.com/missouri/bannister-mall#comment-125960 Coachb Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:35:53 +0000 http://www.labelscar.com/missouri/bannister-mall#comment-125960 They won't use Community America because it is a minor league baseball stadium with only 5000 permanent seats. The MLS needs around 15-20,000 for a team to remain viable long term. The Wizards are losing money right now. A new stadium is needed. The influx of hispanic residents to our area could have made the new Bannister complex (The Trails) amazingly successful. However, yet again the area was instead used as a pawn in a large scale game...who knows what our fate is now. They won’t use Community America because it is a minor league baseball stadium with only 5000 permanent seats. The MLS needs around 15-20,000 for a team to remain viable long term. The Wizards are losing money right now. A new stadium is needed. The influx of hispanic residents to our area could have made the new Bannister complex (The Trails) amazingly successful. However, yet again the area was instead used as a pawn in a large scale game…who knows what our fate is now.

]]> By: Coachb http://www.labelscar.com/missouri/bannister-mall#comment-123084 Coachb Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:18:25 +0000 http://www.labelscar.com/missouri/bannister-mall#comment-123084 Bobby, do you live in the area? Do you understand what a Wizards stadium/competition soccer fields/mixed use retail would have done for the area? Just because you don't LIKE soccer doesn't mean the district and area didn't need the $50 million a year they would have gotten off the use of it. The mall is gone--literally it's gone now--and all that remains around it is closed up strip shops and restaurants---get over it and get behind whatever we can bring to this area. Otherwise there won't be an area to save. Bobby, do you live in the area? Do you understand what a Wizards stadium/competition soccer fields/mixed use retail would have done for the area? Just because you don’t LIKE soccer doesn’t mean the district and area didn’t need the $50 million a year they would have gotten off the use of it. The mall is gone–literally it’s gone now–and all that remains around it is closed up strip shops and restaurants—get over it and get behind whatever we can bring to this area. Otherwise there won’t be an area to save.

]]> By: Coachb http://www.labelscar.com/missouri/bannister-mall#comment-123082 Coachb Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:16:24 +0000 http://www.labelscar.com/missouri/bannister-mall#comment-123082 This wasn't a small mall--it was huge. It also had the advantage of being built to be added on to, which in the end didn't save it, because it was dying due to urban blight. It is at the intersection of three major highways and should have been saved, but KC is a majorly racist community and can't stand much racial mixing. This wasn’t a small mall–it was huge. It also had the advantage of being built to be added on to, which in the end didn’t save it, because it was dying due to urban blight. It is at the intersection of three major highways and should have been saved, but KC is a majorly racist community and can’t stand much racial mixing.

]]> By: Bobby http://www.labelscar.com/missouri/bannister-mall#comment-120499 Bobby Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:10:16 +0000 http://www.labelscar.com/missouri/bannister-mall#comment-120499 Just wanted to leave another comment real quick, this goes for the wizards fans, what is wrong with the current stadium? It makes sense to share it with the Tbones so that why there is actual business there. Just wanted to leave another comment real quick, this goes for the wizards fans, what is wrong with the current stadium? It makes sense to share it with the Tbones so that why there is actual business there.

]]> By: Bobby http://www.labelscar.com/missouri/bannister-mall#comment-120498 Bobby Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:04:40 +0000 http://www.labelscar.com/missouri/bannister-mall#comment-120498 Glad the soccer deal is dead, hopefully. I would rather have had a dead mall than that. Glad the soccer deal is dead, hopefully. I would rather have had a dead mall than that.

]]> By: Resident http://www.labelscar.com/missouri/bannister-mall#comment-118323 Resident Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:00:43 +0000 http://www.labelscar.com/missouri/bannister-mall#comment-118323 Maybe not, they still plan on redeveloping the area, even without the Stadium http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2009/09/07/daily11.html Maybe not, they still plan on redeveloping the area, even without the Stadium

http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2009/09/07/daily11.html

]]> By: Resident http://www.labelscar.com/missouri/bannister-mall#comment-118136 Resident Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:34:49 +0000 http://www.labelscar.com/missouri/bannister-mall#comment-118136 Stadium deal is dead http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1154497 Stadium deal is dead

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1154497

]]> By: Chris http://www.labelscar.com/missouri/bannister-mall#comment-115344 Chris Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:26:16 +0000 http://www.labelscar.com/missouri/bannister-mall#comment-115344 The mall is officially gone, completely destroyed to make way for the new soccer fields. I drive by it ont he way to Royals games and it looks really wierd now that its not there. Completely changes the look of that corner. These are some of the last pics that I know of: http://www.flickr.com/photos/40799799@N08/ The mall is officially gone, completely destroyed to make way for the new soccer fields. I drive by it ont he way to Royals games and it looks really wierd now that its not there. Completely changes the look of that corner.

These are some of the last pics that I know of:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40799799@N08/

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