Reading a story like this kind of makes me feel Kansas City was a big time city back in the day. Seems like these days only the large cities like SF,LA,NY and Chicago have seedy kinds of things like this but even the seedy stuff in large cities are being replaced by Pottery Barns and Starbucks.
I will never forget going to The Strand in the early 80s ( i was in my early 20s) and watching two girls go making out in some kind of glass box in the lobby. Thank you for this article ---it brought back great memories of my youth.
With the changes in the neighborhood I expect the Strand could be a good venue for the Crossroads folks to expand their local empire. It was not always porn, I remember seeing Elivis in Blue Hawaii when it first came out at the Strand.
nd the 33 page letter Pete Smith had written to the Board of Aldermen giving the city an out before his firm McDowell, Rice Smith & Buchanan filed the suit for Poletis-All your story was a plant to trash someone which did not work. Fact is Poletis gave you facts in Voluminus Detail delivered to your office which you did not print what a bunch of journalistic Bull Shit-which I might add your paper is known for. George Randy Poletis (Print This)
Two comments from people in Kansas City that don't have a clue how popular soccer is here. It should not be hard to know that Sporting Kansas City's coach name is Peter Vermes and their best players are CJ Sapong, Graham Zusi, Kei Kamara and Matt Besler. Going up to a non-fan asking them something about soccer would never work out. Also, Sporting Kansas City are always soled out with over 19,000 fans coming in during regular season and over 20,000 fans during playoffs. That statement about soccer only being for 10,000 in Kansas City are false. If you don't know a dam* thing about what's going on in soccer, than shut it. Also.... I'm Black.
First off the is rico jones it was hostile entertainment that Stelo was apart of and this game is more harder then anything you could imagine I go by the name 3d was apart of hostile Ent and terry Mcgil is a mogul niggas need to thank him for the knowledge he give y'all priceless I met Paul in Dallas Texas we rap together at meximedia studios and Dude is talented but missed opportunities hurt careers I know first had I was loyal to my camp and it went away Stelo is doing time in federal penitentiary so I'm sure intime more will be shed on this situation to both parties learn from your mistakes dfdub when u see me say mr 3d
Union Press printed 2500 shirts for my company in 3 days. Funny there is no mention of their production capabilities? Great finished product. Thanks Zach and crew.
The article's author sounds like the main hater in this discussion. Regardless, many European Americans are waking up to the double-standard in racism. Go Mr. Stephens!
Mr. Stephens should run! Why not? European Americans have different issues and concerns about educating their children. So what? What is so wrong about that?
Nothing! That's why I recommend all European American parents to vote for a candidate who shares your concerns. Thank you!
Better Ikea than nothing. Just what the world needs, more low end sales jobs. Again...better than an empty parcel. I bought Ikea furniture in Tempe, AZ for my college kid four years ago. All the furniture is long, long gone and didn't last. But...
I love Blanc burgers and fries. Did notice that traffic has slowed down, but that's typical for the restaurant business with so many new places opening up. I agree with the other poster that The Pitch does cum hard all over itself trying to prop up places right out of the gate, only to dance on its grave years later. Journalists are like those hienas, the laughing ones, that you see documented on NatGeo or Animal Planet. They pick at the carcus and howl to the moon with satisfaction.
Who's the soccer coach for Sporting? I'd ask 100 random on the street and all 100 would not know. Guaranteed. I could ask 1000 people and 997 would not know. Soccer is for about 10,000 people in this city of 1.5 million, that's about all it will ever attract.
I know a ton of people in this town...and NOBODY ASKS ABOUT SOCCER. Nada, zilch, never ever had anybody ask me about any soccer match or team. White, black, hispanic, asian...soccer is a niche to a certain white-only, about junior high to high school then its over crowd. Spectators are mostly white, affluent somewhat, age about 19 to 30 types. The few older than that are guys trying to fit in, they really don't give a damn about soccer, hee hee. They're pretenders. I could walk up and down any sidewalk in KC right now and ask a random 100 people to name two KC Sporties...I guarantee that I'd get 91 strong that couldn't name one!
Great article and great mention of Byron and his case. The Skeptical Juror has done a wonderful job of shedding light on this miscarriage of justice and I can only hope that Governor Nixon is made aware of it and rights the wrong that has been done.
here's how the Pitch operates: cum all over itself when a new establishment opens in KC, then wait a few years and publish a one-sided smear piece. Jonathan Bender wrote this with the single-minded intention of making a struggling KC establishment seem scandalous.
I worked at the Omaha store from the day they starting hiring took the day they closed. I was a faithful employee, and thought highly of the restaurant and my co-workers even when my checks would bounce, but they closed up shop without warning and still owe a couple people (myself included) paychecks? I've sent text messages and e-mails to Ernesto, he used to respond. Sadly, now he ignores me. oh but.....they're doing great! ;) I just hope I get my W-2.
5.3 million to build an animal shelter? WTF spend it on homeless, out of work veterans... where are your priorities?
do they at least use the mutts for medical experiments?
i do belive so i knew them all iw as a student at one of mr pointers martial arts schools and shirtly was in and she used to talk about her dancing and stuff then coem to find out all my martial arts trainign wasnt leagle so i know what i know but only got credit for 2 belt ranks
Re: “People still come to KC's only porn theater, but how long can the Strand stay turned on?”
Wouldnt surprise me if they tore it down to put in another stinking Walgreens or CVS Pharmacy. It seems that CVS and Walgreens go out of their way to offend us. Do we need them on every freakin American street?? Great article BTW.