The Country Club Plaza – Kansas City’s classic and elegant
shopping district – has some charming pedestrian spaces, with fountains,
murals, brick sidewalks, riverside walks, and yes mermaids and penguins (see
below).
Unfortunately, as I noted on a recent visit, automobiles
rule the streets, and pedestrian signals are so inadequate and confusing that
people seem mainly to dart across the pavement whenever and wherever they spot
an opening. Some “complete streets”
planning would move the Plaza up a notch in quality of life! (Also missing: rapid transit. See
here.)
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