by GetUrban » Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:53 pm
Bosco55David wrote:The Home Depot at 72nd and Ames is new and was built when they completely re-aligned the 72nd - Ames - Military intersection. I remember that K-Mart though...it had a huge sea of asphalt in front of it, much like Home Depot does today.
So they tore down that building and started fresh? Can you elaborate on the realignment? I had absolutely no clue that anything like that had happened!
Ames, 72nd, & Military used to all come together into an awkward 3-way intersection. Ames used to curve further south more directly into 72nd. That's the way you probably remember it.
In the late 90's (I think that's when it was done) they reconfigured the whole intersection, tearing down the old K-Mart in the process, creating new areas for retail development, where we now have Home Depot, Ihop, McDonalds, Arby's, Hancock Fabrics, and south of Ames are Famous Daves, Bakers, Block Buster, Sonic, PepperJax Grill, etc.
Ames now intersects 72nd at 90 degrees further north of the Military/72nd intersection. It was a major improvement for traffic flow in the area and was the catalyst for alot of new development, which was badly needed in the neighborhood.
I tried to find some "before and after" aerial pictures of the intersections, with no luck. It would be easier to explain with a side by side comparison. Â I'll keep looking :-)
Oh, and now I remember It was a Hinky Dinky at 72nd & Dodge next to the Safeway, not another Bakers.
[quote="Bosco55David"][quote]The Home Depot at 72nd and Ames is new and was built when they completely re-aligned the 72nd - Ames - Military intersection. I remember that K-Mart though...it had a huge sea of asphalt in front of it, much like Home Depot does today.[/quote] So they tore down that building and started fresh? Can you elaborate on the realignment? I had absolutely no clue that anything like that had happened![/quote]
Ames, 72nd, & Military used to all come together into an awkward 3-way intersection. Ames used to curve further south more directly into 72nd. That's the way you probably remember it.
In the late 90's (I think that's when it was done) they reconfigured the whole intersection, tearing down the old K-Mart in the process, creating new areas for retail development, where we now have Home Depot, Ihop, McDonalds, Arby's, Hancock Fabrics, and south of Ames are Famous Daves, Bakers, Block Buster, Sonic, PepperJax Grill, etc.
Ames now intersects 72nd at 90 degrees further north of the Military/72nd intersection. It was a major improvement for traffic flow in the area and was the catalyst for alot of new development, which was badly needed in the neighborhood.
I tried to find some "before and after" aerial pictures of the intersections, with no luck. It would be easier to explain with a side by side comparison. Â I'll keep looking :-)
Oh, and now I remember It was a Hinky Dinky at 72nd & Dodge next to the Safeway, not another Bakers.