j_cuevas713 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Wow so along with Levy Park not too far away and the other development a little further down Richmond in Greenway Plaza, this area is gonna really beef up. I go to the Art Institute and I don't know if anyone else noticed, but they redeveloped the River Oaks hospital area too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 This is a little off topic but pertains to Upper Kirby. This sculpture by James Surls was installed Sunday It reaches 38 feet high. Great addition to the neighborhood and excited to have another Surls in Houston. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 This is a little off topic but pertains to Upper Kirby.This sculpture by James Surls was installed SundayIt reaches 38 feet high. Great addition to the neighborhoodand excited to have another Surls in Houston.Wacky and Tacky. As most of the swamplot comments are - I agree they should have planted trees. This sculpture would have fit nicely along Buffalo Bayou or Montrose Blvd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoninATX Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 (edited) So maybe I wasn't wrong about the feeling I had...too good to be true.The article sounded convincing to me. So I could be wrong though. Hey can someone drive by the site to see if any progress been made. Hopefully they hold out for the new, sleeker renderings. Edited April 9, 2014 by JoninATX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 If there is a topic already started can someone open it for me, but whats begin built behind the Crowne Plaza off 59? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 If there is a topic already started can someone open it for me, but whats begin built behind the Crowne Plaza off 59? Kirby Grove at Levy Park http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/27333-kirby-grove-at-levy-park/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 The article sounded convincing to me. So I could be wrong though. Yes, but it did not include the cool renderings though...too bad, I really like that design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Yes, but it did not include the cool renderings though...too bad, I really like that design.Me thinks the article didn't have the new renderings yet. That rendering has been floating around since 2008. No reason to think they spent money coming up with a new rendering just to end up going with the old one.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 (edited) Me thinks the article didn't have the new renderings yet. That rendering has been floating around since 2008. No reason to think they spent money coming up with a new rendering just to end up going with the old one.. I hope you're right....however, the magazine where the article comes from has a full-page ad from Thor Equities, so obviously they have a working relationship. No reason why Thor wouldn't give the magazine the latest renderings; it's free publicity. Edited April 12, 2014 by fernz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Thor Equities' page for The Kirby Collection was updated with the new renderings last month. The article uses the old rendering of the project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoninATX Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 So I take it, they have already started? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 When I circled the block this morning I noticed no activity, and all the business' seemed to be operating normally as far as I could tell on a Sunday morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Big White Variance Request Sign is up! :-) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky-guy Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 What's the location? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 In front of OTC Bar on Kirby. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 SubdivisionPlatPDF_David Crockett Second Replat Partial Replat No 4 - 41690 - 140328.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Those variance signs are in several locations. There's also one at the intersection of West Main @ Lake St near the Hawthorne/Cafe Express Bldg. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 According to Swamplot, the variance request was approved. http://swamplot.com/signs-herald-kirby-dr-funeral-bars-impending-doom/2014-05-05/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Actually I think it says the request has been deferred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Oh yeah it was edited. Deferred for a few weeks.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston? Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Will there be stores in this development? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Yes stores, restaurants, office building 15 floors, and luxury high rise I think 25 floors. The neighbors did not like the bars there and sued. This will be a another Ashbury! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Yes stores, restaurants, office building 15 floors, and luxury high rise I think 25 floors. The neighbors did not like the bars there and sued. This will be a another Ashbury! I doubt it. I think the people living in that area have seen (or should see) the writing on the wall. There are already towers on Kirby. There will be more. Fighting this will cost them time, money, and they will lose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 I doubt it. I think the people living in that area have seen (or should see) the writing on the wall. There are already towers on Kirby. There will be more. Fighting this will cost them time, money, and they will lose.Sadly, I suspect we will see a lawsuit over this. I think the lesson of Ashby, as opposed to 2229 San Felipe, is for neighbors to sue before any concrete is poured. It makes a temporary injunction more attractive to a judge to preserve the 'status quo.' If we could get some binding appellate decision from Ashby on the other hand that might indicate such claims are baseless as a matter of law.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Kirby is a MAJOR thoroughfare with countless number of high-density developments including many high rises. Zero chance this gets tied up in court. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shasta Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Kirby is a MAJOR thoroughfare with countless number of high-density developments including many high rises. Zero chance this gets tied up in court. It really is the Broadway of Houston and is starting to look like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Kirby is a MAJOR thoroughfare with countless number of high-density developments including many high rises. Zero chance this gets tied up in court.I agree. But that doesn't mean that emotional neighboors won't sue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 It'd cost them lots of money. And they'd loose. Commercial street. Commercial property. No shared lot lines with residents. Project in keeping with the neighborhood and the city wants to develop Kirby to develop as a commercial/retail corridor. This neighborhood was not able to keep the bars from operating. But, you're right. Emotional neighbors may try. But they've been quiet so far. So... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Kirby is a MAJOR thoroughfare with countless number of high-density developments including many high rises. Zero chance this gets tied up in court.Any suit would need to be brought soon to have a prayer at slowing construction. I agree an injunction would be a longshot, but win at district court roulette and get in front of the right judge and crazy things can happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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