Freed-Montrose Library At 4100 Montrose Blvd.

[hindesky]

Hope UST keeps it.

[ChannelTwoNews]

April 1 - Ralph Bivins Says Goodbye to the old Library

City Condemns My Beloved Building | Realty News Report

April 15 - Reopened.

Whitmire hopes to keep Montrose branch library building open (houstonlanding.org)

[Specwriter]

Just because UST takes possession of the building does not mean it will never be available to the general public. It could be a lecture or recital hall for public events. There are other possibilities I am sure.

It may be better if Mayor Whitmire is able to follow through on keeping the building as an asset of the City of Houston but only if the City properly maintains it. Could we be looking at another public/private partnership with a maintenance endowment? It certainly seems to be working well for Hermann Park.

[hbg.50]

4 hours ago, ChannelTwoNews said:

April 1 - Ralph Bivins Says Goodbye to the old Library

City Condemns My Beloved Building | Realty News Report

April 15 - Reopened.

Whitmire hopes to keep Montrose branch library building open (houstonlanding.org)

Yes it's very interesting... a Houston Landing reporter discovered a clause in the deed "When the late Houston developer John Hansen donated the church sanctuary to the city in 1986, a clause was inserted into the gift deed claiming that if the church property is not used as a library for more than 30 consecutive days, the clause could be enforced to transfer ownership of the library building from the city to the University of St. Thomas, Gordon reports."

Miraculously the city reversed course on the library's closure...

[trymahjong]

It’s puzzling that the current Mayor seems to want to assert so much authority upon Montrose?

I am so disappointed he is trying to ax the New library at Montrose collective.

[Houston19514]

While I liked the new library plan in the Collective, I never liked the plan to move out of the current facility. It is a beautiful building in an awesome location. Shame on the past library/city administrations for failing to maintain it.

[trymahjong]

Of course the building is beautiful. St Thomas University has plans for it I’m sure. The new library had an outside deck up in tree tops— I was charmed by that notion. 

[trymahjong]

The Mayor issued statement that new library has no elevator?

who screens his public rants? Of course there is a new elevator and no it didn’t cost $4 million to install.

[Houston19514]

On 6/5/2024 at 10:41 PM, trymahjong said:

The Mayor issued statement that new library has no elevator?

who screens his public rants? Of course there is a new elevator and no it didn’t cost $4 million to install.

Source?  Link?

[trymahjong]

I’ve been listening to  several council meetings…. I ‘m not sure but I think this might have been when Whitmire tried to push back at that Montrose Commons president who tried to point out the plus side of continuing with the new library at Montrose Commons.

The proposed building was open and we stepped in- the elevator is visible once you step inside— this leaves me to believe the Mayor never did an onsite visit.