Kirby Oaks Dress Up for Street Fight
The oaks along Kirby Dr. between Richmond and Westheimer have spoken, and they appear to be against being removed so that traffic lanes can be widened by twenty inches. Since FEMA is providing funding...
View ArticleKirby Tree Compromise: Only Three to Five Feet To Be Lopped Off Using Gentle Saw
The wisdom of King Solomon lives on! The promised grand compromise on the Kirby Dr. street trees has been officially unveiled: Many of the oaks lining the busy street will get to keep most of their...
View ArticleKirby Casualty Forecast: 161 Street Trees, 1 Realtor
A real estate agent writes in to report that the grand compromise to save all those Live Oaks lining Kirby Dr. between Richmond and Westheimer isn’t going to save anything: Despite a compromise that...
View ArticleThe Kirby Street Trees Are Officially Toast
At last — maybe now we’ll actually be able to see the store signs on Kirby between Richmond and Westheimer: TIRZ President Buddy Bailey said the new high-rise oaks, which can reach a height of 40...
View ArticleThose Aren’t Live Oaks on Kirby Anymore
“Overnight, crews cut down dozens of trees lining Kirby between Richmond and Westheimer as part of a controversial construction project.” With chainsaws and backhoes in the middle of the night — what...
View ArticleComment of the Day: The New Kirby Trees
“. . . the stretch of Kirby south of Rice Village to Brays Bayou is finished. It now has a center median. The tree planting is identical to the Kirby project from Westheimer to Richmond. Tree plantings...
View ArticleKirby Collection of Oaks Now Completely Stumped
Sometime over the weekend the row of a dozen-plus street trees lining the west side of Kirby Dr. between W. Main St. and Colquitt got cut down, a Swamplot reader reports. This leaves the eastern front...
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