MontroseNeighborhoodCafe Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 July 27, 2005, 4:09AM A major bequest for the Menil David Whitney's collection includes a few masterpieces By PATRICIA C. JOHNSON Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle The Menil Collection will receive a trove of modern art 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowbrow Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 I can't wait to see the collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamtagon Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 I can't wait to see the collection.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Ya, me too. The Menil Collection keeps getting better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banking214 Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 This is great news for Houston. I am sure this will be a big boost to the cities flourishing arts scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovehouse Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 This is awesome, the Menil is an amazing and wonderful place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 You know, this just begs to be pointed out... how appropriate for Montrose that the love of these two men would help make the museum there a better place. Hopefully more ex-partners of Philip Johnson will emerge to make bequests to the collection there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Ah, sweet! Perhaps they need to add a P.J. inspired addition to the Renzo Piano designed Menil to house this new collection! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Do they own all the houses around their Museum? The grey colored ones? That would be a great place to buy a house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesternGulf Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Do they own all the houses around their Museum? The grey colored ones? That would be a great place to buy a house.I believe so. I always thought those little bungalows looked great to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Do they own all the houses around their Museum? The grey colored ones? That would be a great place to buy a house.The Menil Foundation owns the majority of them, and they are picky about who they rent them out to.. like only artists, photographers, archi students, writers.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 I'm not sure that they only rent to artists and writers, since a friend of mine used to rent an apartment from them overlooking the Menil. If you want to get in cheap, the Menil Foundation also owns the Richmont apartments on Richmond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willowisp Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 ARCHITECT RENZO PIANO AT THE MENIL: A FREE PUBLIC LECTURE April 21THE MENIL COLLECTIONinvites you to celebrate its Twentieth Anniversarywith a illustrated lecture byRENZO PIANOFree and Open to the PublicRenzo Piano was born in Genoa in 1937 into a family of builders. Aftercompleting his studies, he traveled in Britain and America. In 1971 hefounded the firm Piano & Rogers with Richard Rogers, and then L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 definitely will be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Sounds great. I'll be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 OKSuppose there's a Q&A session. What would your question be? Since you asked....The integration of the museum with the surrounding neighborhood is (so far as I know) unique. There are economic pressures within the neighborhood; can we maintain the surrounding buildings which contribute so to the museum? Do you have recommendations as to how future structures can be integrated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 OKSuppose there's a Q&A session. What would your question be? Since you asked....The integration of the museum with the surrounding neighborhood is (so far as I know) unique. There are economic pressures within the neighborhood; can we maintain the surrounding buildings which contribute so to the museum? Do you have recommendations as to how future structures can be integrated?Good question; who owns most of those galleries? However, I can imagine those particular blocks have had astronomical price pressure for a long time now, and yet no townhouseblocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortbendtomontrose Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Subdue is correct.I'm sure because I just signed a one year lease on one thats on Branard right across from the Rothko Chapel.I am not connected to the arts, at least in any occupational sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Congrats on that. Great neighborhood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortbendtomontrose Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Congrats on that. Great neighborhood.Thanks Subdude, and sorry I misspelled your name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsickles Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 The Menil Foundation owns the majority of them, and they are picky about who they rent them out to.. like only artists, photographers, archi students, writers....We are renting one now, nice place, NO insulation = huge electric bill from heating and A/C. i dont know if all of the places are like this, but since they are from the same era i wouldnt doubt that a majority were without major insulation. Weird layout with two bathrooms upstairs right next to each other, one of which is a half bath. They allow you to paint and stuff inside which is nice. Good neighbors and it is routinely patroled by St. Thomas Police. I didnt know that there were any issues about who rents them out though, it is for my sister and her roomate, both students at Rice and St. Thomas. Lots of character though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahiki Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 We are renting one now, nice place, NO insulation = huge electric bill from heating and A/C. i dont know if all of the places are like this, but since they are from the same era i wouldnt doubt that a majority were without major insulation. Weird layout with two bathrooms upstairs right next to each other, one of which is a half bath. They allow you to paint and stuff inside which is nice. Good neighbors and it is routinely patroled by St. Thomas Police. I didnt know that there were any issues about who rents them out though, it is for my sister and her roomate, both students at Rice and St. Thomas. Lots of character thoughWe found the same thing when we lived in one--huge electric bills. Not all the houses have been kept up very well, so there are lots of gaps around windows and doors, letting air out and critters in. All that aside, though, lots of charm and lovely neighbors. Not to mention the best neighborhood in Houston for walking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Museums always face thorny issues when contemplating expansion, but perhaps none more so than the Menil Collection, whose quiet residential location has always been integral to its hidden-jewel mystique in the local and international art worlds. That Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Little-known fact to some, Menil owns many of the houses surrounding Menil. For example, I used to live at a house on the corner of W. Main and Mandell (across from Cafe Artiste) and my landlord was Menil. They have a property management office across Mandell from the museum. I always thought owning all those houses was part of a long-term expansion plan. No need for any mess when they want to expand. Just let all the leases expire and then bulldoze the houses. Incidentally, they already have a minor presence on Richmond Drive that they can use, Richmond Hall, a 1930s grocery store that now houses a light installation by Dan Flavin. Furthermore, there is already a Menil-owned path that leads between some houses from Branard to W. Main @ Loretto.I see nothing but potential for Menil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahiki Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Little-known fact to some, Menil owns many of the houses surrounding Menil. For example, I used to live at a house on the corner of W. Main and Mandell (across from Cafe Artiste) and my landlord was Menil. They have a property management office across Mandell from the museum. I always thought owning all those houses was part of a long-term expansion plan. No need for any mess when they want to expand. Just let all the leases expire and then bulldoze the houses. Incidentally, they already have a minor presence on Richmond Drive that they can use, Richmond Hall, a 1930s grocery store that now houses a light installation by Dan Flavin. Furthermore, there is already a Menil-owned path that leads between some houses from Branard to W. Main @ Loretto.I see nothing but potential for Menil.I think they also own that industrial building on the corner of Richmond and Mandell; used to belong to the power company, I believe? The white building with the ugly fence around it. It will improve that block of Richmond tremendously if/when they do something with that property. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 They also own the giant apartment complex Richmont Square. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I think they also own that industrial building on the corner of Richmond and Mandell; used to belong to the power company, I believe? The white building with the ugly fence around it. It will improve that block of Richmond tremendously if/when they do something with that property.You're probably right. At W. Main and Loretto there's an abstract sculpture in an empty field. At one point I saw a similar abstract sculpture being stored inside that gate at the white building.Menil was a great landlord. The museum security guard would cruise my street and the other streets where they owned properties, and they were always a phone call away if there was someone suspicious and you wanted them to make a pass.For anyone who hasn't been to see the Menil main museum (which has some surprisingly famous painters' work in it) and the Byzantine Fresco Chapel (which has a fascinating origin story) you don't know what you're missing, they're a real treat (and free). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 This is good news. I never knew they owned surrounding property. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyphen Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Yeah, I think they own the house Inprint is in, right across the street. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memebag Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Feh. I like the current size. Why does it need to be bigger or more visible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 They could always cannibalize the under-utilized Cy Twombly gallery! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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