IronTiger Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 From the Houston Today book, comes another architectural masterpiece that is sadly last to time, as it no longer seems to exist. Anyone have more information on this? It certainly looks pretty cool... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilioScotia Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Not so fast Tiger. That building is still with us, but it's not the CRS Building anymore. It's now the Houston Animal Emergency Veterinary Hospital on the northbound feeder of the West Loop between Post Oak and Woodway. http://www.animalemergencyhospital.com/ Go to Google Maps and home in on that stretch of the West Loop. Look for the building set way back off the feeder with a big parking lot on the roof, as described in the notice from Houston Today. That's the place. It still looks just like the photo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 I thought I looked up the address on Google Maps and it didn't find it. Plus I remember seeing some demolished site on Beltway 8 (west). That is cool that it's still there... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Bonus - all you have to do to go in and check it out is have a critter in need of veterinary care. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largeTEXAS Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 It is a very cool Mod building, indeed. Unfortunately, I've been there a few too many times with animals that weren't doing that great, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 I worked in that building for a few months before the move to Transco (now Williams) Tower. The architecture part of CRSS (CRS Sirrine) had been bought by Hellmuth, Obata, & Kassabaum (HOK) out of Kansas City. Coming from office buildings with an average floor plate of around 18-20,000 sq, ft. the single floor space seemed enormous. It was odd also that the ceiling height was no greater than a normal office building floor. The veterinary clinic is still there and the exterior of the building has changed little. The interior was modified extensively of course. I was fortunate to attend an open house for the clinic just before it opened. It was impressive - very leading edge technology. It seems appropriate that such an advanced animal care facility would be in the same city as our renown Texas Medical Center. I made that comment to one veterinarian there and he simply harrumphed at me. I guess he thought I was crass comparing pets to mere people. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 The veterinary clinic is still there and the exterior of the building has changed little. The interior was modified extensively of course. Luckily, there are interior pictures (black and white of course). Who wants to see them? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 I used to work there. What I remember most were the snakes. You'd be walking down the sidewalk and there on the sidewalk in front of you was a snake escaping a heavy rain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 I used to work there. What I remember most were the snakes. You'd be walking down the sidewalk and there on the sidewalk in front of you was a snake escaping a heavy rain. There was also a row of windows along the bayou where you could look out and see turtles, gar, possum, and the occasional snake in the bayou or on the banks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 Bad news--I don't think I have the book anymore. I turned it in a few weeks ago, but I may have gotten scans. I'll see what I have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Former Caudill Rowlett Scott Office/Houston Animal Emergency Veterinary Hospital At 1111 West Loop South Former spot of Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists. 3.8 acre lot for sale. I wonder what will go in? If something big goes in, we can move this into the Going Up forum. Before photo courtesy of Swamplot Took these photos earlier in the week 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Wow. Didn't know they demoed this! Such a shame. It was a rather unique Modernist building. At one point it housed one of the largest Architecture firms in Houston during the 70's, CRS. Was very low and in-touch with its surroundings and the bayou. The parking lot on the roof deck on top of the office building was a rather interesting solution to what was a common problem (and still is), and at that time a lot of modernist architects started developing the elevated offices over parking which are common in Upper Kirby. Essentially they took the opposite approach. Unfortunately with it being in the 100-year flood plan it was going to get hit bad at some point. With how sensitive the city is to developing in the floodplain it will be incredibly difficult to develop this piece of land at this juncture. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Beeson Properties. They might also have a small boutique shopping strip in River Oaks on W Alabama? I know the sign has a bee on it http://beesonproperties.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Needs a lot of work. Spotted this way in the back. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJilliams Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 So we still don't have any idea of what is going on here? A lot of dirt moving around, are they just clearing the site from the demo? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Stopped by the site today. Haven't been here in a few years. What's taking this prime real estate a long the West Loop South in River Oaks/Uptown so long to sell? Yes, the parcel sits next to a bayou. Just use civil engineering and build a flood-proof development. Think the TMC3/TMC Helix Park development. Photos I took today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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