Photo: Historic And Design Review Commission <\/p>\n
The slanted Liberty Bar building is on track to become a new restaurant at the Pearl after a plan to rehabilitate it won initial approval from the city on Wednesday. <\/p>\n
The slanted Liberty Bar building is on track to become a new restaurant at the Pearl after a plan to rehabilitate it won initial approval from the city on Wednesday. <\/p>\n
The HDRC also gave a thumbs-up to a proposal by downtown developer GrayStreet Partners to renovate the Depression-era Light building into creative office space. <\/p>\n
The HDRC also gave a thumbs-up to a proposal by downtown developer GrayStreet Partners to renovate the Depression-era Light building into creative office space. <\/p>\n
The HDRC is asking for a few changes to the design, such as the removal of a small tower that GrayStreet wanted to add, according to the meetings agenda. <\/p>\n
The HDRC is asking for a few changes to the design, such as the removal of a small tower that GrayStreet wanted to add, according to the meetings agenda. <\/p>\n
Pearl developer Silver Ventures wants to renovate the 1890s-era Liberty Bar and move it down the street, away from the off-ramp of US 281 and next to restaurants like Down on Grayson and Osteria Il Sogno. <\/p>\n
Pearl developer Silver Ventures wants to renovate the 1890s-era Liberty Bar and move it down the street, away from the off-ramp of US 281 and next to restaurants like Down on Grayson and Osteria Il Sogno. <\/p>\n
Click ahead to see other projects and plans from GrayStreet Partners High-profile local developer GrayStreet Partners is under contract to buy the historic San Antonio Light building from Hearst. <\/p>\n
Click ahead to see other projects and plans from GrayStreet Partners High-profile local developer GrayStreet Partners is under contract to buy the historic San Antonio Light building from Hearst. <\/p>\n
Local developer GrayStreet Partners has bought about 3.5 acres of real estate around the Pearls main entrance over the last few years. <\/p>\n
Local developer GrayStreet Partners has bought about 3.5 acres of real estate around the Pearls main entrance over the last few years. <\/p>\n
A pedestrian stands at the corner of Houston Street and St. Mary's Street across from the Hotel Valencia, one of the buildings in the deal announced Monday. <\/p>\n
A pedestrian stands at the corner of Houston Street and St. Mary's Street across from the Hotel Valencia, one of the buildings in the deal announced Monday. <\/p>\n
The sun lights the art deco features of the Kress Building along East Houston Street. The building was part of the deal between GrayStreet Partners and Federal Realty. <\/p>\n
The sun lights the art deco features of the Kress Building along East Houston Street. The building was part of the deal between GrayStreet Partners and Federal Realty. <\/p>\n
A valet runs by the Kress building now owned by San Antonio-based GrayStreet Partners. <\/p>\n
A valet runs by the Kress building now owned by San Antonio-based GrayStreet Partners. <\/p>\n
A cyclist rides along East Houston Street by the Bohanan's building. The building, that includes the Cato & Cato offices on the left, is now owned by GrayStreet Partners. <\/p>\n
A cyclist rides along East Houston Street by the Bohanan's building. The building, that includes the Cato & Cato offices on the left, is now owned by GrayStreet Partners. <\/p>\n
A woman walks by the Cato & Cato offices housed in the Frost Bros. Building on the 200 block of East Houston Street. <\/p>\n
A woman walks by the Cato & Cato offices housed in the Frost Bros. Building on the 200 block of East Houston Street. <\/p>\n
Pedestrians walk along 200 East Houston Street by property now owned by GrayStreet Partners. <\/p>\n
Pedestrians walk along 200 East Houston Street by property now owned by GrayStreet Partners. <\/p>\n
Pedestrians walk by the Walgreens building at 300 East Houston Street, now owned by GrayStreet Partners. <\/p>\n
Pedestrians walk by the Walgreens building at 300 East Houston Street, now owned by GrayStreet Partners. <\/p>\n
Historic commission approves rehabs of Liberty Bar, Light building <\/p>\n
The slanted Liberty Bar is on track for its fourth lease on life, at least, as an eatery at The Pearl after a plan to rehabilitate and move the boarded-up building down the street won initial approval from the city Wednesday. <\/p>\n
Pearl developer Silver Ventures wants to renovate the 1890s-era building and move it from its corner at the off-ramp of U.S. 281 to a new location next to the restaurants Down on Grayson and Osteria Il Sogno. <\/p>\n
The firm would also move a small house next to the Liberty Bar and turn both buildings into a restaurant with an outdoor dining space. <\/p>\n
The citys Historic and Design Review Commission approved the plan on its consent agenda Wednesday, despite having turned down a similar proposal in 2014 over concerns about removing the building from its historic context. <\/p>\n
That proposal called for moving the building several blocks, but Silver Ventures wants to move it 250 feet down the same block this time. <\/p>\n
We want the facade to relate to a corner that has a neighborhood life, as it once did, the firms spokeswoman Elizabeth Fauerso said this week. This is a very special building with a special history that relates to the Pearl. <\/p>\n
The building, which was constructed by former Pearl Brewery brewmaster Fritz Boehler, was a beer garden for decades. It then served as the location of the Liberty Bar from 1985 to 2008, and local chef Andrew Weissman operated his restaurant Minnies Tavern & Rye House there until Silver Ventures bought the property in 2014. <\/p>\n
Silver Ventures will have to return at a later meeting with more detailed plans for final approval. <\/p>\n
The HDRC also gave a thumbs-up for a proposal by downtown developer GrayStreet Partners to renovate the Depression-era Light building into creative office space. <\/p>\n
The commission is asking for a few changes to the design, such as the removal of a small tower that GrayStreet wanted to add, according to the meetings agenda. <\/p>\n
GrayStreet, one of the most active developers downtown, bought the Light building in December from Hearst, the parent company of the San Antonio Express-News, and plans to turn it into 60,000 square feet of creative office space with a rooftop restaurant. <\/p>\n
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