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Upper Kirby is a commercial district in Houston, Texas.

Upper Kirby contains many businesses, including restaurants. Upper Kirby is east of the Greenway Plaza, southwest of Montrose, north of the city of West University Place, and south of River Oaks.

Upper Kirby is considered to be in an area west of Shepherd, east of Buffalo Speedway, north of Bissonnet, and south of Westheimer. The area is served by the Houston Intown Chamber of Commerce.

Areas in Upper Kirby have red street signs with the Upper Kirby logo on them. The studio for KTRK-TV ABC 13, the ABC station for the Houston area, is located within the district. The area west of Upper Kirby is also home to the Edwards Theatres Grand Palace movie theater, which serves the western half of areas inside the 610 Loop.

The Upper Kirby district plans to establish a "teen center" at Richmond at Wake Forest geared towards students at Lamar High School, Lanier Middle School, St. John's School, and other Upper Kirby schools and schools near Upper Kirby. Funding issues have delayed establishment of the center. [1]

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River Oaks is a part of the Houston City Council District C [2].

River Oaks is in Texas's 7th congressional district [3].

The Upper Kirby YMCA Extension is located in Upper Kirby [4] [5].

The neighborhood is within the Houston Police Department's Central Patrol Division [6].

Lamar High School, a public secondary school, and St. John's School, an independent K-12 school, are located in Upper Kirby.

School zoning is as follows:

• The following areas are zoned to Poe Elementary School and Lanier Middle School
  • Residential areas of the district located west of Edloe, north of Westpark, and south of Westheimer
  • Residential areas located east of Edloe, west of Kirby, north of U.S. Route 59, and south of Westheimer
  • Residential areas located east of Kirby and south of Westheimer
• The following areas are zoned to West University Elementary School (West University Place) and Pershing Middle School, with Pin Oak Middle School (Bellaire) as an option.
  • Residential areas located west of Edloe and south of Westpark
  • Residential areas located east of Edloe, west of Kirby, and south of U.S. Route 59

All of Upper Kirby is zoned to Lamar High School.

Prior to fall 2006, the following portions of Upper Kirby were zoned to Will Rogers Elementary School:

• North of Richmond, west of Eastside, and south of Kirby
• South of Richmond, north of Westpark, and west of Edloe
• South of Richmond, north of U.S. Route 59, east of Edloe, and west of Eastside

After fall 2006, Will Rogers Elementary closed and the Will Rogers portion of Upper Kirby was rezoned to Poe [7] [8].

• Upper Kirby website
• Kirby All Stars - A Kirby Coalition project in Upper Kirby

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