Bill Cotter's Parallel Apartments Are Full of Freaks Like You and Me

And the author presents a wine-fueled glimpse at BookPeople tomorrow.

"...Bill Cotter's new novel, The Parallel Apartments, should come with one of those Government Warning Labels...."

Feb. 24, 2014 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Blocked Apartments by Houses for Years. New Rules Would Change That.

Code change would facilitate 60,000+ new units, city staff estimates

"...Toward the end of a 31-page staff report summarizing..."

April 19, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

What Is Going On With Argosy Apartments?

"...entity" is planning to purchase and redevelop the Argosy Apartments at 1003 Justin Lane. The March 13 public hearing..."

March 4, 2012 Postmarks

UT Area Needs More Apartments

"...here: This area doesn't have anywhere near enough near-campus apartments to satisfy demand. Some students would doubtlessly still live..."

Jan. 3, 2006 Postmarks

At Council: More Apartments, North and South

Council considers two zoning cases facing opposition from surrounding neighbors

"...staff and ZAP, but some neighbors say adding more apartments will exacerbate existing traffic congestion along Steck; if the..."

Oct. 15, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Rules That Block Apartments Near Single-Family Homes Should Change, City Staff Says

Compatibility restricts homes near amenities

Sept. 18, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

News Roundup: Use of Force, Apartments, & TNCs

Jury awards $1M in civil rights suit; SOI ordinance halted

March 9, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Rental Health Worries

Pecan Springs Gives Apartments Thumbs Down

"...Austin City Council about-faced and deep-sixed the controversial Tannehill Apartments, Councilmember Jackie Goodman -- laying the groundwork for her..."

Dec. 26, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Daily Hustle: 12/3/10

Marshall arms race heats up

"...we wrote about it earlier this week, the Marshall Apartments permanent supportive housing proposal has absolutely gone bananas, with..."

Dec. 3, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 12/10/10

The Marshall debate, in speakers own words

"...passed a controversial $2.5 million rehab for the Marshall Apartments (not to mention other proposals for PSH and low-income..."

Dec. 10, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Swing Sets and Champagne Rooms?

Adult cabaret going up across the street from Daffodil Apartments

"...E. Ben White, across the street from its Daffodil Apartments, an affordable-housing community home to 40 families, 10 of..."

May 18, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

The Only Living Boy in New York

A New York love triangle state of mind

"...dinner parties in dining rooms the size of studio apartments and drink expensive bottles of Pinot Noir as they..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Clean, Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments, Royal Headache

The Clean, Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments, Royal Headaches

"...The Clean, Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments, Royal HeadacheClub de Ville, June 2..."

June 8, 2012 Music Review by Greg Beets

Where Comedy Lives

Austin stand-ups have a complex – and it's called the Sandstone Apartments

"...Pockets and practicing their schtick – in the Sandstone Apartments on Manor Road...."

Nov. 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Another Side of Travis Heights

In a South Austin apartment complex, residents organize for change

"...By more than one account, the Travis Park Apartments, just inside I-35 on East Oltorf, are a blight..."

Oct. 19, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Civic Duty

The line separating civic duty from vigilantism is the focus of this paranoid thriller set squarely in the new age of terrorism.

"...taut drama set primarily within the confines of two apartments in the same urban building complex and keeps the..."

May 4, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Housing Authority to Raze Thurmond Heights?

"...Austin has released plans to demolish the Thurmond Heights apartments, which is home to 144 low income families. The..."

Dec. 12, 2006 News Post by Wells Dunbar

3-Iron

A young man steals into people's apartments and adopts their identities in this largely wordless Korean drama.

"...city – slum buildings, palatial estates, and shiny antiseptic apartments with video security cameras and objets d’art. When the..."

May 27, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Vera Drake

With this period piece set in 1950 London, British filmmaker Mike Leigh delivers his best picture in some time, and with it he seemingly aims to provoke conversation about the ethics of abortion.

"...first thing she does when she comes to women’s apartments to perform abortions – in this case the water..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dirty Pretty Things

Stephen Frears’ low-key thriller casts its eye toward the furtive lives of London’s illegal immigrants.

"...by taking the jobs no one wants and the apartments without addresses, all in an effort to stay several..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fetishes

"...it eventually gains him access into the homes and apartments of the various mistresses, where, sadly, nothing much is..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

301/302

"...doesn't. 301 and 302 are the numbers of neighboring apartments in this South Korean mystery/comedy. The woman in 301..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Nobody Loves Me

"...is in the process of being renovated into upscale apartments. She desperately searches for meaning in her life and..."

April 5, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

RoboCop 3

"...and people are being forcibly herded away from their apartments and off to rehabilitation camps in order to make..."

Nov. 12, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

King of the Hill

A young boy who's separated from his family spends time in a dilapidated hotel in this Depression-era drama. Soderbergh's film is a lyrical piece of well-crafted passion that doesn't shirk the bleak realities of the time

"...teacher (Allen) a false address (the swanky Carleton Court Apartments -- his father's oft-mentioned dream home). A far cry..."

Oct. 8, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Travis Flats Affordable Housing Complex Breaks Ground

122 apartments soon to be available for low-income residents

"...for redevelopment along Airport Boule­vard." Of Travis Flats' 146 apartments, 122 will be priced for residents at or below..."

June 7, 2019 News Feature by Lilli Hime

Moving on Up

River Woods residents forced out of affordable apartments which are being demolished for a new luxury complex

"...about six weeks ago, the residents of River Woods apartments, a converted 1950s-era motel situated smack-dab in the middle..."

Oct. 1, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

No Room at the Complex

Renters scramble for housing as dirt churns on new condos

"...city as a whole. The story of the Stoneridge Apartments on South Lamar is exemplary of the trend, with..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Rent Rub

Working Poor Getting Stiffed on Housing Costs

"...city this year is considering bonds for another 551 apartments. Meanwhile, HUD, which subsidizes fewer than 4,000 publicly owned..."

Aug. 21, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

On the Edges of Gentrification, Planning a Different East Riverside Drive

City’s declared goals for the corridor and those of private developers do not necessarily coincide

"...shopping center at 2015 East Riverside Drive, the Element Apartments at 1500 Royal Crest Drive, the Solaris Apartments at..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

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