Five Good Reasons Las Manitas Deserves a City Loan

Exploding some of the myths regarding the city's loan to the Downtown restaurant.

"...Widespread ranting has been flying thick in the Austin air as council approaches its Thursday vote on the..."

June 6, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

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Downtown de-vitalization, flying Ron Wilson, Hyde Park flood & Ed Herman speaks

"...it seems like the windows at the downtown Brown Lofts (in the Brown Building at Seventh and Colorado) have..."

March 23, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

The Mayor’s Race Offers Clear Choices on How Austin Should Grow

Election marks a critical juncture on the way to Austin's future

"...Austin's next mayor will only serve two years before facing..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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"...the spotlight, with Union Pacific's freight relocation plan (see "Austin@Large," at right), reuse proposals for Seaholm Power Plant (see..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Little City Hall

Architectural Team Picked to Design Scaled-Down Building

"...Austinites are damn good at fighting City Hall, even though..."

April 7, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Crime and the City Solution

How safe do you feel exiting the Sixth Street/Red River Austin music crucible at 2am?

"...ground." – "Six Bells Chime," by Crime & the City Solution, from the soundtrack to Wim Wenders' Wings of..."

June 26, 2009 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

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Austin Stories

"...has dropped its bid to obtain $25 million in city bond financing originally approved for the Waller Creek Tunnel..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Austin Stories

"...Advocates and opponents of Austin's holiest parking garage will gather at the Travis Co...."

Oct. 18, 2002 News Feature

Point Austin: Beside the Point

It's a no-brainer to denounce the no-brainers

"...This week, to paraphrase Mayor Will Wynn and the City Council, it's "Please don't come down here."..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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A Lighter Shade of Rail

"...name. But the thousand-plus souls -- including dozens of Austinites -- who gathered in Dallas in late September for..."

Oct. 8, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Playback: Austin Music's Cooperative Future

Could music collectives make Austin the next Music Row?

"...There's no quick fix for the arduous grind of Austin's music industry, where the pay's low, the rent's high,..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin at Large: The Lessons of Cady Lofts

An unusual zoning case may lay out the future contours of land-use politics

"...mind a specific few people, not the multitudes of Austinites who are less urbanist than me. But it's still..."

June 17, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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Eastside activists confront developer over pricey new lofts

"...Cesar Chavez as the future site of the Waterstreet Lofts, a multi-use residential live/work complex with prices starting at..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Diana Welch

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Tied Up in Cable, Mauro Tries to Stop the Pipeline, Smart Growth reconsidered, and Hyde Park Redux

"...ordinance. "If I were in the telecom business in Austin, I would make a habit of reading the agenda..."

July 27, 2001 News Feature by Jennie Kennedy

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week"It's not up to the American..."

March 4, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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"...Austin Stories..."

July 12, 2002 News Feature

Austin Playhouse

The theatre plans to take off from Penn Field and make a new home at Mueller

"...to announce the formation of a new theatre company, Austin Playhouse. Ten years later to the month, Toner made..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Point Austin: Bad Loan

Las Manitas wins even without city loan

"...Las Manitas Avenue Cafe, in the end rejected the city's offer of a $750,000 loan to help re-establish their..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Column by Michael King

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"...be replaced? Hell, yeah. The hunt for a new city manager officially kicks off today, when City Council will..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Feature

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"...scheduled for the last Sunday of the year. Naked City..."

Aug. 3, 2007 News Feature

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week"The Kool-Aid's in there, but they're..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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"...You're using too much, Austin...."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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The Downtown Austin Alliance presented its annual Impact Awards to groups and individuals responsible for "revitalizing" the Central Business District, but not everyone is happy with what they consider downtown gentrification.

"...boom that's changing life as we know it in Austin's Central Business District? The answer has three words, and..."

Jan. 19, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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Despite the many good arguments in their favor, Beverly Griffith's parks bonds and Raul Alvarez's housing bonds get shot down at council; meanwhile, Kirk Watson's $150 million transportation proposal glides through with nary a hitch.

"...Watson said little publicly, dropping occasional reminders that the city approved more than $75 million for parks and $65..."

Aug. 25, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Austin at Large: “No Significant Impact”

On unforced errors, ugly legacies, double standards, and loving thy neighbor

"...now we have in the headlines two different long-planned city projects, from different departments and in different parts of..."

April 8, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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Off the Desk

"...but also celebrates some of the new things in Austin," says Edward, who leaves her museum post next month..."

Sept. 24, 1999 News Feature by Amy Smith

City Council Notebook

What's council jamming out to this week?

"...for Holly Street Neighborhood park and rec projects from Austin Energy – this for shitting on them for so..."

May 21, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

City Council Notebook

An overflowing agenda this week leaves little room for snark.

"...7, 2007 Snark-free edition: Item 3: Settlement between the city and the Lower Colorado River Authority over use of..."

June 4, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Austin Art Galleries: Venues in bloom

This is the season when new visual arts galleries seem to sprout up everywhere like bluebonnets, and this spring brings us a bumper crop

"...we have a bumper crop blooming all across the city. No, not bluebonnets – art galleries. This is the..."

March 16, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin @ Large: Smart Growth: The Good, the Bad, and the %$@!-ing Ugly

"...already built (like the Nokonah and the West Avenue Lofts), some under construction (like the Convention Center Hotel and..."

July 4, 2003 News Column

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