Point Austin: Locally Cool

Austin embarks on a long but hopeful journey

"...In the spirit and context of the city of Austin's new initiative – under the unglamorous heading, the Austin..."

March 9, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Austin Films Bite Into Sundance

The Unforeseen, Teeth, and Joshua

"...continues this year with Laura Dunn's The Unforeseen, naughty Austin-shot Teeth, and former Austinite George Ratliff's Joshua...."

Dec. 8, 2006 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Austin @ Large: Over and Out

Thoughts on the first day of the rest of Austin's life

"...the surprise, but what I wrote begins, "In 2005 Austin finally grew into her big-city clothes." It goes on..."

Jan. 14, 2005 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Reading the Riot Act

I want a new central library, and I want it now

"...no "official" role to play in the world of Austin or Texas libraries. (I went from the State Library,..."

Feb. 27, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: A Healthy Heart

Central Austin neighborhoods should embrace UT, not fight it.

"...at least was -- the most "urban" neighborhood in Austin. It has high residential densities, lots of people without..."

Jan. 23, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

On the Blizzard / Stratus scandal, the Statesman misses the real story -- as usual.

"...same prize -- to survive and succeed in the Austin growth wars, where so many less sensitive developers have..."

Nov. 21, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

As other cities catch up, 'Solar Austin' advocates look to prime the green-power pump

"...Austin Energy likes to call itself the greenest utility in..."

Aug. 15, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Thoughts on land use, social justice, and making Austin look, feel, and work better.

"...consumed by land-use quarrels -- the staple food of Austin politicos and at times the crux for great change..."

July 25, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Max on a Mission

Will Austin's turbulent climate produce a perfect storm for Max Nofziger's mayoral campaign?

"...of the season: Max Nofziger, the Voice of South Austin, has his mayoral campaign headquarters downtown, while Will Wynn,..."

March 7, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Even if a current criminal probe turns up no fire, Austin's minority contracting program has never lacked for smoke and heat.

"...enterprise") program -- focusing as it does all of Austin's neuroses about race and equity, economic growth, and good..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large: You Kids Play Nice!

The idea of combining Austin and Travis County's governments seems like a good one, but never seems to gain any momentum.

"...already have cooperative working relationships with the city of Austin -- and the 21 other cities in Travis County...."

Jan. 18, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Candidate Gus Garcia takes on the school district

"...when Garcia mouths off about the sorry state of Austin's schools, he is speaking from some authority, even though..."

Nov. 2, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Celebrity, South Austin Style

The Mayor of South Austin

"...When Danny Young talks about his arrival in South Austin from Kingsville 23 years ago, he doesn't simply say..."

Dec. 4, 1998 News Feature

Austin @ Large: Out Into the DAMP

The Downtown Mobility Plan has critics from both the right and left, and that could be its undoing.

"...fair claim to the title of Birthplace of Smart Growth. (It definitely spawned the name "Smart Growth," later taken..."

June 14, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Bergstrom's Continuing Expansion

New terminal restores some 1950s glamour to the airport

"...it's chrome frames here and starburst patterns there. Even Austin-Bergstrom International Air­port is getting in on the act: Midcentury..."

May 5, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

For regional planning, it's a great day to go back to the future

"...a pretty good week for Will Wynn after all. Austin ISD has signed up its campuses for green power;..."

Oct. 10, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Growth Word

Schoolhouse Rock and a Hard Place

"...C Ranch housing development off Slaughter Lane in Southwest Austin, Kiker was only built for 675 students, but has..."

Dec. 12, 1997 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Why Portland Doesn't Look Like Austin

Rose (City)-Colored Glasses

"...for the Albina district, which is not unlike East Austin. The city expects these plans to remain current for..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Is Not a Helpless Victim of Growth

"...attention to the issue of the high cost of Austin’s growth in the Jan. 29 “City Hall Hustle” [News]...."

Jan. 29, 2010 Postmarks

Sons of Smart Growth

"...been hearing (and saying) for a while that Smart Growth is dead, it was only last week that City..."

June 13, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Governing Post-Boom Austin

Now that the lawsuits are over, we hope the council campaigns will turn to issues.

"...far, you'd think that the most important issue facing Austin is the proper valuation of a signature as a..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The wise aftermath of Smart Growth

"...of whether, and how, and when, they supported Smart Growth. Since we inadvertently started this madness ("I Once Was..."

Oct. 5, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large

SOS & Smart Growth, and the candidates

"...ago in this space) that SOS had supported Smart Growth. This is "inaccurate noise," Tschurr argues, adding that while..."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Budget Puzzles

Before your eyes glaze over, a few matters for consideration

"...that Futrell is calling "core service investments" necessitated by growth: graffiti abatement; permitting, plan review, and building inspection; urban..."

May 18, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Austin @ Large: Sense of the Census

The new census numbers reflect

"...Well, the hook here is that the Williamson growth edge is in absolute, and not just percentage, terms;..."

April 16, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

It's time to look more intelligently at economic development

"...1. Median household income in Austin is, far and away, the highest of any major..."

Aug. 16, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin At Risk

Tech leaders look for solution to Austin's growth problems

"...So, is high-tech killing Austin? Uh, no. Well, maybe. It could. But it hasn't..."

May 12, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Smart Growth Lineup

"...The Partners for Smart Growth Conference runs from Tuesday through Thursday, Dec. 15-17 at..."

Nov. 27, 1998 News Feature

Austin Tomorrow

Building on the Past

"...November bonds runs along the border between different cities: Austin Tomorrow, the paradisiacal product of future Smart Growth, and..."

Oct. 23, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Lost in Austin Chronicles the City’s Rapid Rise

Journalist and former Austinite Alex Hannaford takes a hard look at unaffordability and a disappearing culture

"...Alex Hannaford’s first visit to Austin in 1999 mirrors the experience of many people who..."

Nov. 15, 2024 Arts Feature by Doug Freeman

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