Experience and Identity

Place 1 opponents offer different bios, styles, priorities

"...and their differences visibly represent different elements of the Austin body politic...."

May 1, 2009 News Feature by Michael King

Pocket Parks Popping Up All Over Town

Miniparks stake out green space in a crowded city

"...Sparky Park, in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Central Austin, is part of an encouraging trend by the Parks..."

April 17, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

SXSW Showcases

Wednesday

"...8pm, Room 710 This Austin label, founded in 2005, has become a stable for..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

City Counseling

Have we got plans for you

"...existing and often competing plans addressing affordable housing, transportation, sprawl, neighborhood zoning, conservation, recycling ... and more ... ping-ponging..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Sounds of the City

Church of the Friendly Ghost's new urban planning

"...couldn't help but be nonplussed at its cookie cutter sprawl. There's no Cheesecake Factory or Barnes & Noble, but..."

Feb. 10, 2009 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Buy Locally

"...Dear Editor: Thank you for including the Austin Independent Business Alliance and several of its members in..."

Dec. 9, 2008 Postmarks

Not in My Graveyard: RAMP vs. Covenant Presbyterian

One woman's battle with a church to preserve a Central Austin cemetery

"...of cancer in 1989, and she buried him in Austin Memorial Park Cemetery, a tree-dotted swath of grassy acreage..."

Nov. 28, 2008 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

Don't Throw Out Passenger Rail With the Bathwater

"...Dear Michael, Re: Michael King's "Point Austin: Nobody in Charge" [News, Nov. 14]: While I respect..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Postmarks

Proposed Southwest School Boundaries Spark Concerns

Parents fear a new middle school in Southwest Austin will fracture a community

"...The Austin Independent School District's new Southwest middle school is on..."

Nov. 14, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

The Last Waltz: Looking back on the legacy of the Backyard and a tribute to Danny Roy Young

"...has harvested a local legacy on par with lost Austin haunts such as the Armadillo World Headquarters and Liberty..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Developing Stories: Controlling Developers

The hidden costs of Proposition 2

"...live-work-play, transit-oriented places that current council policy advocates for Austin. The Mueller neighborhood, on the site of the old..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

The Making of an Endorsement

"...Simon Makes Fools of Austin..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature

The Problem Is the 'Chronicle'; Vote Yes on Prop. 2

"...Dear Editor, Michael King’s misleading attack [“Point Austin,” News, Oct. 17] on the Stop Domain Subsidies charter..."

Oct. 21, 2008 Postmarks

The Sausage Link

How Elgin got the New Urbanist transit dream

"...Located in the second "growth ring" around Austin, Elgin can see the suburban tsunami coming its way...."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Page Two: Terms of Entitlement

Austin growth

"...ideas expressed by our readers is how much better Austin used to be back in the day, whatever day..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...growing more compactly and limiting the negative effects of sprawl. Earlier projections that the regional population would double from..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Feature

Off the Record

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss raise sand in Dallas, Lick Lick goes big in Japan, Dutch hip-hop sprouts in Austin, and a homecoming for Doyle Bramhall II

"...Doyle Bramhall II has never had a problem standing..."

July 11, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

'Chronicle' Endorsements

June 14 City Council run-off

"...initial endorsement, former Planning Commissioner Cid Galindo and former Austin Neighborhoods Council President Laura Morrison are highly experienced and..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Their Reputations Precede Them

Run-off rivals Galindo and Morrison set the record straight

"...minds, at least): that as former president of the Austin Neighborhoods Council and co-chair of the McMansion task force,..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Early Voting Begins Today

Austinites must settle the Galindo-Morrison run-off for Austin City Council

"...Early voting for the June 14 city council run-off..."

June 2, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

'Chronicle' Endorsements

June 14 City Council run-off

"...initial endorsement, former Planning Commissioner Cid Galindo and former Austin Neighborhoods Council President Laura Morrison are highly experienced and..."

May 30, 2008 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Density Debacle at 51st Street

Neighborhood, developer, and bike activists all at odds over proposed development

"...low-profile zoning case for a residential development in Central Austin is now a three-way controversy, involving not only the..."

May 16, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

'Chronicle' Endorsements

May 10 municipal elections

"...the three City Council seats and beyond them the Austin Independent School District bond propositions, with school district and..."

May 9, 2008 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Difference in Interpretation Is Not a 'Lie'

"...proves his point with at least two falsehoods [“Point Austin,” News, May 2]. If I were to jump to..."

May 6, 2008 Postmarks

'Chronicle' Endorsements

May 10 municipal elections

"...the three City Council seats and beyond them the Austin Independent School District bond propositions, with school district and..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

The Outdoorsy Type

Scott Johnson wants to see you with an electric lawn mower – and he's got the hookup

"...best ideas and in 1996 took his plan to Austin Energy. They loved it, and 10 years later, the..."

April 18, 2008 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker

Spank Dance Company: Butoh

The dancers in this performance evoke nothing so much as machinelike armatures slowly, intermittently, gorgeously going haywire

"...Austin Figurative Gallery, March 28..."

April 4, 2008 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

City Shaper

Beloved – and snubbed – at home, Sinclair Black to be nationally honored for lifetime achievement

"...be presented at its upcoming congress, CNU XVI, in Austin, April 2-6 – recognizes Black for his efforts to..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Spring Training

Seasonal snapshots of the council candidates

"...feel your pain" genuflecting to influential quarters of the Austin body politic – has left him vulnerable to attack..."

March 21, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Friday Showcases

"...sort of spiritual den mother up there in the sprawl of Massachusetts. Certainly it's the vibe on Moore's 2007..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

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