Can This District Be Saved?

The revival of the Warehouse District is rooted in Austin's history – and its popularity is also its peril

"...Warehouse District boundaries (none of which are height-restricted by Capitol view corridors) are entitled to an 8:1 floor-to-area ratio..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...• The Crestview Neighborhood Association has called for residents to show up..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Feature

Happenings

June 21-27

"...KNIFE FIGHT: WHY LEGISLATIVE RULES MATTER & THE LONG VIEW FROM THE 80TH SESSION Sherri Greenberg of the LBJ..."

June 22, 2007 News Feature

City Counseling

It may not be loud, but it's comprehensive

"...waving reapplication fees for certain restaurants and expediting their review (see "Off the Record," p.55, for more); Item 54,..."

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Long Shadow of Wal-Mart

Place 1 candidates differ on development, environment

"...future big-box projects will be subject to greater public review...."

April 25, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Council's Got ... Talent?

At intermission, we talk to the headliners

"...duets with her co-tap dancer City Manager Toby Futrell. Reviewing the year, her tune is definitely upbeat...."

July 13, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Oops!

Our latest batch

"...newsletter In Fact Daily. Kimberly Reeves, the author of "Capitol View Corridors Update," freelances for IFD as well as..."

March 2, 2007 Column

Pushing Skyward on West Seventh

Another supertall condominium tower seeks to push envelope of what Austin accepts as Downtown

"...by Central Business District zoning (although historic designations and Capitol view corridors counteract most of that), and will feature..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Pfluger extension may run through middle of Seaholm- area project

"...Drenner said, "The process was unusual from a development viewpoint because we started planning around this throughway running directly..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Commissioners Review Downtown Vision

County formally kicks off multimillion-dollar, multistructure, multiyear capital-improvement project

"...door to the current one, is located in the Capitol View Corridor. The county probably won't seek an exemption,..."

Jan. 18, 2008 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

On the Lege

Texas and Sudan: In or Out?

"...Susan Morgan, both former Fidelity investors, said in an interview that they decided to go public with their concerns..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

Developing Stories: Where Are They Now?

The latest on this year's big digs

"...Business District indicated that with current zoning, height, and view corridor restrictions, not enough sites are available to reach..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Condo Clash

The Gotham Has Neighbors Up in Arms

"...is still making its way through the city's development review process...."

Oct. 1, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Council Considers the True Cost of Saving a Buck

Affordability is in the details

"...• View This Corridor First: Council fast-tracked the review of the..."

March 10, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Why Rail?

The city is pushing for a 2012 vote to build urban rail. The critics are asking, 'Who needs it?'

"...employment centers of the University of Texas and the Capitol complex, something the Red Line – which terminates at..."

April 8, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Here Come the Transporters

In the endless Central Texas transportation wars, the lions and the lambs look for ways to make peace

"...mostly for the better, in the way local leaders view their mission and the region's future.Tar and Feathers, Anyone?..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Tied to the Tracks

"...an alacrity rarely seen even from the notably image-conscious Capitol Metro -- contravening the view, aptly expressed once-upon-a-time by..."

April 4, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Take the A-Train

Mike Clark-Madison discusses 10 years covering light rail, and urges voters to support it.

"...sales tax, sprawl, infill, station areas, headways, lane miles, corridors, Crestview, Pflugerville, El Concilio, Ole Mexico, corruption scandals, audits,..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Council approves the to-be-redesigned Gotham on second reading; the Chestnut neighborhood plan becomes the first to win zoning changes from the council.

"...Austin residents concerned that the condominiums would impede their view of the Capitol and the downtown skyline. "We are..."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

On the Lege

Christian Sabotage?

"...reached a boiling point in the hallways of the Capitol last week when Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, argued the..."

Feb. 26, 1999 News Column

Downtown's Promise

"...1. CAPITOL COMPLEX Downtown’s biggest tenant, but a poorly used space;..."

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: A Tale of Two Processes

An ugly process to get to a not-awful ordinance

"...is a problem, because such areas lie along activity corridors...."

Nov. 27, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...residents of Stonegate, the East 11th and 12th street corridors, St. John's and University Hills)...."

May 3, 2002 Column

Brown and Eckhardt Face Off in Circle C

Circle C Area Dems host Travis County Judge candidates

"...to convert to multi-modal … we must build multi-modal corridors.” Both candidates opposed more toll roads, with Eckhardt suggesting..."

Jan. 14, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...more than happy to provide this service, because her review of the White Stripes' Get Behind Me Satan is..."

June 17, 2005 Column

The Best-Case Scenario

After years of work, Envision Central Texas goes majorly public.

"...region's growth rate), global warfare, regime change at the Capitol, everything but pestilence. Even before the survey, ECT has..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Urban on the Rocks

It's the Sprawl, Y'all

"...to serve the ivory-tower visions of social engineers. This view didn't exactly get dispelled by later steps on the..."

April 30, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Which Way Do We Go?

Rae Takes the Wheel

"...petty dishonesty. Listening to Rae, it's clear that she views Cap Met's role in Austin's transportation future differently than..."

April 9, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Conventional Wisdom

Is It Wise To Expand Austin's Convention Center?

"...gauntlet with the Bureau's subcontractor for African-American marketing, the Capitol City Chamber of Commerce -- chimed in with similar..."

Jan. 30, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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