Cedar Park, Over Ice

Southwest Sports Group's high-powered campaign to win voter approval for an ice rink/concert complex could "put Cedar Park on the map."

"...usually far less -- to win an election in Cedar Park. But Southwest Sports Group is thickly laying on..."

Nov. 1, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Bygone Buildings

Right in the booming heart of Austin, folks can still find evidence of times past. Devin Greaney explores some of Austin's abandoned haunts.

"...of an easy metaphor for the course of downtown development might want to consider this one: In 1836, Susanna..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Devin Greaney

Between Round Rock and a Hard Place

Northridge Acres can't find water, water anywhere.

"...Acres is a sad-sack old subdivision spread between two sparkling counties and lost between two booming cities. It is..."

Nov. 15, 2002 News Feature by Walter Howerton Jr

Wrong Side of the Tracks?

Light Rail May Be a Heavy Burden for East Austin

"...in favor of the light rail system and the development it's expected to bring...."

April 4, 1997 News Feature by Karl Pallmeyer

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Off the Desk:

"...million acquisition of the water/wastewater system of FM Properties' developments on Barton Creek. Neither the Sierra Club's Austin Regional..."

Jan. 24, 1997 News Feature

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"...and say, 'OK, creep, am I complying with national parks rule 36.1 or am I not? Make my day.'"..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Feature

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Off the Desk:

"...by members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a group whose members include the world's most industrialized..."

Nov. 27, 1998 News Feature

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...they might want to consider additional items related to development along the new SH 130. Oops.Naked City• Icy weather..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature

To the Lighthouse

After 20 years, WTP4 returns to a still unanswered question: Do we need it?

"...would provide water to the whole 183 corridor – Cedar Park, Leander, and most of Williamson County." Therefore, WTP4..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Matter Over Mind

The proposed Cypress Realty Development in Dripping Springs

"...in 1980, with the formation of the Ideal Village Development Cooperative of Austin, a governing board of sorts that..."

Sept. 21, 2001 News Feature by Rob Curran

Postmarks

Scaggs Photo in Bad Taste

"...business minds") the Austin elite begins a campaign of development...."

Dec. 18, 1998 Column

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Austin Stories

"...with happiness last week after neighbors of West Austin Park voted more than two to one to support a..."

Nov. 8, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Off the Desk:

"...Futrell, the council, acting as the Austin Housing Finance Corporation, last Thursday approved$50,000 to push the project forward again..."

May 28, 1999 News Feature

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More tributes to Doug Sahm

"...is not a city department but an independent nonprofit corporation that is charged with promoting tourism in Austin. The..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Column

West Lake Comes Out Swinging Against LCRA

West Lake Hills wants to regain control over its wastewater line

"..."the city's aging septic systems created environmental, economic, and development challenges that became increasing concerns for city leaders. Thus,..."

Aug. 12, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Off the Record

Learning the ones and twos with the Dub Academy and Phranchyze

"...Last Thursday, Jim Robertson of the city's Planning and Development Review Department briefed City Council on the Waller Creek..."

June 18, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...lawsuit. The tract was the subject of a 1996 development agreement between the city and the previous owner, and..."

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

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Off the Desk:

"...a 99-year lease to the Computer Sciences Corp. software development corporation. Residents will have a chance to weigh in..."

Dec. 4, 1998 News Feature

After the Pandemic at the Alamo Drafthouse

New management, new owners: Can the Austin movie chain retain what made it special?

"...two years as vice president of Disney English, the corporation's English language learning division...."

July 2, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Lumberman's Investment Corporation has offered a compromise to the city on its plans for the Sand Beach Reserve, located just north of Town Lake; the CityCouncil approves a $1.8 billion budget.

"...In what was essentially the same kind of parks-vs.-roads standoff that Mayor Watson and Council Member Griffith have..."

Sept. 15, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Naked City

Beverly Griffith and Raul Alvarez rain on the mayor’s bond parade by adding a few proposals of their own; Cedar Avenue settlement goes back into mediation.

"...proposed adding a $100 million bond election for new parks to the same November ballot that will carry Capital..."

Aug. 11, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

You Call This a Plan?

Seaholm District Master Plan Morphs Into the Lumbermen's Tract Subsidy Program

"...a long driveway that used to end at the Cedar Door bar. Shudde Fath, the younger one behind the..."

June 14, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

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Facts, Not Gossip

"...I urge anyone who is shocked by the recent developments to visit the website of Americans for Radio Diversity..."

June 5, 1998 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...ADAPT. Preceding public hearings by the Urban Transportation Commission, Parks Board, and Planning Commission echoed this sentiment. The Urban..."

June 21, 2002 Column

Sun City Undercover

The Spinning of Del's Webb

"...on here, on 5,300 acres of oak stands and cedar brakes northwest of old Georgetown, ya gotta understand that..."

Aug. 2, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Congruent Angles

"...Sitting comfortably in a Hyde Park coffee shop, Edwin Livingston, the picture of the consummate..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Council Watch

Council considers issues ranging from the Seaholm Power Plant, to the Gotham condominium project, to Southpark Meadows.

"...forces toward mass transit, downtown revitalization, and Town Lake Park revivalism -- and serving all those goals at once..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

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Our readers talk back.

"..."The Supremes Take a Hit," [News, Dec. 10]. Rich corporation owners, those that make huge campaign contributions, have no..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Column