Cemetery Master Plan Inches Closer to Life

Boards & commissions pass graveyard draft

"...to securing their future, as the city's massive graveyard master plan passed out of boards and commissions last week,..."

July 3, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Death Waits for No Plan

Austin works on making its cemeteries more accessible to the public

"...Two of the first men buried in an Austin cemetery – or so the story goes – were killed..."

Feb. 6, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Opinion: Flawed Cemetery Rules Process Violates City Council Resolution and Betrays Public Trust

The Austin Parks and Recreation Department is trying to force new rules that could result in the desecration of hundreds of graves

"...contacted the office at AMP to request permission to plant a garden on Shoshana's grave. When she received no..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Column by Sharon Weintraub

City of the Dead

Journeying through the graves of Austin's oldest cemetery

"...corpse by wagon over to what is now Oakwood Cemetery. The horses would trot up either to the north..."

April 21, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Shut Out Again

"...Editor, I appreciated the article "Death Waits for No Plan" [News, Feb. 6] on the draft of the Austin..."

Feb. 11, 2015 Postmarks

Civics 101

"...shelter Casa Maria­nella. Organized to highlight the challenges recent transplants face in building a home in the U.S. 9am-1pm...."

June 7, 2013 News Column

Civics 101

"...resources, and proposed activities as part of five-year consolidated plan. 4pm. Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second. nhcd@austintexas.gov...."

June 27, 2014 News Column

Short-Term Regs Getting Longer ... and Longer

Council split on regulating Type 2 STRs

"...• Approved the Cemetery Master Plan of the Parks and Recreations Department..."

Sept. 25, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Hill Country Militia

Grassroots homesteaders tighten ranks to fight urban encroachment

"...who had just convinced Union Pacific to relocate a planned switchyard in Laredo; it seemed good credentials at the..."

June 27, 2008 News Feature by Greg Harman

Infill On Trial

What's the Verdict on the Latest Central-City Boom?

"...know, is the city's official comprehensive growth and land-use plan, adopted in the mid-1970s, still in effect despite several..."

Feb. 14, 1997 News Feature

Tunnel Vision

The New Waller Creek

"...what to do with it. Since then, an ambitious plan to reinvent Waller Creek -- clean it up, keep..."

July 12, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin's Waterloo

Taking a Walk along Waller

"...is, indeed, named for Austin's first mayor and city planner, Edwin Waller, whose 1839 grid for the infant Capitol..."

July 7, 1995 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Trumpet Colossus Kenny Dorham Towers Alongside the Jazz Gods

The Austin musician stands alone in showing up Miles Davis in his autobiography

"...remembers Harvey. "Beauti­ful sound, beautiful technique. It was a master class from a master. We had about 300 people..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Slum, Sweet Slum?

An Annual Look at My Own Backyard

"...oft-touted pro-community stance. Why bother to create a neighborhood plan, and meet the city's admirable standards for genuine community..."

Oct. 24, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Comp Planning: A Brief History

Moving forward sometimes requires looking back

"...As our 2010 comprehensive planning effort bumps and grinds, it lends perspective to realize..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Creating a 'Corridor'

"...Capital Metro's redevelopment plans for the Saltillo District would create a gateway and..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature

Downtown Puzzle: HOT History

Projects under consideration for the historic preservation “funding bucket”

"...• Mexican American Cultural Center: The full master plan for the MACC is in development, but without..."

Sept. 22, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

"...considered appearing in a milk-moustache ad. Williams had also planned to declare May 11 "Drink Chocolate Milk Day," until..."

Oct. 5, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Public Notice: Your City at Work

Planning, talking, digging, housing, walking

"...special-called joint meeting of the Zoning and Platting and Planning Com­missions Tuesday night, Opticos Design consultants John Miki and..."

March 24, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Headlines

"...meeting (Dec. 14), with ABIA concession contracts, Convention Center planning, a nod at the Aquatic Master Plan, and a..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Feature

As Clock Ticks, Council Bites the Campsite Bullet

Post-Proposition B work to find places for unhoused Austinites continues

"...some locations could ever be considered. A historic Black cemetery? The vacant Home Depot whose neighbors spent years working..."

May 28, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...near LaGrange. He was buried Tuesday at the State Cemetery. See p.23...."

May 13, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Déjà Vu Development

photograph by Jana Birchum

"...of Page Southerland Page, Austin's leading architectural eminence, TxDOT master-planned its options, with an eye toward a new single-site..."

July 18, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

An Austin Original

Celebrating the Life of Otto Hofmann,1918-2001

"...the freshly mown prairie grass in this small, country cemetery, I recall my late friend's words about his childhood..."

June 8, 2001 Features Feature by Robyn Turner

The Johnson Treatment

It's been a dozen years since Robert Caro's previous book about Johnson, and now he's back, this time with Master of the Senate, an exhaustive and exhausting examination of the United States Senate during the years of Johnson's time there.

"...had written a stellar biography of New York City's master developer Robert Moses, and had made a seemingly effortless..."

May 3, 2002 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Silent Partner

You don't hear much about Wayne Bell when the Long Center for the Performing Arts is discussed. That may be because this honored Austin architect is low-key, modest, the consummate team player. But he's the point man on this $60 million project and arts writer Robi Polgar reveals how integral he is in getting it built in a calm, orderly, informed, and successful way.

"...Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife; initiator of the master's degree program in historical preservation at the UT School..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Smoke Gets in Your Mouth

Taylor

"...tastefully prosperous addition to a well-established business. If you plan to go on a Saturday, arrive early because the..."

May 21, 1999 Food Feature