Here Comes the Neighborhood

Capital Metro, City Hall, and Eastside neighbors come together to share their hopes -- and fears -- for the Saltillo corridor.

"...the rail yard, now more elegantly dubbed the Saltillo District. Not even the squawking of chickens in surrounding back..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Finding the Sweet Spot

For Austin's 'density bonus' development program – what's on our wish list?

"...Downtown, as well as in areas along major roads designated core transit corridors, planned commuter rail lines, and other..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Urban Planning: A Roundup

How Austin is working toward getting better by design

"...Austin Plan, a number of other city master-planning and urban-design efforts, and the final push to complete neighborhood planning..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

The Downtown Dominoes

The headlines are about Block 21 and Seaholm, but the long-term questions are about what the city of Austin should be

"...City Hall) in what then really was a Warehouse District. But we can pick it up 6 1/2 years..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Arms on Brazos

As it nears completion of an extended 'Great Streets' rehab project, has Austin learned any lessons?

"...the latest beneficiary of the city's Great Streets Program, designed to make the urban core more livable, walkable, and..."

Aug. 5, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Pushing Skyward on West Seventh

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

"...within the core Downtown area defined by the Downtown Design Guidelines, is surrounded on three sides by Central Business..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin @ Large: Out Into the DAMP

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

"...Growth test case; while they brought density to the central city (a Smart thing), they weren't consistent with, or..."

June 14, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

City Council: The Race Is On

Previewing November’s elections for Districts 1, 3, 8, and 9

"...There are six seats up for grabs this year: Districts 1, 3, 5, 8, and 9, and the mayor...."

June 22, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

Reinventing Airport Boulevard

Can 'form-based zoning' transform a suburban drag into walkable neighborhoods?

"...taco joint. Perhaps that's because this corridor was never designed to be a place for people; it was built..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Another Slowdown on Rainey Street

Staff redevelopment plan hits a roadblock at the Design Commission

"...neighborhood once again got stuck in traffic. The city's Design Commission took its crack at reviewing the current city..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Mexican American Cultural Center and the existing Congress-area arts district. The asking price for the building is reportedly between..."

June 4, 1999 News Feature

Dell Med School Debate Over Use of Funds Continues

Fred Lewis won’t quit HEALTH fight with Travis County

"...the annual $35 million in funding provided by the Central Health District and Travis County taxpayers...."

Feb. 17, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Ten Districts, Many Visions

Heartbeat of the City

"...District 9: Heartbeat of the City D9 Ballot OrderErin McGann..."

Oct. 3, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Naked City

"...• The Travis Co. Democratic Party Convention (state Senate districts 14 and 25) takes place this Saturday, March 29,..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature

Developing Stories: Where Are They Now?

The latest on this year's big digs

"...The city still hasn't finalized its contract with ROMA Design Group to do the new Downtown Austin Plan, but..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Field of Dreamers

Two dems, five gop candidates vie for district 48 race, but the seat is expected to remain Democratic.

"...fall that she would not seek re-election to her District 48 state House seat after a successful 10-year stint,..."

Feb. 4, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Can Dirty Sixth Be Cleaned Up?

City Hall, the bars and clubs, and now a big developer say, “Maybe?”

"...outcry to clean up and transform the Downtown entertainment district along East Sixth Street every decade or so. The..."

June 17, 2022 News Feature by Chad Swiatecki

The B&C List

"...and third Wednesdays, 6pm: City Hall, Council Chambers South Shore District PUD, Barton Springs Pool Master Plan, Boardwalk Trail at..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature

Naked City

The city tries to combine historic protection, urban redevelopment

"...not going to go anywhere. Still, the city's Urban Design Office has taken a swing at turning into guidelines..."

Aug. 6, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Their Reputations Precede Them

Run-off rivals Galindo and Morrison set the record straight

"...Morrison. "The sense of the neighborhoods was that the Central Business District [Downtown's boundaries] should not be coming all..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Bubba Likes It

Barton Springs and Riverside: A Separate Place

"...But is it really South Austin? Or is it Central Austin? Or just downtown? Or should we make that..."

Dec. 6, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Best-Laid Plans

How does the patchwork of separate plans for the future of Central Texas fit together? No one knows.

"...In Central Texas, right now, there's a whole lot of planning..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

How Does TDR Work?

"...has been used elsewhere to preserve historic buildings and districts (as well as farmland and green space) for more..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the Department of Justice. In a letter to U.S. District Attorney Johnny Sutton, Futrell and Knee said that "an..."

March 25, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

I Plan, Therefore I Am

A Downtown Planning Timeline

"...Guy Town, the thriving and openly tolerated downtown brothel district, is shut down. Over time, it's redeveloped as industrial..."

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

Public Notice: Ends at Odds

Good deeds, bad deeds, restricted deeds

"...deed restrictions such as this exist in every Council district that was within the Austin city limits in 1950,..."

May 10, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

News Roundup: Counties, Communities, Council

Municipal politics matter!

"...In this week's news roundup: a candidate for District Attorney probably didn't have enough legitimate signatures to appear..."

Jan. 18, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

More Agenda, More Council

This week brings 99 items – and a host of potential candidates

"...few cleanup matters, including a request to the Travis Central Appraisal District for reappraisals of properties affected by the..."

Jan. 17, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Eco Hotel vs. Historic Preservation

A new hotel poses challenge to Warehouse District

"...corner of Fifth and Colorado streets, within the Warehouse District recommended for historic preservation by ROMA Austin as part..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Mapping the Future

Seven longtime Austinites talk about Smart Growth, neighborhood planning, and the future of Central Austin in an October roundtable discussion.

"...growth, Smart and otherwise, and how to keep the central city alive and afloat. You may not think this..."

Dec. 3, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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