Crime and the City Solution

How safe do you feel exiting the Sixth Street/Red River Austin music crucible at 2am?

"...short, something's going terribly wrong on Sixth Street between Congress Avenue and I-35. During the past 10 months or..."

June 26, 2009 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Mars

When Mars landed on South Congress, citizens of the 78704 didn't flee in horror from the invaders

"...Mars1400 S. Congress, 472-3901 www.marsaustin.com Sunday-Monday, 11am-10pm; Tuesday-Wednesday, 11am-10:30pm; Thursday-Saturday, 11am-11pm..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Food Review by Barbara Chisholm

Signs of Other Times

A photographic guide to some of the markers that still point to parts of Austin that have disappeared.

"...be familiar. Joseph's Men's Shop was a staple on Congress Avenue for decades, as was the mural advertising it..."

Jan. 26, 2001 News Feature

All Together Now

City makes some headway on synchronizing traffic lights

"...as Carrie Keith steers her bronze Chevrolet truck down Congress Avenue during a recent Tuesday afternoon rush hour. "You..."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Jonathan David Carroll

Postmarks

The Gotham backlash continues.

"...the construction of Gotham condominiums at Town Lake and Congress Avenue. Gotham provides a small number of residential units..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Column

Postmarks

Press Bush on Wiccans

"...found dancing every Sunday afternoon at Guero's on S. Congress to the music of his wife and daughters' band,..."

June 18, 1999 Column

Plan Yourself a Hell of a Summer

Holy-moley, this is one smokin’ hot Summer Events Calendar

"...swim in Lady Bird Lake, to a cycle down Congress Avenue, then finally a dash through Butler Park to..."

May 16, 2025 Features Feature by Chronicle Staff

Then There's This: Hotel Hypocrite

Developer wants to cancel wage agreement but keep incentives

"...of the 1,012-room J.W. Marriott hotel under construction at Congress Avenue and Second Street...."

March 8, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Rubber Meets the Road

Bond election project breakdown

"...$14.4 million: Build boardwalk at Lady Bird Lake from Congress Avenue Bridge to Lakeshore Park...."

Oct. 22, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Playing Through

Nine-year-old Ryan Brown and 10-year-old Madison Boreman brought the pint-sized gender war to the Congress Avenue Mile

"...Ryan Brown, 9, was describing his race in the Congress Avenue Mile last Sunday with his training partner and..."

June 12, 2009 Column by Thomas Hackett

By Any Other Name

The history of Austin's cherished landmarks reveals the extent to which chance plays a part in who among their namesakes we remember and which fade with time.

"...bisected by a road that was not yet South Congress Avenue. (Historians aren't sure, though, about Eva.)..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Chain Reaction

Downtown construction projects raise fears that Austin will lose its charm.

"...Tom Stacy. "But if you do a building on Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, that's a meaningful and very..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Amy Smith

Regular Folk

"...he grew up. He says the traffic off of Congress Avenue started in the mid-Eighties. "We used to play..."

Dec. 4, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Proposition B: Getting Behind Active Transportation

Voters also have the chance to approve a record investment in pedestrian, bike infrastructure, and traffic safety improvements

"...Road; and the first phase of improvements to the Congress Avenue Urban Design Initiative, which includes wider sidewalks, protected..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Jack Craver

A Summer of Protests to Reclaim Power From the Police

"Whose streets? Our streets."

"...often but typically took protesters to the Capitol, down Congress Avenue to City Hall, along Sixth Street, and back..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin at Large: Good Guys With Guns

Garrett Foster died in an outbreak of gun violence. But there’s more to the story.

"...focus our attention on guns, what played out on Congress Avenue Saturday night is not just an outcome of..."

July 31, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Dueling Camping Bans on Tap at City Council

Special called meeting next week to resolve issue

"...sitting, or lying on some streets altogether – including Congress Avenue, Sixth Street, East 11th and 12th streets, and..."

Sept. 13, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: “We Can’t Hear You.”

CodeNEXT planning process remains a mystery

"...are hosting "TRANSFORM!" – a two-day interactive exploration of Congress Avenue, with the goal of furthering the Congress Avenue..."

June 2, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Your Guide to the Weekend Resistance

A breakdown of inauguration weekend counterprotests

"...and across the U.S.” – will eventually march down Congress Avenue to unite with the One Resistance March by..."

Jan. 19, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Gone and Quartered

Stiffed on Capital Metro money, the city scrambles to fund another $51 million in transportation projects

"...which adds to bicycle/pedestrian infrastructure; the extension of West Avenue in the Seaholm District; and acquisition of Union Pacific..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Feb. 25-March 4

"...CONGRESS AVENUE SYMPOSIUM Is Congress Avenue as great as the..."

Feb. 26, 2010 News Feature

Not Too Tight at All

The disciplined abstracts of Helmut Barnett

"...very lucky with studios. I had a studio on Congress Avenue for 28 years. That was 908 Congress, the..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Arthouse: A design worth the wait

After nine years, Arthouse is ready to complete the renovation of its two-story headquarters at 700 Congress

"...Jones Center for Contemporary Art, its two-story headquarters on Congress at Seventh...."

March 21, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

McMurrey/Noriega Debate Next Week

Dem candidates will face off downtown

"...Time: 11:45am to 1:00pm Location: Austin Bar Association 816 Congress Avenue, Suite 700 Program: The Democratic Candidates for United..."

Jan. 2, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Fun, Healthy, and Green

A profile of the practice and business of pedicabbing

"...publicized hit-and-run accident occurred on the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge, pedicabbers were restricted from loading and docking..."

Dec. 28, 2007 News Feature by Sofia Resnick

Point Austin: Bad Loan

Las Manitas wins even without city loan

"...build its box-inside-a-box-inside-a-box convention hotel at Second Street and Congress Avenue, it ain't gonna break my heart...."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

"...under the initial plans for the Second Street and Congress Avenue site now home to Las Manitas. At a..."

June 29, 2007 News Feature

Happenings

June 14-20

"...ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CONGRESS AVENUE PARADE 1:30pm. From the Congress Avenue Bridge to..."

June 15, 2007 News Feature

Seaholm: The railroad conundrum

Two pieces of long-neglected and barely salvageable railroad track along and on the Seaholm Power Plant site could hold the key to whether the city has a commuter rail system limited to North and Central Austin or one that spans the entire city.

"...the Convention Center. Crossing Downtown – and especially crossing Congress Avenue – would be complicated, messy and, most importantly,..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...collector streets. Even in the CBD, once you leave Congress Avenue or Sixth Street, you find missing and broken..."

April 21, 2006 Column

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