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"...North Central Austin, in places like Hyde Park and Crestview, and in fact still live in the Crestview neighborhood...."

Jan. 17, 2003 Column

RG4N's 11th-Hour Gamble

RG4n wants a third party to reconcile their Northcross plans with the developer's.

"...between Lincoln Property Company, which owns Northcross Mall, and neighborhood groups. In a letter provided today to Austin Assistant..."

March 27, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

RG4N Wal-Mart Presser Today

RG4N announcement to contrast Wal-Mart's "open house" at Northcross

"...Morrison, vice president of RG4N • Allan McMurtry, Allandale Neighborhood Association • Steve Kuehner, vice president, Crestview Neighborhood Association..."

March 5, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Why Is 'Chronicle' So Vehemently Against Meeker?

"...Meeker’s campaign offers new ideas like a Department of Neighborhoods, an Office of Public Advocate, and commonsense ways to..."

May 6, 2008 Postmarks

Won't Somebody Think of the Children?

Skating Rink at Northcross says RG4N's putting them on ice

"...Supercenter at the site by … RG4N and local neighborhood associations will interrupt the locally owned ice-skating business’ longstanding..."

Feb. 15, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Meeting Just Raised More Concerns

"...Dear Editor, Last night, I attended the Crestview Neighborhood Association meeting, where representatives from the engineering firm..."

Dec. 19, 2006 Postmarks

City Hall Hustle: Sounds like a Plan ... of the Plan ... for the Plan, or ...

A budget's work is never done

"...72, making good on a Spelman campaign promise: a neighborhood matching fund program. As described on the campaign trail,..."

Sept. 25, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Four Korean Pubs for Your Late Night Dining Pleasure

Pochas for late-night snacking

"...five miles of each other, the two in the Crestview neighborhood and two more in the Quail Creek neighborhood,..."

May 24, 2023 Food Post by Evan Rodriguez

Campaign Contretemps

Competitive race takes on fiercer edge

"...solicitation for donations and a reminder of the Austin Neighborhood Council's endorsement of Tovo. "Oddly, [Shade] didn't contest the..."

April 8, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

A Democracy Explosion

Wow, you'd actually think people are interested in this voting stuff

"...500 people showed up at my precinct 242 (the Crestview neighborhood and almost half of Brentwood), and it was..."

March 4, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

RG4N Meeting Tonight – Will They Go for Broke?

Next steps discussed at meet tonight

"...for a certain local elected position? Will the Allandale Neighborhood Association indeed appeal their dismissed lawsuit? And do they..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Postmarks

Scaggs Photo in Bad Taste

"...As a former South Austin and current Crestview neighborhood resident, I am proud to be among the..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Column

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...past the Capitol and UT, and on to the Crestview neighborhood, will be the largest transit project in Austin’s..."

Jan. 17, 2025 News Feature

Public Notice: Wednesdays

All this news is sure getting in the way of the news.

"..."Morrow pork chop" median that has nettled the adjoining neighborhoods for decades. The pork chop "prevents drivers from entering..."

Jan. 22, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Lala's Lives!

Funky, festive neighborhood bar to reopen

"...The Crestview and Allandale neighborhoods have been buzzing with concern about..."

Sept. 10, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

District 9 Post-Mortem

Tovo and Riley speak post-election

"...Council" and "decisions that are reflective of the different neighborhoods." "District 9 is a pretty diverse place," she said...."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

District 9 Post-Mortem

Kathie Tovo and Chris Riley speak post-election

"...Council” and “decisions that are reflective of the different neighborhoods.” “District 9 is a pretty diverse place,” she said..."

Nov. 11, 2014 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

What Is Going On With Argosy Apartments?

"...Dear Editor, The Crestview Neighborhood Association newsletter says that a "business entity" is..."

March 4, 2012 Postmarks

Morton Prosecutor Wrote the Book on Crime

Judge Ken Anderson as a prosecutor leapt to judgment on Morton

"...her North Austin home. Norwood had moved to Austin's Crestview neighborhood in 1985, just blocks from the Baker home...."

Nov. 18, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Ride and Compare: Navigating Two Different Bike Maps

Google Maps and Ride the City take different routes to same destinations

"...of my most common trips. I live in the Crestview neighborhood – perhaps you'll get different results starting from..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Riding MetroRail, Part 2 (Video)

The media goes for a ride on the new choo-choo

"...you go &ndash a ride from Downtown to my Crestview neighborhood...."

March 9, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

One Down, 30-Something to Go

Gibson "art guitar" advertisement, uhh, public art swiped from downtown.

"...Austinite Victor Engel posted the following to the Crestview Neighborhood e-mail newsgroup: It has come to my attention..."

Feb. 20, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Beside the Point

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like 2007

"...do early reports from the neighbors. On Monday, the Crestview Neighborhood Association was treated to a bait-and-switch, expecting a..."

Dec. 22, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Wal-Mart a No Show?

"...for Northcross posted information about a meeting of the Crestview Neighborhood Association and Wal-Mart/Lincoln Properties scheduled for that day...."

Dec. 19, 2006 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

An angry rant by a redistricting disenfranchisee

"...a mess that sprawls from my house in the Crestview neighborhood, across the farmland of Bastrop, Lee, Burleson, Washington,..."

March 5, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Tied to the Tracks

"...realities like toll roads, higher density development in the neighborhoods, the elimination of free parking, substantially higher gasoline taxes,..."

April 4, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Rail Plan Does Not Address Needs of Community

"...not address the needs of potential commuters in the Crestview area. The stations that I feel are too close..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Postmarks

A Light-Rail Named Desire

Capital Metro Plows Ahead With Studies on Cedar Park Line

"...guiding force behind El Concilio, the coalition of Mexican-American neighborhood associations that has vigorously attacked light-rail, and Capital Metro..."

Feb. 28, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

MetroRail Watch

Congrats, MetroRail – the arm goes up one notch

"...North Lamar and Airport – partly because it's my neighborhood depot, and partly because it's where Cap Metro has..."

Nov. 27, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Reinventing Airport Boulevard

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

"...to shop, no one walking or cycling to a neighborhood taco joint. Perhaps that's because this corridor was never..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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