The Devil in the Details

After 10 years, the Great Streets master plan runs into controversy over two-way streets.

"...So say the city's Downtown Austin Design Guidelines, echoing more than a decade's worth of policy,..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Color of Fire

The Austin Fire Department is making another attempt at staff diversity – will it do any better this time?

"...the Austin Firefighters Association expressly gave Kerr flexibility to "design a process intended to have a high degree of..."

May 13, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

What Is Form-Based Code?

"...as the organizing principle. Not to be confused with design guidelines or general statements of policy, form-based codes are..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

SXSW Web Awards

An annotated list of this year's Web Awards winners

"...Redesign/Relaunch: Hotel San José..."

March 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Kim Mellen

Postmarks

Losing Our Lunch

"...non-car modes of transportation off limits? Why can they design, plan, and sell bonds for parking garages, but not..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Column

The Luv Doc: Crap Taste

The sweet deliverance of blissful apathy

"...no idea he has such strong opinions about interior design. I want him to be comfortable with what we..."

July 5, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

TFN Report: Texas Scientists Support Evolution

Scientists overwhelmingly reject "creation science" and "intelligent design"

"...The evolution vs. creationism (or "intelligent design") wars are expected to flare up again this spring,..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Dissecting Mercer's Anti-Evolution Editorial

Because shooting fish in a barrel is fun!

"...upon this language in their attempts to push “intelligent design” theory (aka creationism) into curricula around the nation. In..."

Feb. 16, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

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

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Intelligent Design Refutes Itself..."

July 25, 2003 Column

Road Rage

The Barton Springs Road project has encountered more than few speed bumps

"...doesn't have to adhere to the same strict development standards it requires of private contractors. If the roadwork had..."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Consultants Given Lucrative City Contracts Without Council Approval

City paid friends of City Hall top brass $300,000 through subcontracting scheme

"...to provide a range of nebulous services including the design of "frameworks for gaining clear insight into the specifics..."

Sept. 15, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Nightmare Alley

Guillermo del Toro goes into the dark of greedy souls in this noir remake

"...this narrative luxury.) The plot is unusual by contemporary standards, though conventionally straightforward compared to other films in del..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Penfold Theatre's Crime and Punishment

In this stage adaptation of Dostoevsky's novel, a fascinating glimpse into the more twisted corners of the human mind

"...extraordinary men should not be bound to ordinary moral standards, for they can achieve greatness for others many times..."

April 5, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Public Notice: And, We’re Off …

Council tees up CodeNEXT for a loooong drive, takes a breather

"...Council spent the entire day Wednesday talking about compatibility standards and transition zones – that is, how close can..."

June 29, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: The Devil’s in the Details

And of course, no one wants to wrestle with the devil

"...doing away with what they see as overly prescriptive standards on building design and placement...."

Jan. 12, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Summer Fun: No Pressure; No Diamonds

Learning the facets of the AAA hotel inspector's trade

"...glove test, going through an exhaustive check list of standards and requirements. But what he's really looking for is..."

July 17, 2015 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

SBOE: No Scholars Need Apply

SBOE members nominated several unqualified panelists to a social studies textbook review committee.

"...a biology textbook review group with evolution deniers, intelligent design proponents, and religious activists. To rectify that persistent problem..."

July 25, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Heart of the Community

SXSWedu gathers voices on schools in communities, communities in schools

"...in education policy, such as the Next Gener­ation Science Standards, that change how the science is taught. That's part..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Council Preview: Only Reconnect

Agenda weighed down with zoning

"...so that – provided the delinquent customer meets certain standards – reconnection would be mandatory and free of charge...."

Dec. 6, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Who Says You're Drunk?

Bars and bartenders may help you tie one on – but they're also expected to cut you off just this side of 'intoxication'

"...might have helped to get you drunk. Vague by Design..."

July 5, 2013 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Print & Paper Über Alles

A more perfect publishing today

"...people who make websites) and co-founder of the Web Standards Project (which promotes the digital architecture that keeps the..."

March 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mueller Takes the LEED: Sample Sustainable Features

"...retail center, required to conform to its high energy-efficiency standards, at least one has now adopted those standards nationally..."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Feature

Community Wants Pearce in '09

Survey response instructs Carstarphen to work to re-open Pearce this year

"...a repurposing proposal for 2009-2010; create a new instructional design for 2010-2011 and the future) 14 people preferred Option..."

July 22, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Campfire Horror Story

How Carole Keeton Strayhorn and the state destroyed a healing camp for kids

"...system lacked leadership and oversight and tolerated wildly disparate standards of care that ultimately put thousands of children at..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Just Add Students

The new Eastside high school takes issue

"...just met with 11 districts that have gone through redesign, and none of them have solved the problem of..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Beside the Point

The city and county play chicken over Bull Creek and Cortaña

"...is this: Is it a threat or a promise? Designing Members: After passing a Brobdingnagian consent agenda last week,..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Letters at 3AM

The sapping of America's economic and technological dominance is a boon for the world. Many are gaining from the decline of a few.

"...countries, while our native-born, through stupid movements like "intelligent design," destroy the teaching of science in our public schools..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

What I Learned at the Dot-Bomb Revolution

Robert Bryce recounts his short, happy career in the Internet wave

"...instance, General Motors and other carmakers are interconnecting their design operations with those of their suppliers. In the next..."

Nov. 30, 2001 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Kids in Black

That innocuous-seeming crew of people listed beneath the actors in every program, who scurry around in black backstage and hover over the proceedings in the sound and light booth, may not be well-known to most theatregoers, but this silent, hidden army is all-powerful. Techies get almost no share in the glory, but they run the world, and here's how.

"...-- The Gunn Brothers, local sound designers..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

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