Southern Living

A Vested Interest

"...the rest of the city's sudden "discovery" of South Austin, most say the area's improving climate has been an..."

Dec. 4, 1998 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Road Rage

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

"...the years since voters approved the initial bond funding, Austin mushroomed in size, and traffic on the aging two-lane..."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

The dog-running controversy continues … and chalk another one up for Ventura.

"...It's interesting how when a minority neighborhood works together to "sweep out" a criminal nuisance, nobody..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Column

Work in Progress

Where's Solomon When We Need Him?

"...would be an improvement over the current situation, where neighborhoods feel they are not kept informed of city decisions..."

May 28, 1999 News Column

Regular Folk

"...South Austin has longcaptivated the rest of the city with its..."

Dec. 4, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Naked City

"...• City Council meets today (Thursday), with items on..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Lost Austin?..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Column

Library Fails to Carry

Commission Votes for Local Over Regional

"...expected such a huge turnout for an event most Austinites simply ignore, but more than 50 citizens turned out..."

Feb. 13, 1998 News Feature by Walter Cole

Men Who Would be Mayor

Scrambling for Money, Consensus, & Power

"...sitting before a neighborly audience from the Lakewood Homeowners' Association in Northwest Austin. They are fielding questions that touch..."

April 25, 1997 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Baby's First Birthday

Corner to Corner: One Year Old

"...- henceforth, let's make the first week of October "Austin Neighborhood Appreciation Week."..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature

Developing Stories: Concord – At Last

Up from the muck at Concordia

"...of subsidizing Friday Night Lights, perhaps the city of Austin should underwrite a new reality TV show set in..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Born to be Reviled

Interstate 35's worst stretch is also its most politically organized -- and that's a problem for TxDOT.

"...the plan to expand and revamp Interstate 35 through downtown Austin, you'd think the project schematics would be sealed..."

Sept. 20, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...hearing last week on the proposed expansion of the Austin Convention Center and revitalization of Waller Creek, there was..."

Feb. 13, 1998 News Feature

Naked City

"...9 expulsion of University Baptist Church (UBC) from the Austin Baptist Association means that the 74-year-old church is "cut..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Bygone Buildings

Right in the booming heart of Austin, folks can still find evidence of times past. Devin Greaney explores some of Austin's abandoned haunts.

"...In go-go Austin, displacement is the rule. A video store seems to..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Devin Greaney

Postmarks

United Way Clarifies

"...Scott Theatre's staff and Board of Directors to the Austin community who recently supported our production of Tony Kushner's..."

June 12, 1998 Column

The Shark Bites Back

Mitchell Says the Eastside Needs Sharp Teeth

"...Mitchell photograph by Alan Pogue On election day for Austin's 1994 city council races, James Harper and Carol Hadnot..."

April 18, 1997 News Feature

Infill On Trial

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

"...east of Lamar, reflect a trend that may revitalize downtown more than any shopping mall ever could...."

Feb. 14, 1997 News Feature

The Road to Somewhere

Citizens' Planning Committee Draws a Map

"...the world. Or at least the small world of Austin. That's the goal of the Citizens' Planning Committee, a..."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature

The Odds on Mayor Adler’s $720 Million Mobility Bond

Is the plan just daring enough to work?

"...pitch on the mobility bond ballot proposition to a Downtown Demo­crat­ic group. It was a fairly rushed and truncated..."

Oct. 28, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

'An Independent Person'

A Conversation With Randi Shade

"...Austin Chronicle: With such a difficult lead to overcome, why..."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

Sara Hensley Turns Over a New Leaf

The new PARD director has big ideas – to realize them, she'll have to raise big bucks

"...Council Member Randi Shade wasn't suggesting that Austin's new Parks & Recreation Department director should leap onstage..."

July 24, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Life on the 38th Parallel

GAINing Ground

"...abandoned buildings and red-light activity that's made Central East Austin infamous are contradictions of prosperity. They are the neighborhoods..."

Jan. 12, 1996 News Feature

Developing Stories

The Concordia redevelopment highlights the need for the city to do more than plan from the dais

"...In Austin, broad questions of land-use and planning policy typically get..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Wall of Separation

Neighbors of Hyde Park Baptist Church Take a Final Stand Against Its Proposed Parking Garage

"...garage in the middle of the historic Hyde Park neighborhood. Unfortunately, that's not to be...."

Feb. 2, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

If You Build It ...

What Dreams May Come

"...In West Austin, where the major new developments such as the Austin..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Pohl-Brown Town

Will the State Turn the Hog Farm into Edge City?

"...and rust and ruts where it crosses the old Austin and Northwestern railroad tracks. A cow lives at this..."

Dec. 5, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Dickensian Prospect

Great Expectations or Bleak Housing in Austin?

"...of priorities in the current council's push to define Austin's future. There wasn't much meat for the ravenous press..."

Nov. 14, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Elgin Agrarian Community Promises Co-op Living on the Blackland Prairie

“It’s like an urban twist on traditional farming.”

"...While it sounds like a parody of an Austin utopia, the development is real, and the first phase..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Fork in the Road on Sixth Street

Business owners clash over direction of entertainment district

"...The 6ixth Street Austin Association is not known for contentious politics, but a..."

Nov. 25, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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