Density Bonus Program 'Interim' No More

Council takes wait-and-see approach

"...actually capture some of the development money flowing into Downtown and direct it towards the city's poorest residents...."

July 5, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

Point Austin: The Tree in the Way

Commission decision could lead to changes in tree ordinance

"...The Planning Commission spent weeks listening to public testimony and deliberating whether..."

Oct. 21, 2011 News Column by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Offices have replaced retail, leading to a single-use, non-diverse downtown. Rents are too high for stores to be profitable...."

June 2, 2000 Column

Headlines

"...meters. Proposals being discussed include extending paid parking hours Downtown from 5:30pm to midnight. The issue comes before a..."

Jan. 7, 2011 News Feature

Capitol View Corridor Debate Moves to Lege

Round Rock Rep. Mike Krusee steps into Capitol view corridors fray

"...of the state-owned garages on San Jacinto if a Downtown streetcar system is implemented and a recognition that the..."

March 16, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Can Dirty Sixth Be Cleaned Up?

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

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

June 17, 2022 News Feature by Chad Swiatecki

The Daily Hustle: 6/2/10

It's a press release-o-rama!

"...The city is revealing two parcels of the long-awaited Downtown Plan today, the Core/Waterfront and Northwest districts, in a..."

June 2, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

City Council evenly split on redevelopment proposals

"...coveted Rainey Street neighborhood at the southeast corner of Downtown. The City Council was divided down the middle on..."

Nov. 12, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

The Daily Hustle: 10/13/10

Big development deals coming to council

"...developer agreement for the former Austin Energy Control Center Downtown, just west of City Hall...."

Oct. 13, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...decorative wall around an Austin Energy substation at the Downtown Seaholm redevelopment provided unexpected controversy at last week's City..."

Aug. 13, 2010 News Feature

Naked City

"...voters rejected a $172 million road-bond proposal, sending the Commissioners Court back to the drawing board. (See more election..."

May 18, 2007 News Feature

News Roundup: Butterflies, Buffoons, & Bastrop

Debacles over courthouses and task forces

"...Don Zimmerman really, really doesn't want the new courthouse Downtown; a former Bastrop Sheriff's Deputy's murder trial ends in..."

Sept. 28, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Do the Right Thing

Call me Commissioner

"...of fanfare, I was appointed to the Austin Music Commission...."

Dec. 25, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

No One Way About It

Which Way for Our Downtown Streets?

"...One-way or two-way for downtown? After nearly a decade of debate over Austin's downtown..."

Aug. 2, 1996 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...No More Graffiti?: Austin’s Downtown Commission plans to create a Department of Nuisance Abatement..."

May 3, 2024 News Feature

Oops!

"...week's "Then There's This" column incorrectly stated that the Downtown Commission approved a proposed zoning change for a Gables..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Column

Higher Ground

Two more Congress towers

"...Burns, principal of UrbanSpace Realtors, lives, eats, and breathes downtown living, and when he talks about downtown Austin, he..."

July 21, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Council Watch

Council denies historic zoning for old house on St. David's property.

"...accommodate the increased foot traffic that Austin's burgeoning "24-hour downtown" will bring. "People are going to want to walk..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Let's Make a Deal

Greasing the Wheels at City Hall

"...will lay the groundwork for the future of Austin's downtown and the lasting legacy of this city council. Two..."

Jan. 30, 1998 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Beili Liu's Sculpture Cloud Pavilion Shimmers at Seaholm

How this glistening steel sculpture by the Austin-based artist became a permanent fixture of an evolving Downtown

"...water in order to lower the temperature of multiple Downtown buildings, increasing the overall efficiency of Austin's energy infrastructure...."

May 28, 2021 Arts Feature by Vivie Behrens

A Tidal Wave of People Batter the Foundations of Austin’s Structural Racism

Thousands took to Downtown and Eastside streets to say, emphatically, that Black Lives Matter

"...lost time Sunday, June 7, as thousands took to Downtown and Eastside streets to say, emphatically, that Black Lives..."

June 12, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Descent into Hell

The City Council kicked off its budget talks in earnest last week, with the least grim part of the FY2003 proposed budget -- public safety -- along with aviation, the Convention Center, and Solid Waste Services.

"...longer-term debt -- if it gets built at all. Downtown Commission Chair (and Planning Commissioner) Chris Riley, one of..."

Aug. 16, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Tom Copeland, Behind-the-Scenes Powerhouse of Texas Film, Dies

Former Texas Film Commission executive director passed last Sunday

"...Tom Copeland, former executive director of the Texas Film Commission. A pivotal figure in the growth of the state's..."

April 10, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Art Transplant

The Move Toward a Cultural Center in Downtown

"...The Downtown Austin Alliance's "First Tuesday" program didn't advertise a Battle..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Seaholm Powers Ahead, Amid Questions About the 'Public Interest'

Oft-delayed development getting serious at City Council

"...posted, before council approves rezoning of the site to Downtown Mixed-Use, Central Urban Redevelopment overlay. DMU-CURe allows building heights..."

Dec. 12, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Point Austin: Beside the Point

Neighborhood activist gives us an earful on proposed downtown high-rise

"...the Zilker Neighborhood Association, and longtime bee in the Downtown development crowd's bonnet, shared with Beside the Point "several..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Council: A Toy Store Full of Puzzles

The mayor’s Downtown Puzzle proposal returns to Council this week

"...headline proposal is the return of Mayor Steve Adler's "Downtown Puzzle" resolution, postponed from the contentious Aug. 31 meeting,..."

Sept. 29, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Gay Place

Community leaders hosts forum to discuss new city commission to focus on LGBTQ quality of life

"...discuss the formation of the LGBTQ Quality of Life Commission. They need all of us to show up and..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Council Preview: Rewriting the Historic Zoning Standards

Stemming the flow of tax abatements to owners wanting historic zoning

"...Castle Hill and Pemberton Heights neighborhoods), the Historic Landmark Commission may not consider more than one application per month..."

Aug. 20, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Center of Gravity

City's influx of new money and new businesses shifts council's political sails

"...except making money. Some say that by adding a downtown developer and former police officer to the council, voters..."

May 26, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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