Where the Sidewalks End

Austin's patchwork sidewalk system has a history – and just maybe a better future

"..."walkability," and the city does have some big projects. Downtown's Great Streets Development Pro­gram. The scenic hike-and-bike trails. The..."

July 11, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Best-Laid Plans

How does the patchwork of separate plans for the future of Central Texas fit together? No one knows.

"...Central Texas, right now, there's a whole lot of planning going on. Big visions and decisions for the region's..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Sara Hensley Turns Over a New Leaf

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

"...the community." And for her, she says, that means planning not for the community, but with it. Getting to..."

July 24, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Streetcar Desires

The Austin streetcar has a consensus – it still needs champions

"...regional vision to be born – for transportation, land-use planning, and the environment – big-picture solutions increasingly will demand..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin's Waterloo

Taking a Walk along Waller

"...is, indeed, named for Austin's first mayor and city planner, Edwin Waller, whose 1839 grid for the infant Capitol..."

July 7, 1995 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Top 9 Developing Stories

"...1) PLANNING-A-GO-GO This year saw a harmonic convergence of major planning..."

Jan. 1, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Great Streets, Not So Great Parks

Battle at the park over Riverside Drive

"...However, the city Transportation Dept.'s new Downtown Access and Mobility Plan (D.A.M.P.), a two-year project conducted..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Mueller: The Art of the Deal

Will the City Give Away Mueller Airport to Save Barton Springs?

"...chunk of land. And let's say you've got big plans for it. That you'll get to -- someday. And..."

Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

"...Springs Alliance is challenging the group's Chapter 11 reorganization plan, claiming SOS is seeking bankruptcy protection to shirk responsibility..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Feature

Developing Stories

Liveable City presents 2007 Vision Awards; ROMA Design Group working on initial research stage of Downtown Austin Plan; and architectural team for San Antonio master plan selected

"...major public investment," and, "Call for a new, open planning process that respects community priorities in the redevelopment of..."

June 29, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Reflecting on the Deal

"...the new deal and the process by which the plan came together to win City Council approval last week...."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature

From Runways to Sidewalks

The Mueller neighborhood at midcourse

"...promise of a "New Urbanist" neighborhood three miles from Downtown, the Mueller pioneers hit the trail in 2007 and..."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Feature by Robyn Ross

New Bike City

In time for SXSW, Austin rolls out miles of new bike lanes and features

"...users not encased in steel. A Vision and a Plan..."

March 12, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: The State Eyes an Eastern Campus

And about that regional plan …?

"...would supplement (not reduce or replace) the Capitol Complex Downtown and allow for long-term state office expansion...."

May 15, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories

Getting back to our Wooldridge Square roots

"...University of Texas School of Architecture, sponsored by the Downtown Austin Alliance. The study (www.downtownaustin.com/living/recreation/#parks) was conducted by professors..."

Aug. 3, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Building Utopia

After years of pipe dreams, politics, and planning, the new Mueller Neighborhood is rising at last

"...In its master plan, the new Mueller neighborhood in near East Austin..."

Sept. 29, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: What's Wrong With the Super PUD

The proposed PUD amendments won't fix the problems without a plan

"...developers, particularly in central city neighborhoods – are carefully planned to serve the civic and community good?..."

June 6, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Top 8 Reasons to Vote for a New Main Library

"...growth." That nutshell summation comes from the 2003 Library Master Plan; its recommendations reflected years of citywide information-gathering by..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Four for Seaholm

"...and development concept" for reuse of the old power plant and its environs. As such, the Seaholm criteria are..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature

Travis County Plans New Women's Jail

Del Valle's new digs

"...through Travis Coun­ty's proposed budget when she stumbled upon plans for a new $91 million women's jail on the..."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Pushing for Expansion

Casar, Houston not warming up to expansion proposal

"...change from a decade ago, when a lack of Downtown hotel rooms meant the center had trouble bidding on..."

Oct. 23, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Gone and Quartered

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

"...Road is a corridor the city of Austin has planned to improve for at least a decade. At long..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Top 10 Developing Stories

"...1) Boom and Bust The Downtown skyline was transformed by rising condo towers. Hotel, office,..."

Jan. 2, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Pioneering at Mueller

Urban trailblazers aren't just settling Downtown

"...For inner-city pioneers priced out of Downtown condos, Mueller – the new community on the site..."

March 23, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Here Comes the Neighborhood

Capital Metro, City Hall, and Eastside neighbors come together to share their hopes -- and fears -- for the Saltillo corridor.

"...and traveling. But that's exactly what Capital Metro, city planners, and many neighbors aim to create. The transit authority,..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Prime Time Irony?

The Future of Liberty Lunch

"...last 10 years the City of Austin has presented plan after failed plan to develop its four and a..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Music Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Public Notice: Trick or Treat!

Scary times for CodeNEXT

"...set of meetings of the Zoning & Platting and Planning commissions (see "The Final Count­down," p.14), were notable in..."

Oct. 27, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Developing Stories: The Promise of Planning

Can the city deliver on East Riverside?

"...shared the comments above – on an ambitious city master plan for transforming East Riverside Drive – nearly a..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...test of council will concerning building heights in western Downtown: The zoning case for 800 West Ave., a 1.2-acre..."

June 20, 2008 News Feature

How Green Grows My County?

'Greenprints' aim to protect our most precious natural lands

"...the 2006 Travis Co. Greenprint for Growth, a conservation planning initiative of the Trust for Public Land. As a..."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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