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"...Fareground, Downtown’s upscale food hall situation, is making the most of..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Convention Center Redevelopment Would Relocate SXSW, Other Festivals for Three Years

Construction is set to begin after SX ’25, end before SX ’29

"...residents alike by completely transforming the southeast part of Downtown where the facility sits. The idea is to reenvision..."

March 15, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Qmmunity: The Puzzle of Pride

Putting together all the pieces of queer history with Pride Month events

"...Queer history makes for an interesting puzzle: Every piece represents both trauma and triumph in equal..."

June 2, 2023 Column by James Scott

Austin at Large: Reading the Palm District

A new plan-of-plans puts the spotlight on Downtown’s hard, rough eastern edges

"...to transform, in various ways, the eastern edge of Downtown, which even after floods of boom dollars can still..."

Nov. 4, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Opinion: We Deserve Project Connect

The executive director of Transit Forward makes the case for the city's ambitious public transportation expansion

"...services to major transport corridors in the area, connecting Downtown with Colony Park and South Austin, and all of..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Column by Bill McCamley

We Have an Issue: Always Be Bustling

Pride events, cultural fests, celeb sightings, and Project Connect progress fill a packed calendar

"...at some of the knottier design challenges, including the Downtown/South Congress Tunnel, the Blue Line Bridge, and campus-area construction..."

June 3, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

Faster Than Sound: You Might Find Your New Favorite Artist at Hot Summer Nights – Here Are 10 Contenders

Picks to reset quarantine listening habits, free today through Sunday

"...by day and 5,000-capacity venue by night, the well-designed puzzle pieces of Waterloo Park fell together impressively for last..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Bands Are Practicing Again, but Does Austin Have Enough Rehearsal Space for Them?

A love letter and state-of-affairs on the practice space scene

"...space manager Sonny Bishop counts plenty of rentals to puzzle out between the building's 31 rooms...."

June 18, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Public Notice: Two More Years!

What’s the one thing missing from Steve Adler’s resumé?

"...and sharpened its focus on social services. His grand Downtown Puzzle initiative centered on a Convention Center expansion is..."

Dec. 25, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Austin at Large: Yup, He Goofed! Now What?

For Austin’s own good, we may want to patch up that hole Steve Adler shot in his foot

"...to be made to everybody's benefit. Sometimes it's a Downtown Puzzle; sometimes it's your daughter's wedding. It's not his..."

Dec. 11, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Venues Are Out of Money

Following last week’s Barracuda closure, a domino effect will continue without emergency city funding

"...scene hard. Shuttering of Red River club Plush and Downtown lounge the Townsend preceded in weeks prior. Despite lengthy..."

June 19, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

More Money, More Options for I-35

The decades-long plan to rebuild Interstate 35 through the heart of Austin is picking up speed

"...$4.3 billion in funding. The very next day, the Downtown Austin Alliance revealed the work of an expert panel..."

March 6, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

How the Red River Cultural District Was Made

Decades of off-kilter activity and music activism culminate in our current concert hub

"...both spiritually and physically, as you could get in Downtown Austin."..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Features Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Day Trips: Coming in 2020 Across Texas

What Capt. Day Trips is looking forward to in the new year

"...where a bandstand now stands. Visitors can expect several downtown street closures as part of the redevelopment project...."

Jan. 10, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

2019's Big Stories Shaping Austin's Path Into a New Decade

Never a slow news day

"...ago as the central piece of Mayor Steve Adler's "Downtown Puzzle" and in May received unanimous City Council assent..."

Dec. 20, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

County Revives Proposal for Palm School / Expo Center Land Swap

County Judge’s latest offer to city manager expires Dec. 16

"...Now that Austin and Travis County voters have expressed..."

Nov. 22, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Faster Than Sound – Sex Bomb to Sister Ray: Recapping Levitation’s Second Downtown Go-Round

Scenes from Austin’s marquee independent music fest

"...night of Levitation, carefully arranged myriad music scenes like puzzle pieces on the Downtown map. Berets and beanies bobbed..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

City Council Moves Gently on Riverside Redevelopment, Less So on Hotel Occupancy Tax

First meeting after summer break features plenty of theatrics

"...as a key part of solving Mayor Steve Adler’s “downtown puzzle.” But the move to raise the HOT this..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: Let's Take a Vote on That

Forced elections are now routine, but are they "grassroots"?

"...course to rebuild the place and complete the mayor's "Downtown Puzzle," as we reported in depth last week. But..."

July 26, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

To Expand the Convention Center or Not?

Despite unanimous support from City Council, voters will decide the answer

"...in and redesign of the surrounding southeast quarter of Downtown, now dubbed the "Palm District." In its grand –..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Battle Lines Drawn Over Convention Center Expansion

CM Jimmy Flannigan and AIBA ED Rebecca Melançon don't see eye to eye

"...Melançon joins Save Our Springs Alliance among opponents of..."

June 5, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Council Moves on Convention Center Plans

The 24-page resolution brings together many of the moving parts from last summer’s “Downtown Puzzle”

"...wide-ranging set of measures for the southeast quadrant of Downtown, dubbed – at least for now – the "Palm..."

May 31, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Gives Green Light to Convention Center, Scooter Riders

May 23 meeting tackles "Downtown puzzle," "micro-mobility"

"...Tovo’s already lengthy resolution regarding the southeast quadrant of downtown, home to the Convention Center and other projects. These..."

May 24, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Project Connect's Blue Line to Connect Austin Airport to Downtown

Cap Metro moves forward with high-capacity transit plan

"...from Austin-Bergstrom Inter­na­tion­al Airport, down Riverside Drive, and into Downtown where it will connect with Orange's north/south route on..."

May 24, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Austin City Council Prepped to Tackle Palm District, Micro-Mobility, and More

A preview of the May 23 Council meeting

"...Kathie Tovo’s omnibus resolution covering the southeast quadrant of Downtown – Convention Center expansion, Palm School, Waller Creek, Rainey..."

May 22, 2019 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

City Council Considers the Convention Center

Plans big and small for the city center

"...1992, the Center was at the southeast corner of Downtown – in the years since, it has become the..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

UT Releases Convention Center Study

Council to consider “alternative futures” for Southeast Downtown

"...as a central element of Mayor Steve Adler’s proposed “Downtown Puzzle,” which would leverage additional Hotel Occupancy Tax revenue..."

April 1, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: It Ain’t Easy Being Weird

Welcome to Austin – accept our gift of the spirit of change

"...of interrelated efforts, dubbed by Mayor Steve Adler the "Downtown Puzzle," under which tax increment funding provided by the..."

March 15, 2019 News Column by Michael King

The Past, Present, and Future of Waller and Shoal Creeks

Finally doing right by Austin's waterways

"...a survivor of past decades' unstable incarnations of Austin's Downtown creeks as places for people. (Including people without homes,..."

Nov. 30, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

ARCH Support

Eradicating homelessness requires a system

"...near the ARCH and the other services in that Downtown area. Case management for everyone is an expensive proposition,..."

July 20, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

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