Learning Curve

Lessons from the Long Center's first six months

"...of the grand terrace with its expansive view of Downtown have paid off – but as often happens in..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Artists as Developers

A symposium gives creative types a new role in rebuilding neighborhoods

"...emphasizes. While both neighborhoods were severed from their respective Downtown areas when major highways were built atop the rubble..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Streetcar Dreams Deferred

Now what?

"...for when the transit data (part of a broader Downtown Austin Plan mobility study) would be presented to City..."

May 23, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Point Austin: Budget Puzzles

Before your eyes glaze over, a few matters for consideration

"...("Beside the Point: Set Forecast to Stun") the biggest puzzle in these numbers is the curious relation of the..."

May 18, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Fuse Box: Now with more electricity

The newly expanded Fuse Box Festival continues to shower sparks across Austin, with the second week packing in even more new dance, theatre, screenings, bands, and art

"...as Love Story, which included a walking tour through Downtown where you listen to the author speak to you..."

April 20, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

On the Waterfront

As development accelerates along Town Lake, Austin faces urgent choices

"...Avenue Bridge. (With the 44-story 360 Condominiums now rising Downtown, the Gotham sounds rather modest.) Reviled by the Austin..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories

A look at the proposed Iconic Preservation ordinance - a brilliant idea, or a nutty one?

"...That struggle between a row of small, eclectic, multicultural downtown businesses (our beloved David) and a planned mega-Marriott (standing..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Seaholm: The railroad conundrum

Two pieces of long-neglected and barely salvageable railroad track along and on the Seaholm Power Plant site could hold the key to whether the city has a commuter rail system limited to North and Central Austin or one that spans the entire city.

"...debate – which has consumed time at both the Downtown Commission and the Design Commission in recent weeks –..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

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Our readers talk back.

"...Nathan J. LattaAnother Piece in the Perplexing PuzzleDear Editor,..."

July 7, 2006 Column

Endorsements

"...debate; and 3) somehow balance the economic push for downtown residential development with the growing need for affordable housing...."

May 12, 2006 News Feature

Endorsements

"...debate; and 3) somehow balance the economic push for downtown residential development with the growing need for affordable housing...."

May 5, 2006 News Feature

Endorsements

"...debate; and 3) somehow balance the economic push for downtown residential development with the growing need for affordable housing...."

April 28, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

"...a move of its headquarters to the CSC building Downtown, and away from its current HQ in Southwest Austin,..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature

Day Trips

Government Canyon State Natural Area helps protect the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone while giving visitors a beautiful new area to explore

"...an important piece of the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone puzzle as well as giving hikers, mountain bikers, horseback riders,..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

In Memoriam

The Austin State Hospital Cemetery is the long final home for thousands

"...of Dallas. When teachers and parents take Dallas schoolchildren downtown to see a heavily restored version of the cabin..."

May 27, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Weird by Design

City's proposed design standards emphasize livability, walkability, and flexibility

"...But, its supporters say, it's a piece of the puzzle, which along with other efforts like the city's proposed..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Council Candidates Take Their Places

Many scramble to replace Slusher and Goodman; only Gale takes on Dunkerley

"...following the abrupt withdrawal of Jeff Trigger of the Downtown Austin Alliance. Gregg Knaupe (pronounced "nap"), who had not..."

Feb. 4, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Playing the Downtown Game

The score so far, and moves still to be made

"...Dominoes, poker, a jigsaw puzzle, a Rubik's Cube – Austin's ongoing Downtown saga lends..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Women Dig In

The contractors' boycott against Planned Parenthood won a battle, but it's a long war.

"...cheerless at Planned Parenthood's central offices, just west of Downtown. "There's been such an outpouring of support since this..."

Dec. 5, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

What's in a Face?

A lot, Mike Woolf discovered while making his short doc 'Growin' a Beard' -- and especially If the face Has got whiskers on the chin and Jowls

"...was a custom-made cultural piece for Woolf's idiosyncratic professional puzzle. He studied communications at Boston University, where he recalls..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by James McWilliams

Short, but Not Necessarily Sweet

It's a bit of a stretch to call the short films of Jay Rosenblatt documentaries. Let's call them experimental docs -- or shorts -- and leave it at that. Just prepare to be amazed by the reel of eight short films the genre-bending San Francisco filmmaker is bringing to the Alamo next week.

"...his persistent flatulence. We, in turn, are left to puzzle over how this information affects the way we think..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Fierce, Fierce Beauty

The title for Keith Carter's exhibition at the Austin Museum of Art, "A Poet of the Ordinary" describes the photographer to a tee, a man who takes subjects from the everyday world and takes pictures of them that tell their story with the distilled purity of expression that characterizes great poetry.

"...and the passage of time, and yet we cannot puzzle out every detail of it: Why the mask, why..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Blacks & whites & various Blues

"...lots and more affordable housing" ["Postmarks: Low-Cost Housing No Puzzle," Aug. 24]...."

Aug. 31, 2001 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...himself. In contrast, there are moderates who might otherwise puzzle people if their views had not been more consistent..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column

Every Day of Your Life

Remembering Sims Ellison, and profiling the SIMS Foundation

"...The heavy puzzle of metal weighted his hand with an unfamiliar heft...."

July 7, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Getting the Joke

Comedy isn't the funny business it was in the Eighties, what with fewer clubs and audiences burned out by comedy on cable and hack comics. Seven Austin comics discuss the current state of stand-up in a round-table discussion.

"...attention. Plus, a spate of new comedy club/theatres opening downtown -- The Hideout on Congress and the Bad Dog..."

June 30, 2000 Arts Feature

Bigger, Better, Smarter

San Diego is everything Austin wants to be: livable, transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, and downtown-centric. But will tools that worked in the nation's largest border and military base town translate to Central Texas?

"...in San Diego's civic toolbox. They've got light rail, downtown housing, a streamlined development process, growth-management plans to promote..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Change of Scenery

What It Looks Like

"...is either vacant or has been given over to downtown-type uses, though not necessarily the higher-end uses envisioned for..."

July 16, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Long Time Coming

Why Now?

"...to pour hundreds of millions of dollars into the downtown area and get long-stalled -- even presumed-dead plans --..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff

Jazz Sides

"...source material for Charlie Hunter-philes, neo-hard boppers, and NYC's downtown mise-en-scene mavens; and "Bedouin Trail," which evokes the same..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Music Feature

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