Three True Tales of Urban Infill

Believe It, or Not...

"...who is charmed almost totally by the serendipitous, a designed city sounds as appealing as military barracks. Or Lakeway...."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Council Watch

"...$275,000 for previous phases of the plan, like architectural design and consulting work. Never mind that $8.7 million of..."

June 23, 1995 News Column

Meet Accomplice, the Austin Startup Paving the Way Toward an Immersive Future

Striving for a world with no more boring experiences

"...So say the founders of Accomplice, an Austin-based experiential design startup that is adamant about evolving beyond the gimmicky..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Screens Feature by Tom Cheredar

Postmarks

Everybody talk about: pop music, aquifer protection, police presence, even doggie do and doggie don't.

"...has flashy lights, a bass-booming dance floor, and barkers outside pushing cheap drinks. I have lived on Sixth and..."

May 18, 2001 Column

Pete's Principle

Ex-Chamber Head Winstead Takes Us to the Toll Road

"...by the governor last fall, the 57-year-old Rob Roy resident has yet to be confirmed by the Texas Senate..."

May 22, 1998 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Hallucination Village

Reynolds and Mitchell Dream Big

"...about the CDBG spending plan. After receiving what he considered unsatisfactory answers, the council delayed approval of the AHFC..."

Nov. 29, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

With Equity in Mind, Austin Embarks on Bringing Its History Up to Date

So many more stories to tell

"...another grand house built for himself on the other side of 15th Street. Seventy years later, both Caswell Houses..."

July 2, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Blue Genie Art Industries Is Moving

And you’re invited to the farewell party, citizen!


"...actually finding out from the main source – at least. So it was with much curiosity and a little..."

March 29, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Block 21 Plans Getting Around

High-profile renderings highlight combination of hotel, museum, and music venues for Downtown

"...will be home to an upscale W Hotel & Residences, the new Austin Children's Museum, and a combination of..."

Jan. 12, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Hothouse Wildflowers

Through the looking glass with Eisley

"...group of sisters brought up apart from the vile outside world...."

July 11, 2003 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Crossing That Bridge

Council approves a separate bike and pedestrian bridge over Town Lake near the existing Lamar Street Bridge, and hears neighborhood concerns about moving central booking to the new criminal justice center downtown.

"...over with, council members rallied enough to make, at least in theory, their final decision: They voted to build..."

April 21, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

A Complex Question?

Central Park's Proposed Housing Project

"...site in question spans 6.8 acres on the north side of West 38th Street, between North Lamar and Guadalupe...."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

Austin at Large: More Land, or a Big Ditch?

If we’re really going this far on the reimagined I-35, we might as well go all the way

"...Express Central project – rebuilding I-35 from U.S. 290 East (the Manor Expressway) down south to U.S. 290 West..."

Aug. 19, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Top 25 Austin Breweries of 2021

Our annual list of Central Texas’ top beers returns

"...to market within the last year (“What’s New”). We considered how a brewery maintains its quality of product, particularly..."

Oct. 12, 2021 Food Post by Eric Puga

Cantine

Asti meets Fino in Lamar Union

"...at Lamar Union. The sleek yet comfortable Michael Hsu design utilizes a combination of industrial metalwork on the ceiling..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Change for the Better

How one West Texas family brought the cows to town

"...your mouth. Fresh greens are found in the vibrant side salads, and their rotating desserts are all noticeably homemade..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Solar Helps Keep Eastside Homes Affordable

Thanks to neighborhood-based nonprofit Blackland CDC

"...The little pink house at East 22nd and Leona looks like most of the others..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Day Trips

Twister Alley is an art gallery of mobiles, pinwheels, and windmills created by craftsman Don Taylor

"...Twister Alley on the south side of Abilene isn't a reference to the tornadoes that..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...to provide a 10-foot motorists' lane and a 14-foot outside lane, the outer four feet of which would be..."

Sept. 22, 2006 News Feature

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

If Mueller is a model, then why wasn't it followed with the Villas?

"...to lose. From the beginning it's been assumed, at least tacitly, that if local developers could and would do..."

April 12, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...As a 27-year-old residential property owner in Dawson neighborhood, I am terrified by..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Column

Bombs Not Bullets

Austin Hip-Hop Mushrooms

"...much-lamented Hip-Hop Coffee Shop outings that briefly took up residence at Ruta Maya were good starts that, in the..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Exhibitionism

The Mojado Brothers Comedy Festival: Aaayyeeeee-aye-aye-aye!!

"...annual Taste of the Nation fundraising dinner. Local artists, designers, and architects are invited to create one-of-a-kind chairs and..."

May 2, 1997 Arts Review

Exhibitionism

"...bit of sucker in every one of us. Deep inside each of us is some part that wants so..."

March 28, 1997 Arts Review

City's Racism Task Force Unveils Report

Group focuses on five issues to combat institutional racism

"...eggs.” It’s since been led by Colette Pierce Burnette, president and CEO of Huston-Tillotson University, and AISD Superintendent Paul..."

April 4, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Collective Strength

The 2014 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...around the state and across the country. They stand beside the 100-plus artists, educators, patrons, and arts advocates whose..."

May 23, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...Rick and Jim. We grew up on the south side of Chicago...."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

Naked City

The Colorado River Park plan enters its final stages, but several details, including the relocation of a bike path and a proposed environmental assessment, have to be worked out.

"...nearly finalized plan for 363 acres of parkland in East Austin, most of the tensions that dominated earlier meetings..."

Jan. 28, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

Urban on the Rocks

It's the Sprawl, Y'all

"...against growth, or against sprawl, and sprawl in the east was no better than sprawl in the west. Conversely,..."

April 30, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...Good Boys, and The Disaster Artist, Rogen stars here alongside Catherine O'Hara (Schitt's Creek, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice), Kathryn Hahn (WandaVision),..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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