Going With the Flow

The next life of Waller Creek

"...To explore Waller Creek and environs is to live intensively in the..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature by Ari Phillips

Austin's Waterloo

Taking a Walk along Waller

"...as there's been an Austin, the six miles of Waller Creek have been part of it, the only one..."

July 7, 1995 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Craft Beer, Creekside

Waller Creek Pub House helps revitalize Downtown stretch

"...Namesake of Austin's first mayor, Judge Edwin Waller, and the waterway that traces the property, the..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Food Feature by Adrienne Whitehorse

All 'Round Republic Square

A new context of major civic buildings may yet make a people place of our historic downtown park

"...four city blocks set aside for public use in Edwin Waller's original 1839 town plan, Republic Square has endured..."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

House Sitting

The Dickinson-Hannig House looks for a home

"...three remaining downtown parks originally plotted by downtown planner Edwin Waller (the others are Republic and Wooldridge). "It's a..."

Nov. 23, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Historic Landmarks With Killer Views

Putting Austin in perspective

"...appetite about now, so why not head over to Waller Creek? Named after Austin’s first mayor and city planner,..."

June 15, 2016 Columns Post by Shaundra Smith

City Hall Hustle: Downtown CUREs

Epic Downtown plan continues, and the devil's always in the zoning details

"...Edwin Waller, Austin's inaugural mayor, laid out his famed "Waller..."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

I Plan, Therefore I Am

A Downtown Planning Timeline

"...1839: Judge Edwin Waller, later Austin's first mayor, lays out the original..."

Jan. 30, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...to stay true to the original 1839 plat by Edwin Waller," explained Janet Seibert, the arts and culture coordinator..."

May 7, 1999 News Feature

City of Dreams

Visions in Earlier Austin Plans Not Unlike Our Own

"...worldwide. When laying out Lamar's "seat of Empire," Judge Edwin Waller (later to become Austin's first mayor) took his..."

Dec. 1, 1995 News Feature

Is This UTopia?

A Long-Overdue University Master Plan is Unveiled

"...years given the city and its citizens fits. When Edwin Waller surveyed Austin back in 1839, what he called..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

Say Hello (Again) to Republic Square

Downtown park hosts first farmers' market on Saturday

"...of five public squares designed by Austin’s first mayor Edwin Waller, will once again serve as home base for..."

Oct. 10, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

The Sky's the Limit

County buys AMOA block for a new "hundred-year" courthouse

"...city was first laid out (as Waterloo) by Judge Edwin Waller...."

Dec. 24, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Politics Gift Guide

Curios for current-events connoisseurs

"...it's tough to beat the 1839 map laying out Edwin Waller's original downtown grid (M/D #4500). To see the..."

Nov. 26, 2010 News Feature

City Hall Hustle: In the Shadow of Sanders ...

Council facing less dramatic agenda this week

"...Design Commission and the Down­town Commission. Riley goes all Edwin Waller on us, stating that aside from adding connectivity,..."

Aug. 6, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

A Walk in Austin's Shoes

Curious tidbits and Austin arcana

"...Prior to becoming the city's first mayor in 1840, Edwin Waller famously laid out the simple grid that still..."

March 19, 2010 News Feature by the News Staff

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...three large, historic Auction Oaks – under whose shade Edwin Waller auctioned off the very first lots of our..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

"...four city blocks designated as a public park in Edwin Waller's original 1839 town plan for Austin, Brush Square..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature

Beside the Point

The downtown plan moves forward, but the direction is a little uncertain

"...ROMA recommendation. After Brewster McCracken gushingly christened it the "Edwin Waller Plan 2" in footage inevitably destined for a..."

Oct. 13, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Into Town

Will Austin shoppers support a Downtown farmers' market?

"...was one of the original public squares planned by Edwin Waller when he designed a plat for the new..."

May 2, 2003 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Vision of a New Republic

Plans for the Revitalization of Republic Square

"...1839 (or the descendants of those trees under which Edwin Waller sold the original Austin lots at public auction),..."

July 13, 2001 News Feature by Chale Nafus

Blessed Deliverance

The Borderland, Bud Shrake's Latest Tall Tale

"...The Borderland: A Novel of Texasby Edwin Shrake..."

March 31, 2000 Books Feature by Dick Holland

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...in her choice of a first husband. Mike's father Edwin was a rogue, a gambler, and an addict, fierce-tempered..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen