The Power of Art in Austin’s Overlooked Objects

Defining the city's personality from the moonlight towers to the railroad bridge

"...unexpected. They are awesome, silent, and watchful. East Sixth Street..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Page Two: "Fab 5 Freddy Told Me Everybody's Fly"

Out of nothing, street art achieved velocity

"...FFF and I are walking down Commercial Street in Provincetown, during his first time on Cape Cod...."

Aug. 5, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Playback: Five Nights on Dirty Sixth

Is Dirty Sixth Street the wasteland the music scene makes it out to be? Five straight nights answer loud and clear.

"...Welcome to Sixth Street on a Wednesday at 5pm. Specifically "Dirty Sixth," the..."

July 17, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

All Hallow's APD

Because rules make Halloween fun: Cops release Sixth street do's and don'ts

"...Halloween on a Friday? The Sixth Street madness will be mutiplied tonight, so Austin Police Department..."

Oct. 31, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Okie Dokie Stomp

Clifford Antone didn't invent the blues, he immortalized them

"...the Mississippi delta, the south side of Chicago, Beale Street in Memphis, and the wide open spaces of North..."

May 26, 2006 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...(ask residents of Stonegate, the East 11th and 12th street corridors, St. John's and University Hills)...."

May 3, 2002 Column

The Fantastic and Utterly Disreputable History of the Bevy of Sin Known as Guy Town

Before downtown Austin had the Warehouse District, it had the Whorehouse District: a notorious neighborhood of brothels and fandango houses called Guy Town.

"...one of the area's finer watering holes: Sullivan's, Cedar Street, Saba, Fadó. Martinis swirl, pints settle. You lean back..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Ian Quigley

To Expand the Convention Center or Not?

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

"...• Audit and provide a report on the Rainey Street District Fund, created to earmark city fees to underwrite..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

APD Brass Shifts Up, Down, Across

Musical chairs at Downtown HQ

"...executive assistants who works with the chiefs on the fifth floor of APD's Downtown HQ. "I know most all..."

May 9, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Brass Shuffle at APD

Up, Down, and Sideways Among Police Commanders

"...executive assistants who works with the chiefs on the fifth floor of APD's Downtown HQ. "I know most all..."

May 2, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

Eco Hotel vs. Historic Preservation

A new hotel poses challenge to Warehouse District

"...was announced last week for the southwest corner of Fifth and Colorado streets, within the Warehouse District recommended for..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Railing at the Rail Yard:

Capital Metro runs into (surprise!) angry neighbors as it contemplates redeveloping its Eastside rail yard.

"...of the Cap Met-owned rail yard along Fourth and Fifth Streets; and the angry neighbors are primarily members and..."

Dec. 13, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Local news this week in Austin, Texas.

"...has estimated that the currently closed section of Third Street between Lavaca and San Antonio will be opened by..."

March 2, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

You Call This a Plan?

Seaholm District Master Plan Morphs Into the Lumbermen's Tract Subsidy Program

"...a drive downtown. They navigated their way up one street and down another, taking in a landscape vastly different..."

June 14, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

A Shortlist of the City’s Most Memorable Museums

Gaze upon objets from the weird to the sublime

"...Everything ranging from Sixth Street's Museum of the Weird, an homage to Austin oddities,..."

June 16, 2016 Columns Post by Mary Cantrell

Developing Stories: Waller Creek: $34 Million Runs Through It

Will the Waller Creek Master Plan hold water?

"...potentially rising in the district, primarily in the Rainey Street area, as well as extensive midrise redevelopment all along..."

April 16, 2010 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...calm traffic, create a safe bike/pedestrian space, and accommodate on-street parking, but that really only accomplished the latter. The..."

March 24, 2006 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...shocked by the Sierra Club's endorsement of the two-way streets proposal, "you can make things better for cars or..."

May 10, 2002 Column

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.

"...week does not include the originally planned flyover to Fifth Street, Kinney said that could be added later when..."

April 21, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Village People

Gay Austinites Carve Out Festive Niche Downtown

"...Haworth says. He laments that the area along Fourth Street from Lavaca to Congress, which is alternately called the..."

Jan. 30, 1998 News Feature by Clay Smith

How to Get to and From ACL Festival

Free shuttles, pricey rideshares, and more

"...Park at the corner of Fourth & San Antonio street to the Barton Springs West Festival Entrance. The shuttles..."

Oct. 4, 2023 Music Post by Oscar Rodriguez

A New Parish Set to Open in Former North Door Location

Owners behind Empire and Resound Presents team up at Eastside Venue

"...to Brew & Brew on San Marcos and E. Fifth Street...."

Feb. 10, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Steve Van Zandt’s Soulfire

Springsteen henchman and Sopranos boss hits the road and classrooms

"...Frank Tagliano – a phone call with the E Street Band consigliere zings and pops just as you’d hope..."

May 24, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Reconnect Austin: Part One

The Great Depression

"...film makes its case via an animation. Where eastbound Fifth Street meets I-35 today, the elevated freeway blocks traffic..."

Jan. 17, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Safety First

Broken-Window Theory

"...built behind the Salvation Army, located on East Seventh Street. The facility will cater primarily to homeless men and..."

April 2, 1999 News Feature by Bryan Mealer

I Plan, Therefore I Am

A Downtown Planning Timeline

"...as "a seat of Empire," Austin features the widest streets in Texas, east-west thoroughfares named for trees, and four..."

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

Star-crossed Planners

"...the two-block chunk of downtown between Third and Fourth Streets, Trinity, and Red River. The parcel overlaps the path..."

Nov. 28, 1997 News Feature

Heavy Lifting: The Hammond Organ Has a Special Place in Austin ... I Should Know

Austin's an epicenter for an instrument that stopped being manufactured 47 years ago

"...Dr. James Polk came into Ludwig's Bar on Fourth Street and listened to me play. I knew he played..."

April 1, 2022 Music Feature by Red Young

One Dead, Five Injured in Concurrent Downtown Shootings

Separate incidents break out as bars closed Sunday morning

"...a man accused of opening fire Downtown on Sixth Street just after bars closed Sunday morning, killing one woman..."

July 31, 2016 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Give Back to Queerbomb

Queerbomb 2013 seeks the community it creates

"...and occasional music, a procession that launched from E. Fifth Street just east of I-35, proceeding west on Sixth..."

May 7, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

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