Beside the Point

As Kim makes her exit, Austin heeds the heavens' wrath

"...and hail, which downed dozens of trees and riddled roofs and windows, plunging thousands into darkness and Austin Energy..."

May 23, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Building a Film Community at Renegade Studios

Austin filmmakers create a one-stop production space in Taylor

"...short "Extension" in the fabrication workshop next to the green room. Yet Renegade isn't erasing the building's history, because..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lake|Flato's Impact on Austin

The firm behind the new library has changed our city's look

"...well. And given the attention the firm pays to green practices and sustainability – it's received 10 Top Ten..."

Oct. 31, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Campfire Horror Story

How Carole Keeton Strayhorn and the state destroyed a healing camp for kids

"...with thick plastic in the winter) and stretched tarp roofs. Each of the camp's four living sites, which housed..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Can Architecture Provide a Blueprint for Our Post-COVID Existence?

Forge Craft Architecture's COVID Companion is a field guide to the world of the Aftertimes

"...patient's room; balconies and terraces; whitewashed walls; even flat roofs for sunbathing. Those qualities aligned so well with the..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Faith and Fear at Fantastic Fest

Action director Gareth Evans returns to Wales for the chilling Apostle

"...more contemporary studies of the evil beyond the village green. Most especially important were two works by one of..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

In Pease Park, Patrick Dougherty Constructs a Wooden Wonder

The environmental artist sticks the landing

"...trees just intertwining their trunks to form walls and roofs, while leaving openings as doorways and windows. It makes..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ready for Solar and Recycling Too

Council approves solar roofs and textile recycling pilot

"...solar equipment (e.g., solar panels), mainly by clearing south-facing roofs of obstacles like vent pipes and covers, and the..."

Feb. 6, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Earth Day Brings EnergySage to Rooftop Solar

New website promises quick solar cost analyses

"...power in the U.S. is found mostly on the roofs of middle-class households. "More than 75% of the people..."

April 17, 2015 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Fire

Ignite this summer with fireworks, camp fire, and more.

"...trails reveals a fresh understory that is still sapling green as the plants respond to the simultaneous challenge and..."

May 25, 2012 Features Feature by Raven Hinojosa

'The Butcher's Hands'

Short Story Contest second-place winner

"...warm and the fog lifted, revealing rocks crusted with green moss and roofs scabbed with rust, she turned to..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Books Feature by Dana De Greff

The Hightower Report

Obama drops the ball on jobs, and Glenn Beck moves to the suburbs

"...of people to go to work on infrastructure and green-energy projects that America urgently needs? Put something real on..."

Aug. 26, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

'Chronicle' 2011 Lake Food: Trailers

Cupcakes take over Lakeway; citizens rejoice

"...giardiniera). Your classic dog ($3.59) will come with mustard, electric-green relish, a dill spear, tomato slices, onions, sport peppers,..."

July 1, 2011 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Getting Warmer

A leading environmentalist on the growing threat to the planet and the future

"...to draw up a first-ever global treaty to curb greenhouse-gas emissions. But when word finally came that an agreement..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Feature by Bill Mckibben

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...stay, whether that engine is powered by gasoline or green beans. Great distances are unreachable by walking or bicycling..."

July 7, 2006 Column

Why Has Austin's Solar Program Stalled?

Activists think the city has put sun power in the shade

"...maintains it has better and cheaper ways to be green. Asked why solar wasn't shown more budgetary respect and..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Day Trips

"...Oriented Recreational District of Comal County. "The water's not green; it's clear. It is in prime condition."..."

June 13, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks

Mueller Will Gentrify

"...transportation, not as toys to be carried on car roofs and ridden only for recreation...."

March 5, 1999 Column

A Budding Hamlet

Georgetown Village: Smart Growth Without Trying

"...side) and their connecting streets, is to become usable green space, i.e., "pocket parks."..."

July 31, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Megachurch Miracle

Believers Flock to Bigger, Some Say Better, Churches

"...from the church growth revolution, raising money and raising roofs for 2,500-, 3,000-, even 5,000-seat sanctuaries. (See charts for..."

Dec. 19, 1997 News Feature by Kayte Van Scoy

Is This UTopia?

A Long-Overdue University Master Plan is Unveiled

"...Forty Acres, with its buff stone and red tile roofs and pervasive sense of architectural grace. But when the..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

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