Guadalupe Gets a Makeover

Heritage neighbors give mixed reviews to redevelopment north of the Drag

"...all summer in the 3000 and 3100 blocks of Guadalupe Street, making rubble and dust out of the former..."

July 22, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

MM Pack on the 10 Best Austin Neighborhood Stores

"...our 'hood" – aptly captures the spirit of Austin's neighborhood food markets that tailor themselves to the unique character..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Food Feature by MM Pack

A Day in the Neighborhood

A Trip Through Three New Exhibits

"...Remember Mr. Roger's Neighborhood, and that song Fred sang as he prepared for..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Arts Feature

Best Performance by a Neighborhood Association

The Stratus Neighbors

"...saw good work by neighbors on the Villas on Guadalupe and around the Northeast landfills. Special praise, however, goes..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Best of Austin Feature

The Proposed University Neighborhood Overlay

"...The proposed University Neighborhood Overlay divides West Campus into four subdistricts, each with..."

May 14, 2004 News Feature

Austin @ Large: The University Neighborhood Overlay

"...The proposed University Neighborhood Overlay divides West Campus into four subdistricts, each with..."

Jan. 23, 2004 News Column

Best Neighborhood Grocery

Wheatsville Food Co-op

"...re-embraced the idea of community. As the landscape of Guadalupe has changed in the past few years, so has..."

Sept. 3, 2010 Best of Austin Feature

A Neighborhood of Churches

The Path to Glory is Right Downtown

"...Street) or the First Church of Christ, Scientist (on Guadalupe), which are the only homes for those denominations in..."

Aug. 11, 1995 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Our Neighbors' Keepers

More than one way to save a neighborhood

"...lawmaking) enabled nonprofits like the Guad­a­lupe Neigh­borhood Devel­op­ment Corporation (www.guadalupendc.org) to establish community land trusts as a way of..."

June 22, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Plaza Saltillo Decision Comes Down to Money

Cap Metro chooses Endeavor over Saltillo Collaborative

"...In a blow to neighborhood and grassroots activists, the Capital Metro board on Monday..."

June 24, 2014 News Post by Amy Smith

Life on the 38th Parallel

GAINing Ground

"...Austin infamous are contradictions of prosperity. They are the neighborhoods of the East Side, many of them thriving enclaves..."

Jan. 12, 1996 News Feature

Eastside Community Organizations

"...The following is roughly organized into broad-based activist groups, neighborhood associations, churches, media, and other institutions. Key groups and..."

July 21, 1995 News Feature

Spotting the Rare Cheap Rental

The history and habits of a not-quite-extinct-yet Austin species

"...Good houses, renting cheaply, once roamed the neighborhoods of the central city, but I live in the..."

June 25, 2004 News Feature by Michael Erard

The ARA Steps Up

East Austin Redevelopment Money Approved

"...area would be erased. But representatives from the Blackshear, Guadalupe, Anderson, Swede Hill, Chestnut Hill, and Kealing neighborhoods, who..."

Nov. 24, 1995 News Column

Naked City

Bennett There, Done That

"...is, the primarily Hispanic and Anglo residents of the Guadalupe neighborhood. The African-American neighbors, and especially the adjoining Ebenezer..."

March 23, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

All Aboard

New ARA Board Swells With Inclusion

"...me. It's `we' now," muses Mark Rogers on the Guadalupe Neighborhood Development Corporation's (GNDC) new status as a member..."

Feb. 13, 1998 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Naked City

Architect Antoine Predock presents a sleeker, more sharply angled version of his City Hall design; the Bennett Tract faces a tough road with neighbors and the developer at an impasse over the size and scale of proposed development on the East Austin tract.

"...compromise were essentially dashed four months ago, when the Guadalupe neighborhood made its final offer on how much commercial..."

May 11, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Whether You Like It or Not...

Eric Mitchell's Redevelopment Dreams

"...as Portia Watson, former president of the Chestnut Hill Neighborhood Association in central East Austin explains, the current council..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

Deadlocked Over Density

Neighbors say ARA's development plans for East 11th Street would clash with existing homes and businesses, including the historic Victory Grill

"...never seem to arrive without long delay, bitter controversy, neighborhood opposition, and a common perception that the whole process..."

Sept. 5, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Urban on the Rocks

It's the Sprawl, Y'all

"...look like a way to dump growth into established neighborhoods that don't want it, or can't handle it, or..."

April 30, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

What's Next for the ARA?

As the longtime director departs and an audit looms, does the Eastside nonprofit have a future?

"...personal appointees, none of whom were residents of the neighborhood...."

Aug. 7, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Mapping the Future

Seven longtime Austinites talk about Smart Growth, neighborhood planning, and the future of Central Austin in an October roundtable discussion.

"...and we're actually starting to look at collaborative solutions. Neighborhood planning has gone from a weird idea to one..."

Dec. 3, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

(Gasp!) Watson Was Right

The Former Chief, the Audit, the Research All Say: We Need Community Policing

"...related her concerns about the unsafe conditions in her neighborhood. "I'm proud of this community, but I'm scared of..."

March 21, 1997 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

(Gasp!) Watson Was Right

The Former Chief, the Audit, the Research All Say: We Need Community Policing

"...related her concerns about the unsafe conditions in her neighborhood. "I'm proud of this community, but I'm scared of..."

March 21, 1997 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Postmarks

Development peccadillos and Lost Austin kudos.

"...about that time -- believe me, they looked it. Guadalupe and 45th would have been the edge of town..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Column

Council Watch

Housing Squabbles

"...discovered, $2.5 mil-lion surplus in the budget of the Neighborhood Housing and Conser-vation office (NHC). Often considered the council's..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Column

Slum, Sweet Slum?

An Annual Look at My Own Backyard

"...get on my soapbox and talk about my own neighborhood. Which is handy, since it once again figures heavily..."

Oct. 24, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

ARA, CRP, E-I-E-I-O -- The Central East Scorecard

An introduction to the East Austin revitalization efforts.

"...of all kinds -- African-American community leaders, the surrounding neighborhoods, property owners, institutions, and the private sector. The ARA's..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...peevish opponent. "We need a councilmember... who respects people, neighborhood leaders, and other councilmembers," he said. Lewis has signed..."

March 7, 1997 News Feature

Shorty's is Still Closed

Yes, Folks...

"...and inhabit them, most of them veterans of the neighborhood who are getting up there in years. Ben's Long..."

June 23, 1995 News Feature by Chris Walters

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