Council Watch

Council holds commissioners court … and other matters

"...only issue with Arif Panju, Zimmerman’s nominee to the Historic Landmark Commission. Panju is a property rights lawyer affiliated..."

April 17, 2015 News Post by Michael King

TDH: 6/7/11

Butler Park completion, F1 agreement, Willie Nelson statue on agenda

"...action on the agenda: discussing an international racing contest; historic designation for a couple deceased occultists' home; and placing..."

June 7, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Oops!

"...week's News section, a photo caption reporting on a historic Hyde Park home tagged for demolition stated that Steve..."

May 30, 2008 Column

Happenings

Dec. 13-19

"...AMERICA'S MOST ENDANGERED HISTORIC PLACES: DEADLINE The National Trust for Historic Preservation issues..."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• The Historic Landmark Commission released a demolition permit on 90 Rainey..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...week's big item – the long-awaited overhaul of the historic preservation ordinance...."

Oct. 22, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Summer Fun

Oh, Galveston

"...beloved Paramount, Galveston's Grand is a treaure in both historic significance as well as continued commitment to the arts..."

May 14, 2004 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Infighting Continues at Tourism Commission

Commission moves on to the 12th round

"...other things the city enjoys (like cultural arts and historic preservation) – that they couldn't even agree on who..."

Sept. 14, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Austin City Election

Endorsements for mayor and Council

"...knowledge, and passionate advocacy for affordable housing projects and historic preservation, he, too, would likely butt heads unproductively with..."

Oct. 17, 2014 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Campaign Snapshots

Get up-to-date on the D3 and D4 candidates before next week's Ballot Boxing forums

"...Labor Council), who is championing affordable housing and cultural preservation, and fighting Eastside resident displacement (i.e., "gentrification"). Another serious..."

Sept. 12, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Res publica

Citizens' calendar, Jan. 7-13

"...DOWNTOWN AUSTIN PLAN Recommendations on improvements related to historic preservation, density, transportation, and other Downtown issues are available..."

Jan. 7, 2011 News Column

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Dec. 30-Jan. 6

"...DOWNTOWN AUSTIN PLAN Recommendations on improvements related to historic preservation, density, transportation, and other Downtown issues are available..."

Dec. 31, 2010 News Column

Culture Flash

Your chance to dance with Jack Black, and votes pour in for the Paramount

"...Challenge grant competition sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The challenge was intended to draw attention to..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Developing Stories: Protecting the Waterfront (Part 2)

Council vote to determine future of waterfront

"...with this ordinance was a matter of correcting a historical wrong. But if council adopts the Waterfront Overlay Ordinance..."

May 1, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Pearls on Film

Home Movie Day takes personal memories, preservation to the public

"...and grandparents' weddings are no longer family heirlooms; they're historical content. What was once a visual slice of life..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Screens Feature by Carson Barker

Articulations

The Elisabet Ney Museum is headed for a makeover, Austin photographer Sean Perry takes the prize in New Mexico, and Chronicle arts writer Barry Pineo gets a publishing deal for an acting book.

"...grant will allow the organization to develop a comprehensive preservation master plan for the 3,600-square-foot stone home and studio,..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Day Trips: El Camino Real Visitor Center, Goliad

Cottage museum tells a different part of the history of Goliad

"...is a hidden gem among a gold mine of historic structures around Goliad...."

Aug. 25, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Proposed City Budget Cuts Police Funding by $8.1 Million

Decrease falls far short of $100 million activists called for

"...the overall (all funds) budget, funding for cultural and historic preservation programs and the city’s new Live Music Fund..."

July 13, 2020 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison and Austin Sanders

Council Moves on Convention Center Plans

The 24-page resolution brings together many of the moving parts from last summer’s “Downtown Puzzle”

"...• Palm School: The historic building, which served as the pre-boom, pre-highway, predominantly Mexican..."

May 31, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Past, Present, and Future of Waller and Shoal Creeks

Finally doing right by Austin's waterways

"...energy would be first directed to Kingsbury; that's the historic entrance, the hub of the park, spiritually. But prior..."

Nov. 30, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Mayor's Plan to Fix Everything

Adler to announce Downtown revitalization plan

"...fund a swath of improvements in the Downtown area's historic and tourist districts (as well as offset costs for..."

July 16, 2017 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Court Collision Coming

Council funds AFD overtime, tweaks meetings, orders Texas showdown

"...the landowner, more than a year ago, by the Historic Landmark Commission on two small multiplex buildings (old and..."

May 22, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Headlines

"...has been named one of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. See..."

Oct. 7, 2016 News Feature

Gentrification Refugees

Jumpolin demo a long time coming, according to city records

"...on verifying ownership and ensuring the structure had no historical value. F&F made a formal demolition request nine days..."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Council: Who Rules AE?

Austin Energy governance is the big item on this week's agenda

"...public recourse, especially where a demolition might affect a historic building or neighborhood. This one (Item 36) might simmer..."

April 12, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

No on Project Duration Ordinance

"...as a result of a legislative overturning of Austin's historic Save Our Springs Ordinance. It would be a crime..."

March 27, 2013 Postmarks

Fork in the Road on Sixth Street

Business owners clash over direction of entertainment district

"...street," League said, "and he's very much into the historic preservation of the district, as am I." In turn,..."

Nov. 25, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Daily Hustle: 11/16/10

City Council Agenda 101

"...extending the city manager's deadline to make recommendations regarding historic preservation and it's potential economic impact...."

Nov. 16, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Sueños Latinos

The Culinary Institute of America's San Antonio campus raises awareness of Latin American cuisine

"...the city's newest attraction, representing the confluence of entrepreneurship, historic preservation, and visionary philanthropy that anticipates the burgeoning role..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Finding the Sweet Spot

For Austin's 'density bonus' development program – what's on our wish list?

"...• Reward for spaces that "embody community values" – historic preservation, nonprofit space, cultural facilities;..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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