The People Have Spoken: Here are your icons

The results of our "Icon or Eyesore?" contest are in

"...initial offering of places included such technically unqualified Austin landmarks as Barton Springs and the Town Lake hike-and-bike trail...."

Dec. 8, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Austin Must Protect Small Businesses

"...standard – that our longtime cherished small businesses and landmarks are every bit as important to Austinites as new..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Postmarks

Cherish Las Manitas

"...its charm and character away. A lot of Austintatious landmarks have already closed for the sake of growth. I..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Postmarks

Point Austin: Tough Tacos

As tempers rise, the Las Manitas debate symbolizes the future of Austin

"...City" readers will notice that the possibility of "iconic landmarks" was formally raised at the Historic Landmark Commission this..."

Sept. 29, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Let Me Show You Something You May Have Missed

Sean Perry's photographs offer to show you familiar settings in a whole new light

"...Austin, with many of them made from familiar local landmarks: DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium, the Zilker Christmas tree, the Erwin..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Searching for Once Upon a Time

Why Monument Valley – again part of the Netflix / Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow this summer – is such a magnetic place for me

"...Westerns. The red buttes and mesas, those distinctive natural landmarks, have become symbols of the American West, largely through..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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Our readers talk back.

"...Other cities have saved social landmarks. As but one example, legendary P.J. Clarke's restaurant in..."

July 28, 2006 Column

Save Las Manitas

"...upon German Chancellor Merkel!) Other cities have saved social landmarks. As but one example, legendary P.J. Clarke's restaurant in..."

July 24, 2006 Postmarks

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...ad features a supersized Bell towering over several Texas landmarks – from the state Capitol to Palo Duro Canyon..."

July 21, 2006 News Feature

After a Fashion

With a successful 30th high school reunion under his tunic, Stephen proves that you can go home again

"...endless freeways made my head spin, but soon the landmarks began to pop up like mushrooms after a spring..."

June 30, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

DVDnds

"...off Watt's deeply touching van tour of San Pedro landmarks, which adds another layer to the punk geography. The..."

June 16, 2006 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

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"...Kerr. It is filled with historical photos of Austin landmarks and how they appear today. He read it cover..."

May 19, 2006 Column

Changes Often Prove Permanent

"...Kerr. It is filled with historical photos of Austin landmarks and how they appear today. He read it cover..."

May 11, 2006 Postmarks

Page Two: Tonight's the Night

Moving forward into the fog of SXSW

"...www.capmetro.org and plug in the relevant addresses – or landmarks, even – and leave the rest to the experts...."

March 17, 2006 Column by Louis Black

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Saturday

"...Stevens MOONLIGHT TOWERS8pm, Karma Lounge Named for the local landmarks, Austin's Moonlight Towers is a straight-up insomnia- and alcohol-fueled..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Austin Murals

Two new murals that made their debuts in February reveal the pride of the Southside

"...pitched a "South Austin pride" theme, full of recognizable landmarks from below Town Lake, which Vaughn did a sketch..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

To Marfa, on a Tuesday in December

When high art and hipness move in, what happens to a tiny Texas town?

"...Company, the post office, and a handful of other landmarks around town. On each sign, with no caption offered,..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Dan Keane

Keepin' It Weird

In Zach's original production 'Keepin' It Weird,' Dave Steakley displays examples of Austin weirdness as lovable freaks in self-referential spectacle

"...meaning is established through anecdotes, social happenings, experiences at landmarks, and poignant observations. A few Austin personalities have multiple..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

An 'Our Town' for Our Town

With 100 Austin stories, Zach builds a city on a stage

"...and the thoroughfares that wind between them, the local landmarks and the lay of the land and the customs..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mural Misuse?

"...lo and behold, the mural depicted some South Austin landmarks like the SRV statue, the Congress Street bridge complete..."

Sept. 26, 2005 Postmarks

Recent and Anticipated Texas

From 'Panic' to 'Andrew Jackson'

"...with Kerr's contextual anecdotes and informal history of city landmarks, hidden gems, and everyday streets and street corners...."

Aug. 19, 2005 Books Review by Shawn Badgley

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...on bus, unraveling clues directing them to iconic Austin landmarks. Proceeds go to Travis Heights Elementary School, and education..."

Aug. 12, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Killing Yourself to Live: An 85% True Story

Chuck Klosterman, the undisputed king of metadiscussion, has a Ford Taurus with GPS, 600 compact discs, woman trouble, and a mission

"...mission: touring the United States in search of rock-death landmarks, including but not limited to Duane Allman's motorcycle crash..."

July 29, 2005 Books Review by Marrit Ingman

Bigger Stakes

Richard Linklater on remixing 'The Bad News Bears'

"...gentleman's club. Nevertheless, except for a smattering of contemporary landmarks, Linklater's Bad New Bears courts the timelessness of its..."

July 29, 2005 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Steamboy

Japanese anime director Katsuhiro Ôtomo, best known for Akira, here delivers a dazzlingly straightforward rush that thrusts its protagonist into astonishing action set-piece after set-piece.

March 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wings of Desire

After several years in the States, where he directed four films, German-born Wim Wenders decided to head back home and compose a love letter to Berlin

"...elderly man who wanders around Berlin trying to remember landmarks, Peter Falk, who plays himself as a fallen angel..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Screens Review by Audra Schroeder

Rewriting Austin History

City tackles ambitious preservation plan, contentious ordinance

"...other hand, is a catalog of Austin's historic buildings, landmarks, and monuments that will both define what is considered..."

Nov. 19, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Tripods Sighted Over Barton Springs!

The Violet Crown Radio Players are re-creating Orson Welles' infamous radio version of 'The War of the Worlds,' and this time, the Martians are landing in Central Texas

"...waste to some of the Capital City's most beloved landmarks. You can see it all in your mind's eye..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Nuke Waste: Get It While It's Hot!

Crony capitalism drops a dirty bomb on Texas

"...the Congo to the prairies of Nebraska. All are landmarks along the path of the state's new economic race:..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Future Is Now

Local fiscal policy enters its Cold War era

"...probably a better bet. Some former fiscal pillars and landmarks will never be rebuilt, or will take on new,..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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