Opinion: Minimum Lot Size Reform Is Gaining Traction in Texas Cities. That’s a Good Thing.

Austin should follow Houston's lead and embrace this solution to address our housing affordability problem

"...Would you like to build your own family-sized house in the 78757 ZIP code in Austin? It'll..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Column by Dr. Jake Wegmann

With HOME, Council Cuts Lot Size Requirements for First Time in 80 Years

Smaller lots, more apartments, towers near transit

"...The new minimum lot size in Austin will be 1,800 square feet per..."

May 24, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Opinion: Minimum Lot Size Reform CAN Make Austin’s Housing More Affordable

It worked for Houston. Why not Austin?

"...will consider policy that would reduce the city’s minimum lot size requirements. These choices will determine how Austin manages..."

May 10, 2024 Column by Dr. Jake Wegmann

New Lot Size Would Allow Middle-Class Homeowners to Sell Their Backyards

Smaller lots, smaller homes, cheaper prices

"...theory behind City Council’s push to reduce Austin’s minimum lot size. Smaller lots mean smaller homes, which mean lower..."

April 19, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Lot of the Working-Class NFL Fan

'America's Parking Lot'

"...Jonny Mars documents that painful shift in America's Parking Lot, chronicling the ups and (mainly) downs of Tiger and..."

March 16, 2012 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan

Council Member Seeks to Make Homeownership More Attainable With Smaller Lot Sizes

Can Council meet the missing middle?

"...the changes would be a reduction to the minimum lot size required for lots in single-family (SF) zones from..."

July 21, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Size Matters

Making sense of Austin's microcinema scene

"...the cut last year but have since grown in size and scale: the Austin Asian American Film Festival (www.aaaff.org)..."

July 17, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Luv Doc: Boob Size

Either you're delighted by fart bubbles or you're not.

"...an otherwise nice guy, but he teases me a lot about my boob size. I don't think he is..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

The Highs and Lows of Houston Life in Lot: Stories

Bryan Washington depicts residents with warmth and discernment as they live, fight, work, and love in a city that can be both a home and a challenge

"...that it feels almost criminal to apply it to Lot: Stories. But what else is Houston in Bryan Washington's..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Super Size Me

In his cheeky but incendiary documentary about our fast food nation, Morgan Spurlock chronicles the deterioration of his body after a 30-day "McDiet."

"...one, perhaps, is a blessing in disguise; despite Super Size Me’s considerable evidence against him, at this point I’d..."

May 14, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Austin Gets Compared to a Lot of Cities. But Is Life Better There?

Shopping for home

"...... We have Research Triangle Park where there’s a lot of STEM jobs,” Porter said. “Culturally, we have a..."

Feb. 21, 2025 News Feature by Abe Asher

"A Rock About the Size of a Small Avocado"

You can find connections to this city's art scene just about anywhere

"...There was a rock about the size of a small avocado out near the volleyball court..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

One Size Does Not Fit All

The international community reacts and adapts to a Westernized Web

"...together." But whose idea of universal? Is it a one-size-fits-all, anything-goes approach, with no restriction on content? Or a..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: A Lot of Nothing

The Black bourgeoisie contends with police shootings

"...In A Lot of Nothing, Vanessa (Cleopatra Coleman) and James (Y'lan Noel)..."

March 16, 2022 SXSW Post by Rod Machen

A Lot of Cojones and a Little Faith

The art of Micael Priest

"...and advertising," he states with little modesty and a lot of truth...."

Oct. 6, 2006 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

One Size Doesn't Fit All

City Land Code Revisions

"...city fees. The code also required an asphalt parking lot, not a gravel one, thus increasing the impervious cover..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Luv Doc Recommends: SXSW Film Festival screening of Super Size Me

Paramount Theatre, Saturday, March 13, 2004

"...Chances are that if you’re like a lot of people, you’re reading this while eating. Nothing wrong..."

March 12, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Film Review: 'Thank You a Lot'

Matt Muir's debut puts Austin's club scene in the spotlight

"...the management and club scene as Thank You a Lot, University of Texas alum Matt Muir's debut feature. When..."

March 8, 2014 SXSW Post by Monica Riese

A Lot of Chatter

Things change, but Janeane Garofalo still loves to stand up on a stage and talk

"...that's pretty much what it's like onstage. It's a lot of chatter...."

April 26, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

McMansion Ordinance Is Not One-Size-Fits-All

"...fewer affordable-housing units being built in our neighborhoods. Many lots in my neighborhood (Rosewood) have been zoned to accommodate..."

Jan. 5, 2008 Postmarks

The Luv Doc: A Lot More Alpha

The whole gender role system is built mainly on bullshit

"...creepy. I need a little less beta and a lot more alpha, but I'm afraid it may be too..."

March 23, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

We Were Promised Jet Packs (and a Whole Lot More)

When will technology catch up to the movies?

"...Promised Jetpacks. Yes, science fiction has promised us a lot of things now past their make-believe due dates, jet..."

March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Duty

Ryan Gosling Is a Lot More Than Just Ken in SXSW Headliner The Fall Guy

The year’s best rom-com is also the year’s best action comedy

"......"

March 13, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lazarus Opens on Airport, J-Prime Opens Downtown, Old Thousand and JewBoy Bring the Holiday Fusion, Chanukah Gets the Haute Cuisine, and Everything Is Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Yes, citizen, it’s your “Food News Buffet” for the..."

Nov. 30, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

We Have a Lot of History Here: The Austin Chronicle and Between the Lines

How Jeff Goldblum’s first starring role helped shape the paper we became

"...of giggly about." As Jody Denberg recalled, there was "lots of food and drink. And so that's why we..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Screens Feature by Nick Barbaro

Whole Lot of Rockin' Goin' On

Linda Gail Lewis received her first piano lesson from her brother at 40

"...her own right after years occupying the backing vocals slot in her mama's band. Mama long enjoyed the very..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Tovo and Casar Unfiltered on CodeNEXT

The Council members' full conversation with the Chronicle

"...Greg Casar: I’m happy to start with that. A lot of the answers we got yesterday to our questions..."

Sept. 14, 2017 News Post by Nick Barbaro

Council to Approve More Ambitious Development Reforms, and Considers Displacement

City aims to lower housing cost, considers displacement risk

"...builders long thought to be untouchable: rules around parking, lot size, and the buffer zones around houses that block..."

May 17, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Trench Warfare

Federal judge rules for LCRA on the Dripping Springs pipeline project, but the SOS lawsuit proceeds

"...7,600 connections: 2,500 existing rooftops, 2,100 platted and approved lots, and 2,970 lots as yet neither platted nor approved...."

May 11, 2001 News Feature by Rob Curran

Mapping Calle Ancha

The Avenue That Existed Before That Big Parking Lot in the Sky, I-35, Was Built

"...Parkway, the street that existed before that big parking lot in the sky, I-35, was built. Calle Ancha is..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Belinda Acosta

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