The Common Law

City code compliance and backyard inspections

"...Yes and no. The City of Austin's Code Compliance Department is the entity responsible for investigating violations of certain..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Column by Luke Ellis

Faster Than Sound: Neighbors Push to Limit Size of Austin Opera House Project

Traffic concerns clash with midsize venue vision at 200 Academy Dr. development

"...that WGI Engineering Firm worked with the Austin Transportation Department for over a year to obtain approval for 200..."

April 29, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

True Love and Lawsuits in the Wedding Capital of Texas

'Til death do us party

"...foundation for his house and told him she was planning to turn her existing home into a wedding venue...."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

Tilling the Soil of Tomorrow

How one design firm is tackling technology gaps to build the farm of the future

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Fests Vs. Farms

Changes to mass gathering permits in the works

"...should probably fold up our tents, cut the sheriff's department down to just corrections, and stop doing any health..."

June 5, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Her Own Voice

The distinctive voice that got Erica Rhodes on A Prairie Home Companion finds its perfect outlet in stand-up

"...eclectic biography, she will soon add a Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival debut of her uniquely sweet (but twisted)..."

April 24, 2015 Arts Feature by Ashley Moreno

Rising From the Halloween Flood

Rebuilding the homes – and lives – displaced by the 2013 Onion Creek floods

"...from major floods," according to the city's Watershed Protection Department website...."

Dec. 26, 2014 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Instant Winner

by Carrie Fountain

Sept. 19, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Review: 'Wild Canaries'

Laughs aplenty with this Brooklyn murder mystery

March 10, 2014 SXSW Post by Melanie Haupt

The Farm Report: Both Sides Win, Lose

After a bruising debate, urban farmers and neighborhood activists pick up the pieces

"...2014, maintains the existence of urban farms in every zoning district – including single family – adds a new..."

Dec. 6, 2013 News Feature by Anna Toon

'Nothing Is Done Alone' Extended Interview

The TxCC and their role in Bastrop's recovery after the fires

"...PS: Bastrop County would have called the state Department of Emergency Management, which then calls FEMA. FEMA contacts..."

Dec. 2, 2013 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

The Luv Doc: Wump Wump Wump

Most cities would call an exterminator if they were overrun with potentially diseased, primarily nocturnal mammals

"...diseased, primarily nocturnal mammals, but Austin called the marketing department and voila! Lemonade...."

Nov. 15, 2013 Column by The Luv Doc

From Runways to Sidewalks

The Mueller neighborhood at midcourse

"...The planning that created today's neighborhood began decades ago. In the..."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Stefanie Distefano's Public Mosaics Mirror Austin's Bright and Vivid Streets

And these good shards aren't hard to find, man

"...the Gandhi weren't at all what she was initially planning to do...."

Feb. 27, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

There Goes the Neighborhood

City split over the latest in urban living options: short-term rentals

"...thinking about why we separate single-family neighborhoods from other zoning categories, why we think it's important, then I realized..."

June 22, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Embracing Code Compliance

New director Carl Smart discusses his goals for a more user-friendly department

"...only the second ever director of Austin's Code Compliance Department. The former director of Code Compliance for the city..."

Sept. 30, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Daily Hustle: 9/13/10

Live-blogging the budget business

"...letting Solid Waste Services hold onto some $150K the department may come in under on. Item 2 passes 7-0...."

Sept. 13, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...and hit us hard, so that part of our planning – the evacuation part – is serious and very..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...regional mobility." Some are already lobbying for a "sector planning" process to ensure geographic representation; see www.austinforeveryone.blogspot.com. See the..."

Oct. 31, 2008 News Feature

Pit Bulls Have Earned Their Reputation

"...been in an attack, I applaud the Austin Police Department for taking quick and decisive action where possible. In..."

July 15, 2008 Postmarks

Dead Dogs Don't Lie

If your pet escapes, pray for Animal Control

"...between the fence and the gate, when Austin Police Department Officer John Bryant arrived on the scene. Bryant says..."

July 4, 2008 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

Hill Country Militia

Grassroots homesteaders tighten ranks to fight urban encroachment

"...pitted her family against the likes of the highway department and CPS Energy...."

June 27, 2008 News Feature by Greg Harman

More Subdivision Water Worries

Pedernales Canyon Trail homeowners worry cluster of new homes next to their upscale community will literally suck the groundwater out from under them

June 15, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Naked City

"...relief assistance program announced this week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs will oversee..."

Sept. 8, 2006 News Feature

'In the West': Living Portraits Avedon Would Die For

The original Austin Chronicle review from Nov. 15, 1985

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two: Prayer for the Common Man

In the religious right's new democracy, principles prescribed by man have no value in the war between heaven and hell

Jan. 20, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Letters at 3AM

Are the Panhandle's many roadside monuments to Christ testaments of faith or unadmitted doubt, or some of both?

Sept. 2, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

The Taste of Summer

The perfect meal, searching for seafood tamales, eating wild strawberries stoned, and more memories of heat and hunger

Aug. 8, 2003 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Naked City

BFI Fails the Smell Test

Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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