Tunnel Vision

TxDOT Sees No Evil in Williamson Creek Tunnel

"...The Williamson Creek tunnel, (pictured above next to I-35) contains no pollution controls..."

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Tunnel Vision

The New Waller Creek

"...the city can build a 17- to 21-foot-wide flood-diversion tunnel, running under Trinity Street for most of the creek's..."

July 12, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Reimagined Waterloo Park Invites the Public to It on CommUNITY Day

It was 10 years in the remaking, but finally the Waterloo redo is ready for you

"...Day events and programs have been postponed. However, Waterloo Park will still be open to the public on Aug...."

Aug. 13, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips: Bracken Cave and Other Bat Caves

The bat colonies around Texas are swollen with mothers and their pups emerging for the nightly feeding frenzy, making for spectacular shows

"...Eckert James River Bat Cave Preserve, Mason, www.nature.org..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

A Sampling of Summer Attractions Around Texas

"Day Trips" columnist Gerald E. McLeod picks some of his favorite things to do and see around Texas

"...The Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern (www.buffalobayou.org) began in 1926 as a city water..."

May 17, 2019 Features Feature by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The Old Tunnel Wildlife Management Area outside of Fredericksburg hosts a bat colony twice the size of our own

"...The Old Tunnel Wildlife Management Area, outside of Fredericksburg, may be..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...for in public transit technology, or so we are told. At any rate, Capital Metro is bringing the RegioSprinter..."

Jan. 24, 1997 News Feature

Day Trips

Steam trains played a leading role in the development of Texas

"...Texas still holds the title of the state with the most miles..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The defunct Comal Power Plant in New Braunfels finds new life as a hotel.

"...red brick building at the southern entrance of Landa Park have been a part of the town's skyline since..."

June 2, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks

"...No.4], depicting the plight of homeowners in the Deer Park area. Sadly, Deer Park is not the only area..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Column

Day Trips

Five quick getaways in Central Texas to recharge the internal batteries without draining the gas tank

"...Canyon of the Eagles Lodge & Nature Park is a world-class hideaway on Lake Buchanan outside of..."

May 25, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Off-road biking trails of the Lone Star State.

"...be a hair-raising, white-knuckle experience. Several public and private parks around Texas offer a wilderness experience on two wheels...."

May 18, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks

Sudden Death

"...grandmother wrote you, chiding Gov. Bush for teaching her six-year-old grandson about capital punishment in Texas ["Postmarks," Vol.17, No.23]...."

Feb. 20, 1998 Column

Postmarks

Bergstorm

"...man's sport and a poor man's profession" -- an old saw, and true. Ask a flight instructor, a charter..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Column

Day Trips

Latana Ridge Lodge, an hour's drive north of DFW, sits at the collision point of northern grasslands, eastern forests, and western prairies.

"...the lodge's deck a spectacular view of the sunset unfolds with the magnificent colors reflecting off the lake waters...."

Sept. 22, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

A limestone hunk in Comfort, Texas -- a would-be monument to area immigrants -- has a decidedly uncomfortable history.

"...their religious beliefs. A limestone monument in the local park goes unfinished and stands more as a reminder of..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

San Antonio streetcar moves to the Northwest

"...Built in St. Louis in 1914, Old Number 300, as the trolley is affectionately known, rumbled..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Some of the best new developments in day-tripping around Texas

"...Best trip without leaving the state: Texans won't have to travel to Florida to see..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Nichol's Landing Paddling Trail lends access to the many swimming, paddling, and water-related delights of the Upper Guadalupe River

"...access points to the river. Other than Guadalupe River State Park, most access points are at country-road bridges, where..."

May 16, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The summer drought is making historical Indian sites throughout Texas more accesible to archaeologists ... and to looters.

"...LCRA property. Hundreds of these sites on public property statewide have been ruined by history robbers who dig through..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Sleep and shop 19th-century style at the Comfort Common Bed and Breakfast in Comfort, TX.

"...in 1880, the two-story limestone and wood building still holds center court in the best-preserved 19th-century business district in..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Get your jitters all over Central Texas at these rural coffeeshops.

"...oatmeal cookie, a good cassette in the player, a cold car air conditioner, and a seemingly endless farm-to-market road,..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...has come from ramshackle beginnings to become bigger and bolder, yet more vulnerable as well. Matador's website hints we..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Downtown Developments

"...Who: LBJ Holding Co...."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature

Conventional Thinking

Supporters Say Prop. 1 Is Key to Downtown's Future

"...dreams of downtown boosters and partisans: A flood bypass tunnel for Waller Creek, and a major-league expansion of the..."

April 10, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Taking a Look at the Neighborhoods That Will Be Changed the Most by Project Connect

Diving into the iterations of the public transit redesign

"...fund $7.1 billion in "initial investment" on what, all told, was a $10 billion-plus big-bang plan to catch up..."

June 3, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Developing Stories: Private Projects, Public Benefits

Could developers become Austin's new benefactors?

"...strongest municipal economy in the nation, we've been somewhat emboldened to raise the bar and ask for more, while..."

April 6, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...in. As much as I have dealt with the Statesman, they honor that principle...."

Aug. 16, 2002 Column

Mike Martinez: 'Leadership of Austin's Tomorrow'

"...incentives, as long as they meet a very high threshold of paying a living wage, and paying prevailing wages,..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...14, Save Our Springs Alli­ance, the Spicewood Springs Road Tunnel Coalition, and Bull Creek Park neighbor Joe Wheeler filed..."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Feature

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