Postmarks

The environment, the alleged marijuana, the traffic, Ventura's highway, and more.

"...A lot of the great music that's been in Austin over the last 25 or 30 years is due..."

June 8, 2001 Column

Postmarks

A fresh melange of reader responses to our recent issues.

"...order in the material attributed to me in the "Austin Stories" column of May 18, 2001, by Erica C...."

May 25, 2001 Column

Naked City

Hyde Park lawsuit sutra, Glen Maxey's retirement dilemma, parking lot battle in Judges' Hill neighborhood, Sixth Street recycling, and the anti-growth blues

"...facility it is able to construct." But that, says neighborhood attorney Rachael Rawlins, is shaky ground for the church..."

April 13, 2001 News Feature

Naked City

Local news this week in Austin.

"...City Council, Hyde Park Baptist Church and Hyde Park neighborhood representatives, the council overwhelmingly granted the neighbors' appeal of..."

March 16, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...has been looking at land uses within the entire neighborhood between Fifth Street and the river and west of..."

March 16, 2001 Column

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...no doubt debut material from his upcoming Matador release. (Austin Music Hall, 9pm) -- David Lynch..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Wall of Separation

Neighbors of Hyde Park Baptist Church Take a Final Stand Against Its Proposed Parking Garage

"...garage in the middle of the historic Hyde Park neighborhood. Unfortunately, that's not to be...."

Feb. 2, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Bygone Buildings

Right in the booming heart of Austin, folks can still find evidence of times past. Devin Greaney explores some of Austin's abandoned haunts.

"...In go-go Austin, displacement is the rule. A video store seems to..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Devin Greaney

The Flight of the Night Bird

Harry Akin opened for business on Christmas Eve, 1932, selling hamburgers for 15 cents apiece. Cuisines Editor Virginia B. Wood reveals how Akin turned his hamburger stand into Austin's former restaurant empire.

"...By the time beloved Austin restaurateur Harry Akin died in 1976, the story of..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Naked City

Vignette's incentive package to move downtown wins easy approval; East Cesar Chavez Neighborhood Plan moves forward despite loud and lengthy protests.

"...that sounded an awful lot like the Watson council's original wish list. The company even (tentatively) threw in a..."

Dec. 22, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Austin Studios Takes Flight

The past year has been witness to an amazingly cooperative tag-team project between the Austin Film Society, the Austin City Council, and the Mueller Neighborhood Coalition that -- as of now -- has resulted in a superstar studio setup that could well change the very fabric of filmmaking in Austin.

"...hooks the film society up with the airport's local neighborhood group, who also realize a dream prospect when they..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

Last call for SXSW entries.

"...good bands on display come March14-18, 2001, at the Austin Convention Center and on stages throughout town. Grulke asserts..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Facts So Far

"...would have started with the Red Line from East Austin to Leander along rail right-of-way that Cap Met already..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Southern Exposure

The 'Renaissance' of Far South Austin Pushes Upscale Development South of Stassney

"...sweltering afternoon a couple of weeks ago, three South Austin neighbors -- Hugh Moore and Mike and Annabelle Torrez..."

Sept. 8, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Council Watch

Citizens voice their approval of the recommendations of the Police Oversight Focus Group; proposed City Hall balloons and its price tag grows; Rainey Street Historic District nears its day of reckoning.

"...whenever he agrees with the pastor, 38 extremely vocal Austinites spoke at a public hearing about the Police Oversight..."

June 9, 2000 News Column by Jonathan David Carroll

Naked City

A frat house plans a basketball court for its property in the Eastwoods neighborhood, where a single-family house now stands.

"...Alleging a violation of Austin's Land Development Code, neighbors have put together a lengthy..."

April 21, 2000 News Feature by David Garza

Take Five

In the Place 5 Race, Activism Is the Operative Word

"...the campaign finance reformer, the bicycle advocate, the downtown Austin advocate, the neighborhoods advocate, or the disabilities advocate. That's..."

April 14, 2000 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

City of Great Bread

"For some time now," Virginia B. Wood writes, "I've had this fantasy about putting advertisements in selected East Coast newspapers to entice Italian immigrant or Italian-American bakers to relocate to River City and bake their wonderful breads for me. And for you, too, of course."

"...best way to bring a reliable Italian bakery to Austin. For some time now, I've had this fantasy about..."

April 14, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Postmarks

The Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival is not sexist; the city/Bradley settlement bodes poorly for Barton Springs; golf courses pay their way; and more reader mail.

"...that the Festival actively publicized the recently formed International Association of Women Chefs and Restauranteurs during that year's event...."

March 24, 2000 Column

Road Show

watson goes to washington to talk transportation; city backs off of terrace pud money, no settlement yet with gary bradley, city may step in to stop expansion of hyde park baptist church, council to consider retail space at csc.

"...draw local matching funds to encourage the allocation to Austin of state highway funds. Watson said that any project..."

Jan. 28, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Council Watch

Planning Commission and two council members consider measures to reduce commercial noise pollution near residential land; Vista Ridge PUD developer negotiates compromise agreement on its single-family development overlooking Bull Creek.

"...Here's a mixed-use development that neighborhoods could do without: For over a year, homeowner Mike..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Column by Kevin Fullerton

Naked City

Northwest Austin neighbors of Hyde Baptist Church's Quarries property map out a plan for fighting massive development in their neighborhood.

"...Northwest Austin's Quarry Lake, a pristine, spring-fed fishing hole surrounded by..."

Dec. 17, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Council Watch

Travis Country residents battle with private school's placement of its athletic field

"...a typical November afternoon in Travis Country, a Southwest Austin suburb of large houses, wide streets, and late-model family..."

Dec. 3, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Postmarks

HPBC is on the minds of many this week; Gotham lingers in the shadows.

"...Neighborhood Solidarity..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Column

Grow and Prosper

With neighbors still reeling from 1990 expansion, Hyde Park Baptist plans another growth project.

"...unlikely outpost for a contingent of religious pioneers. The neighborhood, built in 1889 in what was then the far..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Dancing About Architecture

Bands seek out SXSW, SXSW searches for places to put them; the late (Liberty) Lunch gets later; plus all the news that gives us fits...

"...it was in ample evidence during his stopover in Austin last weekend. "That's the reason he wanted to play..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Men at Work

City's day laborer program undergoes successful overhaul

"...Austin's day laborers, the mostly Hispanic, mostly young men who..."

Nov. 12, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Postmarks

Warning: blatant use of music knowledge within

"...The recent cover story in The Austin Chronicle by Kevin Fullerton ["House of Cards," Oct. 22]..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Column

Condo Clash

The Gotham Has Neighbors Up in Arms

"...has proposed for 200 South Congress, brings to mind Austin's rodent mascots. Quite the contrary. On a reconnaissance trip..."

Oct. 1, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Corner to Corner

There's more development slated for the already-crowded RM 2222 and Loop 360 interchange.

"...Imagine what it was like to traverse today's Northwest Austin back in 1866, when the Champion family first acquired..."

Sept. 10, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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