Born to be Reviled

Interstate 35's worst stretch is also its most politically organized -- and that's a problem for TxDOT.

"...Given the controversy surrounding the plan to expand and revamp Interstate 35 through downtown Austin, you'd think..."

Sept. 20, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann

Take Five

In the Place 5 Race, Activism Is the Operative Word

"...the citizen legislator who served one tour of duty and will now return to his day job as a..."

April 14, 2000 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Politics

"...City Manager Jesus Garza. Thanks to approval from Austinites, and support from the council and important interest groups like..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Best of Austin Feature

A Complex Question?

Central Park's Proposed Housing Project

"...pre-development stages of an upscale apartment project on state-owned land in the heart of Central Austin...."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

From Runways to Sidewalks

The Mueller neighborhood at midcourse

"...Drawn by the promise of a "New Urbanist" neighborhood three miles from Downtown, the Mueller pioneers hit the..."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Rosedale Reacts: Cafe Non!

Neighbors fed up with proposed restaurant on Hancock

"...Chris Allen and his wife, Gina, are the co-chairs of the zoning..."

May 25, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

McCracken Hits the Campaign Circuit

Mayor Pro Tem announces run at solar panel plant, but Leffingwell supporters still wax sunny

"...election announcement today. Flanked by his wife, campaign emissaries and supporters, McCracken succinctly squeezed his campaign vision into four..."

Dec. 8, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...The fast moving targets of Fix290 and Oak Hill neighborhood planning efforts make it difficult for..."

June 16, 2006 Column

Naked City

"...initiative reveals the program is plagued by accounting, structural, and other problems. The auditor developed a set of recommendations..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Developing Stories: Private Projects, Public Benefits

Could developers become Austin's new benefactors?

"...to provide public benefits that go far beyond a handsome facade (as developers long have been expected to do..."

April 6, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Austin @ Large: Triangle, Full Circle

Seven glorious years later, and did we learn anything?

"...grocery store at the Triangle. Both the City Council and the state's ad hoc special board of review –..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

In Austin, Safety Comes at a (Too) High Price

The city's inflated budgets may have left Austin ped / bike projects empty-handed.

"...Schools -- a state/federal program created to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety -- and while the list includes projects..."

March 21, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

City Manager Jesus Garza forms a top-level committee to oversee neighborhood services.

"...Okay, let's get this straight: Neighborhoods want city staff to be more responsive. They want..."

Nov. 12, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...from an even angrier crowd -- the Summit Oaks Neighborhood Association. Mattox owns (and would like to flip) a..."

Nov. 13, 1998 News Feature

Off the Desk:

"...Austan Librach from his position as director of the Planning, Environmental and Conservation Services Department. Librach's abrupt exit comes..."

Feb. 2, 1996 News Feature

Is This UTopia?

A Long-Overdue University Master Plan is Unveiled

"...two generations of students have added the inevitable "Y," and not without cause. Frzom this aerie, the strategists of..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

Public Notice: A Tale of Two Processes

An ugly process to get to a not-awful ordinance

"...the good – but in such a clumsy fashion, and with such clumsy late amendments, as to virtually epitomize..."

Nov. 27, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Rest of the Dais

The candidates and issues of Places 2, 5, and 6

"...In addition to the mayoral race and Place 1 seat, three additional council seats will be..."

May 1, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The B&C List

"...Below is our subjective division of city boards and commissions into tiers, based on the degree to which..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature

Naked City

Two historically opposed neighborhoods along Manor Road find a common enemy in plans to expand neighborhood arterials to make room for traffic into the redeveloped Mueller Airport site.

"...Over the years, retirees in the Blackland neighborhood, located just east of I-35 between Manor Road..."

June 29, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Naked City

The Austin City Council is back from their winter break, and they have a full schedule ahead of them.

"...site of the one of the city's most prized and pampered Smart Growth initiatives -- will be occupying even..."

Jan. 19, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Off the Beaten Track

Can Light Rail Build Livable Communities?

"...800 planners, community activists, transit system officials, engineers, academics, and occasional nosey reporters like me gathered in St. Louis..."

Nov. 21, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Off The Desk:

"...the March 12 primary begins next Wednesday, February 21, and lasts through Friday, March 8. The following is a..."

Feb. 16, 1996 News Feature

Developing Stories

What can the City of Brotherly Love teach Austin?

"...Austin is finally getting serious about urban planning. Last week at City Council, a fresh comprehensive planning..."

June 27, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

The Making of Downtown North

The Domain may sound like just another fancy mall – but planners say it's the seed of a second Austin

"...It's been derided as a shopper's Disneyland and pre-emptively dismissed by many Central Austinites as a..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Wallering at Last

Let's review the recent history of the Waller Creek tunnel project

"...more appealing tax-increment finance zone. Finally, both the city and county were on board. It's a little like Kabuki..."

June 29, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Naked City

"...summer in order to lessen the burden upon students planning to enroll in one or more of the roughly..."

Feb. 22, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Council Watch

Council considers issues ranging from the Seaholm Power Plant, to the Gotham condominium project, to Southpark Meadows.

"...off last week, as it's taken all that time and more just to get a handle on the mass..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Naked City

The End of the Road

"..."suburban" for latter-day Austin fashion? For all these reasons and more, the little "circles" and "coves" that distinguish nearly..."

Sept. 24, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Power Assist

Who's Who

"...years ago with the election of Mayor Kirk Watson and freshmen Council Members Bill Spelman and Willie Lewis --..."

Aug. 27, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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