Great Springs Project Proposes a Network of Trails From Austin to San Antonio

Squaring conservation with development

"...conservation? That's the hope of the ambitious Great Springs Project, which has inched a little closer to realizing its..."

Jan. 1, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

The Face Shield Project at Austin Convention Center

"...2020 for the second day of the Face Shield Project, a collaborative initiative between the University of Texas' Dell..."

April 21, 2020 Photo Gallery

Finally, Riverside Rezoning Case Arrives at Council

Massive southeast side project comes ashore

"...arrives at City Council this week. The 97-acre former "Project Catalyst"– intended to eventually replace five apartment complexes with..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

SXQ&A: TMS Ruge

Project Diaspora co-founder and SXSW speaker talks African tech

"...Social entrepreneur and Project Diaspora co-founder TMS Ruge is a SXSW Interactive veteran...."

March 13, 2010 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Reinvest in Hancock Center

"...I feel that Richard Weiss and the Alamo Drafthouse's project does not promote a walkable future for Austin's urban..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Postmarks

Six Questions for Patricia Vonne

Patricia Vonne takes the bull by the horns.

"...Mexico. How did you become involved with the Juarez Project, which strives to shed light on this situation? Patricia..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Little Hotel on the Prairie

Proposed hotel and golf course would be constructed on city-owned parkland.

"...But the land they desire for their Prairie Grass project is dedicated city of Austin parkland. But it's land..."

March 24, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Bigger, Better, Smarter

San Diego is everything Austin wants to be: livable, transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, and downtown-centric. But will tools that worked in the nation's largest border and military base town translate to Central Texas?

"...city and region are studded with not only one-off projects but entire neighborhoods where developers have made money building..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Dream Homes in East Austin?

"...Austin. Part of the federally funded Scattered Cooperative Infill Project (SCIP II) of which Watkins is developer, the home..."

Aug. 15, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

2012 Austin Critics Table Awards

For the 20th time, a big hand for the nominees if you please

"...Dave Steakley, Hairspray/Next to Normal/The Laramie Project..."

May 25, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

Tom Ford is creepy and Stephen travels to Houston for fabric

"...pleasure last week to emcee Estilo's fashion show for Catalyst 8, the young professionals group supporting the Long Center...."

Feb. 17, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Beta Test

Jim Cummings burns the film industry to the ground (and it deserves it)

"...and show business, right down to its production. A project that was 100% crowdfunded, co-directors and stars Jim Cummings..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Conventional Wisdom

Is It Wise To Expand Austin's Convention Center?

"...Center as a similar venue, and the Waller Creek project as a necessary public-safety and infrastructure improvement, the city..."

Jan. 30, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Flag Day

The Penn family gets in the skin of a counterfeiter and his daughter

"...it somehow manages to feel like a conceited vanity project for Penn. It’s hard not to see the echoes..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Downsizing Dell

Timing Is Everything

"...a result of anybody trying to deliberately do the project in."..."

Oct. 9, 1998 News Feature by Andy Langer

Joni's Jazz

"...know whether people got it or whether it was catalyst to change, but things did begin to change. I..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

Gone and Quartered

Stiffed on Capital Metro money, the city scrambles to fund another $51 million in transportation projects

"...planned since 1995 was finally approaching construction. But both projects relied on "Quarter Cent Program" funding from Capital Metropolitan..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Committee, and others all spoke in favor of this project and the desperate need to provide housing for students..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...made by almost every anti-Villas letter writer that "this project will bring 700 cars into the neighborhood and only..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Column

A Place to Gather Again

The Long Center recycles not only Palmer Auditorium's materials but also its civic purpose

"...imperative that this new center not be a pet project of the wealthy few. "When we made our contribution,"..."

March 21, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tunnel Vision

The New Waller Creek

"...80 of Highsmith's 100 hypothetical hired-guns. The Loomis team projects that for as little as $16.7 million, the city..."

July 12, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Future of Health Care?

Dell and Central Health "re-think" the way we provide – and pay for – health care

"...the new medical school – the first such from-the-ground-up project in the U.S. in roughly 50 years – on..."

March 24, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Streetcar Desires

The Austin streetcar has a consensus – it still needs champions

"...and regional partnering. Both are bigger than the streetcar project itself. As Central Texas slouches toward a regional vision..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The ARA Faces the Music

For the Austin Revitalization Authority, Eastside renewal proves to be a long, slow dance

"...spirit -- in East Austin. McClellan declared Minnie's a catalyst for what was certain to be an imminent economic..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Flow of Energy

Beili Liu makes an art of channeling the forces within objects and us

"...the creator of this installation-with-performance known as The Mending Project, currently showing at Women & Their Work. Her name..."

March 11, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

On the Waterfront

As development accelerates along Town Lake, Austin faces urgent choices

"...Big Picture Map" to locate Town Lake Corridor development projects...."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Reinventing Airport Boulevard

Can 'form-based zoning' transform a suburban drag into walkable neighborhoods?

"...who would love to see a few nice infill projects supporting those beloved places and improving their main thoroughfare..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

How Green Grows My County?

'Greenprints' aim to protect our most precious natural lands

"...is among the TPL's most detailed and large-scale greenprint projects to date. The final report was completed and publicly..."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...development in the 200 block of Congress. The planned project would require zoning variances from City Council and the..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature

Pohl-Brown Town

Will the State Turn the Hog Farm into Edge City?

"...dissolving at the edge of the Hog Farm. The project was called (ironically, one hopes) Walden Park, lodged between..."

Dec. 5, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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