Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...possibility of cutting street lengths in half and shortening cul-de-sacs definitely has the Real Estate Council of Austin watching..."

March 24, 2006 News Feature

Family Flight

Will AISD abandon its shrinking schools?

"...them. Even as students keep spilling out of the cul-de-sacs and into crowded exurban schools, enrollment all over the..."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The Bloodthirsty Killers of Circle C

Victims take flight! ... Officials shrug! ... Stealthy predators stalk the suburban streets!

"...short, her neighbors' cats, which roam the otherwise peaceful cul-de-sacs in search of prey. An estimated 150,000 feral cats..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Community Cornerstones

Gourmet takeout markets and groceries are establishing themselves less as luxury than necessity

"...can make it difficult for communities to thrive, too: cul-de-sacs that lead to nowhere, goods and services that can..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...sentiment on council is that now-traditional suburban design – cul-de-sacs feeding onto a few major arterials – is an..."

July 1, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Austin @ Large: Painting by Numbers

Design standards turn out to be (maybe) more than just skin-deep

"..."vertical mixed use" project. Big negatives include branded architecture, cul-de-sacs, and auto-oriented uses at the corners of urban roadways.The..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: The End of the Roads

The toll plan takes us down the right path, but there's still a long way to go

"...the same old model of highway strips and suburban cul-de-sacs...."

July 30, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Between Round Rock and a Hard Place

Northridge Acres can't find water, water anywhere.

"...a mix of small houses and mobile homes. Looping cul-de-sacs spread wide like bent scissor handles, and some streets..."

Nov. 15, 2002 News Feature by Walter Howerton Jr

Contents/Discontents -- Abby Levine

Accounts of the death of irony since last September 11th have been greatly exaggerated, and in her showing of work at Gallery 1313, artist Abby Levine provides three-dimensional proof that it is still a powerful way to communicate and process ideas about life, death, and pop culture in America.

"...of what appear to be soulless suburb cul de sacs, and a digestive tract coiled like a scorpion tail..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Arts Review by Jesse Sublett

Will Travel for Food

Austin cultural historian Claudia Alarcón, a native of Mexico City, on her annual quest for chiles en nogada.

"...definitely not your everyday dish: They are the egg sacs of a species of black ant, typically fried and..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Naked City

News shorts

"...grid streets and connectivity, and discourage long blocks and cul-de-sacs in new developments...."

Aug. 24, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Downtown de-vitalization, flying Ron Wilson, Hyde Park flood & Ed Herman speaks

"...require that all new subdivisions feature shorter blocks, fewer cul-de-sacs, and greater "connectivity," which means fewer gigantic arterials (like..."

March 23, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Naked City

Local news this week in Austin, Texas.

"...blocks (600 feet instead of the current 1,200), fewer cul-de-sacs, and narrower, slower-moving streets. Supporters cringe when the label..."

March 2, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Two for the Road

Larry McMurtry's New Books Continue His Journey

"...Jude Poirier, and Austin resident Strom. Of these, Poirier's "Cul-de-sacs" is an astute portrait of suburbs in the Nineties,..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Books Feature by Dick Holland

By the Book

Reviews

"...document -- which lead us into the cul de sacs of our own fantasies, inevitably influenced by the man..."

July 21, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Scanlines

Cane Toads

"...toads -- with their eager sexual appetites, narcotic poison sacs, and a spawning pattern that can only be considered..."

June 20, 1997 Screens Feature

Oh, Build Me a Home

Architects Espouse "Traditional Neighborhood Districts"

"...Streets -- generally on a grid, without cul-de-sacs -- are understood to be public spaces, separated by..."

May 23, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Sun City Undercover

The Spinning of Del's Webb

"...the real live homes on their winding streets and cul-de-sacs, they are exceedingly hard to tell apart, except by..."

Aug. 2, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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