You Call This a Plan?

Seaholm District Master Plan Morphs Into the Lumbermen's Tract Subsidy Program

"...along Town Lake; they cruised past the familiar, now-retired Seaholm Power Plant, and then turned off the road into..."

June 14, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Sea Changes at Seaholm

Chronicle writer Amy Smith lays out the Proposed Seaholm District Master Plan.

"...So for now, city officials are touting the proposed Seaholm Master Plan as simply an idea that we can..."

June 14, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Seaholm Powers Ahead, Amid Questions About the 'Public Interest'

Oft-delayed development getting serious at City Council

"...Seaholm – the historic power plant to be transformed by..."

Dec. 12, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Seaholm: The railroad conundrum

Two pieces of long-neglected and barely salvageable railroad track along and on the Seaholm Power Plant site could hold the key to whether the city has a commuter rail system limited to North and Central Austin or one that spans the entire city.

"...and barely salvageable railroad track along and on the Seaholm Power Plant site could hold the key to whether..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Four for Seaholm

"...and development concept" for reuse of the old power plant and its environs. As such, the Seaholm criteria are..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature

Near-Term Downtown Transportation Plan

"...Tomorrow's Projects" on the facing page.Downtown Access and Mobility Plan (D.A.M.P.)..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Seaholm Powers Ahead

Plan to transform historic power plant into mixed-use mecca should move one step closer to fruition at City Council Thurs­day

"...Seaholm – the historic power plant to be transformed by..."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

I Plan, Therefore I Am

A Downtown Planning Timeline

"...Goddess of Liberty statue in front of the Capitol..."

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

Designs on Seaholm

"...great pains to stress the word "conceptual" in the Seaholm District Master Plan, produced by the ROMA Design Group..."

March 2, 2001 News Feature

Seaholm East

Council passes resolution establishing 'guiding vision and policy principles' for two large city-owned tracts in redevelopment district

"...for two large city-owned tracts of land in the Seaholm east redevelopment district: 1) the 4.5-acre site of the..."

Jan. 25, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Planet Plan It

You can help plan the arts' future in downtown Austin's extreme makeover at a Community Charrette on May 14

"...to the direction of the arts in future downtown planning by attending a Community Charrette sponsored by the city..."

May 13, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Delay of Game

Seaholm, Block 21 challenge the Downtown Domino theory

"...half, the models and pretty pictures of possible future Seaholms and Block 21s (or should that be Blocks 21?)..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Green With Ambition

Why we need a master developer – not a project developer – to mastermind Seaholm East

"...wooing City Council to win the Green Water Treatment Plant job, many viewers were excited, even dazzled, by all..."

May 30, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories

City off to promising start with Seaholm East Redevelopment District

"...soliciting a request for proposals for redevelopment of the Seaholm East Redevelopment District. That's an excellent beginning. Council has..."

March 7, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Austin cycling activists worry that bicyclists and pedestrians' concerns will lose out to drivers' interests in the implementation of the Seaholm District Master Plan.

"...making so much noise over the rehabilitation of the Seaholm Power Plant near Cesar Chavez and Lamar. The out-of-commission..."

June 15, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

Developing Stories: Park Once, Invest Twice

Two new city-owned parking garages would pay for themselves under enterprising proposal

"...projects soon to go live Downtown. The first is Seaholm: the transformation of the 7.8-acre site of the decommissioned..."

Nov. 23, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Partners sought for the long-discussed reuse of the Downtown power plant

"..."request for qualifications" for partners to help Austin redevelop Seaholm Power Plant. "We now stand ready to collaborate with..."

May 21, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

After months of litigation over who owns what portion of the Sand Beach Reserve on Town Lake, Lumbermen's Development Corp. has offered the city a deal. Also: the council discusses a settlement with Stratus properties over development on their land over the aquifer, and the city amends the camping ordinance.

"...in return, Lumbermen's would build a road past the Seaholm power plant that would provide parking for 150 cars...."

Oct. 6, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Thanks for the level-headed report on the so-called Seaholm Master Plan ["You Call This a Plan?" June 14]...."

July 5, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Thanks for the level-headed report on the so-called Seaholm Master Plan ["You Call This a Plan?" June 14]...."

June 28, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Bush League lambasting, locally-grown concerns, and a side of jazz.

"...side of his mouth, Bush offered his most detailed explanation yet of his doubts about studies and impacts of..."

June 22, 2001 Column

The Devil in the Details

After 10 years, the Great Streets master plan runs into controversy over two-way streets.

"...Guidelines, echoing more than a decade's worth of policy, planning, and promises about the Central Business District (CBD). This..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Seaholm

"...The Seaholm District Master Plan is destined to receive mixed reviews..."

May 10, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

With Minimal Drama, Saltillo Project Lurches Forward

Capital Metro hires a planner and appoints community advisors for the rail-yard redevelopment

"...worth $298,200 with San Francisco-based ROMA Design Group to master-plan Cap Metro's 11-acre parcel between I-35, Comal, East Fourth,..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

"...studied the long-term effects of such towers, the group plans to speak against the placement at the LTISD meeting,..."

April 5, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

"...15 Judge Sam Biscoe announced that the county is planning interlocal agreements with two other Texas counties to take..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Then There's This: Turf Fight at Auditorium Shores

Dog owners challenge city's plan to shrink off-leash play space

"...which is set to vote on a proposed redevelopment plan for Auditorium Shores. That plan calls for reducing the..."

Dec. 6, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Austin @ Large: Out Into the DAMP

The Downtown Mobility Plan has critics from both the right and left, and that could be its undoing.

"...unfinished legacy, when city staff's Downtown Access and Mobility Plan -- known by the piquant acronym D.A.M.P. -- comes..."

June 14, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our Free Radio coverage generates some audio radiance, and more.

"...Years on Location," June 15]. You are the undisputed master of the long-term ironic joke. Watch out, though; seven..."

June 29, 2001 Column

Council Does the Money Mambo

The bones of the city -- roads, sewers, power lines -- took center stage for last Thursday's installment at City Council of "Budget: How Low Can We Go?" Not as low as we might like.

"...might like. When you're talking about essential infrastructure and planning for future growth, there's only so much austerity we..."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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