Developing Stories: Park Once, Invest Twice

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

"...parking garages would sport the ground-floor shops, restaurants, and streetscape amenities that keep the urban fabric oh so lively...."

Nov. 23, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...A district court judge's ruling last week has brought a halt..."

March 5, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...20-year master plan, which forecasts the need for a second terminal building and other expensive enhancements that look a..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Out Into the DAMP

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

"...square feet have been added to the central business district. (When the D.A.M.P. was initiated in April 2000, when..."

June 14, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: Tear It Down and Start Again

Convention Center reboot gives us a second crack at change

"...the blocks that now face the center across Trinity Street, building a new center while the old one remains..."

May 31, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

What's New in Downtown Austin for Formula One 2013?

New restaurants, cocktails, renovations, menus to check out

"...Though the popular Truluck's (400 Colorado) just up the street is still closed for renovations, their outlet in the..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Fusebox Festival Schedule

"...April 22-25: Magda Sayeg/Knitta Please. Magda Sayeg (Austin). 2nd Street District...."

April 23, 2010 Arts Feature

Top 10 Developing Stories

Lessons Learned

"...became more tightly woven this year: high-rising towers, livelier streetscapes and nightlife, scarcer parking, some 2,600 new condos under..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Top 10 Developing Stories

Lessons Learned

"...became more tightly woven this year: high-rising towers, livelier streetscapes and nightlife, scarcer parking, some 2,600 new condos under..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Top 10 Developing Stories: We got a plan

"...commercial and mixed-use developments: better architectural design, site layout, streetscapes, landscaping, green building, and general not-so-ugliness. In Central Austin,..."

Jan. 5, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

All That Glitters

Balancing Act

"...men, next to the Salvation Army and across the street from the Caritas soup kitchen on Seventh Street --..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Toy Joy to Move Airport Location to Burnet Road

... and they're bringing candy!

"...undergrads than kids. In 2013, the store relocated to Second Street – a move that initially caused concerns about..."

June 15, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Restaurant Roulette

The 10 you clicked

"...Mexico City's Colonia Condesa at this environmentally friendly 2nd Street District anchor, setting a new metric for local Interior..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Food Feature by Anne Harris

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Oct. 15-22

"...the lead-up to AIDS Walk Austin. Whole Foods (Sixth Street), the Long Center, UT's student health center, and City..."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Feature

La Condesa

Neo-Mexicano has arrived in Austin via La Condesa

"...La Condesa400-A W. Second, 499-0300 Monday-Sunday, 11am-3pm & 5-11pm; bar service all day..."

May 1, 2009 Food Review by Claudia Alarcón

Naked City

Developers float a proposal to reduce the size of the Green Water Treatment Plant on Town Lake and build something more profitable there, but they'll have to get in line -- the city already sees the site as a prime location for the new central library.

"...The second problem is, a lot of people have their eye..."

June 22, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

You Do Not Tear Down Landmarks

"...off, but if you're at the intersection of 11th Street and Congress Avenue, you're probably there for one reason..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Day Labors - Night Falls

Austin's Day Labor Site Attracts Drugs, Criminals

"...downtown honchos speak of the "revitalization of the Warehouse District," the area spreading north from the lot which has..."

Aug. 30, 1996 News Feature

Austin at Large: We’re Not Making More Land

Showdown at the Batcave Part 3: What’s the return on this $277 million investment?

"...The city's other four active TIF districts or "reinvestment zones" (to make this even less limpid,..."

Jan. 14, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

A Testy Council Continues to Consider Homelessness

The dais agrees: Ordinances need to be revised, but they disagree on how to do so

"...on some high-traffic roadways (parts of Guadalupe and 24th Street near the UT campus; on Congress, both Downtown and..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Anatomy of a Gay Bashing, Part 2

More of the story of the Christmas night gay bashing

"...friend were attacked on Christmas night in Austin's warehouse district. We sat with Bobby and turned on a microphone...."

Dec. 30, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Tierra del Fuego Wine Bar

Sophisticated wine flights and tapas foster post-convention lingering on Second Street

"...Tierra del Fuego Wine Bar313 E. Second, 469-7988. Monday-Saturday, 4pm-1am..."

July 11, 2008 Food Review by Barbara Chisholm

Food-o-File

A new little lady in the Big Apple, a new gelato shop, and a new chef in town: all in a week's food news

"...and party within walking distance of the new 2nd Street District are finding their way into Paciugo (241 W...."

March 10, 2006 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Point Austin: Beside the Point

The streets are mean, and so is the City Council

"...reimbursements to the AMLI group for installation of "Great Streets" benches, chairs, and bike racks along the "destination" Second..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Column by Wells Dunbar

After a Fashion

Where and with whom did Stephen sally forth this Fourth of July? And what else happened in town on this party weekend.

"...SHOPPING: Everyone was eager to see the new 2nd Street District stores. I caught up with dozens of people..."

July 8, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Council's Got ... Talent?

At intermission, we talk to the headliners

"...– and possibly city elections by way of single-member districts. He's also in a tricky political position on public..."

July 13, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Here’s Why Travis County D.A. José Garza Seeking Reelection Matters

He’s a leader in the growing progressive prosecutor movement

"...Garza announced Tuesday morning that he would seek a second term as Travis County District Attorney, the top criminal..."

Aug. 8, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

La Condesa’s Lucky 13; Graeme Little Goes Big; Lucy’s Loses a Leg; Pasta | Bar Opens on East Sixth; Indie Chefs Community Is On Its Way to Town; and the Hajimaleki Bros Step Up Like Champions

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...it from numerous PR releases, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings...."

March 9, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Roosevelt Room Stands Its Ground in a New Downtown

How the right lease negotiations kept the Fifth Street bar in business

"...guts of the space, built circa 1930. "These Warehouse District buildings have so much history," Gobis says. "It's such..."

July 12, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

The Daily Hustle: 1/27/11

Agenda highlights from today's council meeting

"...Item 3: Increasing appropriation costs for the Holly Street Power Plant decommissioning by $17 million. However, this item..."

Jan. 27, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

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