Faster Than Sound: Neighbors Push to Limit Size of Austin Opera House Project

Traffic concerns clash with midsize venue vision at 200 Academy Dr. development

"...Among mixed-use plans for housing, shopping, a museum, and a recording studio..."

April 29, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

East Austin Studio De-Tour

Homesteading artists face city code challenges – and raise old fears – in changing neighborhoods

"...the last address on a dead-end street in East Austin. From the road, you can see the front of..."

July 15, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Clear-Cutting Austin

Rapid growth laying waste to city's urban forest

"...next door to his house in the Deep Eddy neighborhood had been cleared of its previous, modestly sized house..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Imagine Austin With CodeNEXT

Draft two brings big changes, more questions

"...the re-rewrite is causing rifts between city groups and neighborhood associations. Yet everyone, from Mayor Steve Adler to code..."

Sept. 22, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Why Portland Doesn't Look Like Austin

Rose (City)-Colored Glasses

"...the first city council hearing on the recommended Outer Southeast Community Plan. In its current form, three years in..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council To Imagine Imagine Austin

Plus SH 45, White Lodging, frat houses, and more

"...a 60-item agenda that includes the mother of all planning issues – the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan – which..."

June 15, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith

Council and Cap Metro Prepare to Hand Transit Plan to Voters

City's big plan is nearing the station

"...The Austin City Council and the Capital Metro board of directors..."

July 31, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin ISD Leans in to Win Back Families, Boost Enrollment

Every student counts

"...fliers advertising Joslin as "The Coolest Ele­men­tary School in South Austin," information sheets about the area's middle and high..."

Aug. 13, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Top 25 Austin Breweries of 2021

Our annual list of Central Texas’ top beers returns

"...Psst, hey. You hear the latest Austin Chronicle Power Rankings dropped? You’re looking right at ’em,..."

Oct. 12, 2021 Food Post by Eric Puga

Ambiguous Oracle: Company’s New Austin Campus Displaces Longtime Residents

Legal group calls Oracle plan "a slap in the face" to low-income renters

"...Dec. 22, software megafirm Oracle announced a major expansion plan for Austin...."

Dec. 29, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Austin at Very High Speed

The who, what, where, when, and why of Formula One racing

"...miles per hour. Yet the May 25 announcement that Austin will become the new U.S. home to the world's..."

July 9, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage

How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago

"...In the Nineties, Austin's cultural scene could afford to dream big. The city..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Then There's This: Southland

Seven neighborhoods take Imagine Austin on a test run

"...Last Saturday morning, more than 130 South Austin residents walked through the doors of the Crockett..."

Jan. 18, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Civics 101

"...PUBLIC EDUCATION AND IMMIGRA­TION REFORM MARCH Gather at the south steps to give an F to Texas' U.S. legislators...."

Dec. 6, 2013 News Column

Council: Spring Bluebonnets, Spring Candidates

The November district Council races continue to rumble into action

"...forward after a contentious March 18 work session ("Point Austin: Spending the 'Surplus,'" March 21). The draft policy, sponsored..."

April 4, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Back to the Future!

Seven-member Council on an 11-seat dais

"...is the proposed adoption of the "Community Wildfire Pro­tec­tion Plan" – not terribly controversial, but the proof is in..."

Nov. 7, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Water Into Whine

With this week's Council late start, what will happen to Citizens Communication?

"...how much priority should be granted to previous development plans over subsequent environmental regulations? – and it is likely..."

April 11, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Urban Planning: A Roundup

How Austin is working toward getting better by design

"...economic downcycle is the ideal time to invest in urban-planning efforts. Without the pressures of fast-paced development activity created..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

On the Waterfront

As development accelerates along Town Lake, Austin faces urgent choices

"...Readers may want to reference "The Big Picture Map"..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"..."The authorization I issued ... was that anything we..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...– One City Hall wag, after supporters of the Southwest Marketplace brought ample food and drink to sustain their..."

Sept. 3, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Developing Stories: Neighbor Power

Why neighborhood plans work better in Seattle

"...Austin's neighborhood plan process is grounded in the best of..."

May 18, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

And in Other Council Business ...

After a month's break, City Hall has a long, long, long agenda

"...today (Thursday, the 29th) from the annual summer break, Austin's finest will not only get their first official look..."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

UT's Brackenridge Tract: For Love or Money?

West Austin readies for another battle over redevelopment

"...the Brackenridge Tract, along the Colorado River in West Austin, are once again under consideration for massive new development...."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...praises of former foes in support of the Central Austin Combined Neighborhood Plan. See " Central Austin Plan: Love..."

May 14, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...on 'dumb' and get it over with." – Former Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, rallying Democrats in Blanco by mocking..."

June 11, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Council Notebook

A rundown of what's on the agenda this week.

"..."Responsible Growth For Northcross, Inc. v. The City of Austin, Lincoln Property Company Commercial, Inc., and Lincoln Northcross, LTD."..."

Aug. 8, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

On the Edges of Gentrification, Planning a Different East Riverside Drive

City’s declared goals for the corridor and those of private developers do not necessarily coincide

"...For most Austinites, East Riverside Drive – from I-35 to Texas 71..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Developing Stories

More lessons from Seattle

"...Following the 2007 Neighborhood Planning Conference held May 5, this column shared ideas..."

June 15, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Neighbors to TxDOT: Don't Close Woodland Underpass

Residents urge alternate plan

"...Department of Transportation proposal to alleviate congestion along a South Austin stretch of Interstate 35 has drawn strong opposition..."

Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

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