Austin at Large: The Pigs Inside Our Python

Austin takes a looooong time to digest what it swallows

"...remember things. Like I remembered the history of the South Central Waterfront just as the usual interest groups latched..."

Feb. 25, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Preview: Wildhorses, Salamanders, Elephants

Only 51 items on today's agenda – but plenty of potential land mines

"...affordable housing project in District 3, compatibility waivers on South Congress, and a late hours permit on South Lamar..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

The Location of the DACC Remains Up in the Air

Council delays vote on community court relocation to study alternate sites, service model

"...the best site to obtain affordable housing in the South Central Waterfront plan that is currently in the planning..."

April 1, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Chito Vela Sails to City Council

Vela wins D4 special election in a landslide

"...just released new schematics for the I-35 Capital Express Central project (read more), which will certainly demand Council response;..."

Jan. 28, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: Your Servants Are Listening

Angry readers, busted City Hall aides, triumphant politicians: The system works!

"...tried to do that with my series on the South Central Waterfront over the last three weeks, which riled..."

Jan. 21, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Council: Getting Moving?

City Council's continued transportation debate may backlog zoning cases on agenda

"...would return to future agendas. That included both some central library equipment and materials funding, and all of $100,000..."

June 17, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Billionaire Dreams

"...plans for area around the former Austin-American Statesman building south of Downtown. [“It's a Season, Not Just a Day,”..."

Jan. 10, 2022 Postmarks

Can Council Get Its Sh*t Done by 10pm?

Austin City Council addresses a 93-item agenda Sept. 15 and aims to end by 10pm rather than voting to extend the meeting

"...PUD or created by Endeavor somewhere else within the South Central Waterfront district. "I would like to reserve the..."

Sept. 16, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Automatic License Plate Readers to Return?

Plus, votes on the Statesman PUD, 12th Street plans

"...Project Connect Blue Line station, and prominence inside the South Central Waterfront vision plan, which will itself transform Downtown...."

Sept. 2, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council: Plenty of Work, and Campaigns

November elections are coming soon

"...school on Hwy 290 East, and adoption of the South Central Waterfront Small Area Plan...."

June 3, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Everything That Fits

CMs get feisty heading into campaign season

"...Council gets through all that, and the morning briefings (South Central Waterfront Planning Initiative and Municipal Civil Service Rules..."

June 13, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Dreaming Big With Lady Bird

Design team makes preliminary recommendations for lakeside redevelopment

"...its preliminary recommendations for the Lady Bird Lake Special Waterfront Project last week. While their full report isn't expected..."

June 15, 2012 News Feature by Monica Riese

Public Notice: One Ring to Rule Them All

There's much to dislike about the greater MoPac tollway plan

"...may recall the brouhaha several months ago when the Central Texas Regional Mobil­ity Authority announced its plans for a..."

Nov. 6, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Dreaming Big With Lady Bird

Team's preliminary recommendations for Lady Bird Lake's south shore

"...its preliminary recommendations for the Lady Bird Lake Special Waterfront Project on Wednesday night. While their full report isn't..."

June 7, 2012 News Post by Monica Riese

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...a proposed framework for developments in Lady Bird Lake’s south shores this week and weren’t superfans. The waterfront plan..."

March 29, 2024 News Feature

Great Streets, Not So Great Parks

Battle at the park over Riverside Drive

"...54-acre green space and arts area conceived as the Central Park Austin Doesn't Have, landscape architect Earl Broussard prepared..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Brian "Bronco" BroussardFollow South Austin PlanDear Editor,..."

June 16, 2006 Column

Public Notice: Connecting with Project Connect

Capital Metro announces next round of public input on Orange, Blue light rail lines

"...that run is an in-person open house at Austin Central Library, Sat., July 31, 10am-2pm, that will cover both..."

July 9, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Big Picture Map

A comprehensive map of Town Lake Corridor public and private development projects

"...Waterfront Overlay District Within the WO District, all shoreline land..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

City Council Members continue to debate the fate of the proposed Congress Ave. Gotham condominiums, with debate now centering on height restrictions and the city's Waterfront Overlay ordinance.

"...meaning of the Second Amendment. Counting some of the Waterfront Overlay's framers (and a passel of agitated South Austinites,..."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Condo Clash

The Gotham Has Neighbors Up in Arms

"...12-story condominium developer Randall Davis has proposed for 200 South Congress, brings to mind Austin's rodent mascots. Quite the..."

Oct. 1, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

The Town Lake Variance Shuffle

The hike-and-bike trail, questionable developer tactics, and a potential windfall for urban parks all flow together on East Riverside Drive

"...– thereby creating a new developer-fueled funding source for Central Austin parks. And just in time: With City Hall..."

Nov. 24, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Downtown's Promise

"...converting downtown streets back to two-way traffic, and increasing central-city housing while preserving fragile central-city neighborhoods, and how to..."

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

How to Build Neighborhoods

Erin McGann is the sole newcomer in a race dominated by incumbents

"...many things in common. They live in older, quaint Central Austin neighborhoods, they're both former neighborhood association presidents, they've..."

Sept. 5, 2014 News Feature by Amy Smith

Developing Stories: Private Projects, Public Benefits

Could developers become Austin's new benefactors?

"...public good. Developers of some high-dollar private projects in Central Austin are agreeing to provide public benefits that go..."

April 6, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

The Downtown Austin Plan

The city unveils its Downtown Plan in progress

"...defines Downtown as the area north of the river, south of MLK, east of Lamar, and west of I-35,..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Where Are They Now?

The latest on this year's big digs

"...in its existing building on Congress. It has retained Southwest Strategies Group to find a new space and real..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Land Rush

The Early Days

"...and early 1970s, when the idea of a downtown waterfront civic complex began to coalesce, there were no skyscrapers..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Road to 10-1 ... Is Getting Crowded [Updated May 12]

As May money season opens, candidates blossom

"...2012 TurnoutEst. 2012 Voters DISTRICT 1 (East/Northeast)23.3%28.2%37.5%2.6%42,15244.0%18,547 DISTRICT 2 (Southeast)20.3%8.0%69.0%2.7%33,25639.9%13,269 DISTRICT 3 (East/Southeast)26.6%8.0%60.8%4.6%40,14537.9%15,215 DISTRICT 4 (North/Central)20.8%9.5%65.2%4.5%27,44041.9%11,497 DISTRICT 5 (Central/South)59.5%4.2%31.0%5.3%56,84852.2%29,675..."

May 2, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

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?

"...diversities in the urban core. The more foresighted of Central Austin's neighborhood leaders, who look at Smart Growth with..."

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

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