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Libertarians Say No to Doggett

"...ever wanted in a very digestable form, contact Project Vote-Smart at http://www.vote-smart.org/ or call 888/VOTESMART and use this amazingly..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Column

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"..."Right about here, Salma Hayek starts walking down the street," said Larriva by way of introduction, and the only..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Technology, Take Us Away

Are our gadgets and gizmos troubleshooters or troublemakers?

"..."so much" into "spuxh" without my catching it. My "smart" phone is just such a pernicious force...."

March 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Finding the Sweet Spot

For Austin's 'density bonus' development program – what's on our wish list?

"...benefits – say, funding for affordable housing, parks, walkable streetscapes, and space for small, local businesses. (See illustrations at..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Manifesto Destiny

Literate pop, the Elephant 6 in your Parish

"...having to inhale secondhand fumes while explaining that as smart as Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy is, everyone mispronounces the..."

July 23, 2004 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Riding the Rail

The challenge for Capital Metro: convincing voters that the new light rail isn't the old light rail that they rejected last year

"...bit of planning jargon that's become part of Austin's Smart Growth-era lingua franca -- for example, it's the "T"..."

Dec. 21, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Chain Reaction

Downtown construction projects raise fears that Austin will lose its charm.

"...to grow on him. He liked walking up the street to the Sweetish Hill Bakery for coffee and pastries,..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Amy Smith

What I Want to do With My Life

Mike Krusee on New Urbanism, Smart Growth, toll roads, and why Bobby Kennedy is his hero

"...Scott was a proponent of Smart Growth. We all look at things through our own..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Idea Man for the Future

Ian Cion is out to build a better world, through public art

"...were unsightly and lowered property values, Cion decided this "smart skin" would be the perfect solution to that problem...."

March 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

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Our readers talk back.

"...a pungent landfill. The so-called liberal white gentlemen provide "Smart Growth" instead. Smart Growth has taxed blacks and Hispanics..."

April 25, 2003 Column

No Quiet on the Eastern Front

The choice for Place 2 presents two approaches to Eastside issues.

"...most to East Austinites -- beginning with the Holly Street Power Plant, a longtime target of Fernandez's El Concilio..."

April 18, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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Our readers talk back.

"...Michael Ventura is now officially the smartest guy in his own little world. And Jason Stout..."

March 28, 2003 Column

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...the planned Lance Armstrong Bikeway to follow a Fourth Street route through Downtown. So do the city's planners. But..."

Dec. 13, 2002 News Feature

The Showdown at Sixth and Lamar

The new chain shopping center raises alarms from local merchants.

"...received from the city several years ago for meeting Smart Growth requirements. Back then, Sixth+Lamar was called the Austin..."

July 26, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...to what Nick was saying was one of the smartest things I ever did. We could empty out this..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...the first time, the Fire Department took to the streets closing down clubs, leaving people waiting in long lines...."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Naked City

A long-awaited decision on the rezoning of the Bennett Tract, which has sat vacant awaiting redevelopment for more than 10 years, should happen this Thursday.

"...land just east of I-35, between Seventh and 11th Streets, that has sat empty for more than a decade..."

May 4, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Deconstructing Downtown

The Economy Sneezes -- and Austin's Central Business District Catches a Cold

"...arrived at an old car dealership on West Fifth Street armed with an overhead projector and a stack of..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

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Good cops and bad cops, radio waverings and global warming warnings.

"...1, 6pm, at the Conley-Guerrero Senior Center, 808 Nile Street (off Pleasant Valley Road just south of Rosewood Avenue)...."

Feb. 23, 2001 Column

Under One Roof

Can the City Make Good on Its Affordable Housing Promise?

"...by the True Life Missionary Baptist Church across the street -- but the residents and elected officials radiated genuine..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

All Together Now

City makes some headway on synchronizing traffic lights

"...of day and the amount of traffic on the street, it's now possible to drive north on South First,..."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Jonathan David Carroll

Historical Revision

Rainey Neighbors Debate the Future of Their Neighborhood

"...So, does anyone really want to save Rainey Street? Judging from the surprisingly contentious not-really-a-hearing at last week's..."

April 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Downtown by Design

Downtown design guidelines provide a blueprint for the future of the central city.

"...updates ("Now bundled with CSC!" "Now part of the Smart Growth Suite!"), and the design guidelines seemed like yet..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Mapping the Future

Seven longtime Austinites talk about Smart Growth, neighborhood planning, and the future of Central Austin in an October roundtable discussion.

"...Friday afternoon just before Halloween to talk about growth, Smart and otherwise, and how to keep the central city..."

Dec. 3, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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First, the good news ...

"...Keep Downtown Smart..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Column

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...down to an otherwise deserted section of West Second Street for some kind of music and egg cooking competition...."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

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Plan for People, Not Cars

"...Smart Growth?!..."

March 26, 1999 Column

The Price of Progress

Worldly Roots

"...until January business was quite good. But then the street work commenced as utility lines were dug up and..."

Feb. 26, 1999 News Feature by Charles Nafus

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...to drag: Lily Tomlin goes nowhere as a mangy street person, likewise Fox as a down-on-his-luck yuppie; token bits..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...to drag: Lily Tomlin goes nowhere as a mangy street person, likewise Fox as a down-on-his-luck yuppie; token bits..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

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