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City moves to make development pay more for parks
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May 4, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Creative Capital?
In the City of Ideas, the people with ideas are dancing with day jobs.
"...of economic and psychosocial life here in Austin, the City of Ideas. Many of the people with Day Jobs..."
Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Michael Erard
Keeping the Peace
Andy Langer examines round one of trying to establish a new city noise ordinance for Austin.
"...that seven days of intense public debate over the city's proposed new noise ordinance would end in five minutes..."
May 3, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer
Chartering a Course
A preview of the Charter Revisions Proposals
"...vaunted quality of life? Look no further than the City Charter, which begins, "We the citizens of Austin, in..."
Feb. 15, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Totally PC
When it comes to city planning, nothing's constant but change.
"...whole planning and development system. Should we stop the city of Austin before it kills -- er, changes --..."
Oct. 6, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Fat and Mostly Healthy
City Rolls Out Brave New Budget
"...we and others have said about the last few city budgets - that the spending plan debuted on August..."
Aug. 14, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Public Notice: Major League
Pushed by mayor, City Council takes the leap
"...a trying week on the local government front, as City Council griped their way through a number of contentious..."
Aug. 17, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro
Election 2004 Updates
The latest electoral happenings in Central Texas,
updated daily
"...W. Bush 46, John Kerry 160, Michael Badnarik 1. City editor Mike Clark-Madison reported from the scene, "Second-graders were..."
Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature
The Anti-Development Developer?
"...Of all the new Georgetown City Council members, Mayor Pro Tem Clark Lyda is most..."
Aug. 17, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Collective Sole
City Grill hasn't lost its stride, Barbara Chisholm writes. In its early days, it was one of a few spots in Austin that offered good dining in a sophisticated atmosphere. These days, the competition in that arena is considerably more intense, and yet it remains popular and perfectly in style. It's not an easy trick.
"...City Grill 401 Sabine, 479-0817..."
June 30, 2000 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm
Oh, Build Me a Home
Architects Espouse "Traditional Neighborhood Districts"
"...will they come? The seductive appeal of all this compact-city, mixed-use, sustainable New Urbanist stuff is that it claims..."
May 23, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Looking for Solutions for Residents Feeling Extreme Heat
UT-Austin partners with city, community orgs to mitigate local "heat island" effect
"...heat study Niyogi helped pilot last summer with the city's Office of Sustainability, UT Health Austin, and Go Austin/Vamos..."
Sept. 17, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Hit Brewery Row to Choose Your Own Austin FC Home Match Beer Adventure
How to get a little matchy-matchy with the city's first top-tier sports club and its many superb beer options
"...Los Angeles, or in the junior-barbecue whistle-stop of Kansas City, but when the city’s first top-tier sports club finally..."
June 18, 2021 Features Feature by Eric Puga
Day Trips & Beyond: Santa Fe, N.M.
Art and food in the enchanting city of Santa Fe
"...soft architecture of the adobe buildings, it is a city with a charm all its own...."
Nov. 12, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
Austin Energy's Quest to Bring Solar Power to Renters and the Less Wealthy
What can new incentive programs and community solar projects do for the city's most abundant energy source?
"...it has historically been less successful at straddling the city's economic divide. In an effort to reach underserved markets,..."
Nov. 24, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine
Texans With Disabilities Physically Barred From Policymakers
The inaccessibility at the Capitol is emblematic of the city at large
"...People cheer as the rally concludes. Semien, wearing dark sunglasses, slides his white-tipped cane over the granite landing. "We..."
July 28, 2017 News Feature by Taylor Jackson Buchanan
The Poughkeepsie Kid
Shadowing Austin City Limits Executive Producer Terry Lickona
"...is your 10-minute warning for a taping of Austin City Limits, the landmark PBS show in production since 1974...."
Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin
Austin and the 7-10 Split
Candidates in west and west-central districts find common cause
"...people first started talking about shifting Austin to single-member City Council districts, the logic was simple. You add more..."
July 22, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Keepin' Up With the Jones Family
The Jones Family Singers hear the spirit speak in Austin
"...Rita is threatening to postpone the fourth annual Austin City Limits Music Festival. At the last minute, the 180..."
Sept. 20, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran
Moving Pictures
Twenty years on, more than two dozen filmmakers pay tribute to Slacker and a city in transition
"...Like the city it depicts, Richard Linklater's Slacker sees no need for..."
Aug. 26, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Letters at 3AM
Unless my transmission conks out in a place like Bossier City, a guy like me hasn't much chance to hear out a guy like Virgil
"...refugees who had evidently overstayed their welcome in Bossier City, across the Red River from Shreveport. Belinda had a..."
Feb. 3, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...in a place like Texas. Here in New York City we always jokingly said it felt like a different..."
Nov. 19, 2004 Column
Sewage Happens in G'Town
"...controversy surrounding the old one. On Nov. 13, the city unveiled the new Pecan Branch treatment plant, located three..."
Nov. 29, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Not One Less
"...Directed by: Zhang Yimou. Starring: Sun Zhimei, Gao Enman, Tian Zhenda, Zhang Huike and Wei..."
March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Requires Masks in All Public Schools, Including Colleges
Local orders push back against Abbott’s ban on mask mandates
"...are required at all public schools, as well as city and county properties including parks, effective as of yesterday..."
Aug. 13, 2021 News Post by Beth Sullivan
Khruangbin Slows It Down Houston-Style
New album continues trio’s international success
"...that sounds like the Lone Star State’s most international city...."
June 26, 2020 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett
The Highs and Lows of Houston Life in Lot: Stories
Bryan Washington depicts residents with warmth and discernment as they live, fight, work, and love in a city that can be both a home and a challenge
"...The idea of a city, a location, being a character in a narrative is..."
Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires
Council: Throwin’ Shade
City Council, hotter than an August sun
"...City Council members went into last weekend already in need..."
Aug. 17, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez
Civics 101
"...WORKERS' MARCH ON CITY HALL Workers and allies march for fair wages and..."
May 25, 2012 News Column
Saving Water in Big Stacy
City opens public first rain garden
"...This week in Big Stacy Park, the city of Austin opened its first public rain garden and..."
