The Big Picture Map

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

"...Parks & Recreation Department list, updated Jan. 5 Additional information..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature

Postmarks

Preserve Town Lake

"...The relatively undisturbed green space along the Town Lake Hike and Bike Trail is a significant part..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Column

A Whole New Ball Game

Stakeholders say Colorado River Park can serve a lot of different needs.

"...A band of trees hides the softball fields and parking lots from view, so that the only visual cues..."

Dec. 17, 1999 News Feature by Dan Oko

Here We Go Again

Does Austin need a cancer survivors plaza?

"...stone by the side of the pond in Butler Park, just south of Riverside Drive. The shallow ornamental pool..."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Common Ground on the Colorado

The new Eastside Colorado River Park begins to take shape.

"...ground creates community," says Ted Siff of the Austin Parks Foundation, who has been helping marshal the latest efforts..."

April 26, 2002 News Feature by Dan Oko

Sorry, No Boating for You This Weekend

City bans boating on portions of Town Lake and Lake Austin through Monday

"...At least not on Lake Austin and Town Lake. Relating to our previous post..."

June 22, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

Developing Stories

Traffic, bullshit, Suttle, and Town Lake

"...of the old post office site (now used to park luxury cars) have said they are in lease negotiations..."

June 1, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Great Streets, Not So Great Parks

Battle at the park over Riverside Drive

"...To design Town Lake Cultural Park, a 54-acre green space and arts..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

A Long Time Coming

Why Now?

"...to pour hundreds of millions of dollars into the downtown area and get long-stalled -- even presumed-dead plans --..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff

Downtown Developments

"...by Kayte VanScoy, with contributions by Mike Clark-Madison, Kevin..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature

Council Blocks Bloch

Council Rejects Cancer Park to Preserve Greenbelt

"...in Houston. On a recent autumn day in Hermann Park, she is standing under a domed gazebo, considering life's..."

Nov. 15, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Investing in Downtown Parks

"...Turning underperforming parks into great outdoor people places requires both vision and..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Despite the outrage of the land pimps, Austin's dis-invitation to Wal-Mart is democratic, legal, and honorable.

"...to another user that generates less traffic, requires less parking, isn't open 24 hours, creates better jobs, etc. --..."

Oct. 17, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Downtown's New Year

"...when we last covered the landscape in 2001 ("Deconstructing Downtown," April 20, 2001). At the time, the sky was..."

Jan. 17, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Condo Clash

The Gotham Has Neighbors Up in Arms

"...for his leading role in the residential rebirth of downtown. He pioneered the now-booming loft scene and renovated the..."

Oct. 1, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Pease Out

New year will mean limited park use for commercial fitness groups

"...At a Nov. 18 public meeting, the Austin Parks and Recreation Department rolled out a City Council-approved program..."

Dec. 2, 2011 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

Postmarks

Wrong John, Wrong Reason

"...remaining open. Second, your article noted that John Wooley, "downtown developer and land owner," was that one person interested..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Column

Double Vision

When in Doubt...

"...than expected in its first quarter on the books. Parks advocates are asking the city to ensure that $10..."

July 30, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

The Changing Face of Downtown

"...better or worse, there's still a heap of new downtown buildings and municipal projects well under way, with several..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature

Before Save Our Springs ...

Big events in Austin's enviro history, pre-SOS

"...1960s: Chemical plant drainage kills "all the fish in Town Lake"... Activist Roberta Crenshaw blocks developer effort to turn..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Council Notes

Narrowing the drive through Town Lake Park has been studied to death ... so let's give it more study

"...The city has big plans for Town Lake, and no, it didn't stop with the removal..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

"...national-circuit boat racing event (drawing as many as 6,000 out-of-towners among 45,000 attendees) would spur more than $4 million..."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

The council member appeals to history to keep Town Lake Park alive and the boat races dead.

"...controversial proposal to revive high-speed performance boat races on Town Lake, which Slusher slammed in a brisk press release..."

Oct. 10, 2003 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.

"...path to the statehouse for Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, daughter of RFK and the first Kennedy woman to..."

June 14, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Sand Beach Battle

Sand Beach Reserve on the north shore of Town Lake is the subject of a land-use and legal dispute.

"...A&M alumni center planned for the north side of Town Lake turn out to be just another Aggie joke?..."

Oct. 1, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Close to Outrage

A letter sent to city leadership by Sarah Campbell, who recently retired from a 20-year career with the city's Parks & Recreation Department, where she was a senior planner.

"...recently retired from a 20-year career with the city's Parks & Recreation Department, where she was a senior planner...."

Nov. 24, 2006 News Feature

Ye Olde Can-Do Spirit

Libraries Branch Out

"...(more forgettable) films. Some proponents of a new central downtown library (which failed to make it onto the November..."

Feb. 12, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

Sinclair Black: Transforming Visions

Sinclair Black – Austin's original New Urbanist

"...by concentrating new development in four- to six-story buildings Downtown. His models included Paris; Washington, D.C.; and Barcelona, all..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature

Council Watch

Business as Usual: After Bradley, Council Moves on to Other Things

"...to the airport last week discombobulated a group of Southpark Meadows neighbors who planned to storm the LCRA building..."

April 7, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Naked City

A defense attorney claims a police detective held a gun near his client's head to coerce a confession from him in the yogurt shop murder case; a tree in Town Lake Park will be spared the axe; Austin Energy hits record-breaking energy use.

"...oak tree standing in the path of progress at Town Lake Park won't be getting the axe after all...."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

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