PARD Considers the Future of Historic Home on Lady Bird Lake

Travis Heights citizens have fought to get it rehabbed for 40 years

"...Travis Heights resident Charlotte Bell told us the Norwood House..."

Feb. 9, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2023, Power-Ranked

Top of the Hops VIII, baby!

"...brewery geographics. We include all the good spots bordering Travis County because everywhere is just one giant, overpriced neighborhood..."

Oct. 10, 2023 Food Post by Eric Puga

Qmmunity: Fund-Raising Hell

This month’s edition of Austin International Drag Foundation’s drag competition fundraiser digs into Halloween nostalgia for its theme

"...Vixens of Volstead May Magdalene, Mars, Veronica Valentine, and Travis Randy Travis tribute ACL headliner Shania Twain. Sundays, 1pm...."

Oct. 6, 2023 Column by James Scott

Austin’s Exclusionary Housing Policies Are Getting Revolutionary Rewrites

After decades of resistance doors open for less-wealthy Austinites

"...Eliminating parking requirements would harm neighborhoods, Garza lamented, like Travis Heights – his old stomping grounds – because drivers..."

July 28, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Qmmunity: Cinema Queerte

Salute the sweaty sirens of the screen with these queer mega-muscle movie events

"...Kelsey Hammer host, plus special guests Sticky Gold and Travis Randy Travis. Thu., July 13, 9:30pm. Elysium, 705 Red..."

July 14, 2023 Column by James Scott

Qmmunity: A Book of One’s Own

Queer book releases from this June, perfect for building a tiny Borrower house

"...and Big Country present this farewell-to-Pride drag show featuring Travis Randy Travis, Brigitte Bandit, and FFire Stone. Plus: A..."

June 30, 2023 Column by James Scott

Nagavalli's East-and-West Fusing LP Reaches Beyond

The divine feminine of Numinosum

"...vibrates, emanates, elucidates a world fusion for jet-setters and Travis Heights denizens alike. Indian twang for hippies and East..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Andean Spirits Finds Family and a Calling in the Mountains of Ecuador

Agave, alpacas, and a love story

"...sold: The Austin Shaker, King Liquor on Burnet, Wiggy’s, Travis Heights Wine and Spirits, Monarch Liquor on MLK, Old..."

Feb. 8, 2023 Food Post by Jessi Cape

The Luv Doc: A Low Bar

People didn't move here for the meatpacking jobs

"...– Textless in Travis Heights..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Strong Student Support Buoys Qadri in D9 Race

Zo Qadri and Linda Guerrero go into overtime

"...Guerrero did best in "the neighborhoods" in D9 – Travis Heights, Bouldin Creek, Hyde Park – but even there..."

Nov. 11, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Who Will Be the New Council Voice for District 9?

Eight candidates vie for Austin's most powerful YIMBYs and NIMBYs

"...neighborhoods, mostly consisting of single-family homes, as Hyde Park, Travis Heights, and Bouldin, but also West Campus and Mueller..."

Oct. 28, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin's Best Breweries of 2022, Power-Ranked

It's Top of the Hops VII!

"...that were wise enough not to be hostage to Travis County taxes. This year we included our POWER RANKINGS..."

Oct. 12, 2022 Food Post by Eric Puga

Urbanists Challenge Linda Guerrero for District 9 Hot Seat

Filling Kathie Tovo's shoes (with houses?)

"...Cherrywood, Hyde Park, and Brentwood in the north to Travis Heights, Bouldin, and a bit of Zilker in the..."

Aug. 26, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: HealthSouth – Headed South?

A seemingly straightforward P3 deal instead brings Council’s tensions to the fore

"...stable funding for medical services to poor residents in Travis County, just as it did from Seton's lease. HealthSouth..."

Aug. 5, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...will undergo a performance audit after a July 26 Travis County commissioners vote. Members from the Austin NAACP and..."

July 29, 2022 News Feature

Can Dirty Sixth Be Cleaned Up?

City Hall, the bars and clubs, and now a big developer say, “Maybe?”

"...infill project work would be to increase the building heights to a maximum of 140 feet, a process the..."

June 17, 2022 News Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Public Notice: Policy Priorities, Space Constraints

What really makes a difference in housing production

"...area, including proposed Blue Line rail stations at Waterfront, Travis Heights, and Lakeshore. It's via Zoom at 5:30pm, Thu.,..."

May 27, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Showdown on Main Streets

Applying the kinder, gentler Land Development Code rewrite to transit corridors

"...area, including proposed Blue Line rail stations at Waterfront, Travis Heights, and Lakeshore. It's via Zoom at 5:30pm Thu.,..."

May 20, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Austin Just Says No to Weed Busts, No-Knock

City Council made both policy in 2020, now voters codify them as law

"...In Travis County, where the bulk of Austin voters live, the..."

May 13, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: The Road Goes on Forever …

After 30 years of effort, East 12th Street is still a long way from its envisioned future

"...districts – NCCDs, just like in Hyde Park and Travis Heights – for East 11th and East 12th. The..."

April 29, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

A Lively Crowd Seeks the Open House District 51 Seat

The Southeast Seven

"...Eddie Rodriguez, who has represented this swath of southeast Travis County for two decades, is campaigning for a seat..."

Feb. 11, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

City Council Comes Back

First meeting of 2022, first reading for the Opera House

"...been allowed has basically made affordable housing unattainable in Travis Heights." The plan has received SMART Housing certification from..."

Feb. 4, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Proposed Development Would Revive Austin Opera House but Faces Neighbor Opposition

200 Academy Drive: Big hit or last call?

"...of the super-neighborhood that most latter-day Austinites simply call Travis Heights – and a SoCo that was just as..."

Jan. 21, 2022 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

Seven Candidates Vie for the Future of District 4

Special election decides who will complete Greg Casar's term at City Hall

"...Austin's most successful density bonus programs, allowing for building heights ranging from 65 to 220 feet in what was..."

Jan. 7, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Top 25 Austin Breweries of 2021

Our annual list of Central Texas’ top beers returns

"...within the county and the counties that immediately border Travis according to Google images (we’re beer knowers, not geographers)...."

Oct. 12, 2021 Food Post by Eric Puga

Weekend Wine: Clos La Coutale Cahors

Fancy a little Merlot with your Malbec?

"...available at the Austin Wine Merchant, Central Market, and Travis Heights Wine...."

Oct. 8, 2021 Food Post by Wes Marshall

This Job Will Change Your Life

Former staff reflect on the zigs and zags of life post-Chronicle

"...and photographed him walking the dogs at sunrise through Travis Heights. We talked. A lot. He made it through..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Jesse Sublett

Faster Than Sound: Captain Quackenbush’s and Outer Heaven Disco Club Make COVID-Delayed Debuts

New musical hubs launch in former Strange Brew and Dozen Street spaces

"...of likes. Some readers recognized Daigle from his former Travis Heights front yard featuring self-made Simpsons and King of..."

July 2, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Council, New Thinking on Nuckols Crossing

Differences on the dais over a planned affordable senior housing property in District 2

"...the multifamily zoning for the project, known as City Heights, was approved 8-2-1, with Council Members Leslie Pool, Kathie..."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

"Deborah Roberts: I'm" at the Contemporary Austin

In Deborah Roberts' solo exhibition at the Contemporary Austin, we learn what it is to be seen and not seen

"...she was bused from her East Austin school to Travis Heights – art gave her relief, somewhere to go,..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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