Who Will Preside Over Parks?

Austin Parks and Rec searches for a visionary new director

"...to Austin now. As we gain more people and urban density, citizens want to see our city parks, trails,..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by James Scott Bankston

Seaholm Powers Ahead, Amid Questions About the 'Public Interest'

Oft-delayed development getting serious at City Council

"...approves rezoning of the site to Downtown Mixed-Use, Central Urban Redevelopment overlay. DMU-CURe allows building heights of 120 feet..."

Dec. 12, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Austin @ Large: The Fall Season

Will the City Council schedule bring breakout hits or fabulous flops?

"...growth management, and the state and fate of its urban core. It's a message the community is eager to..."

Oct. 1, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Usual Suspects

The first year of the Will Wynn era closes to very mixed reviews, as Austinites wonder whether the city leadership is floundering.

"...is a community – and the hub of an urban region – with a lot of chronic, systemic problems..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...that city planners and others envision as a mixed-use urban node of the future. The case was postponed last..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Apple Takes a $1 Billion Bite of Robinson Ranch

Tech giant heads just up the road to double its Austin footprint

"...Austin city limits and – because of some forward-thinking urbanist planning back in the early Aughts – is already..."

Dec. 21, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council: All You Can Eat!

Council gets stuff done

"...the land development code that is pitting supporters of urban density against defenders of traditional neighborhoods...."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Then There's This: Honk If You Prefer Walking

Young people are changing transportation trends as city rushes to catch up

"...other cities are shifting land-use policies to promote more urban density, bike lanes, and walkable neighborhoods, resulting in healthier..."

May 24, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Then There's This: Save the Trees!

Groups aim to spare seven Downtown trees

"...and installing irrigation for watering. "When you have high density, I do understand that it's difficult to yield the..."

June 1, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Ditch the Doughnut Model

"...of Austin! Since the consultants are all geared to urban density and firmly believe in the concept, which they..."

April 20, 2009 Postmarks

Congress for New Urbanism

"...CNU Athena Medal, at the Congress for the New Urbanism. (Global warming having become the chicly apt excuse for..."

April 11, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Calling Billy Joel …

"...talking about an upscale shopping district, transit-oriented development, and urban density. This is the very definition of "uptown," if..."

Oct. 22, 2007 Postmarks

Cool City: The Leffingwell Lens

One council member's view of the Austin Climate Protection Plan

"...The changes are designed, in part, to help fight suburban and rural sprawl: Making it somewhat easier to redevelop..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Diving Boards the Canaries in the Mine

"...Dear Editor, The key to our urban density issues is on last week's cover [June 1]...."

May 31, 2007 Postmarks

Paper as Bad as Plastic

"...(the mythical regional rail, the joke that passes for "urban density," and the preservation of reservoirs), it's all a..."

April 23, 2007 Postmarks

My Migas, My City

As Downtown development explodes, Las Manitas Avenue Cafe and its neighbors face an uncertain future

"...fill approximately 20 full city blocks. If every nouveau urbanite also expects to keep and park a car, their..."

July 21, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

TV Eye

Stealing ideas

"...April 13, "Urban Density – Lesson #2": First Night Austin's first night;..."

April 14, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Blue Lines to White Sheets

Top 10 local stories

"...the support of Oak Hill neighborhood associations yearning for suburban development ... the next six months may tell the..."

Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature

Page Two

The unprecedented outcry over toll roads ignores a larger problem: We want more government services than we can pay for

"...Sometimes they are environmentalists or anti-growth activists or anti-sprawl, pro-urban-density advocates who see the campaign against tolls as a..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Column by Louis Black

And in Other Council Business ...

After a month's break, City Hall has a long, long, long agenda

"...the University Neighborhood Overlay – designed to bring unprecedented urban density to West Campus – are up for second..."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

The final (but not really) fruits of the regional-planning effort's labors

"...in transportation, housing, and opportunities." That translates into more urban density, more environmental protection and open space, more affordable..."

May 7, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Neighborhood Watch

Sustainable Neighborhoods group advocates 'family-friendly' north side development

"...protect the interests of households with children in the urban core. While parts of the six areas SN serves..."

March 22, 2013 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Developing Stories: What's Wrong With the Super PUD

The proposed PUD amendments won't fix the problems without a plan

"...yet seen is the need to explicitly require stronger urban design plans for these massive (10 acres and more)..."

June 6, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Exiled From Main Street

Can Austin's stock of affordable housing keep pace with high-speed growth?

"...is attempting to move from the thoroughly unsuccessful "interim density bonus program" – voluntary, and completely unused by developers..."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

Weird by Design

City's proposed design standards emphasize livability, walkability, and flexibility

"...Texas sun on too much concrete. Plus, by developing urban living options, supporters say, the ordinance can even help..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Greenbacks for Green Space

City moves to make development pay more for parks

"...Ah, a day in the park. When urban life hits red on the stress-o-meter, when the weekend..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Road to Rail

Can light rail in Austin work well with Smart Growth?

"...on different kinds of development: you know, mixed-use New Urban compact city-transit-oriented neo-traditional Smart Growth stuff...."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin's Land Use Debate Returns to the Spotlight

A new draft code has risen out of CodeNEXT's ashes

"...along transit networks; protecting the environment in an increasingly urbanizing world – each of which has its own role..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Whose Affordability Crisis?

Looking through the prism's lens

"...If you're an urban planner, affordable housing is a key ingredient of a..."

Feb. 2, 2018 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Reinventing Airport Boulevard

Can 'form-based zoning' transform a suburban drag into walkable neighborhoods?

"..."I would absolutely welcome anything that's positive!" McGuire said urban blight in the area has affected his business, which..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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