The Good Eye: You Say You Want a Resolution

Austin's budding fashion industry gets a vote of confidence – and a shot at diversity

"...But designer bargains are just the beginning of what a fashion..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Gay Place: THE FAMILY WAY

This week is all about the ties that bind

"...Lauren YellaStud and Demetrius Campbell present Dee Jay Munk-in-the-Mix's urban LGBTness. Thursdays, 10pm. Club Ambitious, 6700 Middle Fiskville, 832/878-4527...."

June 29, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Art City Austin

Austin's urban core gets more playful with surprise swings and bubble sofas

"...on street corners and other unexpected places in Austin's urban core...."

April 13, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Moving Pictures

Twenty years on, more than two dozen filmmakers pay tribute to Slacker and a city in transition

"...itself in the intervening years – artsy tech hub, urban living exemplar, official "live music capital of the world."..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Disc Golf Face-Off Moves East

Opponents say disc golf would destroy nature preserve

"...of Earth and Her Resources, an Eastside environmental justice group], and the Austin Parks Foundation, and is an expression..."

Dec. 31, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Daily Hustle: 10/12/10

City council's gypsy agenda

"...form-based code zoning project for Airport Boulevard. Gateway Planning Group is the staff recommendation, while Design Workshop is listed..."

Oct. 12, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Top 9 Developing Stories

"...WRT was hired and began work, a citizens' advisory group (which ballooned to 38 members) was named, and an..."

Jan. 1, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Garrido's

The latest from former Jeffrey's Executive Chef David Garrido is this Mexican restaurant across from Austin Music Hall, and its budget-conscious menu touts tiny but pleasant selections

"...to Garrido's offers a pleasant way to sample the urban-lifestyle ambience. At once laid-back Austin and Downtown chic, the..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Food Review by Katherine Gregor

A Cacophony of Passions

Why the City Council changed the boards and commissions system – and what still needs to be done

"...Austin maintains such an extensive network of volunteer advisory groups. It encompasses the 43 city boards (the term includes..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

46 Days Left: Start Your Engines

Kim Kight's Dioramarama.com and Trueup.net provide inspiration

"...The same goes for the Modern Quilt Along, a group project inspired by and made from patterns out of..."

Nov. 9, 2008 Design Post by Anne Harris

Beside The Point

Rethinking our old water treatment plant, and other feces-related topics

"...The problem with postindustrial design – nicely exemplified by the current municipal fascination with..."

June 1, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Green Guide

A preview of our ongoing guide to green living

"...Provides architectural and building design advice to maximize green engineering. 8604 FM 969, 928-4786...."

April 20, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

"...Tuesday's meeting will be a showdown between the two groups. – Kimberly Reeves..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature

Downtown Density Dreams

Politicos announce city resolution to hire consultants to develop a Downtown Austin Plan

"...the city's other recent densification efforts, such as commercial design standards or the transit-oriented development ordinance, and the plan..."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...old airport. Mueller's new zoning, and by extension its design guidelines, were adopted earlier this year; the deal with..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...is why I "don't like roads." New highways encourage urban sprawl – can there be any doubt about this?..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Column

Wal-Mart War: Southside Goes It Alone

South Austin neighbors hire their own engineers and planners to salvage the Blunn Creek Supercenter project

"...allow for more haggling time on environmental and neighborhood design standards; final approval of the case would come before..."

Nov. 21, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Austin Stories

"...rooms. Travis Heights was not among the eight schools designated for mold remediation efforts as part of the AISD's..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature

Naked City

"...yet another outside engineer to review the plant's original design. Two previous reviews found that, in places, the Dove..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Bedlam Faction, as I am sure such a talented group of actors can stand on their own two feet...."

Dec. 7, 2001 Column

Tower of Ill Dispute

When the city settled its boundary dispute with Lumbermen's Investment Corp., it didn't close the book -- it opened up a sequel.

"...Lumbermen's wants to rezone the property under the Central Urban Redevelopment Combining District (C.U.R.E.) zoning, which the city originally..."

Sept. 28, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Never Content

Salon Editor David Talbot and Inside.com Editor Michael Hirschorn have been on the media frontline throughout their careers. And both are well-versed in the pitfalls of providing a product -- online content -- that, so far at least, has few willing buyers. But the two have taken different approaches to achieving profitability on the Web.

"...internationally -- and there's also more fractionalization, as with urban music, the Net, the sources of information. Matt Drudge...."

March 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Roger Gathman

Down & Out in Atlanta

The Official Crock of the '96 Summer Olympics

"...should report to. With my car idling in a suburban parking lot, I phoned in. What I then heard..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jonathan Hennessey

House of Cards

Critics say the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs awards low-income housing tax-credits to undeserving developers.

"...10 lacked required financial statements or had problems with design or accounting -- factors that should have immediately disqualified..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Corner to Corner

There's more development slated for the already-crowded RM 2222 and Loop 360 interchange.

"...of Neighborhood Associations (CONA), which represents neighbor and homeowner groups all the way from Allandale to Volente, has for..."

Sept. 10, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Attempts by the Friends of KOOP group to recall the community station's board of trustees were..."

Feb. 26, 1999 News Feature

Postmarks

"...think they are voting for supposed "green" bond packages designed to "save our water supply."..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Column

Naked City

Off the Desk

"...project have settled on Calthorpe Associates - a "new urban" community design outfit out of Berkeley, Calif. - to..."

July 31, 1998 News Feature

Harnessing Anger

"...blemishes on their environmental records. Characterizing their rural and suburban neighbors as "a community without a voice," the GOP..."

Feb. 13, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...coalition of 10 central and north-central neighborhood and merchant groups. Charrette organizers had asked Terkel to participate in the..."

Nov. 7, 1997 News Feature

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