We Were the Urban Pioneers

Our search for the just-right million-dollar condo, in the wilds of Downtown

"...Yet without the pioneers – those who face insuperable odds, cheerless solitude, and public..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Preparing for Takeoff

Plans under way for major redo of Airport Boulevard and Highland Mall

"...and its prospective partners unveiled tentative plans for redeveloping Highland Mall and upper Airport Boulevard to a largely appreciative..."

Oct. 21, 2011 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

A Holy Cause

"...the New Triangle Square Jim Chaffin, chairman of the Urban Land Institute Yup, despite what you may hear from..."

Nov. 27, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Design Advocacy Voices: Austin

"...of enlightened individuals to give a more unbiased opinion – outside of the de facto developer/city staff/neighborhood activist negotiations,..."

June 27, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Future-Proofing the Fruits of Austin's Building Boom

ULI Greenprint sets a net-zero carbon emissions goal for 2050

"...That's the kind of construction the Urban Land Institute's Greenprint Center for Building Performance – a..."

March 12, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Prepare for Departure

Mueller Airport Redevelopment Project Inches Toward Council Approval

"...the basic tenets of which are today called New Urbanism and Smart Growth and have been preserved ever since..."

June 30, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Leans in Hard to Change TxDOT’s Mind on I-35

The road not taken

"...when a big project like the $5 billion CapExCentral – rebuilding the 8-mile center stretch of I-35 from U.S...."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: I-35 Cap(ital Express) and Stitch

Pondering the future of a road with so much baggage

"...all the way from Koenig Lane to Ben White – one of the busiest sections of highway in the..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

More Money, More Options for I-35

The decades-long plan to rebuild Interstate 35 through the heart of Austin is picking up speed

"...picked up a bit of speed last week as 
the Texas Transportation Commission announced at its meeting Thursday, Feb...."

March 6, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Consensus? Conschmensus.

Majority rules ... absolutely

"...So the Land Development Code draft passed on second reading last week,..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Point Austin: Imagine Affordability

Imagine an Austin in which everyone can afford to live

"...residents walked through the doors of the Carver Museum & Cultural Center in East Austin to catch a glimpse..."

Oct. 7, 2011 News Column by Amy Smith

Austin at Large: Ain’t No Highway Wide Enough

TxDOT abandons any pretense of new thinking about I-35. It's time to stop them.

"...near you, the Texas Department of Transportation released schematics – big long aerial views of the corridor – for..."

Aug. 20, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Lumbering Toward a Long-Held Vision for a New I-35

Riding on TxDOT's endless highway

"...svelte 517 pages, Appendix U is cited exactly once – at the beginning of Chapter 2.0, "Alternatives Including the..."

Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

A Lighter Shade of Rail

"...who gathered in Dallas in late September for Rail~Volution Ô99 were not stupid people. So in between the inevitable..."

Oct. 8, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Nation’s Real Estate Pros Say Austin’s Still Pretty Hot

Nashville, Dallas/Ft. Worth, and Atlanta come out on top

"...report on the state of the industry by the Urban Land Institute and PricewaterhouseCoopers, being released today, Oct. 27,..."

Oct. 28, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Article on Oak Hills Redevelopment Is Off-Base

"...did not say Oak Hill was part of the urban core but quoted a Travis Country resident who suggested..."

July 3, 2007 Postmarks

Developing Stories

Citizen passion against city-approved site plan for redeveloping Northcross Mall continues to run hot and deep

"...new development in a region should follow town-like principles – housing for a diverse population, a full mix of..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Austin at Large: The Center of Attention, Again

Austin continues its golden-child ways as the rest of America goes pear-shaped

"...Since 1982, the Urban Land Institute, the preeminent real estate trade group, has..."

Dec. 4, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Open Up the Rail Dialogue

"...the current rail proposal. Two recent reviews of the urban rail plan by expert panels from the Urban Land..."

Feb. 26, 2013 Postmarks

The Smart Growth Lineup

"...new-model South Carolina developer Jim Chaffin, chairman of the Urban Land Institute; our mayor, Kirk Watson; our governor, George..."

Nov. 27, 1998 News Feature

Austin at Large: There’s No Zoning in Baseball!

Austin keeps hitting economic grand slams, but we can still tinker with the rulebook

"...friends despite our historic differences on baseball and on land use...."

Oct. 15, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Gets Briefed on Controversial I-35 Expansion Plans

Let the road rage commence

"...Opposition to plans by the Texas Depart­ment of Transportation to widen I-35 through Central Austin –..."

Sept. 3, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: New Year, Same Old Stories

I-35 deal nearly done, Nate Paul’s new enemy, Chip Roy ready for his close-up

"...It's a "single point urban interchange," one of the "innovative intersections" the Texas Dept...."

Jan. 6, 2023 News Column 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.

"...not, despite months of speculation, run for governor of Maryland. National media found this interesting, because O'Malley's opt-out clears..."

June 14, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: Life Beyond the Cop Shop?

ULI-Austin members craft hypothetical – but plausible – visions for APD’s unloved HQ

"...Flashback time to ye olde Ninedeez, when – just like 10-1 and Project Connect and building a..."

Dec. 24, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Do You Avoid Driving I-35?

The Chamber of Commerce wants more of the same

"...ad and form letter are brought to you by Oppor­tun­ity Austin, the Austin Chamber of Commerce's "five-year regional economic..."

Feb. 3, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Brave New World

Remaking Austin, one highway and music club at a time

"...in the new plan in response to public input – some of them quite striking – the critics' reviews..."

Jan. 28, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...TL;DR Don't Drink & Drive The Austin Police Department is conducting a Labor..."

Sept. 3, 2021 News Feature

Public Notice: Zoom Zoom Zoom

Flitting from meeting to meeting, pretending it’s real life

"...Escott said during Austin Public Health's weekly COVID briefing Wed­nes­day that, even though hospital admissions – the key indicator..."

Aug. 21, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Happenings

May 17-23

"...For more on events this week, see Community Listings...."

May 18, 2007 News Feature

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