We Were the Urban Pioneers

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

"...pioneer to Austin. We're speaking, of course, of the urban pioneers – ditching their houses in the 'burbs with..."

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

"...districts; [to repeat known stereotypes] we have ... West (suburban rich), East (poor), Central (city rich), South (bubba). Garner..."

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

"...better conform with Austin's local consensus regarding mobility and land use, environmental protection, and social equity. Many want to..."

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

"...A webinar hosted Wednesday morning by Urban Land Institute Austin focused on the "I-35 Cap &..."

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

"...revealed the work of an expert panel from the Urban Land Institute on how to make the new I-35..."

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

"...to a short list covering the environment, schools, transportation, land use, and the elusive affordable housing component. And the..."

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.

"...or capping it completely so we can restore the urban fabric connecting Downtown and East Austin, or even just..."

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

"...exist at all, at least as part of the urban core – one where local traffic was distributed through..."

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

Naked City

A Lighter Shade of Rail

"...entrees, and the de rigueur (for a progressive conference) urban bicycle tour, the attendees at this nationwide meeting of..."

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

"...– Peter Calthorpe, The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community, 1993..."

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

"...as the existing I-35?" It's become widely accepted among urban planners that highway expansion creates additional travel demand that..."

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

"...of younger members of the Austin chapter of the Urban Land Institute, competing in the latest edition of its..."

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

"...stalwart fellow travelers, the Downtown Austin Alliance and the Urban Land Institute. Good to know where the chamber stands...."

Feb. 3, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Brave New World

Remaking Austin, one highway and music club at a time

"...Wednesday's Urban Land Institute Austin monthly breakfast meeting – to introduce..."

Jan. 28, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...was awarded the "Next Big Idea" by the Austin Urban Land Institute as part of its 2021 Impact Awards...."

Sept. 3, 2021 News Feature

Public Notice: Zoom Zoom Zoom

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

"...on Wednesday, ULI Austin, the local branch of the Urban Land Institute, hosted a discussion about a new white..."

Aug. 21, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Happenings

May 17-23

"...by William H. Hudnut, public policy chair for the Urban Land Institute. Call for ticket info. 11:30am-1:30pm. Hilton Downtown,..."

May 18, 2007 News Feature

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