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"...4. Make Neighborhood Planning Work: It took until the very last meeting of..."

Jan. 4, 2002 News Feature

Naked City

Two historically opposed neighborhoods along Manor Road find a common enemy in plans to expand neighborhood arterials to make room for traffic into the redeveloped Mueller Airport site.

"...is the closest thing East Austin has to an urban village, and it was developed without a dime of..."

June 29, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Naked City

Local news this week in Austin

"...Even in Austin, the City Planning Capital of the World, street design tends to fly..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Naked City

The Austin City Council is back from their winter break, and they have a full schedule ahead of them.

"...a master developer who is experienced with the New Urban redevelopment style the city wants for Mueller -- which..."

Jan. 19, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Naked City

Despite an expected cancellation of the scheduled public hearing on the city's settlement with Stratus Properties, two council members have put forth a motion to start negotiations on a land or development rights swap between Stratus and the city's land at the former Mueller airport.

"...on an incomplete version of the deal, and the Planning Commission have yet to act. This means it's possible..."

Dec. 8, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Recent coverage of light rail and of access-TV personality Alex Jones pushes readers' buttons this week.

"...So Denis Fitzpatrick ["Postmarks," July 21] is planning on voting against light rail because he had a..."

July 28, 2000 Column

Council Watch

The council approves on first reading an East Austin apartment complex 500 feet away from a plant where toxic chemicals are stored, but some council members are promising to scuttle the project if it comes back for final approval.

"...seen mostly the greasy side of Austin's high-tech engine. Planning Commissioner Susana Almanza, who also heads People Organized in..."

June 30, 2000 News Column by Kevin Fullerton

Downtown by Design

Downtown design guidelines provide a blueprint for the future of the central city.

"...ideals such as a pedestrian and bicycle mobility and urban core vitality expressed through past Council actions, previous planning..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

City Council Members continue to debate the fate of the proposed Congress Ave. Gotham condominiums, with debate now centering on height restrictions and the city's Waterfront Overlay ordinance.

"...ordinance and the Town Lake Corridor Study, the community planning document that created it...."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Council Watch

Travis Country residents battle with private school's placement of its athletic field

"...This was bound to happen sooner or later. Suburban and city folks are not as different as we..."

Dec. 3, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Light Headed?

What Commuters Want

"...Met and its partners -- the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO, the former Austin Transportation Study), the Texas..."

July 23, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Good Earth

TEA for Texas

"...been signed off on by the Capital Area Metro Planning Organization)...."

July 23, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Griffith faces three opponents: consultant Amy Wong Mok, city planning commissioner Ray S. Vrudhula, and perennial candidate Jennifer L...."

Feb. 26, 1999 News Feature

Postmarks

"...process which includes all pertinent boards and commissions, the Planning Commission, and ultimately, by the City Council...."

Oct. 30, 1998 Column

Corridor Conundrum

The Truth Is Out There on the Highway

"...be obvious, this conference was whipped together by local planning maven Scott Polikov, under the auspices of the Austin-San..."

May 8, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Page Two

"...Planning for the expansion has not been done in a..."

April 17, 1998 Column by Nick Barbaro

SCIPing Through Hoops

Council Stalls on SCIP II Housing Program

"...Council meeting brought two of the most contentious city planning initiatives ever - the Scattered Cooperative Infill Project (SCIP..."

April 17, 1998 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Postmarks

Short Shrift

"...questions to be asked, but with this kind of planning, Austin just might escape the urban war zones that..."

April 3, 1998 Column

Hancock Center, R.I.P.

Everything Old Is New Again at 41st & I-35

"...transit-friendly? Mixed-use? A community crossroads? If all this New Urbanist compact-city traditional-development rhetoric gives you hives, the new Hancock..."

Feb. 14, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Money Worries

Austin's AIDS Funding Is Decent, For Now

"...an activist by joining the Austin Area Comprehensive HIV Planning Council, an organization which looks at the larger picture..."

Sept. 27, 1996 News Feature by Geoff Mulvihill

It's a Good Economy, Stupid

Austin Plays Weak Catch-Up in Boom Times

"...departments to spring from the ashes of the old Planning, Public Works and Environmental departments. Just four pages into..."

Aug. 23, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

They'll Be Booming

By the Time I Get to Georgetown...

"...any hope of influencing the world by my own urban-homesteader example.) And far be it from me to rain..."

July 5, 1996 News Feature

The ARA Clubhouse

Mitchell's Very Exclusive Board

"...simply want to have a say in the ARA planning process. The ARA proposal was created by Councilmember Eric..."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Column

Building Housing in a Hurry

Mayor Kirk Watson touts Austin housing success at SXSW panel

"...Cunningham, another panelist who conducts housing research for the Urban Institute, emphasized that the housing supply issues Austin has..."

March 14, 2025 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: Battle Lines Being (Re)drawn

The imperfect ways we try to describe what’s at stake when neighborhoods change

"...our framing of Austin's contemporary land use wars as "urbanist" vs. "preservationist," since in real life one can be..."

Sept. 23, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Opinion: Can Project Connect Actually Meet Our Needs?

The question remains if Project Connect will produce a public transit system that people will choose over their own cars

"...Historically, urban planners (such as Jane Jacobs) argued that a diverse..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Column by Barbara Epstein

Thundercat, Black Midi, Japanese Breakfast, the Hives to Play Levitation

Chicano Batman, Crumb, and Andy Shauf also top October fest

"...Start planning your costume now!..."

June 29, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Eastciders Expands Its Compass to Barton Springs Road

Chef Page Pressley leads new restaurant with cider-studded menu

"...in 2012, the original vision was to have an urban cidery, much like an urban winery," said Dave Rule,..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Food Feature by Selome Hailu

Roots Chicken Shak to Open at Revamped H-E-B Mueller Food Hall

Chef Tiffany Derry proves that working moms should run the world

"...– are in charge of much of the behind-the-scenes planning and operational work. Toward the end of this month..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Summer Break Theatre's COVID-Era Comedy

Area educators deliver a timely lesson in their original work Going the Distance

"...school, who are still teaching remotely this fall but planning their transition to in-person classes in the spring. Do..."

July 24, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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