Postmarks

First, the good news ...

"...& Recreation department, and will be devoid of future development. Again to the east we find the same situation,..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Column

Pohl-Brown Town

Will the State Turn the Hog Farm into Edge City?

"...everything -- with nothing on them, built to support development that never happened, dissolving at the edge of the..."

Dec. 5, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

One Size Doesn't Fit All

City Land Code Revisions

"...from one colossal body of regulations called the Land Development Code, the city's prescription for all matters affecting development...."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Their Reputations Precede Them

Run-off rivals Galindo and Morrison set the record straight

"...not true," says Morrison, rattling off a list of redevelopment projects she supported in her own Old West Austin..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Developing Stories: Park Once, Invest Twice

Two new city-owned parking garages would pay for themselves under enterprising proposal

"..."This is a golden moment in the history of Downtown Aus­tin," asserted Council Member Brewster McCracken at last week's..."

Nov. 23, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Seaholm: The railroad conundrum

Two pieces of long-neglected and barely salvageable railroad track along and on the Seaholm Power Plant site could hold the key to whether the city has a commuter rail system limited to North and Central Austin or one that spans the entire city.

"...debate – which has consumed time at both the Downtown Commission and the Design Commission in recent weeks –..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Developing Stories

Two downtown projects uneasily launched

"...Personalized Downtown Postage Stamp Surprise, surprise. The U.S. Postal Service announced..."

Oct. 13, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...All who love Las Manitas Avenue Cafe – the downtown luncheonette frequented for 25 years by an eclectic crowd..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature

A Long Time Coming

Why Now?

"...to pour hundreds of millions of dollars into the downtown area and get long-stalled -- even presumed-dead plans --..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff

Competing Tunnel Visions

Traffic Solutions at Sixth and Lamar

"...traffic to accommodate pedestrians, citing the streets as important downtown arterials...."

Jan. 30, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

City of Dreams

Visions in Earlier Austin Plans Not Unlike Our Own

"...-- along with a herd of special-purpose plans for downtown, the lakes, the creeks, the Eastside, transportation, and the..."

Dec. 1, 1995 News Feature

Austin's Waterloo

Taking a Walk along Waller

"...and Sixth) Streets, making those streets the major east-west downtown thoroughfares. Before the bridges, people and things either rode..."

July 7, 1995 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Next New Neighborhood

City and residents plan a sustainable Colony Park

"...Like the Mueller development, the project is a rare opportunity to create a..."

April 4, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Going With the Flow

The next life of Waller Creek

"...before, I'd made the passage from Austin's Eastside to Downtown, crossing under the traffic-laden I-35 and entering the Red..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature by Ari Phillips

Austin Comp Planning: A Brief History

Moving forward sometimes requires looking back

"...was constructed beginning in the 1950s and finally completed Downtown in 1962...."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Point Austin: Levy Steps Back ... and Shoots Long

Running the city is easier campaigned than done

"..."single issue groups" (read "environmentalists," a longtime obsession) and "downtown developers," who in his judgment are attempting to foist..."

Feb. 20, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Council's Got ... Talent?

At intermission, we talk to the headliners

"...that's hot about Austin right now: A most eligible Downtown resident, he's presided over growth altering Austin's urban fabric..."

July 13, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Top 10 Developing Stories: We got a plan

"...13) codifies design standards for new commercial and mixed-use developments: better architectural design, site layout, streetscapes, landscaping, green building,..."

Jan. 5, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...wants to close the Green Water Treatment Plant in downtown Austin, which would free up several blocks of city..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

Urban planning and noise in the Hood

"...sound like some interloping yuppie who recently moved into downtown and wants to make it over, tailored to her..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Column

Naked City

Over objections from two council members, the City Council votes to reduce parkland dedication fees for the Four Seasons Residences on Town Lake, but doesn't -- as the project's developer would like -- waive the fee entirely

"...the social and environmental benefits of promoting residential space downtown. A 5-2 vote in favor of reducing the fee..."

Feb. 9, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

A Change of Scenery

What It Looks Like

"...is either vacant or has been given over to downtown-type uses, though not necessarily the higher-end uses envisioned for..."

July 16, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Building From Scratch

It Takes a City and a State to Raise a Village

"...time. By 1996, when the city appointed the RMMA Redevelopment Process and Goals Task Force to kick off the..."

Feb. 19, 1999 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Going With the Flow

The LCRA Connection

"...but of lunchtime banter at the Headliners Club, with downtowners and Chamber types prevailing upon Rose and his colleagues..."

Sept. 4, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Let's Make a Deal

Greasing the Wheels at City Hall

"...will lay the groundwork for the future of Austin's downtown and the lasting legacy of this city council. Two..."

Jan. 30, 1998 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Men Who Would be Mayor

Scrambling for Money, Consensus, & Power

"...his ties to both the environmentalist and business and development crowds, and so far it's paying off. He has..."

April 25, 1997 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Perpetuating Preservation

Austin's Historic Victory Grill

"...on the now decimated eastern side of 11th Street. Downtown yet not downtown, on the avenue, but the wrong..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Bubba Likes It

Barton Springs and Riverside: A Separate Place

"...South Austin? Or is it Central Austin? Or just downtown? Or should we make that Downtown?..."

Dec. 6, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Gets Compared to a Lot of Cities. But Is Life Better There?

Shopping for home

"...about policing in Raleigh as well. With the city’s downtown still struggling in the aftermath of the pandemic last..."

Feb. 21, 2025 News Feature by Abe Asher

Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage

How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago

"...two of the most ambitious, high-profile projects, a new Downtown facility for the Austin Museum of Art and the..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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