Austin @ Large: Vice, Vice Baby!

Why stop at casino gambling on Waller Creek? Bring on the sex, drugs, and smokestacks.

"...and vision, on Monday came out against the same Downtown casino scheme that the daily so extravagantly splashed over..."

Feb. 21, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Born to be Reviled

Interstate 35's worst stretch is also its most politically organized -- and that's a problem for TxDOT.

"...the plan to expand and revamp Interstate 35 through downtown Austin, you'd think the project schematics would be sealed..."

Sept. 20, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann

Accepting the Challenge

Meet the candidates for AISD Board of Trustees.

"...have to make sure that whatever is being spent [downtown] is serving the campuses and not just staying downtown."..."

March 29, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

The libraries hit the books, and environmentalists speak out.

"...In addition we provide money for everything from professional development for staff to travelling puppet shows. This year the..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Column

Take the A-Train

Mike Clark-Madison discusses 10 years covering light rail, and urges voters to support it.

"...in 1992. The starter segment, from Northwest Austin to downtown, runs along the same corridor (the "Green Line"), past..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Sand Beach Battle

Sand Beach Reserve on the north shore of Town Lake is the subject of a land-use and legal dispute.

"...several former mayors and state attorney generals, parks boosters, downtown developers, and now, Texas Aggies...."

Oct. 1, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Page Two

"...of the city's day labor site moving out of downtown to a site on north I-35 isn't the biggest..."

June 4, 1999 Column by Nick Barbaro

Good Restaurants Make Good Neighbors

"...property with three young entrepreneurs who were renting her downtown restaurant kitchen for their catering operation. In a matter..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Postmarks

"...VanScoy doesn't want the rich or the poor living downtown. She advocates booting the homeless off to the Reicher..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Column

Library Fails to Carry

Commission Votes for Local Over Regional

"...couched the argument as a vote for a strong downtown, others, including many neighborhood activists, feared the move would..."

Feb. 13, 1998 News Feature by Walter Cole

Page Two

"...lead to the kind of high-rise residential and commercial development we will see downtown over the next two decades...."

Nov. 21, 1997 Column by Louis Black

The Budget Is Hell

Mitchell Loses Big While Griffith Saves the Day

"...hours... $1.3 billion spent... Casualties: One councilmember and one downtown consultant...."

Sept. 20, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Austin at Large: HealthSouth – Headed South?

A seemingly straightforward P3 deal instead brings Council’s tensions to the fore

"...still fluid, plans for what is now super valuable Downtown Austin real estate right next to UT's Dell Medical..."

Aug. 5, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Opinion: Who Pays $278 Million: Austin Taxpayers or Private Developers?

Council should not vote to divert city tax dollars to the south shore property owners

"...city's General Fund to pay for infrastructure for their development. If approved, this diverted revenue would no longer be..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Column by Bill Bunch

Council Recap: Clearing the Decks for 2021 in a City That Never Stops Growing

Zoning, housing, and COVID relief dominate year's final meeting

"...on certain types of infrastructure needed to accommodate new development – like wastewater improvements, drainage facilities, and increasing roadway..."

Dec. 11, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Damn the Analysis – Full Speed Ahead

City report cut to protect "false narrative" on LDC?

"...the number of units to initiate construction, 14 individual developments containing over 3,800 new units – with another 3,400..."

Feb. 28, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

When Did the Single-Family Home Go From Being the American Dream to an Urbanist Nightmare?

One policy wonk's view of how we got here

"...seemingly endless civic disputes, this one over the Land Development Code (LDC) rewrite. That may sound boring, and it..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

City Hall Ready for Liftoff on New Land Use Rules

It's as easy as flood protection, affordability, parking, transition zones ...

"...the three votes required to approve a new Land Development Code, the same conflicts that have animated land use..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

To Expand the Convention Center or Not?

Despite unanimous support from City Council, voters will decide the answer

"...in and redesign of the surrounding southeast quarter of Downtown, now dubbed the "Palm District." In its grand –..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Council: It Never Rains but It Pours

How moving quickly on buyouts for the nearly 300 Onion Creek homeowners went unresolved

"...information prompted Council Mem­ber Don Zimmerman to blame city development restrictions for driving up prices and obstructing the building..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Project Connect Accelerates

As decisions near, controversy dogs urban rail plan

"...argues that the project will attract and concentrate economic development, likely resulting in (PowerPoint terms) "higher quality/value than dispersed..."

June 13, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

Then There's This: Decoding the Code

Next step: untangling 30 years of regulatory layers

"...are tied to an "overly complicated" and "ineffective" Land Development Code, one of the city's most vital organs. We've..."

May 9, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Shea's Contracts at Issue

Questions raised about candidate Brigid Shea's work as consultant and lobbyist

"...build a pipeline that she believed would encourage sprawl development in northern Hays County...."

April 6, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Developing Stories: 'Every Day It's Getting Worse'

Strategic Mobility Plan marks a way out of permanent gridlock

"...Crawling toward Downtown last week in 8:30am bumper-to-bumper traffic backed up for..."

March 12, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

City Hall Hustle: Small Council, Huge Agenda

Maybe they could use a few more members after all ...

"...Austin clinics (Items 15 & 16), Brazos Street repairs Downtown (Item 24), West Campus waterline improvements (Item 27), long-delayed..."

July 24, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Developing Stories

Thinking big on transportation and land-use planning

"...things like activity centers. You can build really dense developments – the kind of thing that I filed legislation..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Green With Ambition

Why we need a master developer – not a project developer – to mastermind Seaholm East

"...five idea-rich pitches made last Thursday by the five redevelopment teams wooing City Council to win the Green Water..."

May 30, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Election Notes

Prop. 2 will shape the way the area develops at a time when the community is trying to decide for itself what sort of neighborhood it wants to be

"...kind of political jousting that kicks up dust storms downtown. Rather, it's personal because Prop. 2 will shape the..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

A roundup of what to expect today at City Hall

"...but also featured dazzling multimedia presentations by the three development groups – Endeavor Real Estate Group/AMLI Residential Properties Trust,..."

Feb. 18, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Plans for rail station area development would be governed by new rules

"...be scattered along the line stretching from Leander to Downtown. The mechanism to make those benefits happen will be..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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