How Cities Work: Suburbs, Sprawl, and the Roads Not Taken

"...First up is Celebration, the Disney-controlled development in Florida that is a paragon of New Urbanist..."

May 4, 2001 Books Review by Tim Walker

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.

"...these City Council public hearings about the city's proposed development deal with Stratus Properties, anyway? Those looking forward to..."

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

Mueller: The Art of the Deal

Will the City Give Away Mueller Airport to Save Barton Springs?

"...Mueller, and we would prefer not to have urbanized development on Stratus' other properties, and so we could make..."

Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Light Rail Debate

Max Nofziger argues that light rail is too costly and will destroy the Austin we love.

"...What light rail will do is increase growth and development. The greatest impact of Cap Metro's plan will be..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Max Nofziger

Naked City

S.O.S vows to fight Stratus deal on Edwards Aquifer land, TARAL supports pro-choice candidates and raises money.

"...the city -- is not much different than the development plan that started the SOS fight 10 years ago...."

Oct. 6, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Down & Out in Atlanta

The Official Crock of the '96 Summer Olympics

"...an Atlanta where I found myself broke, living outside downtown in a mosquito-infested tool shed with four strangers, plagued..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jonathan Hennessey

Historical Revision

Rainey Neighbors Debate the Future of Their Neighborhood

"...last week's City Council meeting on the Rainey neighbors' not-really-a-redevelopment-plan, it appears not. Instead, the city is wrangling with..."

April 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

A plethora of environmental concerns are argued in this week's letters to the editor.

"...are only two points in and out of that development the city has put so much money into, from..."

March 31, 2000 Column

Postmarks

We are wrong, wrong, wrong. So is golf.

"...We request a voluntary moratorium on the development of golf courses at this time which is to..."

March 10, 2000 Column

Council Watch

Details of the Bradley Settlement are finally made public and opened up to debate; Bill Spelman announces that he will not run for re-election to Place 5.

"...currently pending before the City Council, to cease further development in the aquifer. The very thing that this column..."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Field of Dreamers

Two dems, five gop candidates vie for district 48 race, but the seat is expected to remain Democratic.

"...Warren adds that she is a proponent of downtown revitalization since downtown can be the "heartbeat of a..."

Feb. 4, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Naked City

A Lighter Shade of Rail

"...-- the poor side of Dallas -- north through downtown and up the Central Expressway to Park Lane; future..."

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

Separation Anxieties

New Section?

"...in July, Stocklin presented six criteria from the Land Development Code which she feels pertain to the Buratti-Moreno building:..."

Aug. 27, 1999 News Feature by Charles Nafus

Flashback

What Did They Know?

"...twice. They have been repeatedly discussed in meetings where development interests -- including RECA -- were present. But many..."

Aug. 13, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Postmarks

Economic Cleansing

"...on Austin's streets? Car-free zones are one useful tool. Downtown should be the first car-free zone in Austin. Where..."

April 16, 1999 Column

Endorsements

"...be that: Having approved a rash of Smart Growth development, finish the job by realizing the infrastructure to support..."

April 16, 1999 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Forum Fracas

Watershed Worries

"...councilmembers fretted about the consequences of allowing intense retail development in the watershed. Will the intensity of the development..."

Nov. 27, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

Dream Homes in East Austin?

"...the decline in this shady neighborhood next door to downtown, who wouldn't want a brand new home on the..."

Aug. 15, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Oh No, It's Mr. Bill!

Do Bill Bunch's Tactics Hurt the Springs He Loves?

"...could effectively render S.O.S. moot. Bunch says that if development applications proceed under the weaker ordinance, colloquially known as..."

Oct. 18, 1996 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Austin Strikes Out

Top Ten Political Stories and Moments of 1995

"...making a sewer deal with the city for their development over the Barton Springs Watershed now seem unwise, and..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Planning a Compact City in the Midst of Urban Sprawl

"...and shopping malls began sucking the life out of downtown commercial centers in the Fifties. It serves as a..."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature

Urban Removal?

East 11th and 12th Get Plowed

"...would pay for the first part of the Austin Redevelopment Authority (ARA) plan, which calls for the acquisition and..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

The Education of Max Nofziger

From Flower to Power

"...scene - from SOS to the unlikely Slusher coalition, downtown renewal and slow-growth sentiment, the collapse of the Eastside..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Taking a Look at the Neighborhoods That Will Be Changed the Most by Project Connect

Diving into the iterations of the public transit redesign

"...the more challenging design features in the system. The Downtown/South Congress Tunnel..."

June 3, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: “No Significant Impact”

On unforced errors, ugly legacies, double standards, and loving thy neighbor

"...you know of these two projects already – the Downtown Austin Community Court's envisioned new home in the old..."

April 8, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Location of the DACC Remains Up in the Air

Council delays vote on community court relocation to study alternate sites, service model

"...Where the Downtown Austin Community Court should be permanently located remains up..."

April 1, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Whose Affordability Crisis?

Looking through the prism's lens

"...ground to a halt. But maintaining that pace of development – and working with the developers who will make..."

Feb. 2, 2018 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Point Austin: Austin's Ruination

We've identified the trouble with Austin. It's Austinites.

"...like everybody else. I live near but not in Downtown, and it's relatively easy for me to avoid all..."

March 20, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Comp Plan Combo Platter

The comp plan process reaches critical density

"...could choose, for instance, the 88 square miles of development found in Scenario D (the most compact plan) with..."

Oct. 1, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

A Walk in Austin's Shoes

Curious tidbits and Austin arcana

"...be fine lighting up in any of the newer Downtown hotels, think again. These newer buildings have never allowed..."

March 19, 2010 News Feature by the News Staff

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