Beside The Point

Slow week at City Council ... try to stay awake

"...set up shop in the city's MLK Transit Oriented Development Zone, with a proposed site plan that is anything..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Developing Stories

A look at the proposed Iconic Preservation ordinance - a brilliant idea, or a nutty one?

"...That struggle between a row of small, eclectic, multicultural downtown businesses (our beloved David) and a planned mega-Marriott (standing..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Texas and the number of cars that sit in downtown parking garages for eight hours a day and believe..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature

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"...a move of its headquarters to the CSC building Downtown, and away from its current HQ in Southwest Austin,..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature

How Not to Gentrify: HRC Asks for Eastside Moratorium

Alvarez advises caution, further study

"...eight-or-so minutes Northeast from Perry Lorenz's proposed Spring condo development at Third and Bowie, and you'll arrive at the..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...a move away from its Southwest location to a Downtown headquarters of 150,000 to 200,000 feet, which would make..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature

Guadalupe Gets a Makeover

Heritage neighbors give mixed reviews to redevelopment north of the Drag

"...and clearing the way for a new mixed-use condo/retail development that planners say will embody the pedestrian-oriented values of..."

July 22, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

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Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...zoning, smack dab in the middle of a mixed-use development being planned by Jimmy Nassour and Steve Soward. The..."

April 22, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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Downtown neighborhood battle ends with a thud instead of a bang

"...would end up choking any chance for real high-density development in an area where land could be selling by..."

April 15, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

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"...on everybody's door, parking garage, and parking lot, the Downtown Austin Alliance/East Sixth Street Community Association now demands the..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Column

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...we can to keep them happy. That's what economic development is about." – Economist Angelos Angelou, quoted in the..."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...is universally popular: fast, convenient service between ABIA and downtown...."

Dec. 3, 2004 Column

Austin @ Large: Say It Ain't So, Metro!

If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep driving … or worse

"...presumes rail service and is, by anybody's lights, "transit-oriented development," bringing 10,000 homes and 10,000 jobs into the heart..."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...study making Cesar Chavez Street two-way through all of Downtown. – M.C.M...."

Aug. 6, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...tug-of-war here is between innovative, urban, high-density, mixed-use, transit-oriented development and obsolete, suburban, low-density, stand-alone, car-only development. The city..."

July 2, 2004 Column

Spotting the Rare Cheap Rental

The history and habits of a not-quite-extinct-yet Austin species

"...a sort of bohemian's penthouse. But even with the Downtown view, the house possesses an ineffable stillness that makes..."

June 25, 2004 News Feature by Michael Erard

Food-o-File

Osteria Amerigo's on hold, while 7's expanding

"...of opening Osteria Amerigo in the upcoming Rosedale Village development at Burnet Road and West 49th, and will instead..."

June 18, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...on the site, as part of its controversial 2002 development deal with the city, but withdrew that plan when..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...a small-business point of view as the owner of Downtown Lounge. My first encounter with the mayor was during..."

June 11, 2004 Column

Mayor Wynn Deserves More Credit and Has Earned More Respect Than the 'Chronicle' Has Given Him

"...a small-business point of view as the owner of Downtown Lounge. My first encounter with the mayor was during..."

June 9, 2004 Postmarks

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"...right), reuse proposals for Seaholm Power Plant (see The Downtown Dominoes), and pleas for federal funding by local leaders..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...quiet, law and order, and I live in the downtown neighborhood, and I helped save East Sixth from clearance..."

March 26, 2004 Column

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Headlines and happenings from around the world

"...boom went bust, CSC downsized its plans and sold development rights to Block 21 back to the city for..."

March 19, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Identity Politics Color County's Precinct 1 Race

The Ron Davis-Celia Israel showdown splits the Eastside racial and political coalition

"...years. She set up her campaign operations in the downtown office that used to house her lobby business, Mission..."

Feb. 13, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

No Place Like Home

The new Garden Terrace development takes a small but serious step toward housing Austin's homeless.

"...-- and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development -- have re-embraced the SRO in a big way;..."

Jan. 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Creating a 'Corridor'

"...Capital Metro's redevelopment plans for the Saltillo District would create a gateway..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature

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"...People who have chosen to live in this exciting downtown district have passed a law against the noise and..."

May 30, 2003 Column

Remember Sixth + Lamar?

"...Tensions between BookPeople and Schlosser Development Corp. seem to have simmered down since national chainsters..."

May 16, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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Austin Stories

"...Council last week voted to raise the fees for Downtown parking meters from 75 cents to $1 an hour...."

April 11, 2003 News Feature

Austin Stories

"...-- specifically the 246-acre Tract 110, slated for office development. Perhaps he could pick up some extra cash from..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature

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