Saturday Night Live

Mayor Kirk Watson takes his downtown vision to the streets

"...active or more vocal about the future of Austin's downtown than Mayor Kirk Watson. But after 16 months of..."

Oct. 2, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Down to Two

Runoff candidates offer views on city's future.

"...that bring out some of their philosophical differences: roads, downtown development, and neighborhood planning...."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Land Rush

The Early Days

"...1960s and early 1970s, when the idea of a downtown waterfront civic complex began to coalesce, there were no..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Revisiting the Capitol View Corridors: Where's the View?

Window for public comment on Downtown Commission report on corridors closes after May 4

"...protected Capitol View Corridors? View preservation squawkers – and Downtown economic development boosters – will likely want to make..."

April 13, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Higher Ground

Two more Congress towers

"...Burns, principal of UrbanSpace Realtors, lives, eats, and breathes downtown living, and when he talks about downtown Austin, he..."

July 21, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Doin' the Turnaround

Eric Mitchell's CURE for Downtown

"...CURE as in Rogaine, but as in Central Urban REdevelopment, Mitchell's relatively inexpensive and widely supported plan to stimulate..."

Dec. 1, 1995 News Column

All 'Round Republic Square

A new context of major civic buildings may yet make a people place of our historic downtown park

"...What makes or breaks an urban park like Downtown's Republic Square Park is how well it's used by..."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Conventional Wisdom

Is It Wise To Expand Austin's Convention Center?

"...Jana Birchum We're told that the out-of-town wallets that downtown needs in order to thrive can't fit into the..."

Jan. 30, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Developing Stories: May's Plan-a-Thon

Public meetings on Downtown plans produce mixed – or uncertain – results

"...meetings believe they've made a difference in the end? Downtown Austin Plan..."

May 29, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Seaholm Powers Ahead, Amid Questions About the 'Public Interest'

Oft-delayed development getting serious at City Council

"...historic power plant to be transformed by a private development team into a mixed-use mecca – should move one..."

Dec. 12, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

CSC Who?

"...more intractable than scrambled computer files -- raising a development on Austin's prime tract of downtown property. Where the..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Page Two

"...our quartet of Central Austin City Guides (along with Downtown, UT Area, and East Austin). Although these certainly are..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Column by Louis Black

A City With Smarts

Austin Wising Up to Growth Plans

"...of our fair city lay within a catch-all Desired Development Zone (DDZ). This has since been refined by adding..."

April 17, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Omnibus Resolution Report Arrives

Mayor’s plan to save Austin music takes shape

"...was authored by various municipal employees in the Economic Development Department after Austin’s Music and Arts Commissions weighed in..."

June 27, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Point Austin: Beside the Point

Neighborhood activist gives us an earful on proposed downtown high-rise

"...the Zilker Neighborhood Association, and longtime bee in the Downtown development crowd's bonnet, shared with Beside the Point "several..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Why Venues Are Struggling to Stay Open in the Live Music Capital of the World

As Hot Summer Nights descends, Austin’s live music epicenter campaigns for city support

"...2017-launched event, returning July 18-20, drives thousands of Austinites Downtown on the hunt for homegrown live music – and..."

July 12, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Five Good Reasons Las Manitas Deserves a City Loan

Exploding some of the myths regarding the city's loan to the Downtown restaurant.

"...be a tiny taco joint, but as an economic development engine for Austin, it packs an outsized wallop. The..."

June 6, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

The A-Word

Affordable Housing Plan Lacks Bricks and Mortar

"...The downtown initiatives, for instance, have made apparent that affordable housing..."

April 10, 1998 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

I Plan, Therefore I Am

A Downtown Planning Timeline

"...lays out the original city of Austin -- today's downtown. Envisioned by Republic of Texas President Mirabeau Lamar as..."

Jan. 30, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Not So Hot TODs

Sputtering rail, sputtering economy – the uncertain fate of Red Line development

"...transit – more or less – so where's the development?..."

Nov. 26, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Big Picture Map

A comprehensive map of Town Lake Corridor public and private development projects

"...are both city projects on public land (A-G) and developments on privately owned land (1-24). Projects noted on map..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature

The Lights Are On: Is Anybody Home?

Downtown's boom has busted, yet developers still build.

"...card and set off on a walking tour of Downtown. They threw back a couple of beers at the..."

Jan. 17, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...been instrumental in maintaining a cultural presence in the downtown area," says Council Member Gus Garcia, who has led..."

June 4, 1999 News Feature

Off the Desk:

"...only single-family homes and villas at their Barton Creek development. They ask that the court issue a temporary injunction..."

July 12, 1996 News Feature

Tributes Pour in for Chris Riley, the Kind Colossus of Austin Urbanism

Former Council member passed this week at 60 from cancer

"...Riley, former Council member and unwavering advocate for smart development in Austin, as they celebrate the life of a..."

July 31, 2024 News Post by Richard Whittaker

News Roundup: Cops, Church, and Council

Six arrested Saturday during a Black Lives Matter rally

"...the Episcopal Church offers the last privately owned, undeveloped Downtown block for a mixed-use development; Council fails to negotiate..."

Sept. 21, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

How Does TDR Work?

"...Seattle and Portland, Ore., have followed suit. Under TDR, development rights (e.g., additional height) are transferred from one property..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories

Two city boards and commissions take opposing stands on corridor preservation

"...preservation, with dual representative Jeb Boyt, who chairs the Downtown Commission and also serves on the Parks and Recreation..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Bygone Buildings

Right in the booming heart of Austin, folks can still find evidence of times past. Devin Greaney explores some of Austin's abandoned haunts.

"...need of an easy metaphor for the course of downtown development might want to consider this one: In 1836,..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Devin Greaney

Benign Growth?

The State of Affairs

"...player in the management of inevitable population growth and development. At stake is the content of the legislation that..."

April 16, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

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