Developing Stories: Great Public Spaces Summit

Dancing in the streets, singing odes to streetscapes

"...a big city, it's time to provide properly for great public urban spaces, as well as natural green spaces...."

July 10, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Hiring More Police Is Not a Great Way to Prevent Murders

A closer look at Austin's growing number of homicides

"...The subsequent commitment made by City Hall to "reimagine public safety" has been built around funding crime-prevention alternatives to..."

Oct. 15, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

UT's Public Arts Program Debuts an Ambitious New Project

Landmarks presents Ann Hamilton’s O N E E V E R Y O N E at the Dell Medical School

"...of color caught in the obscuring embrace of a great grayish void. Curiously, though, there are two areas where..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sober-ish Spaces for Dry January Hangs

Just because you’re not drinking doesn’t mean you have to stay home

"...signed up for Dry January – the 2013 UK public health campaign that’s recently morphed into a pop-cultural phenomenon..."

Jan. 8, 2018 Events Post by Sarah Marloff

How Austin's Performing Artists Are Reopening Their Spaces

After months behind screens, the folks who run the city's theatres, concert halls, and comedy clubs are welcoming audiences back inside

"...Yes, after an excruciating year of having their spaces shuttered and being unable to engage directly with audiences..."

July 16, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Public Notice

This week, "Public Notice" travels far and wide across gender limits and the Kalahari to bring you're the best in Austin community events.

"...really did was make each of our individual wandering spaces that much smaller. Our imagination zones have become that..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Column by Kate X Messer

Is Virtual Reality Heading to Its Next Great Leap Forward?

From Virtual Boy to Oculus Rift, VR tech is always improving

"...For Daniel Terdiman, senior writer at Fast Company, the public fervor around VR at the time felt both familiar..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Tucker Whatley

City of Great Bread

"For some time now," Virginia B. Wood writes, "I've had this fantasy about putting advertisements in selected East Coast newspapers to entice Italian immigrant or Italian-American bakers to relocate to River City and bake their wonderful breads for me. And for you, too, of course."

"...Island, I know it to be the city of great bread. Surely there is some disaffected Italian baker who..."

April 14, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Public Notice

Life's a Drag When You Got Strap-On Envy

"...local community broadcasters KOOP radio for the strip of public frequency, 91.7, which the two sister stations now share...."

April 10, 1998 Column by Kate X Messer

Public Notice: A Tale of Two PUDs

It's not too soon to aim for green space

"...this month. Along with multiple budget work sessions and public hearings, and following last week's marathon Planning and Neighborhoods..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Zilker Park Vision Still Cloudy

It’s hard planning for the future, when humans insist on living in the present

"...yes, that point was noted by several participants. But public outreach is hard in the best of times, and..."

Feb. 18, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Handshakes on the Concourse

Edging back toward a sense of normalcy: Austin FC's Q2 Stadium set to open at full capacity

"...was celebratory, and rightly so. The stadium news is great of course – one of the team's last big..."

May 28, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: The EV/AV Club

Thinking big about planning and mobility

"...for "Transect" and "Non-Transect" areas of the city (see "Public Notice: The New Apartheid?" March 3). Staff flew in..."

March 10, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Res Publica

Citizens calendar, June 25-30

"...GREAT PUBLIC SPACES SUMMIT An all-day action session designed to..."

June 26, 2009 News Feature

Gentle Disturbances

Creating ripples in public space with large-scale public art

"...More attention is being paid here to large-scale, temporary public art – and let's get it out of the..."

March 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...up the plan again Wednesday, Nov. 18, at a public meeting, 6pm at City Hall. – Katherine Gregor On..."

Nov. 13, 2009 News Feature

Bigger, Better, Smarter

San Diego is everything Austin wants to be: livable, transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, and downtown-centric. But will tools that worked in the nation's largest border and military base town translate to Central Texas?

"...money or stroke, in a region ruled by laissez-faire Republicans who cared not for public-sector "initiatives." Under a dynamic,..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...objections are misplaced. – Jordan Smith No More So-So Spaces..."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Feature

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, June 18-25

"...PUBLIC HEARING: HOUSING/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Help the city prioritize community needs..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature

Naked City

"...1, and district staff are bracing themselves for the public response. Although AISD has more than $100 million in..."

June 5, 2009 News Feature

Neighborhood Watch

Sustainable Neighborhoods group advocates 'family-friendly' north side development

"...of as attractors of families with children are sidewalks, great public spaces, and green spaces," says Council Member Tovo...."

March 22, 2013 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Idea Man for the Future

Ian Cion is out to build a better world, through public art

"...Program – LEAP – that offered New York City public schools programs promoting cultural understanding, violence prevention, and literacy..."

March 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Gone and Quartered

Stiffed on Capital Metro money, the city scrambles to fund another $51 million in transportation projects

"...of the Drag (Guadalupe from 21st to 24th), a Great Streets revitalization planned since 1995 was finally approaching construction...."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Sara Hensley Turns Over a New Leaf

The new PARD director has big ideas – to realize them, she'll have to raise big bucks

"...missed opportunities – has fated PARD and the urban greenspaces to a genteel, albeit leafy poverty. At city budget..."

July 24, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Civics 101

"...Central Waterfront: Design Workshop Help inform designers planning for great public spaces in this area of Lady Bird Lake...."

Sept. 4, 2015 News Column

South Central Waterfront Initiative Wants You

To view plans and provide feedback for proposed designs

"...hosting two design workshops and open houses for the public to provide input on designs for five “key study..."

Sept. 2, 2015 News Post by Amy Kamp

Day Trips: World War I Memorials

Communities around Texas remember their fallen sons from the Great War

"...I memorials began sprouting on Texas courthouse lawns and public spaces almost as soon as the conflict ended...."

April 7, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Nov. 19-24

"...LAUNCH PARTY: GREAT PUBLIC SPACES FOR AUSTIN Join in on some yoga,..."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Feature

'Completing Communities'

A conversation with Kathie Tovo

"...to really share responsibility for managing some of those spaces...."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Spacing Out in Round Rock

Carter, Paige, Christi, Doug, and two homeowners on 'Trading Spaces' in Central Texas

"...transcript of our interviews with the cast of Trading Spaces. Managing Editor Cindy Widner and I spent a blustery..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

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