Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...of sex with children to be material for personal growth. If you had said, "This movie makes Kids look..."

July 29, 2005 Column

Meet the New Bosses

Long Center director Cliff Redd and ALO director Richard Buckley compare notes on leading an arts institution, the challenges they face, and being new to Austin

"...Chronicle brought these two men together to discuss their jobs, their careers, art, and Austin. The following conversation took..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...You know that his sole presence holding a high-profile job (like those of Forgione and Yudof in education) makes..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Column

Tying the Knot: A Drama

Yes, the merger of Austin's Paramount Theatre and State Theater Company is a business affair, but since theatres traffic in stories, human dramas that talk to us about life, this historic event deserves to be looked at as a story, the story of a wedding between two neighbors.

"...-- proved a hindrance when it came to physical growth. Where could the Paramount go to grow? Hey, how..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

MoPac and the Expensive Mess That Never Ends

Engineering company renovating the beleaguered stretch of highway gets bought out

"...The MoPac job was commissioned by the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority..."

Aug. 4, 2017 News Feature by Braden Maccke

Climate, Meet Mobility

Copenhagen is all about green transport – and Austin should be, too

"...It's now central to the wealthy nation's strong "green growth" economy. One of the few Danish words I learned..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Page Two: City Slights

In our civic dialogue, grace and respect have all but disappeared

"...any public servant trying to do his or her job in Austin. Offhand, I can't think of a single..."

July 20, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

Mirroring those on the state and national levels, current city budget battles reflect the fact that we are not willing to pay for the quality of government we demand and expect.

"...programs to take care of the sprawl created by growth and then annexation. Imagine how much bigger those budget..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Borders Backs Out

A setback for Sixth + Lamar, a victory for keeping Austin weird

"...fee waivers and other incentives under the city's Smart Growth program. Therein lay the controversy: BookPeople and Waterloo, along..."

April 25, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...living at the paper, and Jeff Whittington had a job at a television station as a cameraman. There was..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Take the A-Train

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

"...needs a Light Rail Answer Man. That was my job...."

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

Postmarks

Housing, ACC, and Spooner.

"...ACC, I have agitated for fair pay, health benefits, job security, and a voice in the governance of the..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Column

Postmarks

The Gotham backlash continues.

"...Dumb Growth?..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Column

Power Assist

Who's Who

"...Garza placed the departments most influential in planning and growth -- development review and inspection, water, public works, environmental..."

Aug. 27, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Postmarks

Benefits of Frankenfoods

"...The Smart Growth Jihad..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Column

Not Keen on Green

Enviros: Bristol and Biscoe Don't Cut It

"...same, other environmentalists point out that a demonstration of growth management leadership from either candidate would be a good..."

Feb. 13, 1998 News Feature by Amy Smith

Preserving a 'Special Kind of Place'

Scott Swearingen on the ‘environmental city’

"...those bits and pieces were coming from the corporate, growth-oriented perspective. ... So we had this thing going on..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Point Austin: The Process, Part II

After some procedural and PR bumps, City Council moves to name a new city manager

"...corrupt and feckless city government reprise the amazingly fine job it had done (no doubt inadvertently) in hiring Austin..."

Jan. 18, 2008 News Column by Michael King

The Usual Suspects

The first year of the Will Wynn era closes to very mixed reviews, as Austinites wonder whether the city leadership is floundering.

"...and historic decisions – about the economy, the environment, growth management, transportation and infrastructure, and future budget priorities –..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Everybody Loves a Wynn-er

Will Wynn is his own flavor of ice cream -- pure vanilla, but mixed with nuts

"...out of (Harvard) Business School," quit a good real-estate job so he wouldn't have to build over the aquifer,..."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Fight Growth..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

Austin @ Large: Out Into the DAMP

The Downtown Mobility Plan has critics from both the right and left, and that could be its undoing.

"...fair claim to the title of Birthplace of Smart Growth. (It definitely spawned the name "Smart Growth," later taken..."

June 14, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...over the next 10 years. The catch is, economic growth already tends to outpace carbon dioxide increases, and has..."

March 8, 2002 Column

Urban on the Rocks

It's the Sprawl, Y'all

"...water quality or endangered species. They were voting against growth, or against sprawl, and sprawl in the east was..."

April 30, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

"...lobby. I spent all my resources researching my Smart Growth Plan for Travis County, which I gave to Clayton..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Column

Breaking the Code

Plain English Is the Goal for Land Development Rules

"...land regulations have only spawned a lot of dumb growth, painfully inflicted on the local body politic. So, naturally,..."

May 15, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Backstage Crew

Council Candidates' Consultants Direct the Show

"...anything else, about the way we manage and direct growth." - Watson consultant David Butts "The political dialogue has..."

April 11, 1997 News Feature

Touring the Technology Factory

Human Code's Award Winning Multi-Media Mission

"...that there is no shortage of applications for a job for which the description is, basically, "game maker"?..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Screens Feature

Growing Pains

Rapidly expanding Austin Green Art works to sustain its mission and identity

"...major foundation grants toward organizational planning to account for growth and growth potential, I was met by Jewart plus..."

April 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Nikki Moore

Greenbacks for Green Space

City moves to make development pay more for parks

"...self-image and even its tourism industry. Even in full-tilt-forward growth mode, Austin values its natural places. As infill development..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

« 1    ‹ BACK    2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11     NEXT ›    34 »