Making Designs On a New Library

Three finalists offer up some rough concepts for a new central public library

"...when three finalists charged with envisioning Austin's new central library made their cases before City Council. The real work..."

Oct. 31, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Oscar, Meet Mondo

Drafthouse's art boutique partners with the Academy

"...something called the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...."

July 11, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Free Jazz, Thin Margin

"...Austin. Pedro Moreno, a 31-year-old grad student in UT's library sciences division, heard that in the late Seventies and..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Music Feature by Jeff Salamon

What to See and Do When You're Visiting the University of Texas Campus

Explore the Forty Acres deep in the heart of Austin

"...Lyndon B. Johnson’s life and legacy at his presidential library in the northeastern corner of campus, about 20 minutes..."

Aug. 5, 2024 Chronolog Post by Aaron Sullivan

Naked City

Developers float a proposal to reduce the size of the Green Water Treatment Plant on Town Lake and build something more profitable there, but they'll have to get in line -- the city already sees the site as a prime location for the new central library.

"...Lunch off its property to make room for Computer Sciences Corporation. Since then, developers and city officials have become..."

June 22, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Riding the Tech Titanic

Austin looks for recovery after the dot-com bust.

"...TateAustin PR firm and president of the Austin Public Library Foundation. "It's not just the high tech happy hour,..."

March 15, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

CSC-U-L8R

CSC changes its plans, and the city has to pay $4 million … for its own land

"...Another achievement was the city's 1999 deal with Computer Sciences Corporation to develop the city's prime waterfront property in..."

Jan. 18, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Downtown Dominoes

The headlines are about Block 21 and Seaholm, but the long-term questions are about what the city of Austin should be

"...a year later, when Watson decided that bringing Computer Sciences Corp. into the Warehouse District was just as effective..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Changing Face of Downtown

"...C1a Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) -- Block 2..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature

New Year's Adjacent Events for the Week Ahead

Crafts, comedy, and more

"...Monday 30, Ruiz Branch Library..."

Dec. 27, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Relays, Rides, and Rasslin' Headline This Week's Community Events

Recommended happenings around town

"...Saturday 23, Hampton Branch Library..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Green Events, Nov. 15-21

"...returns tonight with this discussion from UT School of Geosciences Dean Eric Barron. Designed to give regular schmoes some..."

Nov. 14, 2007 Columns Post

Magic Time

Oh, the sights you'll see at First Night Austin

"...Rebecca Ward – Roll-On/Roll Off, Computer Sciences Corporation parking garage, 200 W. Cesar Chavez: Colored sheets..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Lights Are On: Is Anybody Home?

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

"...top priorities, would like to see a new public library go up on "Block 21," the block the city..."

Jan. 17, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Film Flam

Preserving Mondo's archive, Fantastic Fest first wave, farewell to Sherry Mills, and what's happening with lots of local productions

"...partnering with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Margaret Herrick Library to preserve Mondo's voluminous backlog (and..."

July 15, 2011 Screens Column by Kimberley Jones

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...in favor of a bigger rent check from Computer Sciences Corp., and lest we forget, the mother of all..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Column

Playing the Downtown Game

The score so far, and moves still to be made

"...The two Computer Sciences Corp. buildings, the new City Hall between them, and..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from around the world

"...a prior City Hall plan and a new central library) before it was handed off to Computer Sciences Corp...."

March 19, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

"..."Block 21," which the city had leased to Computer Sciences Corporation. The city will pay $1.4 million (the final..."

Jan. 25, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Culinary Studies

Cooking Schools in Austin

"...options available at the time -- at the public library, in the backs of food magazines, and on that..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Food Feature by MM Pack

Classical Revival at the Blanton

The Art of the Deal

"...are -- like Portland's municipal building, the Denver Central Library, the Disney corporate headquarters (a job that likewise passed..."

Aug. 25, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...•Tuesday, Aug. 24: Spicewood Springs Branch Library, 8637 Spicewood Springs..."

Aug. 20, 1999 News Feature

Postscripts

Post-Pope Modernists

"...the new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at UT and a "most gracious and ever persistent..."

April 9, 1999 Books Column

Postscripts

First Ladies

"...his friend Liz Carpenter and speaking at the LBJ Library. Anthony is most recently the author of Florence Harding:..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Books Column

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Office, 1010 Lavaca, or your local post office or library. For election info, such as polling sites, call 473-9553...."

Oct. 2, 1998 News Feature

UT's Master Plan Disaster?

So Far, School's New Buildings Receive Low Marks

"...a rogue's gallery of 20th-century architecture -- the LBJ Library, the Perry-Castañeda Library, Jester Center, the College of Communication,..."

Aug. 29, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Spirit of Cooperation

"...the umbrella of the Prairienet website (Graduate School of Library & Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at..."

Nov. 8, 1996 News Feature

Spider Sculptures, Gore Feasts, and More Arts Events

Feed your art habit with these recommended events for the week

"...Tuesday 26, Little Walnut Creek Branch Library..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Film Announces Awards Will Go Ahead

Fest's support for films continues with industry access, more

"...be eligible for Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards...."

March 13, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Future of Health Care?

Dell and Central Health "re-think" the way we provide – and pay for – health care

"...Dell in 2015 (most recently from the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans), what drew her was the..."

March 24, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

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