Fastpitch

"...Midwesterners and car-window cornfields, shortstop Spear bunks in fleabag motels and becomes a “lefty slapper” in time for the..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

All That Remains

Roxanne Paltauf vanished three years ago, leaving her family with only memories and investigators with few clues

"...days with her boyfriend, then-30-year-old Louis Walls, at different motels off the interstate near Rundberg Lane. She and Walls,..."

July 3, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground

Austin slowly thaws out from an unprecedented – but not entirely unexpected – disaster

"...enough volunteers to check at least 200 people into motels and shuttle another 200 to warming centers by Tuesday...."

Feb. 19, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

What’s Happening, What’s Being Done, and How We Got Into This Cold Weather Catastrophe

More chaos with continued power outages, calls for water conservation

"...enough volunteers to check at least 200 people into motels and shuttle another 200 to warming centers by Tuesday...."

Feb. 17, 2021 News Post by Lina Fisher

New Tricks on South Congress

A Community Policing Success Story

"...focus not just on South Congress, but on the motels lining the avenue that have historically provided shelter for..."

June 14, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Twitter Flame War Fires Up Austin FC Supporters to Help the Unhoused

For Los Verdes, y'all means all

"...Many motels, even ones that were open to the unhoused last..."

Feb. 25, 2022 News Feature by Kit O’Connell

Proposed Development Would Revive Austin Opera House but Faces Neighbor Opposition

200 Academy Drive: Big hit or last call?

"...the Terrace Motor Court, one of the Southside's many motels dating back before the interstate, when South Congress was..."

Jan. 21, 2022 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

SRO

"...To the Editor, In the discussion of using motels for supported housing we should consider reviving the cheap..."

Aug. 4, 2021 Postmarks

Austin Looks for Routes Out of Its Homelessness Crisis

Under pressure, the city experiments with fast and sustainable strategies

"...providers have operated protective lodging facilities, mostly in converted motels acquired as part of the city's long-term strategy to..."

July 9, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Lawsuit Seeks to Block Converting Microtel for Permanent Supportive Housing for City's Homeless

One project stalls, another moves along

"...Com­mun­ity Homelessness Coalition that aims to purchase hotels and motels throughout the city and eventually convert them into permanent..."

Jan. 3, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Florida Project

Life in the happiest place on Earth

"...and their families eking out lives in the low-rent motels that line the service roads leading to Disney World..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Katrina Evacuees: Precarious Times at La Quinta

FEMA's new Dec. 1 cutoff deadline for picking up the tab of hurricane evacuees living in Texas hotels and motels leaves thousands of people in housing limbo

"...are estimated to still be staying in hotels and motels across Texas. According to the Basic Needs Coalition of..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Jesus' Son

"...way we've become familiar with his world of cheap motels, stone-faced hallucinations, surreal events, and squirrelly characters. The movie..."

July 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Getting Personal

"...the actual modern-day motel but instead, postcards of Fifties motels. Growing up in the Fifties, motels represented, to me,..."

July 16, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Kiss Or Kill

"...they shack up at a series of progressively dingier motels and fly-by-nights, where Nikki's perilous mental facade begins to..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Work Stops on Ghost Town

Meadows Housing Project Shuts Down

"...General for his part in removing telephone equipment from motels. In a March 5, 1994 story, the Austin American-Statesman..."

June 21, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Home, Sweet Home

(Or Slum, Slum, Slum?)

"...General for his part in removing telephone equipment from motels. In a March 5, 1994 story, the Austin American-Statesman..."

Feb. 16, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Mississippi Masala

"...joined other Indian families who run a string of motels along the highway. Mina's father nurtures resentment towards blacks..."

Feb. 28, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Council Has Much Business to Attend to Before Its Break

A 125-item agenda stands between Council and a summer break

"...which follow its established strategy: Acquire properties such as motels, convert them into bridge shelters, and then convert them..."

June 10, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Hiring More Police Is Not a Great Way to Prevent Murders

A closer look at Austin's growing number of homicides

"...page to determine in what types of locations (homes, motels, parks, etc.) murders occurred most frequently. [inset-2-right]..."

Oct. 15, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Fantasia Review: Lost Boys

Junkie odyssey takes a long, dark trip from Finland to Cambodia

"...of Indochinese Peninsula, the kind of bars and cheap motels where a trio of junkies - Neuvonen, Jani, and..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Unhoused Moved to "Bridge Shelter" As City HEALs Its First Encampment

20 people living outside Terrazas Library relocated

"...was “actively pursuing” extending the city’s current leases with motels and hopes to bring such agreements to Council when..."

June 17, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: On the Ground, in the Sky

Council tackles Austin’s intractable housing crisis in several dimensions

"...low-barrier" shelter and rapid rehousing options (such as the motels the city has used as protective lodging to keep..."

April 9, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Volunteer Efforts Take Center Stage in Winter Storm Relief

Chasing the cold away

"...able to quickly secure lodging at area hotels and motels.)..."

Feb. 26, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Promises a Lighter Touch for Camp Cleanups

Pressure from advocates leads to new rules – for now

"...With dozens of unhoused people rushed into motels by mutual aid groups last week, concerns grew over..."

Feb. 26, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Falls Behind on Housing Goals

Housing for Austin’s poorest residents in short supply

"...is 10,000 units. However, the city has purchased two motels to convert into PSH, which will bring 162 units..."

Jan. 29, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

ProLodges Saves and Changes Some of Austin's Most Vulnerable Lives

Can the city keep them open?

"...so they commandeered conference and dining rooms at the motels to provide care...."

Jan. 1, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Challengers Hit Speed Bumps in Run-Off Council Races

Almost at the finish line

"...However, she opposes the city's strategy to buy motels to convert into supportive housing where people can transition..."

Dec. 4, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Chronicle Endorsements

December Run-Off Election

"...on those efforts since, such as the city's purchasing motels to convert into supportive housing. Her run-off opponent, Jennifer..."

Dec. 4, 2020 News Feature

Chronicle Endorsements

December Run-Off Election

"...on those efforts since, such as the city's purchasing motels to convert into supportive housing. Her run-off opponent, Jennifer..."

Nov. 27, 2020 News Feature

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