Safety Forum Gets a Little Drinky

The ‘expert’ response to every safety problem: Don’t drive drunk

"...founder of ATX Safer Streets, delivered the evening’s highest ratio of actual information to total word count. Her argument..."

Aug. 7, 2014 News Post by Amy Kamp

Place 4: It's Morrison, and Then Some ...

"...at Congress and Second, where Morrison offered greater floor-to-area ratio than the developer initially requested, with the provision that..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

What Is Form-Based Code?

"...high-quality public realm by using physical form (rather than separation of uses) as the organizing principle. Not to be..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

On the Waterfront

As development accelerates along Town Lake, Austin faces urgent choices

"...everything that South Austin chose not to become. To rationalize killing off the ugly and unpopular condo tower, then-City..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Planning South Shore Central: The ROMA Report

2000 study of redeveloping the South Shore was a good first effort

"...the equivalent of one-story buildings (1-0 F.A.R. or floor-to-area ratio). That's far less than the 35-foot to 200-foot building..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Where Live Music is Dead

Welcome to Sixth Street

"...split the street at a 20-20 live music venue/bar ratio, but clubowners are quick to point out that bars..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Tunnel Vision

The New Waller Creek

"...efficiency. (Some of them -- like the State Cemetery restoration, also ISTEA-funded -- do not.)..."

July 12, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin’s Essential Frozen Cocktails

Because sometimes you gotta think beyond the margarita

"...shaking the cocktail, the water is added as a ratio of the batch. It's all about balance of flavors,..."

July 21, 2023 Food Feature by Evan Rodriguez

Tiki Tatsu-ya Reveals a New Old World of Culinary Adventure

Three years in the making, worthy of eternal returns

"...rums together for the Rum Barrel, just getting the ratio right, knowing what tastes like what and what goes..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Tiki Tatsu-ya Raises the Bar to Islander Heaven

The Aikawa Brothers debut a worldclass venue of storied wonders

"...rums together for the Rum Barrel, just getting the ratio right, knowing what tastes like what and what goes..."

Oct. 4, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Uncovering the Mysteries of Austin’s Speakeasies and Secret Bars

A guide to some of the hidden (and not-so-hidden) bars around town

"...Nestled cozily on the ground floor of a parking garage, Garage is a dark, elegant, bunker-chic space with..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

The Luv Doc: Real Choices

The Luv Doc is a bad planner

"...I like piña coladas and getting caught in the..."

June 3, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

From the Archive: Welcome to Chaos

Originally published on Nov. 12, 1993: ATCEMS saves lives every day, but the stresses of the job have high costs

"...ambulance. Within seconds, Medic 3 emerges from the darkened parking garage located beneath the helipad at Brackenridge Hospital and..."

May 8, 2015 News Feature by Raoul Hernandez

We Are the Champions!

Aztex win PDL title, set attendance record

"...any event, and by kickoff time, the seven-story ACC parking garage was completely full. Late arrivals among the crowd..."

Aug. 5, 2013 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Headlines

"...property tax exemptions, a ban on plastic bags, Downtown parking hours, the appointment of a committee to review single-member..."

Aug. 5, 2011 News Feature

Team Troublemaker

Austin film studios spotlighted on Predators big day

"...really excited that we had predators walking around the parking lot. He was like, 'Man, there's a predator in..."

Oct. 19, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hitting the Budget Barbells

The annual city budget workouts begin, and you're all invited

"...years, have brought forward as "unmet needs" for public consideration...."

June 25, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Hill Country Militia

Grassroots homesteaders tighten ranks to fight urban encroachment

"..."We had lost our entire elder generation. They all went. Then we were looking at losing..."

June 27, 2008 News Feature by Greg Harman

Off the Record

It's the end of the world as we know it: South by Southwest 22 officially begins

"...As the ratio between bloggers and musicians continues to level out, and..."

March 14, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Density Bonus

Key issues

"...critical ace is its zoning cap of 8-1 floor-to-area ratio, or FAR – which limits automatic height entitlements to..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

My Migas, My City

As Downtown development explodes, Las Manitas Avenue Cafe and its neighbors face an uncertain future

"...central business district zoning (which allows an 8:1 floor-to-area ratio), achieving the mayor's stated goal of housing 20,000 additional..."

July 21, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Beside the Point

Is big-home sprawl just the facts of life?

"...some tweaks to the ordinance: excluding basements from the ratio calculating additional room for development while including second- and..."

March 3, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Austin needs an honest discussion of how much we spend on public safety.

"...Time Warner Cable, and miscellaneous nickels and dimes in parking meters, library fines, and such -- not the sort..."

May 24, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Sammy's House Looks for a Home

"...as Sammy's met certain requirements -- including developing a parking plan for the center's staff and parents, finding an..."

April 5, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Sterling Lands' New Mission

Sterling Lands II and the Eastside Social Action Coalition fight for equity in Austin's public schools.

"...Baptist Church in Northeast Austin, flooding outward into the parking lot. It's an infectious and swelling music, inspiring those..."

Jan. 12, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Articulations

A new tool in finding performance space in Austin.

"...Community Center, and Bad Dog Comedy Theater -- the ratio of arts groups to venues is still about 4:1...."

July 14, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

True to Their (New) Roots

The Loiacono family, who own Bellagio Italian Bistro, apparently believe in two cornerstones of traditional cuisine -- fresh ingredients and sizable portions. They pride themselves in making upward of 30 different pastas on the premises : from bright spinach fettucine to rippled radiatore and ribbon-edged tagliatelle.

"...dish. Shellfish fans who bemoan the mussel's low volume-to-meat ratio will be more than satisfied by the sheer number..."

April 21, 2000 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

Chain Reaction

Downtown construction projects raise fears that Austin will lose its charm.

"...will be a major component of the Computer Sciences Corporation's three-block development agreement with the city...."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Amy Smith

Slouching Toward Happy Hour

East Sixth & Thereabouts

"...me -- and judging by the situation in the parking lot and the lines winding out the door, apparently..."

March 19, 1999 Food Feature

Library Fails to Carry

Commission Votes for Local Over Regional

"...Guadalupe, and Second and Third Streets, is currently a parking lot used by municipal annex workers and those visiting..."

Feb. 13, 1998 News Feature by Walter Cole

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