Chain-Saw Frenzy

Fear of a Springs PARD massacre is about trust as well as trees

"...The city's Parks & Recreation Depart­ment climbed out on a dangerous public..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Building From Scratch

It Takes a City and a State to Raise a Village

"...that. In the words of the Redevelopment and Reuse Plan, "The Task Force challenged the city to create a..."

Feb. 19, 1999 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Top 9 Developing Stories

"...1) PLANNING-A-GO-GO This year saw a harmonic convergence of major planning..."

Jan. 1, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...and say, 'OK, creep, am I complying with national parks rule 36.1 or am I not? Make my day.'"..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Feature

Bondology

How does one schedule a bond? Very carefully, and with a lot of advance planning.

"...– how government bodies fund investments into schools, roads, parks, parking lots, rail lines, and courthouses. But without voter..."

Oct. 27, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sinclair Black: Transforming Visions

Sinclair Black – Austin's original New Urbanist

"...a 1981 Texas Architect article, Black laid out a plan (shown) to protect the skyline of Austin (and views..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature

City Council Clashes Over 2017 Budget

Competing ideas on how to spend $969 million

"...what residents generally consider city services: police, fire, EMS, parks, libraries, health and human services, etc...."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

The Way of the 'Food Forest'

Locavores planting seeds for the next phase of urban agriculture

"...step back from sustainability. Then there are the new plans for Austin's first indoor farmers' market – planned for..."

Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature by Anna Toon

Planning South Shore Central: The ROMA Report

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

"...Standards," was a first pass at a thoughtful urban plan for a chaotic, ill-designed, and underutilized part of the..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

To Expand the Convention Center or Not?

Despite unanimous support from City Council, voters will decide the answer

"...City Council voted unanimously to move forward on a plan to expand and redesign the Neal W. Kocurek Austin..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Waller Creek Comes to Life

Conservancy seeks radical makeover east of Downtown

"...Columns of glowing, white LED tubes stood atop poles planted in the water, leading around a bend in the..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Civics 101

"...resources, and proposed activities as part of five-year consolidated plan. 4pm. Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second. nhcd@austintexas.gov...."

June 27, 2014 News Column

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Aug. 26-Sept. 2

"...BARTHOLOMEW DISTRICT PARK MASTER PLAN MEETING 6pm. Dottie Jordan Recreation Center, 2803 Loyola,..."

Aug. 27, 2010 News Feature

Urban Planning: A Roundup

How Austin is working toward getting better by design

"...economic downcycle is the ideal time to invest in urban-planning efforts. Without the pressures of fast-paced development activity created..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Walking on Water

A roundup of Lady Bird Lake planning efforts that are all wet

"...It's been a banner year for urban design and planning projects in Austin. With so much going on, it's..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: What's Wrong With the Super PUD

The proposed PUD amendments won't fix the problems without a plan

"...developers, particularly in central city neighborhoods – are carefully planned to serve the civic and community good?..."

June 6, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Public Notice: The New Industrial Revolution?

Is Mayor Adler our Teddy Roosevelt?

"...the 1890s, today's digital behemoths have outgrown their traditional masters, and created sprawling, worldwide empires that are far larger..."

Jan. 22, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Tunnel Vision

The New Waller Creek

"...what to do with it. Since then, an ambitious plan to reinvent Waller Creek -- clean it up, keep..."

July 12, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...proclaims. The site is in its "alpha" stage and plans to add more elements in September, Brighton says. –..."

June 26, 2009 News Feature

Developing Stories: The Promise of Planning

Can the city deliver on East Riverside?

"...shared the comments above – on an ambitious city master plan for transforming East Riverside Drive – nearly a..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...city's failure to fund top-priority improvements detailed in neighborhood plans. In Seattle, the$3.2 million program has proved a morale-booster..."

Sept. 25, 2009 News Feature

City of the Dead

Journeying through the graves of Austin's oldest cemetery

"...small, plain tombstone, a wooden cross, or a single plank rising up from the earth. A Feb. 3, 1902,..."

April 21, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Naked City

The Colorado River Park plan enters its final stages, but several details, including the relocation of a bike path and a proposed environmental assessment, have to be worked out.

"...If the devil indeed is in the details, the planners of the Colorado River Park face demons both large..."

Jan. 28, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

Public Notice: Your City at Work

"Shaping policy for generations to come"

"..."The Austin Strategic Mobility Plan and Project Connect are working together to help shape..."

March 23, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Money Don't Buy Everything, It's True …

City Council plows through housing, energy, and budget hearing

"...• Parks (especially pools): Although the proposed Fiscal Year 2018 budget..."

Aug. 21, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Public Notice: Inconvenient Details

Council aims for the stars, stuck in the dirt

"...the Lenox Oaks proposal to amend the Montopolis Neighborhood Plan and the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan to rezone several..."

Aug. 12, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Amnesty Now!

Council expected to tackle the issue of small-lot amnesty

"...City Hall, a good bit of it is about planning, density, and affordability. This is City Council's week to..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council: Work Done and Happy Holidays!

After 2013 arose such a clatter, Council is settling their brains for a long winter's nap

"...to 1,200 or 1,400 houses and a wastewater irrigation plan."..."

Dec. 20, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

The Action's in Place 3

Shade, Tovo, Nofziger race most watched and closely contested

"...on some controversial issues, most prominently the Water Treatment Plant No. 4 project and the settlement with the family..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Oct. 1-7

"...AISD COMMUNITY DIALOGUE Help AISD develop a long-range facilities master plan. 6-8pm. Central West: Austin High, 1715 W. Cesar..."

Oct. 1, 2010 News Feature

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