Off the Record

Reviewing the three-ring circus of Fun Fun Fun Fest and flashing back to the Armadillo World Headquarters with Dweezil Zappa

"...among other things, an audio expert to examine both residential development and venue renovation projects, the creation of programs..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Film News

Of informational pickets, $1.5 billion projects, and newborns

"...are planned in all, with a concert site and residential development also in the mix for the total $1.5..."

April 27, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Food-o-File

This one goes out to the ones who didn't just consume this holiday season

"...and musical performances. Owner Jessica Nieri reports that increased residential development in the neighborhood is bringing very welcome new..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Original History

The Schlotzsky's history begins with a really big sandwich

"...had just made a fortune off the Rob Roy residential development in West Austin and, with a little money..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

The LCRA shuts down – again – the controversial West Cypress Hills project

"...– seems to have bedeviled a western Travis Co. residential development. West Cypress Hills, a master-planned community of 800..."

June 25, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

A Clear View at Hippie Hollow

"...longer makes its home at Hippie Hollow because of residential development in the area. "They haven't been seen out..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Gardens of Eden

Entertainment has always been a keystone of Austin's identity, Cuisines writer Rachel Feit observes. And among Austin's numerous diversions were German beer gardens.

"...for more than 30 years before being swallowed by residential development. Situated on what was then the western fringe..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Postmarks

Bergstorm

"...whose uncontrolled, already crowded pattern is surrounded by burgeoning residential development. Witness the Parmer extension underway a half mile..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Column

Planning a Compact City in the Midst of Urban Sprawl

"...downtown. And this may not happen unless future downtown residential development creates a constituency strong enough to demand and..."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature

Downtown's New Year

"...Developer/Owner: Schlosser Development Corp./Whole Foods..."

Jan. 17, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Making of Downtown North

The Domain may sound like just another fancy mall – but planners say it's the seed of a second Austin

"...they have in mind, the still-sprouting Domain shopping and residential complex on what is now the near north side..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Town Lake Variance Shuffle

The hike-and-bike trail, questionable developer tactics, and a potential windfall for urban parks all flow together on East Riverside Drive

"...A controversial high-rise residential complex planned for Town Lake – already under fire..."

Nov. 24, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Private Projects, Public Benefits

Could developers become Austin's new benefactors?

"...the city hasn't required much of developers beyond "economic development" – too often a euphemism for business as usual...."

April 6, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Downtown's Tall Order

Where can we put 20,000 new residents?

"...Austinites startled by the height of the latest downtown residential towers – now shooting up with bamboolike propulsion to..."

June 23, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Suburban Blight

Austinites' Escape to the 'Burbs Backfires

"...by sprawl - isn't amenable to the sorts of redevelopment traditionally applied to blighted urban areas. The jillions of..."

March 27, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

On the Edges of Gentrification, Planning a Different East Riverside Drive

City’s declared goals for the corridor and those of private developers do not necessarily coincide

"...an inner-city expressway surrounded by intense, sprawling, but aging development, a low-rise market district readily accessible only by car...."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

True Love and Lawsuits in the Wedding Capital of Texas

'Til death do us party

"...10.8-acre plot just outside of Dripping Springs, in a development protected by residential-only deed restrictions. Their plan was to..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

Bigger, Better, Smarter

San Diego is everything Austin wants to be: livable, transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, and downtown-centric. But will tools that worked in the nation's largest border and military base town translate to Central Texas?

"...toolbox. They've got light rail, downtown housing, a streamlined development process, growth-management plans to promote infill and combat sprawl,..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Watch

Planning Commission and two council members consider measures to reduce commercial noise pollution near residential land; Vista Ridge PUD developer negotiates compromise agreement on its single-family development overlooking Bull Creek.

"...Here's a mixed-use development that neighborhoods could do without: For over a year,..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Column by Kevin Fullerton

Higher Ground

Two more Congress towers

"...Austin. The Congress Avenue Condominiums, developed by Benchmark Land Development and designed by Ziegler Cooper, would rise more than..."

July 21, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Building From Scratch

It Takes a City and a State to Raise a Village

"...time. By 1996, when the city appointed the RMMA Redevelopment Process and Goals Task Force to kick off the..."

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

Saturday Night Live

Mayor Kirk Watson takes his downtown vision to the streets

"...such a faux pas to say, you know, 'I'm anti-development.' You know, these days. Like South MoPac for instance,..."

Oct. 2, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

A Budding Hamlet

Georgetown Village: Smart Growth Without Trying

"...area's first bona fide (or at least close-enough-for-jazz) neo-traditional development. Repeat: In Georgetown, seat of Williamson County, not a..."

July 31, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Mayfield Fights Back

Ward and June Say Nay in Northwest Hills

"...Any neighborhood that stands in the way of development is a nest of radicals, troublemakers, nay-sayers. So we..."

Jan. 3, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

As Austin Grows, So Does the Risk of Flood

Forget the 100-year storms. City flooding happens all the time, often right in your backyard.

"...while 71% of the city's tracts received none. "For residential residents, and even business owners outside of Downtown, it..."

April 21, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

CodeNEXT Prepares to Rewrite Austin

Sound Check, a week of city development code-related events, kicks off Nov. 16

"...case you haven't heard, Austin is rewriting its Land Development Code. CodeNEXT is the name for the ongoing process..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Katie Matlack

The Towers of Power

Are high-rises the key to a middle-class Downtown?

"...been living in the Austin City Lofts, the 14-story residential tower at Fifth Street and West Avenue. They have..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Condo Clash

The Gotham Has Neighbors Up in Arms

"...in that city for his leading role in the residential rebirth of downtown. He pioneered the now-booming loft scene..."

Oct. 1, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Delay of Game

Seaholm, Block 21 challenge the Downtown Domino theory

"...view corridor) that get in the way of Downtown development. We already know the de minimis level of density..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Hyde Park lawsuit sutra, Glen Maxey's retirement dilemma, parking lot battle in Judges' Hill neighborhood, Sixth Street recycling, and the anti-growth blues

"...who voted against the site plan -- along with Development Review and Watershed Protection Dept. Director Mike Heitz --..."

April 13, 2001 News Feature

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