Schools, Sprawl, and Citizenship

Vote begins on $520 million school bond package

"...who argue that the new schools will increase suburban sprawl and decrease district equity...."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Don't Sprawl Me, I'll Sprawl You

"...["The Race Is On," News, June 22] mentioned urban sprawl. Yet sprawl-induced infrastructure requires huge amounts of steel and..."

June 26, 2018 Postmarks

Council Must Prevent Unmitigated Sprawl

"...not to let new road construction lead to unmitigated sprawl. I live in an interior neighborhood and am less..."

July 13, 2004 Postmarks

Planning a Compact City in the Midst of Urban Sprawl

"...construction of freeways that pave the way for urban sprawl, and seeking to protect the inner city from the..."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature

AISD Bonds: More Sprawl and Surveillance?

The Austin ISD bond proposal includes plans for new construction and security measures that are raising some public questions

"...Sprawl and security are emerging as areas of potential controversy..."

March 26, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

"Future Artifacts of Sprawl and Sting" at Georgetown Public Library

Stuart Wallace blazes his way through a wasp factory of natural assemblage

"...of Austin's Atelier Dojo), and this "Future Artifacts of Sprawl and Sting" show of his adorns the upper level..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Density vs. Sprawl

"...rapid growth, we face a choice – density or sprawl. As much as upgrades to accommodate density might cost,..."

Dec. 11, 2018 Postmarks

Toll Roads Promote Sprawl, Spending

"...Envision Central Texas. The toll-road plan is based on sprawl-growth patterns and the traffic they generate continuing unchanged for..."

July 21, 2004 Postmarks

Sprawl Ain't All

Want to know what 'conservation development' means? Then head to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, or – if you're interested, but not that interested – just read this story.

"...and the blues. "Texas leads the nation in urban sprawl, with hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland lost..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Death Cab for Cutie’s Two-Hour Sprawl

Epic first performance of a two-night Moody Theater stand

"...went missing last night, the band persevered with two sprawling hours of music...."

Sept. 22, 2015 Music Post by Libby Webster

Then There's This: Extreme Sprawl

SH 45 toll road hawks back in the driver's seat

Feb. 14, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Here Come the Transporters

In the endless Central Texas transportation wars, the lions and the lambs look for ways to make peace

"...real world. Forging a gang of congestion cops and sprawl fighters has, admittedly, taken some deal-making and compromise that..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

King of California

Michael Douglas plays a wild-eyed dreamer who sways his daughter and friend into digging clandestinely for treasure underneath a California superstore.

"...treasure lays buried somewhere in the Southern Californian corporate sprawl, he recruits his daughter into a quest of modern..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Urban on the Rocks

It's the Sprawl, Y'all

"...endangered species. They were voting against growth, or against sprawl, and sprawl in the east was no better than..."

April 30, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Killer Joe

Matthew McConaughey's Killer Joe is sociopathy incarnate; William Friedkin adds visual punch to the venality within Tracy Letts' screenplay.

"...that leaks evil like Dallas leaks strip-mauled and soul-killing sprawl...."

Aug. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Transportation Plan

Share your thoughts at a series of upcoming public meetings hosted by CAMPO

"...Plan." The core question: Are you happy with road-based sprawl, or do you expect your regional planning organization to..."

March 19, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

Jeremy Piven stars in this swift-moving, cynical, equal-opportunity offender about a team of used-car liquidators.

"...manages to keep a tight rein on this galloping sprawl, a strategy he may have honed as a writer..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hey Arnold!: The Movie

"...kid's Brooklyn-esque neighborhood into one huge pile of gentrified sprawl is a good idea. Arnold and the gang attempt..."

July 5, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ride With the Devil

"...the film's 138-minute length to create a sense of sprawl and emotional flatness. One longs for the next appearance..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Shrinking Schools

While the suburbs sprawl, central city schools count their children – and their blessings

"...three or four. They also tell a story of sprawl: Inner-suburban school populations plateau when neighborhood kids grow up..."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Austin @ Large: Saving Austin Now -- and Tomorrow

A skeptical analysis of the pending Stratus deal

"...hub of an edge city spurting forth its own sprawl (destroying mobility, affordability, and social equity as well as..."

July 12, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

When Did the Single-Family Home Go From Being the American Dream to an Urbanist Nightmare?

One policy wonk's view of how we got here

"...of residences, even mixed in with residences. Urbanists despise sprawl, support strong mass transit, and want development to be..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Infill On Trial

What's the Verdict on the Latest Central-City Boom?

"...and... over the Edwards Aquifer.... [Government] policies unevenly promote sprawl, rather than redirect growth to the inner city."..."

Feb. 14, 1997 News Feature

Austin @ Large: The Big-Box Big Deal

Little things mean a lot, but design standards aren't simply superficial

"...be able to articulate a strategy for combating commercial sprawl and its resulting environmental, economic, and architectural damage soon,..."

April 2, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...and defeated to look for alternative ways to stop sprawl and save our aquifer, then you're too tired and..."

July 19, 2002 Column

How Cities Work: Suburbs, Sprawl, and the Roads Not Taken

"...How Cities WorkSuburbs, Sprawl, and the Roads Not Taken..."

May 4, 2001 Books Review by Tim Walker

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Interfaith's Socialist Agenda

"...one to say no to the the socialist agenda. Sprawl at Your Own Risk..."

April 23, 1999 Column

Road Shows

Are County Bond Proposals Good for the Long Haul?

"...succession of subdivisions and strip malls switches from incorporated sprawl to unincorporated sprawl, which is no easy task (especially..."

Oct. 17, 1997 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Point Austin: The Convert

Mike Krusee on New Urbanism, Smart Growth, toll roads, and the importance of regional planning

"...urban neighborhoods as the antidote to decades of metropolitan sprawl. "That's probably my greatest thrill in public life now,..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Column by Michael King

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