Point Austin: Zimmerman's Hypocrisies

Denouncing "subsidized" Austinites, council member should try a mirror

"...its "double taxation" of Canyon Creek, the far northwest sprawl development where he lives – because in addition to..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Column by Michael King

SXSW Post-Mortem

Taking stock of the most tumultuous SXSW in the event's history

"...pages, the evaluation covers nine talking points, including "event sprawl" and "impact of queuing lines into open streets," but..."

Sept. 12, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Austin and the 7-10 Split

Candidates in west and west-central districts find common cause

"...see it either. It's regularly written off as "suburban sprawl" (with a subtext of being "not really Austin"). Candidate..."

July 22, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Arcade Fire – Deep in the Heart of Texas

Bobble heads, confetti canons, and the official afterparty

"...cover of Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” that matched closer “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains).”..."

April 11, 2014 Music Post by Doug Freeman

City to Review SXSW

Council directs staff to perform a 'post-event review'

"...mentioned by name include: event capacity, traffic management, event “sprawl” into residential neighborhoods, other crowd issues, and potential feedback..."

March 31, 2014 News Post by Michael King

The Master

Philip S. Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix act out the internal (and eternal) war between the analytical and implusive that is the principal inquiry of P.T. Anderson's film.

"...After the exuberantly chaotic sprawl of Boogie Nights and Magnolia, Anderson’s pictures have grown..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

City Hall Hustle: What Price Density?

Council tries to find an economic balance for dense development and its public costs

"...there and carries several inherit benefits: less traffic, less sprawl, and the like. (As one of the Hustle's pals..."

Dec. 9, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City, AISD Look for School Fixes

A vow to work together

"...same time, the city is trying to avoid urban sprawl, so it wants to make the city center as..."

Feb. 25, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Daily Hustle: 2/8/11

Austin's past, present & Comp Plan future

"...the heart of the City, we have increased urban sprawl, congestion and pollution. Let us not kid ourselves, folks..."

Feb. 8, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Why Vote?

The real choices at the top and bottom of the ballot

"...Skaggs, Dominic "Wannabe" Chavez, Ed "More Dollars for More Sprawl" Wendler, even Max "Remember Me?" Nofziger. And of course,..."

Oct. 29, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Our Bodies, Our Cars

Time to walk the walk on making cities healthy

"...Columbia, spoke alongside his co-authors of the book Urban Sprawl and Public Health: Designing, Planning, and Building for Healthy..."

June 11, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Top 9 Developing Stories

"...acceptance (or at least discussion) of national models for density-over-sprawl embraced elsewhere: New Urbanism, transit-oriented development, and form-based code...."

Jan. 1, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Slow Clap of the Soul

Kings N Things has the night of their lives.

"...king. The evening's hosts Stanley Roy Williamson and Suburbia Sprawl quickly came out to do a little damage control..."

Sept. 20, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Lee & Carole & Brewster & All of Us ...

Five candidates for mayor jockey to be first among equals

"...promote affordable housing – in part to combat suburban sprawl – "through the judicious use of the 2006 affordable..."

May 1, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

What Is Morrison's Exact Plan?

"...Use ordinance. All of these actions contribute to more sprawl and more traffic, and I don't see any reason..."

June 6, 2008 Postmarks

Six-Card Stud

It's a wide-open Place 4 race

"...Cravey says that to protect green space and curtail sprawl, "we're going to have to build taller and closer..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Congress for New Urbanism

"...He also warned, "SH 130 is going to breed sprawl, if you don't do something about it."..."

April 11, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Need a More Informed Discussion on Watershed-Based Strategies

"...Springs. One analysis by Andrés Duany tells us suburban sprawl creates three times more impervious cover per living unit..."

April 1, 2008 Postmarks

New Urbanism and the Booming Metropolis

Austin welcomes the Congress for the New Urbanism XVI

"...places, mixed-use town centers, coherent regions, favoring density over sprawl, sustainability. (For its core tenets, read the founding "Charter..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Good Call by Council on Villa Muse

"...form of more – and more reckless – suburban sprawl. Said sprawl is a sickness unto death that most..."

March 17, 2008 Postmarks

Drive-by Truckers

"...The Drive-By Truckers create albums that sprawl, epics not consumed one song at a time but..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Watershed Redo

How redevelopment can save the springs ... or not

"...systems. For example, an ailing old Oak Hill "Y" sprawl-mall could be redeveloped as a nifty New Urbanist Town..."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Article on Oak Hills Redevelopment Is Off-Base

"...is new development and even denser development to avoid sprawl.” I said Oak Hill should use vertical mixed-use commercial..."

July 3, 2007 Postmarks

More on RG4N's Northcross Lawsuit

More details on the RG4N suit filed today.

"...We can choose to accommodate growth through a car-dependent sprawl model that encourages central city Supercenters and strip malls...."

June 28, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

High Density Development Can Be Dangerous

"...absolutely have to modify or replace it. By comparison, sprawl will put an onus on taxpayers to pay now..."

June 1, 2007 Postmarks

Austinites Prevent Smart Growth, Not Facilitate It

"...least those dominating the process) showed themselves to be pro-sprawl NIMBYs, and we ended up with most NPs being..."

May 17, 2007 Postmarks

Greenbacks for Green Space

City moves to make development pay more for parks

"...ordinance and fee in place, notes that in the sprawlin' 1980s most planners incorrectly assumed that growth was synonymous..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

LCRA Has Forgotten Its Mission

"...Lakes, and the Edwards and Trinity aquifers. With its sprawl-inducing infrastructure spending, LCRA violates its obligation in its mission..."

Oct. 17, 2006 Postmarks

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Our readers talk back.

"...one block of development while the city continues to sprawl, or we decide that Austin has to grow up..."

July 28, 2006 Column

Point Austin: Up or Out?

Debates over open space and neighborhoods are the discourse of community

"...we're not going to build over the aquifer (or sprawl into the Hill Country), then where are we going..."

June 16, 2006 News Column by Michael King

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