We Were the Urban Pioneers

Our search for the just-right million-dollar condo, in the wilds of Downtown

"...pioneer to Austin. We're speaking, of course, of the urban pioneers – ditching their houses in the 'burbs with..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Planning a Compact City in the Midst of Urban Sprawl

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

Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature

Hard Core Logo

A legendary punk band reunites for a tour of Western Canada in this indie film that perfectly captures the common fissures that erode so many bands on the run.

"...members of a fictitious Vancouver rock band called Hard Core Logo. This “legendary” (aren't they all?) punk act re-forms..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Contradictions Between Neighborhood and Urban Planning

"...well-intentioned notion of promoting a more dense and integrated urban core. The problem is that there is no zoning..."

April 13, 2005 Postmarks

Urban on the Rocks

It's the Sprawl, Y'all

"...have what was supposedly its most important recommendation, an urban infill ordinance that makes it possible to do small..."

April 30, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

(Apple) Core Values

The East Side Compost Pedallers are cycling across a gardener's gold mine

"...the big bike buckets. Several partners, including Springdale Farm, Urban Patchwork, and the University of Texas' Concho Community Garden..."

May 10, 2013 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Fuck Money, Unmasked: The Solid Core of Austin's Most Unhinged Noise Band

“We reserve the right to say no to shit”

"...Trébuchet's most notable previous band, BLXPLTN, a project with Urban Heat's Jonathan Horstmann once described by the Chronicle as..."

June 9, 2023 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Rutle to the Core

Neil Innes Exposes His Nasty Side

"...produced the Bonzos' 1968 U.K. hit single, "I'm the Urban Spaceman"; several of the Bonzos turned up on a..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Leffingwell Bites the Apple

Mayor criticizes AISD school closure plans

"...In an age of occasional mayoral takeovers of major urban school districts, the city of Austin has always been..."

Jan. 12, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large: You Kids Play Nice!

The idea of combining Austin and Travis County's governments seems like a good one, but never seems to gain any momentum.

"...conservative GOP boxes Out-in-the-County for left-leaning ones in the urban core. This prompted mutterings and flutterings that progressive Green..."

Jan. 18, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Threading the Needle

Is this the year of urban planning?

"...million mobility bond, finding just the right balance of suburban roads, urban bike routes, and the redevelopment of major..."

Jan. 6, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Town Lake Setback Variances Non-Starters for Martinez, Leffingwell

CMs already against variance request coming before boards and commissions starting tonight.

"...protects a crown jewel in the heart of Austin’s urban core.”..."

Aug. 28, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

TDH: 4/27/11

The Hustle shares a scrumptious link round-up

"...tide you over, encompassing that election, the city budget, urban issues and more...."

April 27, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Next New Neighborhood

City and residents plan a sustainable Colony Park

"...won in 2012 from the Depart­ment of Housing and Urban Develop­ment's Sustainable Communities program – will result in a..."

April 4, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

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?

"...look to San Diego for ways to reweave our urban fabric? Because if you can do it there, you..."

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

Neighborhood Watch

Sustainable Neighborhoods group advocates 'family-friendly' north side development

"...protect the interests of households with children in the urban core. While parts of the six areas SN serves..."

March 22, 2013 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Finding the Sweet Spot

For Austin's 'density bonus' development program – what's on our wish list?

"...as well as in areas along major roads designated core transit corridors, planned commuter rail lines, and other transit..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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

"...When it comes to urban development, it's hard to hear the word "domain" without..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Use Only as Directed

Patenting the Formula

"...over transit corridors, downtown development projects, infill standards for urban-core neighborhoods, and revisions to the Land Development Code, the..."

Aug. 20, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Going Vertical

The new VMU zoning could transform your neighborhood – and you have 90 days to help decide how

"...oodles of people living, working, and public-transporting in the urban core – in your central neighborhood and mine...."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Happy Trails on the Horizon?

AMTC's Vision Quest

"...dreaming about it for decades: a system of interlinking urban trails that would allow hikers and bikers to get..."

July 28, 1995 News Feature

Here Come the Transporters

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

"...destination – the promised glorious new world of multimodal urbanism and regionalism, where Austin's chronic mobility problems get solved..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

When Is Austin Not “Austin”?

Debate flares over research on Black Austin diaspora

"...Goldsberry does cite “gentrification and suburbanization” as the dominant trends, but he’s dismissive of drawing..."

Jan. 29, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Mixed Use, Mixed Emotions

An anniversary review of Austin's vertical mixed-use program discovers a range of responses to density, change, and planning

"...ago, Austin embarked on a complex experiment in populist urban planning known as "VMU." That's "vertical mixed-use," a new..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Oak Hill Redevelopment: Varying visions for town center

Concept of town center node in Oak Hill looks like it's getting tougher - not easier - as city's neighborhood plan progresses

"...Richardson, consider Oak Hill to be part of Austin's urban core. Richardson has spearheaded efforts to create the town..."

June 29, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Take the A-Train

Mike Clark-Madison discusses 10 years covering light rail, and urges voters to support it.

"...get on a bus, and attribute that to some core thread of the modern American character. I say bull-ca-ca...."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Share the Smart Growth

"...great appreciation for the obstacles and challenges to managing urban and suburban life and growth...."

Jan. 1, 1999 Column

Why Rail?

The city is pushing for a 2012 vote to build urban rail. The critics are asking, 'Who needs it?'

"...to be libertarian, anti-government claptrap. But one of his core premises resonated with me: If there is a way..."

April 8, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

'Chronicle' Endorsements

May 14 City Council elections

"...and looking at the robust work he's performed in urban planning, transportation, and design – initiating a trial run..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature

Austin @ Large: The Writing on the Wall

If neighborhoods don't embrace Smart Growth, the city as a whole will get stuck with stupid growth.

"...who support the ideas behind Smart Growth, or New Urbanism or neo-traditional development or whatever we're calling it today,..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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