A Budding Hamlet

Georgetown Village: Smart Growth Without Trying

"...mixed-use, high-density, character-filled and transit-oriented subdivision of local New Urbanist dreams. We thought we were kidding. But here we..."

July 31, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Think Locally, Act Regionally

Regional Government's All the Rage - Are We Ready?

"...system. There's the recent consolidation of Toronto and its suburban townships into a "megacity," and city-county mergers in many..."

Feb. 20, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Paying for Waller Creek

"...The flood-control tunnel, and the surface improvements such as parks and trails, are two separate projects, with separate funding..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

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

Unrealized Opportunities: Ester Matthews on the Austin Climate Protection Program

Ester Matthews reflects on the progress of the ACPP

"...Climate Protection Program, I actually have air quality and urban heat island in my budget. Urban heat island, there..."

Sept. 24, 2010 News Feature

Developing Stories: The Norwood Posse Wants You!

Travis Heights neighbors have revived the Norwood House restoration effort – are they too late?

"...The city assigned the land and house to the Parks and Recreation Department. But in a woeful lack of..."

Sept. 25, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Finding the Sweet Spot

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

"...people," says Mayor Will Wynn), concentrating density in the urban core has been adopted by the city as the..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

City Hall's Bumpy Road

Can Austin planners and the City Council ever bring an end to the local transportation wars?

"...of the Smart Growth team, a part of TPSD's urban design/historic preservation division, one of Larsen's many responsibilities is..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Postmarks

Preserve Town Lake

"...This is why the Parks Board, the Arts in Public Places Panel, and the..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Column

It's a Good Economy, Stupid

Austin Plays Weak Catch-Up in Boom Times

"...will we be able to start planning for the parks and libraries and fire stations we'll need tomorrow, instead..."

Aug. 23, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Contemplates How to Make I-35 Suck Less

The past, present, and future of the man-made barrier through the heart of our town

"...those nodes, often to the detriment of the existing urban fabric in those existing major cities. Austin is in..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Day Trips: Bat-Watching in Texas

Six places to watch the bats

"...According to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Texas is home to 32 of..."

June 18, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

From Runways to Sidewalks

The Mueller neighborhood at midcourse

"...Drawn by the promise of a "New Urbanist" neighborhood three miles from Downtown, the Mueller pioneers hit..."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Feature by Robyn Ross

'An Independent Person'

A Conversation With Randi Shade

"...When it comes to parks, which are incredibly important to neighborhoods but also to..."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

Developing Stories: Waller Creek: $34 Million Runs Through It

Will the Waller Creek Master Plan hold water?

"...The urban design consultants (ROMA Aus­tin, recently rechristened McCann Adams Studio)..."

April 16, 2010 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Pondering Downtown Condos

Frequently Asked Questions

"...to be progressive thinkers that embrace the idea of urban living." UrbanSpace's Burns agreed, based on his client base:..."

March 13, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Design Advocacy Voices: Austin

"...districts; [to repeat known stereotypes] we have ... West (suburban rich), East (poor), Central (city rich), South (bubba). Garner..."

June 27, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...years. Thanks to a $20,000 grant from the Austin Parks Foundation, however, the Downtown park bordered by Fourth and..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature

Topdog/Underdog

Pro Arts Collective makes Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog / Underdog -- a play dense with racial, societal, and economic queries -- into a fast-paced and engaging hour and a half

"...It is essential that people see Suzan-Lori Parks' acclaimed play Topdog/Underdog as produced by Progressive Arts Collective...."

Jan. 23, 2004 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

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

Postmarks

Home Is Where the Tax Credits Are

"...bus terminal illegally in the middle of parkland. City Parks and Recreation understands the word "park" only in context..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Column

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...infuses rump-shaking funk workouts with Latin percussion and woozy urban psychedelia. Their video for "Tu Funk" from 2015's Space..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Take a Walk on the Wild Side

The ancient art of foraging for food is aged to perfection

"...but here we are: Foraging is making a comeback. Urban foraging, specifically...."

April 4, 2014 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Preserving a 'Special Kind of Place'

Scott Swearingen on the ‘environmental city’

"...a few – not all, but a few – suburban developers who wanted to get rich by developing the..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Developing Stories: Chipping at the Waterfront

Revised waterfront ordinance returns to City Council today (Thursday, May 21)

"...large tracts, by allowing "superior" treatments that utilize intelligent urban design to achieve otherwise unattainable community benefits. (The name..."

May 22, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Protecting the Waterfront (Part 2)

Council vote to determine future of waterfront

"...protection of the City's waterfront." The same night, the Parks and Recreation Board approved 6-0 the Waterfront Overlay Task..."

May 1, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...• The Urban Transportation Commission recently recommended lifting the restrictions on operating..."

Nov. 30, 2007 News Feature

The Road to Somewhere

Citizens' Planning Committee Draws a Map

"...together by the city council to look at Austin's urban planning process, or lack thereof. Since their mandate began..."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature

A Complex Question?

Central Park's Proposed Housing Project

"...housing project of 273 units, will fit into the urban "city-within-a-city" motif that makes this north-central corridor one of..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

Kevin Curtin Hung Out With All of Austin’s “Tree of the Year” Winners

A socially distanced journey through the city’s green spaces

"...was Kirsten Schneider, the environmental program coordinator for the Parks and Recreation Department's Urban Forestry division. She explained that..."

July 31, 2020 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

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