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Planning Commission rejects historic zoning for San Jacinto warehouse
The Planning Commission Tuesday voted against historic zoning for a former warehouse in downtown Austin, siding with the property owner who wants to demolish the building over preservationists seeking to save it. The case began last year when the Historic…
Preservation • By Jonathan Lee • Jan 14, 2022
A win for preservationists at historic San Jacinto warehouse
Austin’s warehouse district is on the way to gaining one more protected landmark as of this past Monday, after the Historic Landmark Commission rejected an application to demolish a historic grocery warehouse at 301 San Jacinto Blvd. Despite the property…
Preservation • By Kali Bramble • Nov 18, 2021
More dominoes fall in Austin's disappearing warehouse district
As tensions erupted over plans to redevelop Fourth Street at the last meeting of the Historic Landmark Commission, the case of a brick warehouse on the corner of Sixth and Lavaca was caught in a three-way crossfire that flew more…
Development • By Kali Bramble • May 16, 2022
Iron Bear demolition paused as landmark commission considers historic designation
With its fate far from certain, the proposed demolition of the warehouse that is home to Austin’s Iron Bear has been put on hold after the city’s Historic Landmark Commission initiated historic zoning on the structure. An outpouring of support…
Preservation • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 21, 2022
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TipSheet: City Council, 2.17.22
Austin City Council will once again convene for its regular meeting at 10 a.m. Of note today is the fact that this is Council Member Chito Vela’s first official meeting as the representative of District 4. Everything else of note…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Feb 17, 2022
Council takes first vote to declare warehouse historic
On a vote of 7-2-2, City Council on Thursday approved on first reading a request for historic zoning for the property at 301 San Jacinto St. downtown. Council members Pio Renteria and Paige Ellis voted no and Greg Casar and…
Preservation • By Jo Clifton • Feb 4, 2022
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TipSheet: City Council 2.3.22
Given the prediction of some pretty wild weather, today’s City Council meeting may be canceled. However, since that decision won’t be made until 10 a.m. (and since this TipSheet was already written), here are our predictions for today’s Council meeting,…
TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Feb 3, 2022
A census, but for downtown parking
In a city obsessed with mobility issues, even parking can be a flashpoint that excites visceral debates about whether there is too much or not enough temporary vehicular storage. Soon, however, the Downtown Austin Alliance will temper parking passions with cold…
Austin • By Caleb Pritchard • May 11, 2016
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Austin's most comprehensive list of election parties
What’s an election without post-election parties? Looking forward to them is the only way we get through the long, exhausting election season. We have included as many post-election parties here as we could find, and we welcome information on any…
Elections • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 4, 2014
Wynns help keeps Cap Metro buses rolling
Mayor acts as go-between to help union and management negotiate contract Austin Mayor Will Wynn’s successful intervention late Sunday into the labor-management gridlock that threatened to cripple the region’s only mass transit system should come as no surprise those who…
Uncategorized • By • Jan 31, 2006
Protesters sue city over Klan rally
Several citizens and some independent media producers sued the City of Austin in federal court Monday, claiming the Austin Police Department’s security procedures for the Ku Klux Klan rally on Saturday violated their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech…
Uncategorized • By • Nov 8, 2005
Judge says quarry permit invalid
Effect of ruling on KDBJ may be clarified today A ruling by an Austin judge is being called a major victory by Northern Hays County residents in their battle to shut down a rock crushing plant operated by KDBJ Inc.…
Uncategorized • By • Sep 19, 2005
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