The Capitol-View Corridors Conundrum
Downtown Commission gearing up for battle as it begins process of assessing status of city's 35 Capitol-view corridors
"...The Downtown Commission is girding itself for a fight as it begins..."
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March 2, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves
Day Trips
"...County courthouses in Texas are some of the most beautiful and god-awful ugly..."
March 27, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
History vs. "Progress"
I-35 expansion opponents from Eastside neighborhoods plan to apply for national historic area designation and promise to fight TxDOT along the way to salvage historic structures in their neighborhood.
"...just about anything in their path -- and the Texas Dept. of Transportation earned a reputation for doing just..."
Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann
Day Trips
History Ahead: Stories Beyond the Texas Roadside Markers is part travel guide and part history book
"...History Ahead: Stories Beyond the Texas Roadside Markers by Dan K. Utley and Cynthia J...."
March 26, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Day Trips
With the addition of Monica's 701 Georgetown's culinary reputation keeps improving
"...the Chisholm Trail with a new brochure from the Texas Historical Commission, the 10th in a series of Heritage..."
April 30, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Arts Stalwarts
Twelve of Austin's cultural heroes will be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame at the 2003 Austin Critics Table Awards ceremony, and here is an introduction to them and some of their significant contributions to the local arts scene.
"...a UT professor, he established the master's program in historical preservation at the School of Architecture and for three..."
May 30, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Day Trips: Luther Hotel, Palacios
Historic Gulf Coast hotel is under threat of demolition
"...A hearing on a temporary restraining order delaying the..."
Feb. 3, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Funding TP&W: No Walk Through the Park
Texas' parks come one step closer to funding they need to reverse years of budgetary-shortfall-induced decay
"...Texas' parks last week came one step closer to seeing..."
May 11, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Day Trips
The exhibit of flags in Houston reminds us of what it took to come this far.
"...The Texas flags exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts in..."
Feb. 1, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Postscripts
Upcoming events in Austin's literary scene.
"...Partner: A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss... Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review has a new issue out; there will..."
Oct. 22, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith
Who Owns the Ancestors?
Excavations near Victoria promise a scientific gold mine, but possible objections from Native American leaders leave the project's fate uncertain.
"...to examine those discoveries -- pending resolution of complex historical and legal claims on the remains...."
Feb. 8, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Will He, Would He, Woodlawn?
Austin investor Jeff Sandefer plans to buy Woodlawn, the sprawling 22-room Pease Mansion in West Austin's Enfield neighborhood.
"...want to lop off. Present those plans to the Texas Historical Commission. Apply for city landmark status from the..."
Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann
Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup
Texas travel news and events for spring
"...Old is new. The Texas Historical Commission has begun transitioning Presidio La Bahía in..."
March 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup
Travel news a year into the pandemic
"...After that the gallery space will rotate among different commissioned artists every 30 days. This is the third art..."
March 5, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
Pedestrian Bridge: Separate and Equal
"...compelled him to design his own alternative to the Texas Dept. of Transportation's US290 freeway where it is slated..."
Oct. 11, 1996 News Feature
Downtown Mural Awaits a New Home
Rescue mission in works for Seymour Fogel mural filling wall on second story of former tax office
"...2005. But remaining inside is a unique piece of Texas art history that the state and federal governments are..."
Jan. 25, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Day Trips
"...of unbranded cattle wandered the uninhabited lands of South Texas. Returning veterans quickly recognized a business opportunity. Bovines purchased..."
Nov. 8, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Day Trips
A limestone hunk in Comfort, Texas -- a would-be monument to area immigrants -- has a decidedly uncomfortable history.
"...discovered the story of the German Freethinkers in Central Texas. Over the next couple of years he applied for..."
Aug. 25, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Postscripts
Events
"...The San Antonio Public Library Foundation's Copyright Texas Reading Series, which has highlighted "twenty celebrated novelists, poets,..."
March 5, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...Councilmember Willie Lewis has invited Teresa O'Connell, of the Texas Historical Commission, and Kirk Mitchell, president of the Save..."
July 18, 1997 News Feature
Day Trips: Nueces County Courthouse, Corpus Christi
Historic courthouse escapes wrecking ball for now
"...The county commissioners met in mid-March to consider the historic courthouse's fate...."
March 29, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Day Trips: 700 Springs, Junction
There's a lot of water spouts at Texas' 11th-largest spring
"...for not knowing about the 11th largest spring in Texas. Although it supplies the South Llano River, the spring..."
May 8, 2015 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Day Trips
'The Texas Post Office Murals: Art for the People' bridges the gap between coffeetable art book and travel guide
"...new book by a former staff member of the Texas Historical Commission has given the frozen faces of the..."
July 9, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Born to be Reviled
Interstate 35's worst stretch is also its most politically organized -- and that's a problem for TxDOT.
"...the Bat Cave. Instead, they're found in a squat Texas Dept. of Transportation office building, stacked with dozens of..."
Sept. 20, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann
No Green Acres
Crumbling Landmarks
"...Texas is known for its historical landmarks, yet many of..."
April 16, 1999 News Feature
Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup
It’s time for chili cook-offs, festivals, and all sorts of November fun
"...day of trying the full lineup of one of Texas’ premier craft breweries...."
Nov. 5, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
Rename Austin? Not Likely.
City name not going anywhere anytime soon
"...Davis Avenue for Will Holland, a former Travis County commissioner who was once a slave. The office partnered with..."
Aug. 3, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Of Family Heirlooms and Industrial Films
The Texas Archive of the Moving Image preserves the state's cinematic roads less traveled
"...The Texas Film Commission is turning 40 this week...."
May 27, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt
Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup
Enjoy fall foliage, festivals, and fairs
"...John Fairey taught in the School of Architecture at Texas A&M for 49 years before he passed away in..."
Oct. 1, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
Day Trips: Top 10s
A look back at 2019
"...Texas Travel News in 2019:..."
Dec. 20, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
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