So after reading a long set of complaints on the hydeparkaustin yahoo group (*) about the city not adequately enforcing code regarding to unrelated occupants in 'McMansions' in Hyde Park, I posted the following to their group, which was bland enough to make it through the moderator gauntlet:
I would suggest that if you want to be taken more seriously on this issue that you show the city where you WILL accept more housing units - such as...
My new blog
Urban Returns. I started Austin Contrarian to write about Austin land-use issues. Land-use fights are bloodsport in this town; I enjoy writing about them and will continue to do so. But...
House at Hyde Park Theatre
Hugh Laurie’s House has nothing on Ken Webster’s twisted crackpot. Ken Webster—with a total of 21 Austin Critics Table and 46 B. Iden Payne awards, and acclaim from both audiences and...
My disingenuous sense is tingling
Allow me to present the SNAustin.org mayoral forum, with these humdingers: 1. This video shows you successful VMU projects and how nice their open spaces are and then says we need rules to...
Fixing Mueller's Town Center
There is a lot to like about Mueller. The streets are laid out in a grid with short, walkable blocks. Homes address the street. Garages are relegated to rear alleys. Row houses frame...
Second anniversary
Today is the second anniversary of my first post. For the curious, my most-viewed and most-linked entries were the weighted density stuff, thanks to links from Matthew Yglesias, the New...
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