Inside of Knoxville

Inside the JC Penney Building Restoration and Renovation

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 18, 2015

In what might be the highest profile re-development project in the history of the city, a team of developers joined to essentially re-build the JC Penney Building. Tim Hill of Hatcher-Hill Properties, who is working on...

Sweet P’s Downtown Restaurant Set to Open Next Week

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 17, 2015

If I’ve been asked once, I’ve been asked twenty times, “When will Sweet P’s open?” or “Is Sweet P’s still planning to open?” I didn’t know any more than any of the rest of you until...

Raising a Glass to George Barber and Restoring His Final Home

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 16, 2015

One hundred years ago last month, George and Laura Barber died within nine days of each other while living in a small home in Parkridge. A snow-delayed dinner party was held in that home last week...

The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (3/15 – 3/24/2015)

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 15, 2015

If you want to be certain to be included on this calendar, I’ll need your event two weeks in advance. The absolute best way to make sure I include your event is to make a FB...

New Website, New Paper, Interesting Facts and a Couple of Announcements

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 12, 2015

How’s that for a hodgepodge of topics in a title? Several interesting events and new resources are emerging while others are sorting out as they must. It’s never dull around this place. First, the new...

Knoxville Pubs and Other General Goodness From an Outside Perspective

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 11, 2015

A few more of those rankings by outsiders have been circulating and I always think they are interesting. One of these is even more so because they purport to rank pubs across the whole state, not...

Pieces of our Heritage: Bijou Jubilee 2015 and Tennessee Shines

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 10, 2015

This Saturday night at the Bijou Theatre Scott Miller and the Commonwealth will take the stage for the annual Jubilee. It’s an annual celebration of the building once slated for demolition, the salvation of which ultimately...

Mardi Growl 2015

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 9, 2015

This is one of those articles in which the words aren’t nearly as important as the photographs and the photographs demand a massive amount of time, so I won’t clutter this post with words. I walked...

The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (3/8-3/17/2015)

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 8, 2015

If you want to be certain to be included on this calendar, I’ll need your event two weeks in advance. The absolute best way to make sure I include your event is to make a FB...

A Simple and Realistic Plan for Downtown Knoxville

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 6, 2015

As I noted in a recent article, the Urban Land Institute has released its final report. The full report may be viewed here. My article drew quite a few comments (32) and extensive interest. The conversation...

Inside the JC Penney Building Restoration and Renovation

Sweet P’s Downtown Restaurant Set to Open Next Week

Raising a Glass to George Barber and Restoring His Final Home

The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (3/15 – 3/24/2015)

New Website, New Paper, Interesting Facts and a Couple of Announcements

Knoxville Pubs and Other General Goodness From an Outside Perspective

Pieces of our Heritage: Bijou Jubilee 2015 and Tennessee Shines

Mardi Growl 2015

The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (3/8-3/17/2015)

A Simple and Realistic Plan for Downtown Knoxville

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Announcing Kern’s Bakery Vendors!

Lilienthal Gallery Celebrates Spring Exhibition with Splashes of Color and a Great Vibe

Progress: Kern’s Bakery Experience is Full Steam Ahead

A Weekend in the City