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The Downtown Knoxville Week Ahead (10/12-10/18/2014)

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 12, 2014

If you see an event I’ve missed and you’d like to plug, please comment below or e-mail me (knoxvilleurbanguy@gmail.com) and I’ll try to add it. The list may, accordingly, be expanded through the week. Staying true...

Knoxville Fire Department Memorial Service

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 10, 2014

You know that moment when you are sitting in your house and you hear bagpipes outside your window and you realize it’s time for that service you planned to attend? Not so much? Well, that’s what...

Urban Churchill Ghosts

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 9, 2014

The title is a mash-up because the day was a mash-up. It’s the kind of juxtaposition that enriches an urban environment and sometimes leads me to connections I wouldn’t otherwise make. Days like this past Tuesday...

How Could We Change James White Parkway?

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 8, 2014

In this installment of his series on how to transform downtown Knoxville, Just John examines James White Parkway, which he affectionately calls our “highway valley.” It addresses, at least indirectly one of the sites targeted by...

Bar Marley! Bar Marley. Bar Marley? Bar Marley . . .

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 7, 2014

It’s been a long and winding road for Bar Marley. And they haven’t even opened. It’s become an interesting guessing game on the part of many observers. It seems certain, then it seems certainly not. I’ll...

Major Downtown Project Updates (Plus Bonuses)

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 6, 2014

I’ve mentioned them before, but progress is being made on the first two projects to convert parking spaces to buildings (in one case a former building along with the surface parking). One is a bit more...

The Downtown Knoxville Week Ahead (10/5-10/11/2014)

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 5, 2014

If you see an event I’ve missed and you’d like to plug, please comment below or e-mail me (knoxvilleurbanguy@gmail.com) and I’ll try to add it. The list may, accordingly, be expanded through the week. Staying true...

New Business: James Freeman Interiors and Gifts Opens Today

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 3, 2014

The businesses just keep popping up on the 100 block of Gay Street and it’s a welcome development. In recent weeks I’ve written about the opening of Bootleg Betty, my belated discovery of The Village Marketing Group and...

The Urban Land Institute is Coming! What Does That Mean to You?

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 2, 2014

Last spring I heard rumblings that the Urban Land Institute would visit Knoxville. I didn’t really know what that meant and didn’t tune in until the summer when I realized the outside group would look at...

What to Do with the World’s Fair Park?

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 1, 2014

Back for another round, Just John takes a look at the World’s Fair Park. It has elicited quite a bit of conversation in recent months and one such exchange followed his piece about making Henley Street...

The Downtown Knoxville Week Ahead (10/12-10/18/2014)

Knoxville Fire Department Memorial Service

Urban Churchill Ghosts

How Could We Change James White Parkway?

Bar Marley! Bar Marley. Bar Marley? Bar Marley . . .

Major Downtown Project Updates (Plus Bonuses)

The Downtown Knoxville Week Ahead (10/5-10/11/2014)

New Business: James Freeman Interiors and Gifts Opens Today

The Urban Land Institute is Coming! What Does That Mean to You?

What to Do with the World’s Fair Park?

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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