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The Downtown Knoxville Week Ahead (9/7-9/13/2014)

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 7, 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...

Baptist Hospital Demolition and an Idea for South Waterfront Development

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 5, 2014

Recently a friend suggested I return to Baptist Hospital for some current photographs. Holes have been punched through the entire building, displaying just how narrow the building was from front to back. The City County Building...

A Cool Building and a Fascinating Downtown Pioneer

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 4, 2014

While kicking around on the street in the area between Old Grey Cemetery and Central for the story on Bar Marley’s, I noticed the building at 800 Tyson, bedecked with a banner proclaiming, “Shoreline University Fellowship.”...

NY Daily News and USA Today: Downtown Knoxville Rocks

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 3, 2014

It’s gotten to the point that it’s hard to keep up with the national and regional accolades our city receives these days. It’s pretty easy to focus on the things that we think could be better...

Jamaican Restaurant and Bar: Bar Marley Set to Open

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 2, 2014

How’s this for different, Knoxville? A Jamaican restaurant and bar with genuine Caribbean cuisine cooked on an outside grill and an honest reproduction of a bar one might find in the islands? Not possible for downtown?...

A Climbing Wall for Our New Garage (or an Old One?)

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 1, 2014

Here’s a fun idea discovered by guest writer Greg Manter on a trip he made this summer to Chattanooga. It’s always instructive to travel to other cities and to look closely through a Knoxville prism at...

The Downtown Knoxville Week Ahead (8/31 – 9/6/14)

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 31, 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...

Publix Opens at University Commons: Does Downtown Now Have a Grocery Store?

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 29, 2014

Publix opened with much fanfare, yesterday, at University Commons. It follows the opening last week of Walmart at the same location. More stores will open soon including a UT bookstore and Great Clips, as well as...

New Restaurant: Not Watson’s Opens on Market Square

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 27, 2014

A new restaurant opening on Market Square is always bound to stir a certain amount of interest. It’s clear all of us enjoy eating out and get excited to have a new choice. This restaurant, however,...

The Downtown Knoxville Week Ahead (9/7-9/13/2014)

Baptist Hospital Demolition and an Idea for South Waterfront Development

A Cool Building and a Fascinating Downtown Pioneer

NY Daily News and USA Today: Downtown Knoxville Rocks

Jamaican Restaurant and Bar: Bar Marley Set to Open

A Climbing Wall for Our New Garage (or an Old One?)

The Downtown Knoxville Week Ahead (8/31 – 9/6/14)

Publix Opens at University Commons: Does Downtown Now Have a Grocery Store?

Top Four Good News Stories from the City

New Restaurant: Not Watson’s Opens on Market Square

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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