A Tale of Country Music Park and Two 200 Blocks
Last week a public meeting was held on the future of the sliver of city park at Summit and Gay. It’s generally talked about in terms of the missing 200 block of Gay Street. There were...
Getting Around the City: New Plans for Downtown
Like many concepts in any kind of bureaucracy, the name of this project is probably more complicated than it needs to be, but the “Downtown Circulation and Mobility Plan” is really just about finding the best...
The Downtown Knoxville Week Ahead (August 24 – August 30, 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...
Mixing It Up in the City: Base Ball and Tattoos
One of my favorite elements of urban life is the odd juxtapositions often visible on the streets. Last Saturday offered one of my favorite mash-ups. On one side of the World’s Fair Park, as a part...
Empire Deli Opens Just Off Gay Street
It’s easy to give the address of downtown Knoxville’s latest food addition: Empire Deli is located at 625 S. Gay Street, #140. The task of explaining where it is – particularly to people unfamiliar with downtown...
Summit Hill Avenue, Country Music Park, and Marble Alley
Here’s a new installment by guest writer Just John, a local amateur urban development enthusiast, who is neither an architect, engineer or developer himself and neither owns nor plans to own properties downtown for redevelopment. He...
Inside the Mechanics’ Bank and Trust Building
I’d never been inside the Mechanics’ Bank and Trust Building before last Saturday and I’d wondered about it. Sitting at 602 S. Gay Street, it’s easily one of the most striking buildings on a street that...
East Tennessee History Fair, 2014
It’s always a fun event and includes so many events that it’s impossible to do them all. I worked pretty hard most of the day and didn’t make it to several major events that I really...
The Downtown Knoxville Week Ahead (8/17-8/23/2014)
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...
Congratulations Happy Holler
As the Knoxville News Sentinel reported yesterday, Happy Holler has been named to the historic registry. Apparently, the Metropolitan Planning Commission nominated the district and the designation is awarded to cultural resources or areas which merit...