It’s July 4th: What Are We Doing?
I thought with the weekend officially starting a day early, we might want to look at a few of the bigger events happening downtown this weekend. I’ve run across a few that didn’t get included on...
Yassin’s Falafel House: Go. There. Now.
I’d contacted Yassin Terou weeks ago when I heard about his Falafel restaurant opening at 706 Walnut. Those of you who read this blog know there would be at least a couple of reasons for me...
Scott Miller Highlights Final Tennessee Shines for the Season
It’s one of the best musical series going in a city that has many excellent musical series ranging from daily to weekly, monthly and annually. Tennessee Shines in its first incarnation offered a monthly show in...
The Downtown Knoxville Week Ahead (6/29 – 7/5/14)
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...
Greenlee’s Bike Shop: Knoxville’s Oldest
Just across the street from Kickstand, at 1402 North Broadway on the corner of East Glenwood and Broadway, sits one of the oldest bike shops in the country and certainly the oldest in continuous operation in...
Kickstand: Dishing out Bikes and Hope
I first mentioned Kickstand a couple of weeks ago when I encountered Paul Laudeman and Kickstart volunteers at the Parkridge block party. Paul has been with the program from its formal beginning and heads it up...
A New Vehicle for My New Full Time Job
As I make the transition to full-time writer for Inside of Knoxville, our family is making a number of changes. One of the biggest is in the area of transportation. With the exception of a...
The Downtown Knoxville Week Ahead (6/22 – 6/28/2014)
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...
A Look into Some Jackson Avenue Properties (Thanks to the East Tennessee Community Design Center)
The numbers were laid out for the guests at the East Tennessee Community Design Center Celebration: In existence 44 years, they service 16 counties. Over 100,000 children are served by the organizations receiving their services and their...
Asheville Through a Knoxville Lens
Here’s what this is not: a comparison between Asheville and Knoxville. I haven’t attempted a comparison between two cities in about three years and recently I was told by someone who remembered the last one that...