A Tale of Two Movies
I saw a couple of movies this past week. There are a couple of things which are very strange about this fact. One is that I very, very rarely go out to a movie. I find...
Archaeological Open House in the Center of the City
As promised a while back when I first wrote about the dig happening at the corner of Locust and Summer Place, TVA officially offered an open house this past Saturday. It was an opportunity...
The Downtown Week Ahead (July 14 – 20, 2013)
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...
Friday Free-For-All
Today I’m going with some images that never quite rose to the level of needing their own blog, but which I wanted to work in at some point. I’ll start with Sam (Samantha) Hatmaker who you...
New Downtown Business: Green Ash Design
I continue to be impressed with the creative people I meet in downtown Knoxville as a result of this blog. I recently learned that a new business opened on the 100 block of Gay Street and...
A Different Kind of Parking Issue
We’ve talked about parking from every possible angle, right? We’ve covered the damage surface parking lots do to the city. We’ve talked about expansion of parking garages, the construction of parking garages and, recently, the possible...
More First Friday with a Little Bit of Saturday
After leaving Preservation Pub last Friday night I walked to Sapphire. Sapphire almost always has an interesting artist of one variety or another just inside the window to the left. It’s sort of like an...
July Fourth and a Little First Friday
I hope you guys had a great July 4th weekend. I realize we all either have opened up our inner duck or have begun construction of boats of Biblical proportions, but the weekend downtown turned out...
The Downtown Week Ahead (July 7 – July 13, 2013)
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...
Hot Bagel Company Has Opened in Downtown Knoxville!
I first wrote about the pending advent of this great business just over a month ago. You might want to look back at that post, if you missed it, to learn more about the little jewel...