Little Changes Downtown
Here are a few of the changes I noticed this weekend as I walked about. “Scurried” might be a better word as the cool temperatures and rain persisted. While the arrival of the sculptures for the...
Broadband Internet for Downtown? A Knoxville Entrepreneur Center? What?
Small pieces of information about something really big are beginning to accumulate. Last fall an article appeared in the News Sentinel regarding a possible Entrepreneur Center on Market Square. If it came to fruition, it would...
Below the Surface: It’s the Inside that Counts
I saw this photograph on Facebook this weekend, thanks to Mary Beth Tugwell via Charlotte Tolley and Kim Trent, and felt I should post it as a follow-up to Friday’s article. It’s hard to imagine (at...
Industrial Belting and Supply Building
About a year-and-a-half ago I wrote about the possibility of a development corridor along Depot Avenue. There are a number of reasons to think this street and this area of downtown may experience a boom in...
Non-Credit Classes at the Downtown UT Conference Center
Here’s an asset of downtown that I never considered before. I always think of UT as being more-or-less downtown since I can walk there from my home. I’ve walked over to basketball and football games as...
Peanut Shop of Knoxville Set to Open Next Week
Julie Mullins, the manager and John Nolan, assistant manager of the new Peanut Shop at 23 Market Square graciously allowed me to take a few photographs while they talked about the new business. I found them...
Three Projects Want Your Money – What Do You Want to Fund?
Here we go, again. Just a month after two projects asked for a total of $825,000 from an organization that receives roughly $500,000 a year, and $460,000 was granted, we have more requests far outstripping their...
Black Lillies CD Release Party at the Tennessee Theatre
Knoxville continues to enjoy lovely spring weather: rain, wind, clouds, warm then cold temperatures and sporadic snow. It’s the kind of spring that makes you want to stay inside where it’s warm, which is what a...
Sapphire on Gay Street
I’ve probably mentioned Sapphire before, but I’ve never really focused on it that I recall. I know I’ve taken photographs there, though I may not have identified the place in the background. One of my first...
Oakwood Elementary becomes Oakwood Senior Living
I recently attended a Knox Heritage members only tour of the former Oakwood Elementary School, built in 1914, and soon to be Oakwood Senior Living. It’s a little strange walking into a building that...