Changes to Stuck Inside of Knoxville
I think the blog grows up a little bit this month. The first night I decided I was going to take the plunge I had little idea of what a blog was and I had no...
Urban Outfitters Pauses in Knoxville
Cool, but friendly Urban Outfitters, Knoxville, October 2011 It was an odd sight at the corner of Church and Gay earlier this week. A make-shift barricade segmented a portion of the parking lot which was thereby...
Alive After Five, Kaziques and Dancing into the Night Latino Style
Caziques performs at Alive After Five, Knoxville Museum of Art Alive After Five, Knoxville Museum of Art I recently enjoyed another round of Alive After Five at the Knoxville Museum of Art. Alive After Five actually...
Final City People Home Tour Post: Fire Street Lofts and Westmoreland Condos
Fire Street Lofts, Old City, Knoxville I’ll move on to other topics after today’s post, but I did want to mention the last two homes I visited on my downtown home tour. Both are in the...
City People Downtown Tour of Homes: Ryan’s Row and Sterchi Lofts
Ryan’s Row, W. Vine Avenue, Knoxville Ryan’s Row sits atop the bluff on the north end of the center city. Construction started in anticipation of the potential windfall of the World’s Fair in 1982. The developer...
City People Downtown Tour of Homes: Pembroke and Crown Court
Exquisite Modern Kitchen, Pembroke, Knoxville The Pembroke has housed residential units since 1990, making it one of the older residential developments downtown. Originally called the Sprankle Building, it had previously housed TVA in its heyday. Its...
City People Downtown Tour of Homes: Holston and Residences at Market Square
Kitchen in the Holston Building, 531 Gay Street, Knoxville This will be the first of several posts about this year’s City People Tour of Homes. I made it to almost all of the homes offered on this...
Jodie Manross, HuDost, Ten Cent Poetry and Brent Thompson in one night!
Jodie Manross, Preservation Pub, Knoxville I’ve gotten pretty addicted to the Speakeasy at the Preservation Pub. Unlike the smoke-easy downstairs there is no, well, smoke. What you will find is a place to actually sit and...
Recycling Infiltrates the City (and a couple of other notes)
This month brought another significant development to the downtown Knoxville Area when single-stream recycling service was spread around downtown. Unlike our more suburban neighbors, the idea in the city isn’t to have each household enjoy a...
October Business Update, Part 2
It is amazing how quickly things continue to change downtown. In this post I’ll mention some changes that have happened and others that are underway. These have been mentioned in other places (particularly Josh Flory’s excellent...