Kevin introduces John Stancil, Knoxville, May 2011 I recently reported on the City Council Workshop regarding the Henley Street issue. There was one person who spoke in favor of at least thinking large while we have...

Well this week gave us a first. No one guessed the correct answer to Urban Mystery Picture #6. It was a particularly interesting brick design on the side of a building and there are so many of...

Jackson Avenue Market, Knoxville, May 2011 There have been at least two significant openings on Jackson Avenue in the last few weeks. Continuing east from yesterday’s blog, down the brick-surfaced street beside the Emporium and Fire...

I recently ambled around Jackson Avenue and became quite impressed with what’s happening there. I remember a year or so ago when the talk turned to which street downtown would become a primary east/west corridor. Jackson Avenue was...

There is so much happening in the business world downtown, I could probably just report on that every day, but of course while that might thrill some of my readers, it would definitely bore others, so I try...

Sundown in the City Crowd: Better Than Ezra, Knoxville, May 2011 Just imagine in a two hour period of time having your head repeatedly come within inches of being bashed by a hormone and other chemically...

Farmer’s Market, Knoxville, May 2011 I think it is safe to say that one of the things most missed by downtown residents this winter was the Farmer’s Market. Once you cross over and eat fresh vegetables delivered...

The barely-there view of City Council from the small meeting room.  As I indicated last week, at the request of George Scott and the Central Business Improvement District (CBID) the City Council held a workshop...

Perhaps the effort to be a tad more difficult paid off to some small degree: last week’s winner took forty minutes and this week’s winner took over twenty-four hours. Interestingly, there is a small asterisk to...

For those of you who tuned in to read my Friday post, I’m sorry. I was unable to post because Blogger has been down since yesterday afternoon. It returned to service after noon, today. For new...