One of the oldest restaurants downtown, Arby’s abruptly announced its closing, December 2010 After featuring some changes happening in the Old City yesterday, it seems only right to follow up a bit with what’s happening up...

While the city has been consumed by Christmas since before Halloween, businesses have been sprucing up, moving, closing and quietly preparing to open. New Nama Sign on Truck on Gay Street Nama sign being unloaded at new...

Jay, Robinella, Van, Sarah and Griffin, Latitude 35, Knoxville, December 2010 In the middle of the Christmas hubbub a small concert was held downstairs at Latitude 35. Hopefully it will be the beginning of a new...

“I’ve seen the bridge and the bridge is longAnd they built it high and they built it strongStrong enough to hold the weight of timeLong enough to leave some of us behind.” “The Bridge” Lyrics by...

As I mentioned, my choice to bring in the New Year was to attend the Dirty Guv’nah’s concert at the Bijou. I’m sure there were other great places to be in Knoxville, but this one proved...

It’s time to say goodbye to the year ending and hello to a new one. I hope you are saying goodbye to a good year. If not, at least there is the looming new year full...

Strollstice Group holds candles and sings, Market Square, Knoxville Recently I donned my coat and hat ready for an evening of pictures on the street. It was the night of the Tour de Lights and the...

Still Moving, Market Street, Knoxville, December 2010 I usually have a few random images that haven’t found a home. I keep running into this truck around town. It is marvelous that is still able to move about...

One of the little secrets about downtown to the people who aren’t involved is that there is a lot of action in the streets around midnight on Christmas Eve. Just after midnight is when a number...

So Christmas has come and gone, once again. What is it like to experience Christmas in the city? Of course, like anywhere, that depends on the person you ask. For everyone downtown, it’s pretty quiet. The...