Commentary on Commentary for a New Year
This is likely to be very similar to an article I wrote just a bit over four years ago. The issues then and now are very similar. That said, we’ve drifted into similar behaviors either because...
Downtown Knoxville Top Ten Articles for 2021
What a difference a year makes! Even though we continue to deal with an ongoing pandemic, in some respects, thanks to more information and vaccines, we got better at navigating it. A quick look at last...
Downtown Knoxville 2021 Year in Review
Another year is almost in the books and, as always, it seems to have flown by in blur. We started the year undergoing a massive surge in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, only to have that...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (12/26-1/4/2021)
The rules are the same – if you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me) and it will be included. I need enough lead...
Downtown Christmas Eve Services 2021
For years I’ve posted Downtown Christmas Eve services. I would have told you I hadn’t missed a year, until I looked for last year’s version and realized I’d skipped last year, likely because in-person services were...
5th Avenue Plaza Nearing Completion: Units Preleasing
It’s been over nine months since my last update on 5th Avenue Plaza, a development on the 100 block of East Fifth Avenue that has grown into a three building project. Great progress has been made...
Downtown Holiday Windows (And More) Part Two
Today we’ll take a look mostly at Market Square and downtown in the direction of the Old City. Along the way I took a few random photos that presented themselves, such as the photo of the...
Downtown Holiday Windows and More (Part One)
Here’s a look at some of the holiday windows along Gay Street and Union Avenue. I’ll have another group tomorrow. Along with the windows are some streets, buildings and people (and sometimes dogs) that caught my...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (12/19-12/28/2021)
The rules are the same – if you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me) and it will be included. I need enough lead...
Knox Selfie Lab is Open at 906 Sevier Avenue
Heather Berthiaume has opened Knox Selfie Lab at 906 Sevier Avenue. The new business is next to Red Bud Kitchen and to the front and below Hi Wire Brewing. The location offers a range of booths...