Reporting from the Suburbs
I met Joe Bruner at a recent class I taught about blogging. It turns out he already had a fine blog, writing mostly about his travels, called Easin’ Along. I’d encourage you to check it...
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Downtown Knoxville’s Top Ten Articles of 2016
So, let’s take a final look at 2016 and the stories about downtown Knoxville that most captivated the readers of this website. Through the course of the year there were just under 850,000 total views, but...
Top Articles from 2016: #11 – #25 (Plus Random Year-End Blog Stats)
It’s the time of year when I get to really let my inner statistics geek take over – and I get to thank you for being a reader and helping the continued success of the blog....
Porcelain and Glass: Toilets and Garbage
Unlikely topics for an article, perhaps, but each have a current application to what’s happening in the city, though one will likely be welcomed by downtown visitors and the other will not likely be welcomed by...
Downtown Knoxville Christmas Decorations 2016
In recent years, downtown merchants have joined in a window decorating contest. It’s been all in good fun and the upshot was that downtown storefronts became increasingly attractive, which was the point. I remember when it...
Charles Ervin, Long Term Old City Personality, Dies
While others around downtown have known him much longer and better than me, I met him last spring as I photographed the proposed site for a community garden. Reclined on an old fire escape on the...
National Election Protests Spread to Knoxville
There’s a lot of raw emotion around the country. It’s a perhaps toxic mix of anger, betrayal, ecstasy, triumph, righteous indignation and confusion. Just less than half the country feels a major point has been made...
It’s Election Day: Vote – and then Breathe
It’s election day and people from downtown Knoxville to every spot across our country will go to the polls to cast their votes for president and for a number of other important offices. We’ll also decide...
Signs of Winter, Holidays and the Season to Come
Yesterday, as I pulled on my parka, buttoned up, pulled on the hood and stepped outside, the freezing temperatures stung me like a hard accusation. As my breath curled and furled around me, freezing to my...
Broadway, We’ve Got Problems
I stretched a little out of my normal coverage zone to attend the meeting to discuss the recommendations of Broadway Corridor Task Force meeting at St. James Episcopal Church on Broadway. I normally cover Broadway up...