Inside of Knoxville

Bernadette’s Crystal Gardens Dazzles at Every Turn

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 26, 2021

Scott West’s telling of the saga of Bernadette’s Crystal Gardens is a telling of intentions, some of them very good, which all went awry in different directions. It started with his pronouncement, in the original June...

A Market Square Business Closes: A Look At the Empty Spaces on the Square

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 20, 2019

Market Square has long been seen as the epicenter of downtown Knoxville’s redevelopment and resurgence. The idea has emerged that Market Square is the core from which other development emanates. Still, it hasn’t been that many...

Business Updates and Changes, Plus New Unofficial and Slightly Twisted Walking Tours

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 5, 2018

Downtown in this era is a constant re-working of a giant jigsaw puzzle of shifting shapes. At the vortex of much of that change has been the West family and their various enterprises. Their businesses on...

Building Purchased on Market Square: New Business Announced

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 11, 2017

When Rita’s Ice closed after nine years at 26 Market Square, the location seemed unlikely to remain empty for long. But there were questions: Given the increasing price of rent on Market Square would a chain...

A Market Square Business and a Union Avenue Business Close

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 26, 2017

It’s a truth that may be hard to keep in focus in these heady times in downtown Knoxville, but businesses don’t always make it and the ones that are successful for a period of time don’t...

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Bernadette’s Crystal Gardens Dazzles at Every Turn

A Market Square Business Closes: A Look At the Empty Spaces on the Square

Business Updates and Changes, Plus New Unofficial and Slightly Twisted Walking Tours

Building Purchased on Market Square: New Business Announced

A Market Square Business and a Union Avenue Business Close

Look What’s Returning! (More Than You Might Realize)

Whist Court Getting a Modern Makeover Adding to Development on Magnolia

One Downtown Business Closes and Another is Sold

Mood Ring Vintage Opens Today at 906 Sevier Avenue

Fly By Night Bringing the 70s to South Knoxville

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