What is a great place? The answer is likely in the eye of the individual beholder to some degree, but there are places so loved by large groups of people that we might find some agreement....
It’s been sometime since a major business on Gay Street closed its doors. Restaurants, in particular seem to be bustling with waits often the norm. For Urban Woman and me, this one stings a bit as...
If you’ve slowed down a bit to consider the various buildings lining Gay Street, you’ve no doubt noticed 612 South Gay. The inscription on the front gives its name: The Mechanics Bank and Trust Building. Even...
It’s been nearly three months since the announcement that the Conley Building at 505 – 507 Gay Street would become an Embassy Suites. The long under-utilized building sits at arguably the most prominent intersection in the...
It was a cool, but comfortable, sunny day on Gay Street last Friday for the 92nd annual Veterans Day Parade. By parade time the crowds lined both sides of the street for blocks, several people deep...
Liv Halcomb, owner of Culture Hair Studio has deep downtown roots for a person so young. Born in Knoxville and raised in Karns, she spent a large part of her childhood in the Old City because...
The 400 block of Gay Street is probably the most active block in downtown Knoxville that isn’t called Market Square. If you asked downtown visitors to name the businesses they frequent off Market Square, many would...
As downtown grows, finds its groove and generally learns how to be a modern city, it’s fun to focus on the big things: New construction, major buildings brought back to life and a booming downtown population....
For starters, the weather was just about perfect for the thousands gathered for the 2016 Knoxville Christmas parade. Temperatures were cool enough to feel seasonal, but not bone-shattering cold and there was no rain, though who...
I’m told that Knoxville doesn’t have the biggest Veterans Day Parade in the country. If true, that would come as quite a surprise to the people who gathered on Gay Street last Friday. The very large,...