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McClung Warehouse Site Redevelopment In Focus, Again

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 17, 2023

A desire to redevelop the McClung Warehouses on Jackson Avenue and then, once they burned, to redevelop the site goes back well over a decade. The first portion of the building burned in 2007, with a...

Talking Baseball and History

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 18, 2021

There are a number of ways to approach the conversation surrounding the concept of returning minor league baseball to Knoxville. While much of the focus has been on economics, including whether or not public dollars should...

Injustice in Knoxville: Remembering the Riot of 1919

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 30, 2019

Guest post by Paul F. Brown, a freelance writer in Knoxville, and the author of Rufus: James Agee in Tennessee. He may be contacted through his website: www.paulfbrown.com Today marks the anniversary of a notorious day...

Knoxville + Great Books = Great Gifts

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 21, 2018

Here’s your last weekend before Christmas guide for your literate friends and family members. Why not give them something to think about, something to learn from or simple, Knoxville-based informational or photographic pleasure. We love our...

Cormac McCarthy, A German Band and a Freshly Painted Wall

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 8, 2018

Many of us love both books and Knoxville. When the two merge in the form of Knoxville writers or writing about Knoxville, it’s a pretty heady intersection for someone like myself. Knoxville has lots of literary...

Cal Johnson Building to be Restored

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 27, 2018

It’s been a long journey for this building which was built by former slave and Knoxville’s first black millionaire, Cal Johnson. Listed in recent years as one of the most endangered, its future has been the...

The Corner Lounge is Returning to Its Original Location!

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 21, 2018

When Steve Brandon and John Harbison talk about their plans to bring back the Corner Lounge in its original home at 842 North Central, the excitement comes through in everything they say. Steve said, “The idea...

Sapphire Lays Claim to Its Story at 428 South Gay Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 12, 2017

Located at historic 428 South Gay Street, Sapphire has been a downtown cocktail destination since 2005. A dozen years in is long enough for a business to reevaluate itself, take stock of strengths and look toward...

Gallows Hill, The Carpenter’s Union Building, Jack Neely and More

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 18, 2017

Sometimes a word or a phrase just stands on its own to incite or to evoke a reaction or a mood without further assistance. Gallows Hill. The reader immediately knows what happened there. The Knoxville reader...

Downtown Art Wraps by the Knoxville History Project Appear Around the City

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 14, 2017

This past summer as the Urban Clan drove around the wild west, we stopped over in Missoula, Montana. I snapped a photo though the car window as I drove (don’t do this at home, children) of...

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McClung Warehouse Site Redevelopment In Focus, Again

Talking Baseball and History

Injustice in Knoxville: Remembering the Riot of 1919

Cormac McCarthy, A German Band and a Freshly Painted Wall

Cal Johnson Building to be Restored

The Corner Lounge is Returning to Its Original Location!

Sapphire Lays Claim to Its Story at 428 South Gay Street

Gallows Hill, The Carpenter’s Union Building, Jack Neely and More

Downtown Art Wraps by the Knoxville History Project Appear Around the City

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