Inside of Knoxville

Bethie Lou’s Fabulous Gift Store Moves Around the Corner

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 24, 2025

Last March, when Beth MacDonald and her partners, after seven years of ownership, sold the building at 110 South Central Street, she faced a decision with her business. Bethie Lou’s Fabulous Gift Store, which had opened...

Ghost Walking Market Square

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 21, 2025

(Ed. Note: Today’s article is by guest writer Paul James of the Knoxville History Project. Expect more Knoxville history from Paul in the coming months.) There are ghost walks and then there is ghost walking. It...

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (1/19 – 1/28/2025)

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 19, 2025

If you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me via the “invite” button on the event page (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me), and it will be included. I need...

Knoxville Becomes Tennessee’s First Charging Smart City (Plus Big Ears News, Japanese New Year!)

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 17, 2025

As the country slowly and inexorably moves toward electric vehicles, the City of Knoxville continues to keep pace or better. Yesterday the announcement came that Knoxville is the first city to join Charging Smart. Their website...

A Farewell to Nikki Giovanni and a Word on Words

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 15, 2025

I’ve been unable to shake thoughts of the loss of poet, activist, and life-force Nikki Giovanni who left this world just over a month ago. While many other events from the past two or three months...

Pedestrian Bridge Project Gets $24.7 Million Federal Grant

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 14, 2025

This is the first article I’ve written about the pedestrian bridge project. It may seem an odd omission to readers, so I’ll start this one with a bit of editorializing to explain myself, and then we’ll...

Snow in Downtown Knoxville, January 2025

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 13, 2025

For the second year in a row we’ve gotten a significant snow in January. I’ll take it. In the early 1980s when I moved to Knoxville, multiple snows a year seemed normal. In recent years we’ve...

Jenny Boyd Carousel Theatre Magnolia Grove Daytime Rendering, Courtesy of Sanders Pace

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (1/12 – 1/21/2025)

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 12, 2025

If you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me via the “invite” button on the event page (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me), and it will be included. I need...

Two Closures and an Opening

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 8, 2025

As mentioned yesterday, the end of one year and the beginning of the next often ushers in change in the downtown business world. Closings are almost a given and, often, there are new businesses giving it...

Two Openings and a Closure

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 7, 2025

A couple truths: There are always closures and openings around the turn of each year. Also, I can’t keep up with them all. As the pace of everything associated with downtown has reached new speeds, I’m...

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Bethie Lou’s Fabulous Gift Store Moves Around the Corner

Ghost Walking Market Square

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (1/19 – 1/28/2025)

Knoxville Becomes Tennessee’s First Charging Smart City (Plus Big Ears News, Japanese New Year!)

A Farewell to Nikki Giovanni and a Word on Words

Pedestrian Bridge Project Gets $24.7 Million Federal Grant

Snow in Downtown Knoxville, January 2025

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (1/12 – 1/21/2025)

Two Closures and an Opening

Two Openings and a Closure

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