Inside of Knoxville

Central Bottle Opens Today in Happy Holler

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 15, 2024

Like so many business openings or development projects, this one has taken longer than hoped, but D.L. Bergmeier, general manager and co-owner of the new Central Bottle, is happy to finally swing the doors open today...

I Took a Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the Andrew Johnson Building – You Can Do the Same

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 14, 2024

The Friends of the Library and Oliver Hospitality are hosting a behind-the-scenes sneak peek event at the Andrew Johnson Hotel before renovations begin. Meet Me at the AJ is set for 5:00 – 9:00 on Friday, November 15. Tickets...

Reimagining the Downtown Connection to the Interstates and Reclaiming Human Space

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 13, 2024

When originally imagined, the Interstate system was intended to connect cities. And it did. Small towns that once enjoyed passersby slowly began to die. Cities that had thriving centers were cut in half, with large swaths...

Southern Skies Festival Announces Headliner; Big Ears Adds to Lineup

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 12, 2024

Charley Crockett to Headline 2025 Southern Skies Music & Whiskey Festival The fourth annual Rendition of the Southern Skies Music and Whiskey Festival is set for Saturday, May 10th, with headliner Charlie Crockett. The festival, held...

Knoxville Honors Veterans in the 2024 Veterans Day Parade

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 12, 2024

The 2024 Veterans Day Parade made its way down Gay Street, yesterday. Stepping off at 10:40 in order to arrive at the grand stand by 11:00 am. The 11:00 am marker remains important as the day...

Pier 865: New Art Emerges

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 11, 2024

I’ll confess that my expectations for the new sculpture at the intersection of Gay Street and Summit Hill Avenue remained low up to the moment it began to emerge on the large platform where it will...

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (11/10 – 11/19/2024)

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 10, 2024

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...

Kincannon Administration Puts Forth Parking Proposal

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 8, 2024

The latest round of parking conversation ensued yesterday, as Mayor Kincannon presented her proposal for changes to be made to downtown parking. The proposal is the outgrowth of the study commissioned by the city which I...

Carpenter’s Union Building Demolished, City Summit Moves Forward

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 6, 2024

Atop a hill bounded by Vine, Locust, and Cafego Place, overlooking the city, the former Carpenter’s Union Building has been demolished. Construction of City Summit will soon begin on the site, ultimately producing more homes downtown....

Public Space is Public Space: We Decide What Happens There

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 5, 2024

It’s easy to think of public spaces as immutable; set in their current uses forever. It simply isn’t so. Market Square is pedestrian space, right? But it used to serve automobile and wagon traffic around the...

Housing Affordability and Historic Preservation, Related?

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 4, 2024

It is generally accepted that America (and Knoxville) has a housing shortage and, particularly, a shortage of affordable housing. At the recent Preservation Conference hosted by Knox Heritage, keynote speaker Katlyn Cotton, Associate Principal at PlaceEconomics,...

Central Bottle Opens Today in Happy Holler

I Took a Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the Andrew Johnson Building – You Can Do the Same

Reimagining the Downtown Connection to the Interstates and Reclaiming Human Space

Southern Skies Festival Announces Headliner; Big Ears Adds to Lineup

Knoxville Honors Veterans in the 2024 Veterans Day Parade

Pier 865: New Art Emerges

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (11/10 – 11/19/2024)

Kincannon Administration Puts Forth Parking Proposal

Carpenter’s Union Building Demolished, City Summit Moves Forward

Public Space is Public Space: We Decide What Happens There

Housing Affordability and Historic Preservation, Related?

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (11/3 – 11/12/2024)

A Haunting Tour of Old Gray Cemetery – and of Knoxville History

Vintage Cal, 167 New Downtown Homes, Announces Groundbreaking Plans

10-Day Downtown-ish Planner: Nov. 15-24

Your Field Guide to FILM FEST KNOX 2026

Ghost Walking the 200 Block of Gay Street, Part 2: Sweeping Changes in the 1970s

And the 2026 Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid Awards Go To …

Among the Trees of Old Gray Cemetery with W. Jim Cortese