Two Openings and a Closure
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...
Pryor Brown Garage Finally Reaches the End
After years of neglect, conversation and argument, pleas and hopeful moments, along with darker turns, the Pryor Brown Garage will finally be demolished. The press release at the end of last week from the city, short,...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (1/5 – 1/14/2025)
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New Exhibition, “Nouveau” Opens Tonight at Lilienthal Gallery
The latest exhibition presented by Lilienthal Gallery, “Nouveau,” makes its debut tonight. It’s definitely a “go big” kind of exhibition, with six different artists presenting large pieces, making large statements. Included are returning artists Yigal Ozeri...
Long Awaited Rail to Trail Project to Begin
Anticipated for years, but never seeming to pick up steam, a significant transformation for south Knoxville has passed another hurdle. Gulf and Ohio Railways began the official process that would open the door for the project...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (12/29/2024 – 1/7/2025)
December 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....
Top Ten Downtown Knoxville Articles for 2024
With over three hundred articles coming and going on the website each year, it is easy to miss a few each year. These ten might have been hard to miss as they were the most read...
Downtown Knoxville Year in Review: 2024
Let’s take a minute before we look ahead into next year and consider the year that was. January gave us a powerful winter storm and several major stories. Downtown business and development news hardly slowed over...
Downtown Knoxville Christmas Eve Services 2024
Welcome to this year’s edition of downtown Christmas...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (12/22 – 12/31/2024)
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