Cumberland Caverns, Tennessee, October 2010 This isn’t exactly about downtown, but there is a tie-in, so I’m going to give myself a little liberty on this one. I heard some music this past weekend that...

Kelle Jolly sings the blues, Market Square, Knoxville, October 2010 Emily Mathis Plays while Kelle Jolly I realize First Friday’s have gotten bigger just by the number of blog posts it takes to cover the topic....

 Balloons Mark the Entrance to the 100 Block of Gay Street, Knoxville, October 2010 First Friday featured celebrations all over downtown. One of the biggest was on the 100 block of Gay Street which has...

Here are a few images I liked that didn’t really have a full story. I can’t get enough of Krutch Park and when you throw in two foot tall chess pieces, what more could you want? Jerry ponders...

. . . But you may need a scorecard to know which stores have opened in downtown Knoxville and which ones have closed. There have been many closings, openings, rumors and false starts and now comes...

If there is one constant downtown, it’s the flux. Businesses come, businesses go, businesses get proposed and forgotten. Here are updates on a few that I’ve spotted: New windows, 37 Market Square, Knoxville, September 2010 Framing...

When I wrote a post a few days ago detailing why we do not need a downtown grocery store, I intended it to be the first part of a two part series giving both sides of the...

Many of us have waited, sometimes patiently, sometimes not so much, for the Daylight Building to finally assume a semblance of the vision dictated by David Dewhurst. I’ve been walking past it for a year, crossing to...

The Dirty Guv’nahs, Bijou, Knoxville, Tennessee, September 24, 2010  I’ll admit upfront that I’m a groupie. If I was a newspaper writer I would have to confess my conflict of interest and disclose that this...

“It takes every kind of people To make what life’s about, yeah Every kind of people To make the world go ’round” Every Kinda People Words and Music: Andy Fraser Performed by (pre-“Addicted to Love”) Robert...

Knoxville is filled with all kinds of people. Some are a little strange (who you are dictates who is strange 🙂 ), some are funny, some are sad, some are a little scary, many are interesting and...

This topic is often discussed when people talk about downtown. Some ask, “How can you live down there without a grocery store?” It’s as if residents all over downtown are starving inside their loft apartments and condos. I...

Previously I’ve talked about sculptures that I’d just as soon the city not purchase at the end of their exhibition downtown. I also pointed out some that I think are worthy of keeping downtown. There are a...

The Florida/Tennessee weekend doesn’t quite have the emotional pitch it had a few years ago. It hasn’t been that long ago that the winner of the game would likely be in the national championship mix and...