The Knoxville Marathon 2014
It’s been years since I ran much farther than from the parking garage to my downtown home and I only do that if it’s raining. The twenty yards leaves me breathless. But for some reason, my...
Business News: A Pending Opening, A Closure and a Hiatus
Business news seems to be popping up all of a sudden. Maybe spring is the time to open a business or close one. Of the three businesses up for discussion today, only one has a clear...
Big Ears Sets a Big Weekend
I’ll admit I was a little discouraged and pretty much put the event out of my mind. I’d asked for press credentials to the Big Ears Music Festival and didn’t get a response of any kind....
The Downtown Week Ahead (3/30 – 4/5/2014)
If you see an event I’ve missed and you’d like to plug, please comment below or e-mail me (knoxvilleurbanguy@gmail.com) and I’ll try to add it. The list may, accordingly, be expanded through the week. Staying true...
Fifteen Friday Photographs
I’m going to ease into the weekend with my Friday fifteen. If there is a theme to these photographs, it might be that spring is peaking out from under the covers just a little bit at...
Is Gay Street Really All That?
It seems like a heretical question, doesn’t it? Everybody loves Gay Street, right? It’s the best we have to offer. It was just a couple of years ago that the American Planning Association named it one...
Pryor Brown Garage in Jeopardy
It’s a building that most people probably drive past without much thought. Clearly having seen better days, store-fronts sit empty. Windows are busted out on the floors above. I’ve heard it called “ugly.” I first remember...
In Retrospect, Happy Holler is All About Vintage: New Business
After enjoying Architectural Antics last Saturday, Urban Woman and I headed into the heart of Happy Holler to visit Retrospect Vintage Store. I’d been remiss in waiting this long. Co-Owner Gina Alazawi invited me down several...
Architectural Antics Settles into the Old North/Fourth and Gill Groove
I think it says something about a place finding its groove when you think it’s been there for years – but it hasn’t. I’m stretching a bit north for a couple of posts this week. I’ve...
The Downtown Knoxville Week Ahead (3/23-3/29/2014)
If you see an event I’ve missed and you’d like to plug, please comment below or e-mail me (knoxvilleurbanguy@gmail.com) and I’ll try to add it. The list may, accordingly, be expanded through the week. Staying true...