Did Our Treble Clef Explode?
Many of us remember the treble clef sculpture that used to reside in Country Music Park on what used to be the 200 block of Gay Street at Summit Hill. I’ve mentioned it before to a...
The Downtown Knoxville Week Ahead (3/9 – 3/15/2014)
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...
Where are we? Where are we going?
Those were the basic questions discussed by a group of around 130 people last night at the Standard on Jackson Avenue at the first meeting of the Downtown Urban Design Forum. Buzz Goss, one of the...
Downtown Development News You Might Have Missed
It’s been while since I did one of my make-up columns. These are news items reported elsewhere which I haven’t mentioned on this blog. I didn’t break the news and after it had been reported by...
Downtown Knoxville Properties – and More
I have several things today, including what I think are a couple of significant upgrades to your experience – one immediate and one which will play out over the next months. I also have a request....
Mardi Growl 2014, Part 2
Happy Mardi Gras, everybody! I hope you all survived the blizzard yesterday. The latest and greatest technology still hasn’t given us the ability to very accurately predict nature. Hopefully, that was the last fit of a...
Mardi Growl 2014, Part 1
OK, here’s the deal. I was finally able to attend Mardi Growl. Usually I have a conflict with work on this day each year, but it worked out this time. What did I learn? I’ll give...
The Downtown Knoxville Week Ahead (3/2 – 3/8/2014)
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...
Art, Jazz, Cool People and a Party for a Good Cause
That’s a pretty good combination. After a couple of days of writing about sadness, it seemed to me we could end the week on an up note to get us ready for the weekend and for...
A Final Look Inside the McClung Warehouses
Last Sunday afternoon was one of those little gifts we get during Knoxville winters: a day in February which is inexplicably spring-like. We know it isn’t going to last, but at least for the moment we’ve...