Revisiting the Armature Building: Inside and Outside
The Armature Building on Jackson Avenue, just around the corner from the 100 block and a bit to the west, has to be one of the coolest conversions in a downtown full of them. I first...
Downtown Knoxville Food Fight
We have crumbling buildings that need to be rescued. We have buildings being torn down, parking problems, decisions to be made about the future of entire city blocks. We have a homeless population that seems to...
The Downtown Week Ahead (September 8 – 14, 2013)
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...
Pamela Schoenewaldt Launches Her Second Book: Swimming in the Moon
I first met author Knoxville author Pamela Schoenewaldt a half dozen or more years ago. I was a drifting, struggling writer and I’d had her writing group suggested to me. Offered to members of the Knoxville...
Is it Dangerous to Park Downtown?
It’s something that I wondered before we moved to the city nearly four years ago. For those of you who scoff, consider that we’d been parking in an enclosed garage attached to our house for the...
City Fatigue: Can the City Be Too Much?
Last night I walked toward Market Square at 8:00. I’d made the decision to forgo the Little Walter Tribute to attend the Donald Brown jazz show at the Square Room. It was a bit of a...
Easing Back In: Highlights for the Week
Even Urban Guys need a break now and then. It’s a pretty big commitment to post an article every week day and upcoming events on the weekend. Particularly while I try to juggle a full-time job...
Postcards from Knoxville II, Summer 2013
Here are a few more photographs from the summer archives to take you into the Labor Day weekend. It’s a bit heavy on Urban Girl, but sometimes I can’t help it. She’s my city...
Postcards from a Knoxville Summer (2013)
As the end of August nears, I always feel like Summer is finally ending. I know the children have already been in school for weeks and I know that Summer doesn’t officially end until September 22,...
Outdoor Free Jazz Comes to an End for the Season
The Jazz on the Square series has to be one of the best things about downtown Knoxville every summer. Most Tuesday and Thursday nights Vance Thompson, Greg Tardy, Kenneth Brown, Keith Brown and Clint Mullican have...