Inside of Knoxville Welcomes New Sponsor: Preservation Pub
This will be the first of a series of posts on the new sponsors you may have noticed popping up on the right-hand side of your screen. These are people who are paying money to advertise...
IDB Weighs the Fate of a City Block
As a result of writing this blog, I find myself in a number of situations in which I’m out of my element. Yesterday was certainly no exception. I attended the meeting of the Industrial Development Board...
Major Decision to be Made About an Entire City Block
There aren’t that many city blocks in the immediate area of downtown Knoxville. Given that we are bounded by a natural barrier on one side, the Tennessee River, and we’ve erected boundaries in the other three...
The Downtown Week Ahead (August 11 – August 17, 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...
An Open Letter to St. Johns Episcopal Church
I’ve dreaded this moment for well over a year. It was over a year ago that St. John’s Episcopal Church submitted a request to the Downtown Design Review Board for permission to demolish two buildings they...
Subtle Clutch is the Buzz Downtown
A few weeks ago, as I walked through Market Square on a mission, I stopped in my tracks beside Tupelo Honey. A group of very young men played acoustic instruments and sang like crazy. They sang...
Knoxville in the National Press: Are We “Jaunty?”
I’m not sure “jaunty” is a word the average person walking across Market Square could define. It’s sort of an antiquated term and doesn’t really flow off the lips in casual conversation. Dictionary.com defines it as...
Visit Knoxville Mural Unveiled (and unscaffolded)
Officially unveiled this past Friday, the mural on the side of the Visit Knoxville building has been taking form for some weeks. Conceived by Bobbie Crews and rendered by Bobbie Crews, Ken Britton, Walt Fieldsa, Curtis...
Walk? Don’t Walk? Get Run Over?
I traveled to Nashville recently and, as is often the case for me, I think about Knoxville in the context of the city I’m visiting. I walked extensively in Nashville, just as I walk extensively in...
The Downtown Week Ahead (August 4 – 10)
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...