Knoxville Chalk Walk 2013, Part One
One of the major highlights of the weekend was the annual Chalk Walk, which is part of the Dogwood Arts Celebration. It features a competition in various age and professional categories and runs all day on...
A Quick Shout-Out to April 2013 First Friday
The weekend ran a bit differently for Urban Woman and myself. Ordinarily a First Friday would find me running about until very late catching as much as possible of all the goings on. This time we...
Broadband in Downtown Knoxville: Reality for Some, Dream for Others
I hope you all enjoyed what has to get the “Most Incredible Weather” award for downtown Knoxville in many months. And what a perfect weekend for it to start! With a downtown marathon as well as...
This Crazy Weekend: Downtown Knoxville First Friday Weekend
I can’t resist a post about all that is happening in the city this weekend. It really boggles the mind and it is just the beginning of what happens around this place in the Spring. We...
CMT Comes to Knoxville to Film the Black Lillies
The Black Lillies, whose new album “Runaway Freeway Blues” has just debuted at number forty-three on the Billboard Country Music Chart and who just made their fifteenth appearance on the Grand Ole Opry seem to be...
Little Changes Downtown
Here are a few of the changes I noticed this weekend as I walked about. “Scurried” might be a better word as the cool temperatures and rain persisted. While the arrival of the sculptures for the...
Broadband Internet for Downtown? A Knoxville Entrepreneur Center? What?
Small pieces of information about something really big are beginning to accumulate. Last fall an article appeared in the News Sentinel regarding a possible Entrepreneur Center on Market Square. If it came to fruition, it would...
Below the Surface: It’s the Inside that Counts
I saw this photograph on Facebook this weekend, thanks to Mary Beth Tugwell via Charlotte Tolley and Kim Trent, and felt I should post it as a follow-up to Friday’s article. It’s hard to imagine (at...
Industrial Belting and Supply Building
About a year-and-a-half ago I wrote about the possibility of a development corridor along Depot Avenue. There are a number of reasons to think this street and this area of downtown may experience a boom in...
Non-Credit Classes at the Downtown UT Conference Center
Here’s an asset of downtown that I never considered before. I always think of UT as being more-or-less downtown since I can walk there from my home. I’ve walked over to basketball and football games as...