36 Market Square, Knoxville I’ll admit I had my doubts and grumbles about the building for a long time. The front facade was crumbling and all parties agreed it had to be removed. Ultimately the back...

Ice Skating on Market Square, Knoxville It’s hard for me to believe it’s here, again. Thanksgiving seems to have become a small blip on the radar with Christmas seeming to have bled past Thanksgiving on its...

Replicas of the Nina and Pinta in front of the Knoxville Skyline Last November I posted about the Nina and the Pinta visiting Knoxville. It was an interesting stop on our waterfront and though I never...

Urban Toddler and Urban Woman with “Day at the Beach” I haven’t found the proper time to explore the various sculptures placed downtown this Spring as part of the Art in Public Spaces. In a very cool...

 Crown and Goose Underground, Old City, Knoxville Have you ever been in London’s Underground? Have you ever ridden the Tube? I hadn’t until this past summer and we came to depend on it and, finally,...

Market Square Farmers’ Market, Knoxville, November 2011 The air has turned cold. The ice rink is being installed on Market Square and the crops are diminishing. It can only mean that the end to the Market...

Filling the hole at the corner of Summer Place and Locust There are always things getting repaired or prepared in the city. Generally you might watch your step or you might step into a mess that...

 Dia de los Muertos display at Casa Hola, Knoxville First Friday in November fell at the end of the week that included Halloween which, of course is related to and around the time of other...

710 and 712 Walnut Street, Knoxville, November 2011 I’m no historian and, though I’ve been coming to downtown Knoxville since the nineteen-eighties, I’ve only lived downtown for just over two years. I can’t call the names...

Veteran’s Day Ribbons Line Gay Street, Knoxville Last year when Veteran’s Day rolled around I posted photographs of the ribbons adorning lamp posts and commented that they had just sprung up all up and down Gay Street. I didn’t...