Coming Events, Part One
s Neyland Stadium on a pretty day This is a bit out of the ordinary for this blog. To get where we are going with this post, the story starts high above the banks of the...
Surviving the Snow, Part Two
First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, State Street, Knoxville, January 10, 2011 Downtown Knoxville did not return to normal today, but it managed a closer approximation. The roads were much more navigable as the ice and snow succumbed...
Surviving the Snow in Downtown Knoxville without a Grocery Store
How is that possible? Everyone knows the drill in Knoxville: Snowflakes appear on the extended forecast and we panic, heading quickly to our local grocery store for milk, eggs and bread. Need it or not, it’s...
Updates and New Developments
If the first few days are any indication, the new year will be filled with change for downtown. Faster than a blogger can blog or, certainly, a newspaper can publish, significant developments emerge. I hope as many...
If it’s Free, is it worth braving twenty degree temperatures?
That was the question I faced this weekend. I’m guessing it is a half mile or more from my home to Remedy coffee. It’s a walk I’ve taken many times and I don’t consider it a particularly long...
Business Update in the Center City
One of the oldest restaurants downtown, Arby’s abruptly announced its closing, December 2010 After featuring some changes happening in the Old City yesterday, it seems only right to follow up a bit with what’s happening up...
Business Update in the Old City and Beyond
While the city has been consumed by Christmas since before Halloween, businesses have been sprucing up, moving, closing and quietly preparing to open. New Nama Sign on Truck on Gay Street Nama sign being unloaded at new...
K-Town Sound Show – Songwriter’s showcase
Jay, Robinella, Van, Sarah and Griffin, Latitude 35, Knoxville, December 2010 In the middle of the Christmas hubbub a small concert was held downstairs at Latitude 35. Hopefully it will be the beginning of a new...
Unbuilding Bridges, Re-routing Traffic and General Mayhem – or not!?!
“I’ve seen the bridge and the bridge is longAnd they built it high and they built it strongStrong enough to hold the weight of timeLong enough to leave some of us behind.” “The Bridge” Lyrics by...
Dirty Guv’nahs Rock New Year’s Eve
As I mentioned, my choice to bring in the New Year was to attend the Dirty Guv’nah’s concert at the Bijou. I’m sure there were other great places to be in Knoxville, but this one proved...