Inside of Knoxville

New Ownership Brings New Plans and New Life to the Kerns Bakery Site

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 31, 2019

For a place with so much promise, it’s been a long and twisted journey. A series of owners has produced evolving plans that stalled and never came to fruition. Potential and promise simply never translated into...

Rendering of the Old City Performing Arts Center (Courtesy Smee and Busby)

Building Purchased for Old City Performing Arts Center

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 28, 2019

Just over a year ago, River and Rail Theatre Company announced plans to open the Old City Performing Arts Center. It was an ambitious plan to convert the old Cor-Tenn building at 111 Central Street into...

City Council Approves Supreme Court Site Plan

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 23, 2019

Earlier this week, City Council unanimously approved the most recent incarnation of plans for redevelopment of the parking lot portion of the Supreme Court site bounded by Locust, Church and Henley Street. While mostly the same,...

New Apartment Development Announced for South Knoxville

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 16, 2019

Foggy Bottom Flats, a new construction, town home style, development project has broken ground behind Landing House on Foggy Bottom Road. Foggy Bottom Flats is being developed by a team including Brett Honeycutt, Jan Conley, Brian...

Baseball, Wilderness, an Early Farewell (and Taxes!)

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 6, 2019

I recently took a walk from downtown to the future site of the Urban Wilderness Gateway Park. The occasion was Mayor Rogero’s final State of the City address. It wasn’t exactly a “farewell,” as she is...

Cranes Everywhere . . . and That’s a Good Thing

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 16, 2019

Chances are you’ve gotten so used to seeing them that you look right past them at this point. Not so many years ago, the sighting of a crane downtown would be something unusual. There wasn’t so...

Annual Knoxville By Design Offers Glimpses into Architectural Creativity

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 5, 2019

April showers might bring May flowers, but in Knoxville the month of April also brings Knoxville by Design (KBD). If you haven’t experienced KBD yet, you will not want to miss out. It is a month...

Is Our City “Vibrant?” What Determines Vibrancy?

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 19, 2019

I was struck by a comment by reader, Gail Mitchell in the recent article about the Kress Building. Here’s a portion of what she said: In the 16 yrs of living in Knoxville I’m eternally grateful...

A Preview of the Plans for the Kress Building and Wild Wing Cafe

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 15, 2019

As I mentioned in yesterday’s article, Dave McFarland, current owner of the Kress Building offered to show me around the inside of the building and give me a look at the most recent version of the...

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Development

New Ownership Brings New Plans and New Life to the Kerns Bakery Site

Building Purchased for Old City Performing Arts Center

City Council Approves Supreme Court Site Plan

New Apartment Development Announced for South Knoxville

Baseball, Wilderness, an Early Farewell (and Taxes!)

Cranes Everywhere . . . and That’s a Good Thing

Annual Knoxville By Design Offers Glimpses into Architectural Creativity

Is Our City “Vibrant?” What Determines Vibrancy?

A Preview of the Plans for the Kress Building and Wild Wing Cafe

More Questions Answered and an Odd Real Estate Pitch

Look What’s Returning! (More Than You Might Realize)

Whist Court Getting a Modern Makeover Adding to Development on Magnolia

One Downtown Business Closes and Another is Sold

Mood Ring Vintage Opens Today at 906 Sevier Avenue

Fly By Night Bringing the 70s to South Knoxville