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Three Questions Answered and a Couple of Other Random Pieces of Information

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 13, 2019

One of the fun things about doing what I do is that people are always running into me and saying, “Hey, quick question . . .” It leads to some of my favorite conversations. Often the...

Magnolia: Whispers from History and Conversations for the Present

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 8, 2019

William Faulkner in Requem for a Nun said, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” The quote is instructive today as the United States deals with its past on many fronts. A nation whose past...

Keep Knoxville Beautiful Announces the 2019 Orchid Awards

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 7, 2019

Each year Keep Knoxville Beautiful recognizes several categories of efforts to improve and make our city more beautiful. Orchid Awards are given in seven different categories, including Redesign/Reuse, Outdoor Space, Community Garden, New Architecture, Public Art,...

What Makes a City Work? An Interview with Downtown Coordinator Rick Emmett

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 19, 2019

Last fall in New York City Urban Brother and I talked about the improbability that a city can function. All that garbage. Every. Single. Day. Construction at every turn, but daily life must go on for...

Rendering of Mews II, Magnolia and Ogden, Knoxville, May 2018

An Update on the Mews II Development

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 8, 2019

Mews II, a development by Jeffrey Nash and the Courtland Group, gives the appearance of rapidly rising toward completion. It’s instructive to note the the land was first purchased by Nash in June 2015, nearly four...

Update on the New Theatre Knoxville Downtown Home

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 25, 2019

It’s been just over three months since the announcement that Theatre Knoxville Downtown would move from their long-term location at 319 North Gay Street to 800 South Central on the other end of downtown. It’s been...

City House Town Homes Within Months of Completion

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 23, 2019

It’s been three-and-one-half years since I first wrote about Hatcher-Hill’s plans to build row homes on Vine Avenue at one of the highest points downtown. Since then a lot has changed while very little has changed....

Urban Design: What is It? How Can We Tell If It Is Good?

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 22, 2019

I’ve joked that before I started writing this blog I didn’t know that the words “urban” and “design” went together. I wasn’t really joking. I’m not sure most people commonly used the word “design” a decade...

Major News for Future Downtown Development

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 18, 2019

It’s something we’ve talked about on this blog for years as a missing piece in the downtown development equation: the missing 200 block of South Gay Street. Once a thriving connector packed with businesses, the construction...

Firehall Apartments at Knoxville High Opens

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 14, 2019

Dover Development has announced that a portion of the Knoxville High development, the previous Number Three Firehall will be offered as Firehall Apartments. The market-rate apartments will be managed by Senior Solutions, the company which manages...

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Three Questions Answered and a Couple of Other Random Pieces of Information

Magnolia: Whispers from History and Conversations for the Present

Keep Knoxville Beautiful Announces the 2019 Orchid Awards

What Makes a City Work? An Interview with Downtown Coordinator Rick Emmett

An Update on the Mews II Development

Update on the New Theatre Knoxville Downtown Home

City House Town Homes Within Months of Completion

Urban Design: What is It? How Can We Tell If It Is Good?

Major News for Future Downtown Development

Firehall Apartments at Knoxville High Opens

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