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Holler Performing Arts Center Set to Open in June

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 17, 2018

It’s been an evolutionary process since Modern Studio opened in January 2017 at 109 W. Anderson Avenue (a half block from the primary intersection in Happy Holler). At the time, the business featured two owners, Burke...

What is Good Growth? What is Good Development?

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 15, 2018

Please don’t expect that either I completely understand the answers to those questions or that I can condense the information to a meme-sized statement. Urban growth and development are complicated topics. Sometimes it’s easier to point...

Rebuilt Dock Beside Calhouns, Tennessee River, Knoxville, May 2018

Did You Know That? News You Might Have Missed

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 14, 2018

Large amounts of information pass my way. Sometimes it’s interesting, but not enough for a proper article. Other times it is reported in other media before I see it and so, the urgency isn’t there to...

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

Construction Update: The Mews II

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 11, 2018

About eight months have passed since I announced the plans for the Mews II, the second set of condominiums Jeffrey Nash is constructing on Magnolia Avenue. The first, The Mews, on the opposite side of Ogden...

Locust and Church Rendering, Proposed Supreme Court Site Development, Knoxville, April, 2018

Evolving Supreme Court Site Development Plans

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 2, 2018

Rick Dover, DIA Architects, J Davis Architects and Bristol Development Group recently presented their current vision for the Supreme Court Site on the downtown block bounded by Henley, Church, Locust and Cumberland to City Council in...

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

Old City Performing Arts Center Announced

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 26, 2018

It’s funny how things eventually converge. I first mentioned the Cor-Tenn Company in an article about businesses we tend to overlook. They eventually moved from their location at 111 State Street and the building has sat empty...

Exterior, Knoxville High Independent Living, Knoxville, April 2018

Knoxville High Independent Living Opens Its Doors

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 20, 2018

It’s been a long road, one that Rick Dover acknowledges has sometimes been frustrating, but he also says it’s what he enjoys most – making the improbable happen despite the obstacles. I first wrote about Knoxville...

Nineteen Story Apartment Building Planned for North Waterfront

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 19, 2018

Word has been circulating for quite a while that a major development was planned for the north waterfront, just to the east (by twenty feet) of the Henley Bridge. I first mentioned the rumors and named...

Burwell Gardens Announced: Community Gardens in Oakwood-Lincoln Park

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 17, 2018

In a recent article I mentioned the fact that there are numerous slivers of land – many of them in older neighborhoods where lots were once smaller and current codes do not allow construction of...

Homes at Richmond Orchard, Richmond and McTeer, Knoxville, April 2018

Site-Built Tiny Homes Arrive Near Downtown

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 11, 2018

Last fall, in an article discussing the possible role of tiny homes in an urban environment, I covered the Clayton Homes luxury line of tiny homes and mentioned that I’d heard there might be a move...

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Development

Holler Performing Arts Center Set to Open in June

What is Good Growth? What is Good Development?

Did You Know That? News You Might Have Missed

Construction Update: The Mews II

Evolving Supreme Court Site Development Plans

Old City Performing Arts Center Announced

Knoxville High Independent Living Opens Its Doors

Nineteen Story Apartment Building Planned for North Waterfront

Burwell Gardens Announced: Community Gardens in Oakwood-Lincoln Park

Site-Built Tiny Homes Arrive Near Downtown

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