Inside of Knoxville

A Plea for Preservation of a Building and a Struggle for the Soul of Central

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 27, 2017

There are so many interesting areas in Knoxville. Each has a claim of one sort or another to put itself forward as a place worthy of a visit, or maybe a longer stay. A stroll out...

Dispute Threatens to Derail Preservation and Development of Pryor Brown

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 26, 2017

The trail to this point is a long one. For those of you who may have missed, or don’t remember the earlier developments, I’ll recap. Pryor Brown Garage is a building located on the corner of...

Recode Knoxville Gets Serious

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 21, 2017

A public meeting was held on Tuesday to detail the progress made by the Camiros Consulting Group on the current effort to re-write Knoxville’s codes into a more unified, understandable and consistent set of codes. The idea...

HGTV Builds a Local Urban Oasis With a Little Help From Our Friends

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 1, 2017

This past week, HGTV offered local news outlets and bloggers an opportunity to see what has been a closely kept secret for about a year. HGTV began in 2010 giving away an Urban Oasis spot which...

Three Downtown Businesses Will Soon Be Forced to Relocate

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 18, 2017

It’s a price of progress. While needed infrastructure tasks are completed which allow us to continue to grow, a price is sometimes paid. Jackson Avenue has been under re-construction and renovation for months and it’s been...

A Look Inside the Keener Lighting Building + Future Plans

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 16, 2017

A reader joked the other day that I must get tired of writing about one building and being asked about ten more. I don’t, really, but it is hard to keep up with all the construction...

Electric Company Lofts Opens Quietly, Extends Downtown Fringes

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 14, 2017

While it might seem that the stock of older, pre-war downtown buildings available for redevelopment has been expended, there are actually quite a few. Not necessarily located in what we now think of the downtown core,...

Knoxville High School Senior Housing Nears November Opening Date

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 31, 2017

Just a few short years ago, the old Knoxville High School building was considered in danger of being lost. Built in 1910 and designed by Baumann and Baumann (same as the Andrew Johnson Hotel), the building...

Andrew Johnson Building Development: Terminus and Legacy Proposal

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 26, 2017

As I mentioned last week, the Andrew Johnson Building, formerly the Andrew Johnson Hotel, currently owned by Knox County and used primarily as a home for the central offices for the Knox County Schools, has been...

Andrew Johnson Building to be Redeveloped: A Look at LHP/Conversion Property’s Proposal

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 21, 2017

It may be a turning point of a more subtle sort. We’ve talked about the shift from converting derelict downtown buildings into modern uses – often residences. The supply of downtrodden buildings has dwindled and most...

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Development

A Plea for Preservation of a Building and a Struggle for the Soul of Central

Dispute Threatens to Derail Preservation and Development of Pryor Brown

Recode Knoxville Gets Serious

HGTV Builds a Local Urban Oasis With a Little Help From Our Friends

Three Downtown Businesses Will Soon Be Forced to Relocate

A Look Inside the Keener Lighting Building + Future Plans

Electric Company Lofts Opens Quietly, Extends Downtown Fringes

Knoxville High School Senior Housing Nears November Opening Date

Andrew Johnson Building Development: Terminus and Legacy Proposal

Andrew Johnson Building to be Redeveloped: A Look at LHP/Conversion Property’s Proposal

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