Inside of Knoxville

There’s Nowhere To Park Downtown! (Not) City Announces Parking Changes

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 27, 2016

It’s the only topic guaranteed to be discussed in every city the rest of our lifetimes and beyond. Generations of us have lived in suburbs where the parking expectation is that we park in front of...

Courtyard and Residence Inn by Marriott May Come to Downtown

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 20, 2016

The vacant property located along State Street from Church over to Cumberland has been the subject of speculation for several years. Once the site of the Knoxville News Sentinel, the building that housed the newspaper was...

TVA Towers Offered For Sale – Can We Dream A Little?

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 11, 2016

We are truly seeing some once-in-a-lifetime opportunities in downtown Knoxville. After a number of years of incremental changes, we are being confronted, in several instances, with the chance to make significant revisions in the fabric of...

Wild Wing Cafe Will Not Come to the Kress Building

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 10, 2016

Business is complicated and sometimes something that seems improbable happens and, more often, something that seems a done deal comes unraveled. Such is the case with Wild Wing Cafe moving to the Kress Building. It becomes...

Preservation Isn’t Just About Buildings and It’s Never Finished

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 5, 2016

When thinking about preservation, we tend to think about historic buildings, or maybe a pristine and unique natural area. We also are tempted to consider some of these places as having been preserved. The implication...

The Tennessean Brings High End Luxury to Downtown Knoxville

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 27, 2016

A few weeks ago announcements were formally made that The Tennessean (531 Henley St.), a blend of high-end luxury hotel rooms and condominiums, would soon come to the former state office building beside the downtown Holiday...

New Design for Tombras (KUB) Building Approved

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 21, 2016

The first time I remember discussing the KUB building at 620 S. Gay, was on a walking tour led by Kim Trent. I expressed my distaste for it and she pointed out that it is mid-century...

The Farragut Hotel Building to Become a Hyatt Place Hotel

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 5, 2016

It’s been a long and tortured journey for the former Farragut Hotel. Under utilized, forlorn and nearly abandoned for decades, its become a point of discussion in recent years. One ambitious plan to return it to...

Urban Gardening Hits the Old City

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 1, 2016

We move to the city for so many reasons. Downtown Knoxville offers the great opportunity to walk to numerous amenities, for example. Some of us are happy to leave behind obligations of lawn care and working...

What Makes a City Succeed? Does Knoxville Have What It Takes?

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 28, 2016

The question presented itself to me recently in the form of a package I received in the US Mail. Inside was an article from this month’s Atlantic, mailed by a former boss and life-long friend who...

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Development

There’s Nowhere To Park Downtown! (Not) City Announces Parking Changes

Courtyard and Residence Inn by Marriott May Come to Downtown

TVA Towers Offered For Sale – Can We Dream A Little?

Wild Wing Cafe Will Not Come to the Kress Building

Preservation Isn’t Just About Buildings and It’s Never Finished

The Tennessean Brings High End Luxury to Downtown Knoxville

New Design for Tombras (KUB) Building Approved

The Farragut Hotel Building to Become a Hyatt Place Hotel

Urban Gardening Hits the Old City

What Makes a City Succeed? Does Knoxville Have What It Takes?

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