Inside of Knoxville

An Anniversary for two Missing Buildings and an Empty Lot

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 22, 2015

Yesterday an anniversary of sorts passed without so much as a thought. It’s something that some people would rather be forgotten. It’s something that only the most spiteful among us might be interested in celebrating. I...

Updates on Babalu (JC Penney Bldg) and Wild Wing Cafe (Kress Bldg)

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 17, 2015

I’m going to try to keep this a bit more brief after writing approximately one million words yesterday. I had another million, but cut myself off. I appreciate the response so many of you had to Jeremiah...

Construction Information and Updates from Around Downtown

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 11, 2015

I’m often asked about construction projects. Recently someone on Facebook asked for a diagram showing all the cranes on the skyline as seen from south Knoxville along with tags telling the nature of each. About the...

Legacy Parks Celebrates Ten Years of Making East Tennessee a Better Place

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 31, 2015

Carol Evans speaks with steady assurance when discussing the plans and goals for the Legacy Parks Foundation. “Recreation, for us, is land preservation. Our focus is protecting our land and waterways. We have a large number...

A Look Inside First Christian Church: A Dewhirst Property

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 25, 2015

I’ve sat on about half of these photographs for nearly six months, sort of waiting for the story of the First Christian Church to emerge. The other half of the photos were taken last month when...

A Look at Marble Alley: Today and in the Near Future

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 20, 2015

Marble Alley has been a topic of discussion in concept since I started this website. It was a point of some contention in the design phase and it underwent changes throughout the last five years. The...

Update on the 700 Block of Gay Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 19, 2015

The city recently held a meeting to discuss plans and a schedule for the upcoming work on the 700 block of Gay Street. Not so much has changed since the first announcement of plans for that...

A Proposal for Parkridge from the E. TN Community Design Center

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 10, 2015

I’ve found that people have widely divergent views of the kind of place they like to live in the city. Some like to live in an expensive, refined and completely developed area. Others like their part...

An Interview with Gil Penalosa: What Does Knoxville Need to Do to Build a Culture of Health?

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 4, 2015

Last April the Tennessee Bike Summit convened in the Knoxville Convention Center and I was allowed to attend the two-day event to learn more about improving biking culture in Knoxville and other urban centers. Numerous seminars...

A Tour of and Conversation about the Kern’s Bakery Building

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 3, 2015

Recently Urban Woman and I were fortunate enough to be invited to join friends Karen, John, Robin and Chris for a tour, just over the Henley Bridge, of the Kern’s Bakery Building with David Dewhirst as...

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An Anniversary for two Missing Buildings and an Empty Lot

Updates on Babalu (JC Penney Bldg) and Wild Wing Cafe (Kress Bldg)

Construction Information and Updates from Around Downtown

Legacy Parks Celebrates Ten Years of Making East Tennessee a Better Place

A Look Inside First Christian Church: A Dewhirst Property

A Look at Marble Alley: Today and in the Near Future

Update on the 700 Block of Gay Street

A Proposal for Parkridge from the E. TN Community Design Center

An Interview with Gil Penalosa: What Does Knoxville Need to Do to Build a Culture of Health?

A Tour of and Conversation about the Kern’s Bakery Building

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