Inside of Knoxville

The Mews: A New Condo Development on Magnolia

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 3, 2015

Nearly two years ago when Jeffrey Nash bought the property that formerly housed Master Battery and included an over-grown corner lot at Magnolia and Central, it seemed, even then like an odd choice. For those of...

The City Responds to the Urban Land Institute Report – and Listens

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 31, 2015

A large crowed gathered at the East Tennessee History Center to discuss the recommendations by the Urban Land Institute, about which I wrote last month. (Read the report if you haven’t. Too many people who have...

Inside the JC Penney Building Restoration and Renovation

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 18, 2015

In what might be the highest profile re-development project in the history of the city, a team of developers joined to essentially re-build the JC Penney Building. Tim Hill of Hatcher-Hill Properties, who is working on...

A Simple and Realistic Plan for Downtown Knoxville

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 6, 2015

As I noted in a recent article, the Urban Land Institute has released its final report. The full report may be viewed here. My article drew quite a few comments (32) and extensive interest. The conversation...

Abbey Fields: Bringing the Farm to the City

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 5, 2015

It’s not something you might expect to find in a former industrial area near the heart of a city. Approaching the former Standard Knitting Mills site, the building looms large in the distance. Captivating...

Guest Post: Alex Pawlowski looks at Automobiles in Knoxville

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 3, 2015

I always find a jewel when I attend Pecha Kucha. Often there is one and often there are several presenters who are doing something cool and related to our topics on Inside of Knoxville. We’ve...

Multiple Updates from Around Town

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 2, 2015

Sometimes I pick up little tidbits or people give me little pieces of information (which I always appreciate, by the way) and it sort of piles up without a really commanding a full article. I also...

What Happens Next in the City?

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 20, 2015

What happens next in the city? It’s the question that makes many of you tune in each morning to see the daily topic on this blog. Many of us feel like simple observers in the...

Another Parking Lot Set to Become a Building!

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 16, 2015

For many years we’ve only seen one-way traffic downtown and I’m not talking about the streets. We’ve torn down many buildings over the last decades and produced surface parking lots. We’ve not gone in the...

Wayne Blasius Named Executive Director of the Community Design Center

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 6, 2015

I’ve touched on the East Tennesee Community Design Center in previous articles, here and here, for example. It’s an organization I first encountered through an early Pehca Kucha presentation. The website best describes what they do, “ETCDC...

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Development

The Mews: A New Condo Development on Magnolia

The City Responds to the Urban Land Institute Report – and Listens

Inside the JC Penney Building Restoration and Renovation

A Simple and Realistic Plan for Downtown Knoxville

Abbey Fields: Bringing the Farm to the City

Guest Post: Alex Pawlowski looks at Automobiles in Knoxville

Multiple Updates from Around Town

What Happens Next in the City?

Another Parking Lot Set to Become a Building!

Wayne Blasius Named Executive Director of the Community Design Center

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