Inside of Knoxville

Smart Trips: Saving Knoxville’s Air One Commuter at a Time

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 9, 2014

I’ve mentioned the organization before, but I’ve never officially written a piece about them, which is kind of shocking, as I’ve loved Smart Trips since very early in their history. Officially started in 2004 as a...

Baptist Hospital Demolition and an Idea for South Waterfront Development

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 5, 2014

Recently a friend suggested I return to Baptist Hospital for some current photographs. Holes have been punched through the entire building, displaying just how narrow the building was from front to back. The City County Building...

A Cool Building and a Fascinating Downtown Pioneer

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 4, 2014

While kicking around on the street in the area between Old Grey Cemetery and Central for the story on Bar Marley’s, I noticed the building at 800 Tyson, bedecked with a banner proclaiming, “Shoreline University Fellowship.”...

A Climbing Wall for Our New Garage (or an Old One?)

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 1, 2014

Here’s a fun idea discovered by guest writer Greg Manter on a trip he made this summer to Chattanooga. It’s always instructive to travel to other cities and to look closely through a Knoxville prism at...

A Tale of Country Music Park and Two 200 Blocks

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 26, 2014

Last week a public meeting was held on the future of the sliver of city park at Summit and Gay. It’s generally talked about in terms of the missing 200 block of Gay Street. There were...

Getting Around the City: New Plans for Downtown

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 25, 2014

Like many concepts in any kind of bureaucracy, the name of this project is probably more complicated than it needs to be, but the “Downtown Circulation and Mobility Plan” is really just about finding the best...

Summit Hill Avenue, Country Music Park, and Marble Alley

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 20, 2014

Here’s a new installment by guest writer Just John, a local amateur urban development enthusiast, who is neither an architect, engineer or developer himself and neither owns nor plans to own properties downtown for redevelopment. He...

Congratulations Happy Holler

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 15, 2014

As the Knoxville News Sentinel reported yesterday, Happy Holler has been named to the historic registry. Apparently, the Metropolitan Planning Commission nominated the district and the designation is awarded to cultural resources or areas which merit...

Possibilities for the East Jackson/Depot Neighborhood

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 13, 2014

Ed. Note: Today Just John turns his attention to the east along Jackson Avenue and side streets. A couple of notes: First, the Jackson Avenue Corridor plan, which will bring improvements to this area in the...

Imagining A More Authentic Urban Community

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 11, 2014

Ed. Note: Today we welcome downtown resident and guest writer Dee Pierce. After residing in a sleepy West Knoxville suburb for fifteen years, I’m wide awake in my new energetic and eclectic downtown surroundings. Yet I, along...

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Development

Smart Trips: Saving Knoxville’s Air One Commuter at a Time

Baptist Hospital Demolition and an Idea for South Waterfront Development

A Cool Building and a Fascinating Downtown Pioneer

A Climbing Wall for Our New Garage (or an Old One?)

A Tale of Country Music Park and Two 200 Blocks

Getting Around the City: New Plans for Downtown

Summit Hill Avenue, Country Music Park, and Marble Alley

Congratulations Happy Holler

Possibilities for the East Jackson/Depot Neighborhood

Imagining A More Authentic Urban Community

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