Saying “Goodbye” to Pryor Brown Parking Garage
The end of the line appears imminent for Pryor Brown. The struggles to save the building have been well documented and I’ll not add much to that, here. It was just over a year ago that...
Development
A Little Trolley Talk
I mentioned the trolley when I wrote about the opening of Publix, but I’ve never really talked much about them, so I wanted to give them a little more space. Of course, for those of you...
Smart Trips: Saving Knoxville’s Air One Commuter at a Time
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
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
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?)
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
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
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
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
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...