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Kincannon Administration Puts Forth Parking Proposal

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 8, 2024

The latest round of parking conversation ensued yesterday, as Mayor Kincannon presented her proposal for changes to be made to downtown parking. The proposal is the outgrowth of the study commissioned by the city which I...

Public Space is Public Space: We Decide What Happens There

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 5, 2024

It’s easy to think of public spaces as immutable; set in their current uses forever. It simply isn’t so. Market Square is pedestrian space, right? But it used to serve automobile and wagon traffic around the...

Housing Affordability and Historic Preservation, Related?

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 4, 2024

It is generally accepted that America (and Knoxville) has a housing shortage and, particularly, a shortage of affordable housing. At the recent Preservation Conference hosted by Knox Heritage, keynote speaker Katlyn Cotton, Associate Principal at PlaceEconomics,...

A Walking Tour of Henley Street with Bike Walk Knoxville

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 24, 2024

Bike Walk Knoxville, founded in 2012 by Caroline Cooney, focuses on improving biking and walking in the Knoxville area, “. . . to make sure all ages and abilities in the community have safe and accessible...

Interlopers, Scalawags, and Carpetbaggers

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 21, 2024

I recently had dinner on a patio off Market Square. The food met all expectations, the early autumn Knoxville weather shined like a diamond, and I relished the sounds of a language I could not identify...

Knoxville Expands Pedestrian Zone from Market Square

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 16, 2024

In 2016 I wrote an article asking “Is Knoxville the Boulder of the East?” My article was a response to an article declaring as much in Denver Life. Turns out I was able to make it...

The ET Community Design Center Highlights Work, Celebrates Projects

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 3, 2024

The East Tennessee Community Design Center operates under the radar of most people in the sixteen counties they serve. The hundreds of people who have been involved in the projects they’ve helped get started know how...

Discovering Downtown: A Farmers Market Date

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 27, 2024

(Today’s article is by contributing writer Matt Hollingsworth) It’s a bright, warm Saturday on Market Square, and the street is overflowing with more people than I’ve ever seen at West Town Mall or Turkey Creek. Recently,...

In Search of Good Urban Design: Tiktoker Jon Jon Wesolowski

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 24, 2024

(Ed. Note: Today’s article is written by new contributing writer Matt Hollingsworth. Matt, a Knoxville native and Farragut resident, has written local interest articles for Farragut Life, Monroe Life, and McMinn Life, as well as science...

The Henley Bridge Lights Up in Orange and White (For the First Time in Six Years)

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 30, 2024

Remember when the lights lining the Henley Bridge used to shine in a range of colors celebrating all manner of events? I’ll always remember the night they turned purple in honor of Prince. But six years...

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Kincannon Administration Puts Forth Parking Proposal

Public Space is Public Space: We Decide What Happens There

Housing Affordability and Historic Preservation, Related?

A Walking Tour of Henley Street with Bike Walk Knoxville

Interlopers, Scalawags, and Carpetbaggers

Knoxville Expands Pedestrian Zone from Market Square

The ET Community Design Center Highlights Work, Celebrates Projects

Discovering Downtown: A Farmers Market Date

In Search of Good Urban Design: Tiktoker Jon Jon Wesolowski

The Henley Bridge Lights Up in Orange and White (For the First Time in Six Years)

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