Knoxville Expands Pedestrian Zone from Market Square
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...
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The ET Community Design Center Highlights Work, Celebrates Projects
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
(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
(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)
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...
Harris Rally on Market Square Attracts Large Crowd
A rally took place last Saturday on Market Square with the focus of electing Kamala Harris as the next U.S. president. Many of the themes from the Democratic convention, which ended just two days earlier, were...
Soccer is On for Downtown’s Smokies Stadium in 2025
It’s been clear for some time that the first pitch of the 2025 baseball season would be thrown from the mound inside the new multi-purpose stadium being constructed in downtown Knoxville. It has also been know...
Knox Heritage Announces Set of Endangered Buildings 2024
Each year, Knox Heritage announces their Fragile and Fading list to increase focus on some of our most endangered properties and to promote the support needed to preserve them for the next generation. While not all properties...
Not NPR or PBS . . . But Local Media Needs Your Support As Well
I first came to you during the pandemic when advertising had virtually come to a standstill. Up to that point, ads had allowed the website to remain free to anyone wishing to read it and I...
Moments Within Time
(Today’s article is by recurring guest writer and relatively recent Knoxville transplant Luke Frazier.) There’s the thought that every day is really a lifetime in and of itself. We are born when we emerge from sleep,...