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A Momentous Week in Knoxville and Across the Nation

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 16, 2017

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday. Lots of festivities have been underway for days and more is planned for today. The annual King March takes places on MLK, Jr. Blvd this morning starting at 10:00 and...

Reporting from the Suburbs

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 10, 2017

I met Joe Bruner at a recent class I taught about blogging. It turns out he already had a fine blog, writing mostly about his travels, called Easin’ Along. I’d encourage you to check it...

Downtown Knoxville’s Top Ten Articles of 2016

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 29, 2016

So, let’s take a final look at 2016 and the stories about downtown Knoxville that most captivated the readers of this website. Through the course of the year there were just under 850,000 total views, but...

Porcelain and Glass: Toilets and Garbage

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 27, 2016

Unlikely topics for an article, perhaps, but each have a current application to what’s happening in the city, though one will likely be welcomed by downtown visitors and the other will not likely be welcomed by...

Downtown Knoxville Christmas Decorations 2016

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 15, 2016

In recent years, downtown merchants have joined in a window decorating contest. It’s been all in good fun and the upshot was that downtown storefronts became increasingly attractive, which was the point. I remember when it...

Charles Ervin, Long Term Old City Personality, Dies

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 29, 2016

While others around downtown have known him much longer and better than me, I met him last spring as I photographed the proposed site for a community garden. Reclined on an old fire escape on the...

National Election Protests Spread to Knoxville

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 15, 2016

There’s a lot of raw emotion around the country. It’s a perhaps toxic mix of anger, betrayal, ecstasy, triumph, righteous indignation and confusion. Just less than half the country feels a major point has been made...

It’s Election Day: Vote – and then Breathe

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 8, 2016

It’s election day and people from downtown Knoxville to every spot across our country will go to the polls to cast their votes for president and for a number of other important offices. We’ll also decide...

Signs of Winter, Holidays and the Season to Come

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 3, 2016

Yesterday, as I pulled on my parka, buttoned up, pulled on the hood and stepped outside, the freezing temperatures stung me like a hard accusation. As my breath curled and furled around me, freezing to my...

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A Momentous Week in Knoxville and Across the Nation

Reporting from the Suburbs

Porcelain and Glass: Toilets and Garbage

Downtown Knoxville Christmas Decorations 2016

Charles Ervin, Long Term Old City Personality, Dies

National Election Protests Spread to Knoxville

It’s Election Day: Vote – and then Breathe

Signs of Winter, Holidays and the Season to Come

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