Panhandling in Downtown Knoxville Revisited
It’s a tired topic to some of us. The first time I wrote about panhandling was in November 2010 after starting this blog in June of that year. I ran a series of sorts, talking...
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You Can Do That Downtown? A Few Things That Might Surprise You
Some of these may be obvious to those of you who are downtown often, but I bet one or two of them might surprise a lot of people who think they know downtown very well. We...
What to Do on a Snowy Day? Plenty if You Live in the City
So what’s a day like in the city on a snowy day? There are probably as many answers to that as there are people who live downtown. Some had to get in a car and drive...
New Trolley Routes Proposed
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday holiday, everyone. I hope you’ll take a moment to do something meaningful to note the occasion. A march will be held this morning for the hardy among us with...
Saturday Sounds: The Sounds of the City
This is another odd installment of Saturday Sounds. This isn’t about music, unless you want to call it the music of the city. The hums, crashes, screeches and general cacophony associated with a city. Have you...
A Cool Day Trip from Knoxville: Biltmore Estate
Today we’ll take a quick look at one of the many fun, amazing or cool day trips from Knoxville. It’s one of the great things about our city that a two or three hour trip in...
What Did You Find Most Interesting in 2015? Top 10 Articles
I like to think I write about a pretty wide range of topics. While it is true that many of my articles could be grouped under “business” and “development,” I also wrote articles this year about art...
Final Knoxville Christmas Photographs 2015
It seemed this Christmas season was busier than ever around downtown. I struggled to list all the events happening around the city in my ten-day-calendar. It’s slowed a bit, now, except for one final blow-out on...
Saturday Sounds: The Rhythm of the Rain
I know. I’m sort of cheating here. Saturday Sounds articles are supposed to be about music. Still, there’s something about the sound of rain, isn’t there? The sound of rain hitting the roof (preferably tin, though...
Window Wonderland Contest Underway Downtown
According to the City of Knoxville’s website the annual window decoration event is underway and will run from November 27 – December 17. Called “Window Wonderland,” businesses were encouraged to decorate their window – or windows –...