The Demolition Could Spread: White Avenue May Be Next
Just when it seemed that Knoxville may have gotten past the urge to destroy its history, we had the demolition of the buildings at 1710 and 1712 Walnut Street. As horrible as that was, it may...
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It is Finished
The wheels were probably set into motion years ago. The chain of events that would make this weekend inevitable might be traced to the purchase of the entire downtown block bounded by Walnut, Cumberland,...
The Downtown Week Ahead (September 22 – 28, 2013)
If you see an event I’ve missed and you’d like to plug, please comment below or e-mail me ([email protected]) and I’ll try to add it. The list may, accordingly, be expanded through the week. Staying true...
Third Thursday Daylight Building Block Party
Put it on your calendars. The first was a lot of fun last night and it’s an event that will surely grow. With little publicity, the Daylight Building hosted its first Third Thursday Block...
Fairness in the City: Is the Playing Field a Level One?
This morning at 9:30 in the Small Assembly Room in the City County Building, Scott and Bernadette West will present their request to the Historic Zoning Commission regarding the facade at 32 Market Square....
Contests and Calls for Art in the City
There are a couple of contests underway at the moment which are connected in different ways to downtown. Voting has actually ended on the first and the winner is to be announced today. Smart Trips is...
Getting Nerdy in Knoxville: Symposiums, Keynotes and Panel Discussions
It’s easy to get lost in the very cool music, urban street scenes and funky people and forget that the city offers great opportunities to get your inner nerd on. All my favorite people are nerds...
A Great Urban Weekend – With Very Few Photographs
There are times, like this weekend, I have a great time in our little urban orb, but much of it isn’t photographable – or at least I just want to enjoy it without being on the...
The Downtown Week Ahead (September 15 – 21, 2013)
If you see an event I’ve missed and you’d like to plug, please comment below or e-mail me ([email protected]) and I’ll try to add it. The list may, accordingly, be expanded through the week. Staying true...
First Friday, September 2013, Pictures and Stories
Somehow the week just slipped by without an opening to slip in the First Friday photographs. It was an incredibly packed First Friday that found me falling far short of my goals to make the complete...
State Street Garage Is Open for Business – and Nearly Finished
It is surprising when I consider that the State Street Parking Garage has been underway for over a year. This doesn’t include the planning stage, but it was a year ago July that the plans...
The Standard – and a “Destination Restaurant?”
Since I was next door at the Armature and it was a Sunday, meaning no one was around to tell me not to walk around the buildings, I toured the Standard and the building beside...
Revisiting the Armature Building: Inside and Outside
The Armature Building on Jackson Avenue, just around the corner from the 100 block and a bit to the west, has to be one of the coolest conversions in a downtown full of them. I first...
Downtown Knoxville Food Fight
We have crumbling buildings that need to be rescued. We have buildings being torn down, parking problems, decisions to be made about the future of entire city blocks. We have a homeless population that seems to...