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CMT Comes to Knoxville to Film the Black Lillies

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 4, 2013

The Black Lillies, whose new album “Runaway Freeway Blues” has just debuted at number forty-three on the Billboard Country Music Chart and who just made their fifteenth appearance on the Grand Ole Opry seem to be...

Little Changes Downtown

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 3, 2013

Here are a few of the changes I noticed this weekend as I walked about. “Scurried” might be a better word as the cool temperatures and rain persisted. While the arrival of the sculptures for the...

Broadband Internet for Downtown? A Knoxville Entrepreneur Center? What?

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 2, 2013

Small pieces of information about something really big are beginning to accumulate. Last fall an article appeared in the News Sentinel regarding a possible Entrepreneur Center on Market Square. If it came to fruition, it would...

Below the Surface: It’s the Inside that Counts

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 1, 2013

I saw this photograph on Facebook this weekend, thanks to Mary Beth Tugwell via Charlotte Tolley and Kim Trent, and felt I should post it as a follow-up to Friday’s article. It’s hard to imagine (at...

Industrial Belting and Supply Building

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 29, 2013

About a year-and-a-half ago I wrote about the possibility of a development corridor along Depot Avenue. There are a number of reasons to think this street and this area of downtown may experience a boom in...

Non-Credit Classes at the Downtown UT Conference Center

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 28, 2013

Here’s an asset of downtown that I never considered before. I always think of UT as being more-or-less downtown since I can walk there from my home. I’ve walked over to basketball and football games as...

Peanut Shop of Knoxville Set to Open Next Week

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 27, 2013

Julie Mullins, the manager and John Nolan, assistant manager of the new Peanut Shop at 23 Market Square graciously allowed me to take a few photographs while they talked about the new business. I found them...

Three Projects Want Your Money – What Do You Want to Fund?

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 26, 2013

Here we go, again. Just a month after two projects asked for a total of $825,000 from an organization that receives roughly $500,000 a year, and $460,000 was granted, we have more requests far outstripping their...

Black Lillies CD Release Party at the Tennessee Theatre

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 25, 2013

Knoxville continues to enjoy lovely spring weather: rain, wind, clouds, warm then cold temperatures and sporadic snow. It’s the kind of spring that makes you want to stay inside where it’s warm, which is what a...

Sapphire on Gay Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 22, 2013

I’ve probably mentioned Sapphire before, but I’ve never really focused on it that I recall. I know I’ve taken photographs there, though I may not have identified the place in the background. One of my first...

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CMT Comes to Knoxville to Film the Black Lillies

Little Changes Downtown

Broadband Internet for Downtown? A Knoxville Entrepreneur Center? What?

Below the Surface: It’s the Inside that Counts

Industrial Belting and Supply Building

Non-Credit Classes at the Downtown UT Conference Center

Peanut Shop of Knoxville Set to Open Next Week

Three Projects Want Your Money – What Do You Want to Fund?

Black Lillies CD Release Party at the Tennessee Theatre

Sapphire on Gay Street

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