Park(ing) Day 2022
In a measure of how quickly one piece of news has been following another recently in downtown Knoxville, I’ve still not reported on Park(ing) Day, which was held over a month ago on Gay Street. Today...
East Tennessee Community Design Center
East Tennessee Community Design Center Celebrates 50+ Years of Service
(Article and photos by guest writer Heather Ryerson) If you are newer to Knoxville like I am, you may not know about the East Tennessee Community Design Center (ETCDC). In 1970, the late Bruce McCarty, came...
Park(ing) Day 2021
For five years, (here’s a look at the 2018 event) the East Tennessee American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the East Tennessee Community Design Center (ETCDC) has hosted Park(ing) Day. The annual event is designed to...
Art Making Places and Places Making Art
We’ve all experienced it, perhaps most often in an urban setting. Take a scruffy warehouse, add lights and art and suddenly, the space is “cool.” It’s a place people want to hang out. Same with an...
HappyHealthySmart Greatest Hits
The HappyHealthySmart Symposium held last night at the East Tennessee History Center provided enough fodder for contemplation, discussion and action to keep us busy for a long time. I’ve listed some of the most salient points...
What Makes a City Happy? Healthy? Smart? Here’s Your Answer (Sort of)!
Those are the questions, aren’t they? If we had smart cities with happy and healthy citizens, we’d have unlocked the secret to many of our problems. So how do we do that in a general sense?...
Broadway, We’ve Got Problems
I stretched a little out of my normal coverage zone to attend the meeting to discuss the recommendations of Broadway Corridor Task Force meeting at St. James Episcopal Church on Broadway. I normally cover Broadway up...
Faris Eid: Lifting Up a City
When it gathers for its annual gala on October 20, the East Tennessee Community Design Center will honor a person who has designed a large percentage of the best renovations and restorations in our city. He’s...
ETCDC Home Tour 2016 Highlights Outdoor Spaces
As I noted last week, the East Tennessee Community Design Center hosted a home tour which included a wide range of home styles, sizes and floor plans. The unifying theme of this year’s tour was outdoor...
Tour Downtown Homes at the Urban Home and Garden Tour
I can’t remember the year my wife and I first attended a tour of downtown homes. It must have been sometime in the early 2000’s. We were struck with the range of residences, from traditional to...