Inside of Knoxville

The Local Smokey to Open in the Former Free Service Tire Building

Heather Ryerson·June 14, 2023

In the fall, I spoke with John MacCready about his latest development at Whist Court. While there, we took a detour over to the former Free Service Tire Building also owned by MacCready’s group, and I...

Details of New Ground-Up Condominium and Commercial Development Announced

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 3, 2017

The Courtland Group, headed by Jeffrey Nash, has established an excellent track record with numerous redevelopments of older buildings. Nash began his career reclaiming and redeveloping warehouses and factories in east London, but moved to Knoxville...

Open Streets Moves East – The Clouds Part

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 24, 2017

It was a slow start for Open Streets Knoxville this past Sunday. Rain had fallen all morning and after walking from home to the route on Magnolia, there was a notable absence of people. To be...

Spring 2017 Open Streets Knoxville

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 15, 2017

I probably shouldn’t declare the Dogwood Arts Festival the end of Festival Season. Here we are two weeks later and we are looking straight into another weekend filled with festivals and festival-like events. Downtown will be...

Magnolia Records Opens Downtown

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 6, 2017

It’s a headline that would have been confounding just a few years ago. CD sales obliterated vinyl in the 1980s and predictions held vinyl would become the eight-track tape of its generation. At that same time,...

Last Days of Autumn Brewing Opens on Magnolia

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 18, 2016

An interested person would need a score card to follow the openings in and around downtown. Last week I declared something of a watershed with the opening of three new businesses in one week: K Brew,...

Magnolia Avenue Corridor Project Unveiled

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 25, 2016

Last week the city unveiled its latest plan for the Magnolia Avenue corridor improvements. You’ll find the full plan here in great detail and I’ll leave it to those of you interested in that level of...

Take a Sentimental Journey: Parkridge Home Tour 2015

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 27, 2015

The Parkridge Home Tour fell at the same time as the Open Streets event making for a conundrum of sorts for me and a number of others. Each started at 1:00 PM, though the Parkridge event...

New Brewery: Last Days of Autumn

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 24, 2015

Just about the time I think I’ve got a handle on all the new breweries coming to the downtown area, I find another. I’ve nosed around the area out Jackson on McCalla over to Magnolia and...

Holes in the City

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 23, 2013

I heard a piece on National Public Radio within the last few days that set me to thinking about holes. Specifically, the report was designed to take up space or a “hole” in the broadcast hour....

Magnolia Avenue

The Local Smokey to Open in the Former Free Service Tire Building

Details of New Ground-Up Condominium and Commercial Development Announced

Open Streets Moves East – The Clouds Part

Spring 2017 Open Streets Knoxville

Magnolia Records Opens Downtown

Last Days of Autumn Brewing Opens on Magnolia

Magnolia Avenue Corridor Project Unveiled

Take a Sentimental Journey: Parkridge Home Tour 2015

New Brewery: Last Days of Autumn

Holes in the City

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

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