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Knoxville Lost and Found: July 2013
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Knoxville Lost and Found. The Metamorphosis of Knoxville's Spaces. Wednesday, July 17, 2013. 614 W Church Avenue - The Hotel Arnold - A Twist of Fate. Tennessee State Office Building. Recently, the local newspaper has announced that the state has agreed to sell the state office building to a local developer/hotelier, who also owns the adjoining Holiday Inn. He intends to turn the state office building into the fanciest hotel in Knoxville. Story Here. 614 W Church Ave. Another surface parking lot. Granted...
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Knoxville Lost and Found: February 2013
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Knoxville Lost and Found. The Metamorphosis of Knoxville's Spaces. Friday, February 22, 2013. Holston Hills - Before Golf. In Knoxville, we are very fortunate to have the photograph collection of Jim Thompson. This man photographed just about everything he could lay his eyes upon. He is the source for the grand majority of the photos that one sees in the photo history books of Knoxville. Take a trip down to Steamboat Sandwiches. These are the photos (they've suffered damage over time):. I noticed the roa...
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Knoxville Lost and Found: The 200 Block of Gay Street, East Side - The Gaps of Gay Street Part 3
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Knoxville Lost and Found. The Metamorphosis of Knoxville's Spaces. Friday, November 6, 2015. The 200 Block of Gay Street, East Side - The Gaps of Gay Street Part 3. Who could ever forget the infamous Treble Clef? In the last two posts, I was able to focus on the history of each individual property; the people that built it, their fortunes, their legacy. This time however, I'll be lucky to get in what used to be there, how it changed, and what happened to it. Why the change? The 200 block was never anythi...
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Knoxville Lost and Found: July 2012
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Knoxville Lost and Found. The Metamorphosis of Knoxville's Spaces. Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Wow, I had no idea that when I opened the fresh, recently pressed Metro Pulse I would see this blog in the Blog of the Week section. What an honor and a boost to the historic preservation awareness campaign here in Knoxville! I can't wait to get the next entry out next week. It has required a lot of "field research". Stay tuned. Http:/ www.metropulse.com/news/2012/jul/25/finding-knoxvilles-lost-buildings/. If one...
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Knoxville Lost and Found: November 2014
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Knoxville Lost and Found. The Metamorphosis of Knoxville's Spaces. Friday, November 14, 2014. 308 S Gay St. - The McGhee Building - The Gaps of Gay Street Part 2. I could not even begin to delve into the person that was C.M. McGhee. His influence in this region was vast and still affects us to this day. If you would like to know as much as possible about Mr. McGhee, William MacArthur wrote the definitive dissertation and you can find it here. Mr McGhee lived here,. Which now looks like this,. The buildin...
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Knoxville Lost and Found: August 2013
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Knoxville Lost and Found. The Metamorphosis of Knoxville's Spaces. Thursday, August 1, 2013. Changes - Gay Street at Clinch (The 700 Block). Here we find ourselves standing on the eastern sidewalk of the 600 block of Gay St. looking northwest, through the Clinch Avenue intersection, to the western side of the 500 block. Oh, how much has changed since this shot from the 1920's! Let's count the changes -. On Gay Street itself - the street cars are gone, as are the platforms and the traffic tower. A New Bui...
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Knoxville Lost and Found: November 2012
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Knoxville Lost and Found. The Metamorphosis of Knoxville's Spaces. Friday, November 30, 2012. 333 W Depot Street (Regas Square) - The Atkin Hotel. Small disclaimer, a small portion of one still stands). If you travel north over the Gay St. viaduct, this is what you will find:. Empty lot on the left. Empty lot on the right. The site of our subject property. Several empty lots facing the Southern Depot (note the large tree on Gay Street). Site of the Hotel Atkin in 1909. Another locally famous figure with ...
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Knoxville Lost and Found: 308 S. Gay St. - The McGhee Building - The Gaps of Gay Street Part 2
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Knoxville Lost and Found. The Metamorphosis of Knoxville's Spaces. Friday, November 14, 2014. 308 S Gay St. - The McGhee Building - The Gaps of Gay Street Part 2. I could not even begin to delve into the person that was C.M. McGhee. His influence in this region was vast and still affects us to this day. If you would like to know as much as possible about Mr. McGhee, William MacArthur wrote the definitive dissertation and you can find it here. Mr McGhee lived here,. Which now looks like this,. The buildin...
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Knoxville Lost and Found: September 2012
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Knoxville Lost and Found. The Metamorphosis of Knoxville's Spaces. Tuesday, September 18, 2012. Changes - Broadway at Jackson. In an effort to provide something interesting between substantive blog posts, I've decided to start adding a "then and now" feature. These posts will focus on familiar landscapes in Knoxville that have undergone significant change over the decades. First up, I offer the intersection of Broadway and Jackson Ave. Let's go left to right and count some differences:. You may ask. ...
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Knoxville Lost and Found: Maybe One Day I Will Return to Writing.
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Knoxville Lost and Found. The Metamorphosis of Knoxville's Spaces. Tuesday, September 1, 2015. Maybe One Day I Will Return to Writing. I am looking forward to future installments. And congratulations on your new baby. September 8, 2015 at 5:12 PM. Ditto that last commenter! This is a GREAT blog. Perhaps the little guy can sit in your lap and add his own commentary while you write. It could be a learning opportunity! February 1, 2016 at 9:53 AM. May 30, 2016 at 1:32 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
