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Kid Curry’s

Escape to Infamy

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Happy New Year everyone. A Restore Knoxville newsletter will be coming out soon. Haven't done one in awhile.

Don't forget we have the homes for sale or rent section. If you want to see some other tabs or neighborhood areas, I can set them up with Google gadgets. Leave me a comment if you feel like a particular neighborhood has been overlooked. You can search over on Trulia as well to see if it is actually a definabl…

Hey all! I am in the process of stripping the doors in the house and was curious if anyone could recc. a good stripping product. There is SO much pain on these doors. Everything I have tried is just not working. Any thoughts?

PS - Love this site! Totally awesome.

OK, Matt, now you’ve just gone too far.…

Sunday, we checked out Stephanie Romer's open house at the Big Pink House in Fountain City, just above the duck pond.

The dining room.

Words are not adequate to desc…

KCSPACE

Knoxville College has a chance to get federal funds to teach courses in christian virtue training ? Universal Church of Deliverance member seeks assistance.

HELP !

Got a chance last night to preview the model unit at Brownlow Lofts. Interesting project. I obviously hope the project succeeds, since we live across the street.

More interesting, even, was being able to ask folks from the auction company a little about how the process works. A little more complicated than buying a book on eBay, but overall, it seems pretty straightforward.

I learned that th…

I picked up this new card of the Sharp's Motel at the Clinton Antiques Fair last weekend. For the complete story on this Motel, click here. A big postcard de…

Historic home enthusiasts listen up & spread the word!

• What : Special Public Open House
• Where: 2711 Holbrook Drive Knoxville, TN 37918
• When :
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Brownlow Lofts are set to auction October 30, 2007 at 6:30 pm. Pre-registration required, auction to be held at the Foundry at World's Fair Park. You can also check out the pre-bid package here.

City People is having our bi-annual Home Tour this
Saturday and Sunday the 29th & 30th.
This event showcases the many faces and styles of downtown living. Tour over 20 residences ranging from studio lofts to brownstone walk ups in some of Downtown Knoxville's most historic and intriguing str…

if you have a school age child and live in an old house, this book is for you. If your kids are grown and you live in an old house, this book is for you. If you don't even have children but live in an old house, this book is for you.

Our son Jacob bought the book yesterday at the school…

County Commission approved the $572,000 Tax Increment Financing package on Brownlow School yesterday, paving the way for City Council approval tonight. According to County Commissioner Mark Harmon, commission can revisit project deadlines after the developers, Kinsey Probasco Hays and Cardinal Enterprises, hold their pre-construction auction (tentatively scheduled for October.)

During the Commission meeting, Commissioner Paul Pinkston thanked Commissioner Chuck Bolus for all his hard w…

Beautiful Queen Anne Home featured on Fine Living and DIY network. This 2514* sq. ft. home was…

“Get It Now”

Historic Parkridge Reaches the Tipping Point (via Knoxville Magazine)

By Matt Edens
Photography by Elton Howard

“It's got a lot of character; it just needs a little attention,” says Judy Holder, speaking of her two-bedroom Victorian cottage overlooking East Knoxville's Caswell Park. But she coul…

This is interesting. Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC. He poses the question, "Is "own to rent" a way to keep subprime borrowers from losing their homes?"

I know that during the Great Depression, a great aunt and uncle in Bristol bought homes from friends who were losing them, then rented them back until they could sl…

Mayor Haslam's new homeless industry czar, Jon Lawler, writes a letter to MetroPulse rebutting Matt Eden's column about "Housing First."

Lawler writes: "However, I believe that neighborhood advocacy for the development of housing first units in “my neighborhood” can occur if the neighbors are given the opportunity to enga ge the proposal, ask questions, discuss their feelings, communicate their needs, and…

My fiance Tim Glazner, aka "Swanky", has been working on a site for years trying to document some of Knoxville's history. There are vintage postcards and photos of places all around Knoxville and East TN, and then there are the "Now" photos... he's gone and scouted these places out to see what if anything remains.

Here's a link to his Knoxville Then & Now website.…

Just found a great lighting site.

We are looking to replace sconce lighting in the living room, but we need sconces with key switches as we are still hard wired.

I have found a site - vintagelighting.com that has great selection, all re-wired and ready to go.

Has anyone ordered from this site ? Or maybe other suggestions?

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