Contents:
- GUI TO GAY STREET KNOXVILLE, TENNSEE
- GAY STREET CEMA
- DID YOU KNOW THE 100 BLOCK OF GAY STREET WAS RAISED? TAKE AN UNRGROUND TOUR
GUI TO GAY STREET KNOXVILLE, TENNSEE
Gay Street Cema.
Gay Street,. In the early-1970’s, there were two adult movie theaters on Gay Street.
GAY STREET CEMA
Bis the Bijou Theatre, which was then showg X-rated movi, there was also the Gay Street Cema which had opened on September 25, 1969.
DID YOU KNOW THE 100 BLOCK OF GAY STREET WAS RAISED? TAKE AN UNRGROUND TOUR
Dpe the name, they showed straight, not gay, movi. The 100 block of Gay Street was raised one story 1919 to the level is today. Storeonts are still visible the unrground tate velopers see an opportuny to re-purpose unrground the 100 block of the Gay Street we know today is the 100 block of yterday or, rather, ytercentury.
Fixg 'the Death Dip' The 100 block of Gay Street was raised to rolve what lol historian Jack Neely referred to as "the Death Dip. "As Gay Street grew and the railroad got by, acmodatg dozens of tras every day, the cy built bridg over the rail yards. "By 1900, the downward slope of Gay Street and the upward slope of a bridge created a road that seemed more like a roller aster — "a pretty absurd thg to fd a by part of town, " Neely said.
The pavement lights people walk over daily on the Gay Street siwalk are illumated om the tunnel directly below where the siwalk ed to unrground street area is now jt a ncrete wall led wh utily box.