Gay Street velopment uld bee new downtown Knoxville district

Contents:

• 200 BLOCK OF GAY STREET
• THE 200 BLOCK OF GAY ST. N NOW BE VELOPED. BUT WHAT WILL GO THERE TO 'BRIDGE THAT GAP'?
• DID YOU KNOW THE 100 BLOCK OF GAY STREET WAS RAISED? TAKE AN UNRGROUND TOUR
• CONSTCTN PREPARED TO START ON THE 200 BLOCK OF GAY STREET
• THIS $26M PROJECT WOULD FILL GAY STREET'S 'GREAT DIVI' WH SHOPPG, HOG AND DG
• COULD REVELOPG GAY STREET'S 200 BLOCK CREATE A NEW DOWNTOWN KNOXVILLE DISTRICT?
• GAY BLOCK

200 BLOCK OF GAY STREET

In a very signifint velopment for downtown, Hatcher-Hill Properti has troduced a project that will rtore the wtern si of the 200 block of Gay Street.

THE 200 BLOCK OF GAY ST. N NOW BE VELOPED. BUT WHAT WILL GO THERE TO 'BRIDGE THAT GAP'?

It’s somethg we’ve talked about on this blog for years as a missg piece the downtown velopment equatn: the missg 200 block of South Gay Street. The 200 Block of Gay Street, Wt Si - The Gaps of Gay Street Part 4.

DID YOU KNOW THE 100 BLOCK OF GAY STREET WAS RAISED? TAKE AN UNRGROUND TOUR

For our forth stallment of the "Gaps of Gay Street", and a follow-up to the 200 Block East si, we'll cross Gay Street to the wt si.

CONSTCTN PREPARED TO START ON THE 200 BLOCK OF GAY STREET

He purchased his first saloon, The Poplar Log, at the rner of Central and Ve the 1890's and then shortly opened this place, The Lone Tree Saloon, namg after the last tree standg on Gay St.

Cal Johnson's Lone Tree Saloon and the "Last Tree on Gay Street". An 1890's view of the wt si of the 200 block of Gay Street.

THIS $26M PROJECT WOULD FILL GAY STREET'S 'GREAT DIVI' WH SHOPPG, HOG AND DG

While the tre are pretty, thk of how much more hive downtown would feel if the 100 block hadn't been severed om the rt of Gay Street. Below are some aerial shots showg the gap where Gay street was terpted. Until next time, when we move south back down Gay Street seekg to fill "The Gaps of Gay Street.

COULD REVELOPG GAY STREET'S 200 BLOCK CREATE A NEW DOWNTOWN KNOXVILLE DISTRICT?

When schools block pro-LGBT s but still allow accs to hate s that nmn LGBT people or urge them to try to “pray away the gay, ” ’s viewpot discrimatn and vlat stunts’ rights unr the First Amendment. As we ntue our tour south down Gay Street, we walk past the 400 block whout stoppg.

Gay Tower, Embassy Su, what have you... Gay sce at least the 1880's.

This block, like many on the wt si of Gay, was home to many smaller shops. The tersectn of Clch and Gay, 1877.

GAY BLOCK

East Tennsee Natnal Bank, Corner of Unn and Gay 1925.

Gay and 511.