Through it all, one constant — the people.
Despite every challenge, there have been people to stand up for one another. There has always been someone willing to work so East Knoxville could see better days.
Starting with the construction of Magnolia Avenue, through the turbulent years of Urban Renewal and looking forward to its future, we are looking at the history of East Knoxville and how it became what it is now.
Magnolia Avenue:
The road to the future
At the advent of a new century, in the late 1880s, travelers in East Tennessee would traverse boundless trees and mountains for a promise of refuge in Knoxville.