Knoxville
Downtown & Old City
Knoxville’s urban core — Market Square, Gay Street, and the Old City — offering condos, lofts and a walkable mix of dining, theaters and events.
What it’s like
A walkable, event-rich urban lifestyle with the greatest concentration of restaurants, venues and festivals in the region.
Highlights
- Market Square & Gay Street
- Condo/loft living
- Walkable arts, dining & events
Getting to know Downtown & Old City
Downtown Knoxville has spent two decades turning historic building stock into one of the Southeast’s most livable small urban cores. Market Square — a public market space since the 1850s — anchors daily life with restaurants, the seasonal farmers’ market and a year-round events calendar, while Gay Street carries the historic Tennessee Theatre and Bijou Theatre marquees.
The Old City, the brick warehouse district at downtown’s north end, adds music venues, coffee roasters and loft conversions; World’s Fair Park and the Sunsphere mark the 1982 World’s Fair grounds on the west edge, next to the University of Tennessee. Living options are condos, lofts and townhomes — many in converted historic buildings — with festivals, First Friday art walks and riverfront events outside the door.
Getting around
Highly walkable core with I-40/I-275 at the edges; UT is a short hop west.
Nearby commercial corridors: Gay Street · Jackson Avenue
Official local sources — Downtown & Old City
Public, official links so you can research the facts yourself — we point at the sources rather than editorializing the data.
- Visit Knoxville — events calendar, attractions and visitor info
- City of Knoxville — Parks & Recreation — city parks, community centers and programs
- Knox County Public Library — branch locations and hours
- KGIS Maps (Knoxville–Knox County GIS) — parcels, zoning, flood layers and aerial maps for any property
Community resources — Downtown & Old City
We link to neutral, official public sources so you can research the facts yourself. (Live data and a local events calendar are being connected.)
Schools
Look up assigned schools and public ratings at the district and state report-card sources.
Official links coming soonPublic safety
Review official police-department and city open-data crime maps for the area.
Official links coming soonParks & recreation
City/county parks, greenways and community centers near this area.
Guide coming soonLocal calendar
Neighborhood meetings & watch, yard sales, civic and government meetings, church activities, and area business events.
Calendar coming soonFaith communities
Churches and places of worship in and around the area, and their community activities.
Directory coming soonHomes for sale — Downtown & Old City
Live MLS listings for this area will appear here, updated from the local MLS with listing-office attribution.