East Tennessee Picture of the Day

[Hankster]

Great shots of Cleveland. Thanks for the update!

[Tennesseestorm]

Great photos. I have not posted anything in awhile, but I have some to post tomorrow evening. We ended up just going to Pigeon Forge last week. Did not get too many photos however. Many were when we were on the freeway ( I-81 and I-40).

[bozooka]

2nd time poster....

Beautiful weather in downtown Chattanooga on Saturday. Took a few photos at the Hunter Museum of Art.

probably one of the most photographed sites in Chattanooga - Walnut Street Bridge

"Pregnant Whale" in front of the Hunter Museum of Art

[HABANERO7]

Nice shot of the Walnut Street Bridge... There are some beautiful shades of blue in that picture. The Museum is a neat deal with the classic old brick and the modern metallic finishes. Crazy contrasts indeed.

By the way, Welcome to The Planet. It's always good to see more East Tennessee participation!

[Hankster]

Greats shots Bozooka and welcome to the forum. Are you from Chattanooga?

[Tennesseestorm]

Those are grand photos of Chattanooga.... especially one of the bridge.

Here are some I took on Thursday morning on our way to Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, TN. Being the high tourist attraction that it is, I am sure that many here have been there before and on the road photos posted below, but since I have not posted any in awhile, I thought I would go ahead and post. I actually have many more, but did not want to flood out the board.

These first ones are heading southbound on I-81 and then on I-40 westbound.

These were taken in Sevierville.....

This was taken in the park.... I had never been before, despite only being 101 miles away. I have been to Pigeon Forge before, but never in the park. I thought it was really neat. Some other relatives that go all the time went with us, so they took us to the best spots. Still not enough time to see the entire park. Would take at least 3 days to do that. It was so hot here this day. The high was 98* here that day. It was hot at my house to according to my father. It was 96* at my house that day. I am sure that most east Tennesseans know how hot it was that day.

Edited June 27, 2006 by Tennesseestorm

[HABANERO7]

Good ol' Dollywood! Did you get to ride the new Tree topping thing?

[Hankster]

Thanks for the Sevierville & Pigeon Forge shots! I've never been to Dollywood before and I appreciate getting a taste of the park. If you ever go back, please take some of Pigeon Forge, and Gatlinburg if you get that far.

[bozooka]

Greats shots Bozooka and welcome to the forum. Are you from Chattanooga?

Thank you! Not from Chattanooga, yet. North Alabama at the moment. Plan to live at least part of the time downtown starting this fall. Looking forward to it!

[bozooka]

Nice shot of the Walnut Street Bridge... There are some beautiful shades of blue in that picture. The Museum is a neat deal with the classic old brick and the modern metallic finishes. Crazy contrasts indeed.

By the way, Welcome to The Planet. It's always good to see more East Tennessee participation!

Thanks for the Welcome! Bucks Pocket born huh? Is that the Grove Oak Bucks Pocket?

[HABANERO7]

Thanks for the Welcome! Bucks Pocket born huh? Is that the Grove Oak Bucks Pocket?

The Bucks Pocket I'm referring to is in Bradley County TN. The actual location of Bucks Pocket is in the SE corner of the County. The borders are Spring Place Rd (Hwy 74) to the west, The Polk County line (faint green line) to the east, Ladd Springs Rd (Hwy 313) to the north and the Georgia line (white line) to the south. Valley View Elementary school is the main school for the Bucks Pocket area.

[HABANERO7]

Knoxville from I-40 I have a full set of the pictures on the Knoxville Thread...

TVA, 1st Tennessee

Old with the new

Coffee... mmmmmm

[fieldmarshaldj]

Old with the new

I remember seeing that old factory (?) building passing by on I-40. Any plans for conversion ? It would be a shame to lose such a huge magnificent structure.

[Hankster]

I remember seeing that old factory (?) building passing by on I-40. Any plans for conversion ? It would be a shame to lose such a huge magnificent structure.

You're absolutely right. I hope it's not too late to do that. That structure has fantastic possibilities and could probably be converted into more than 100 condos or lofts! Somebody please do this!

[krazeeboi]

You guys should post some of your photos in the Southern Photo of the Day thread. Tennessee has absolutely zero representation on that thread.

[Hankster]

You guys should post some of your photos in the Southern Photo of the Day thread. Tennessee has absolutely zero representation on that thread.

I wasn't aware of that thread. We'll get some pictures posted over there.

[Tennesseestorm]

Oh, in that case, I have several more that I can post of the park. I will resize them and get them posted here soon. I had never been in Dollywood either until this last trip. We are planning on going again next Tuesday. Yeah, when we go back to Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg, I will get photos of those areas.

We went on a tour of downtown Bristol today. A local historian who we know well held the tour. I took a lot of different photos (some of the same buildings, but at a different viewpoint) that I will soon resize and post here.

Thanks for the Sevierville & Pigeon Forge shots! I've never been to Dollywood before and I appreciate getting a taste of the park. If you ever go back, please take some of Pigeon Forge, and Gatlinburg if you get that far.

[Hankster]

Oh, in that case, I have several more that I can post of the park. I will resize them and get them posted here soon. I had never been in Dollywood either until this last trip. We are planning on going again next Tuesday. Yeah, when we go back to Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg, I will get photos of those areas.

We went on a tour of downtown Bristol today. A local historian who we know well held the tour. I took a lot of different photos (some of the same buildings, but at a different viewpoint) that I will soon resize and post here.

Great news! I look forward to seeing your pics. Please keep 'em coming!

[Tennesseestorm]

Ok.... here are several. Again, these were taken on the morming of the 4th in downtown Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia.

I have many more, but did not want to overload the system.

More to follow in the next topic.......

As you can see, some of the buildings are undergoing renovations.

I will post more Dollywood photos later.

Most of these photos were taken after the actual tour, as it was too difficult taking photos with all of the people around. I would estimate that about 80 people showed up for the guided tour.

Most businesses were closed, due to the holiday, but that made it less crowded.

Great news! I look forward to seeing your pics. Please keep 'em coming!

Edited July 6, 2006 by Tennesseestorm

[Tennesseestorm]

Here are more.....

The new library

Another of the downtown skyline

One of the old original Bristol post offices.....

Photo of a old houses in urban Bristol, not too far from downtown....

Lastly, here are some on the drive back toward my house. BTW... I only live about 8 miles southeast of downtown.....

OK.... heading out of the city limits and heading toward my house.....

These are some of the last of the houses in the extreme southeastern city limits, but not nearly all of the neighborhoods.... this is just heading out of the city limits and into more rural areas, but the city limits extends about 2 miles from this photo. In fact, a Burger King will soon go in down the road from here.

The intersection of Highway 394 (Bristol Beltway) and Highway 421. To the left of this photo (which is just beyond the above photo), a new Burger King will be built, which will be the first one of this stretch of highway in this area....

About a mile down the road from there going down highway 421... looking southeastward....

The next road on the left is the road we live on....

Finally in my lawn.... looking southwest

Now looking west / southwest......

Edited July 6, 2006 by Tennesseestorm

[Tennesseestorm]

I found one more that goes along with the above photos... This old house is HUGE!

[MidTenn1]

Storm,

Would this happen to be the intersection of Pennsylvania with State Line? If so, it looks good. One of my nicer engineering projects. We saved the historic ice cream shop sign to the East.

I need to get up there and take a look at it.

Edited July 6, 2006 by PHofKS

[Tennesseestorm]

Yep, thats the one! That intersection is much better now. Interesting that you had a hand in that project. I did not know you did that type of work.

It only was completed about a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately, that ice cream sign is gone. Something happened and it was severely damaged. I never got the whole story. It had been there since 1969. My grandparents just live up the street from here on Georgia Avenue and I always used to go in here as a kid and get ice creams. I remember the sign well. When I was really little, a little kid used to be on the ladder to the ice cream, but he broke off years ago and only the ice cream remained. Anyway, the parts of the ice cream sign that did not get damaged was supposedly kept by the store owner and he was going to repair, but I later seen part of the sign setting in an antique store window, located downtown. He must have sold it or something. Sadly, we never had any photos of the sign. Had I known it would have been damaged and removed, I would have made an extra effort to get some, but I never thought it would be removed. I will soon try to get a photo of that street corner, so you can see what the entire intersection looks like.

For those who do not know what we are talking about, there is an ice cream shop (Kay's Ice Cream) (also sells food) on the right hand corner of this photo. On the corner was a huge plastic or ceramic ice cream figure up in the air that lit up at night. It had a little kid standing on a ladder trying to get to the ice cream obviously. He fell off years ago though. The "Kays Ice Cream" sign was below that also lit up. Anyway, it is now gone, because something went wrong and I was told the sign was damaged.

Here is another photo of that intersection (that shows the new traffic lights and road signs)....

Storm,

Would this happen to be the intersection of Pennsylvania with State Line? If so, it looks good. One of my nicer engineering projects. We saved the historic ice cream shop sign to the East.

I need to get up there and take a look at it.

Edited July 6, 2006 by Tennesseestorm

[MidTenn1]

Well, that's a shame about the sign. We took great pains to save it.

I enjoy managing projects like this. It not only eliminates traffic bottlenecks, it addresses pedestrian needs also. I wish I could do more projects that addressed pedestrian and streetscape issues.

I get to travel around the State, as a result of what I do. I'm off to Jackson and Memphis next week and back to the tri-cities next month.

[HABANERO7]

Here is my contribution to the East Tennessee picture of the day