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Service Station – Asheville Hwy

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Swanky

This little station was in a movie filmed in Knoxville. Anyone recall what movie? October Sky or Box of Moonlight? In the movie, I recall there were like 20 Highway direction Read More …

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Posted in Architecture, Architecture, Googie, Knoxville, Retro Goodies, Retro Preservation, Vintage PlacesTagged gas station, Knoxville, movie, retro, tennessee, vintageLeave a comment

Coon Tiki 2007

Posted on March 28, 2007 by Swanky

We have set the date for the next Coon Tiki carving class here in the mountains of East Tennessee. Last time, everyone had a fantastic time. It was great to Read More …

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Posted in Events, Polynesian PopTagged carving, event, OG Tiki Central, tennessee, tn, townsend1 Comment

Lileks shines his spotlight on TN – Knoxville

Posted on June 22, 2006 by Swanky

I recall when I first came across Lileks’ site. I loved it. And then I wondered if people thought I was copying him. Well, I started my site completely independantly. Read More …

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Posted in Googie, Retro PreservationTagged Googie, Knoxville, lileks, monteagle, postcards, tennessee1 Comment

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