Regas Square

My next stop on the Downtown Home Tour was Regas Square. It is named after the restaurant that was located on this block for 90 years, which closed in 2010. The condos are located where the parking lot was for the restaurant. The restaurant building has been repurposed and is now office space for a non-profit. There used to be a much bigger (in area and height) building on this block (built around 1891), which included a hotel. However in the 1960s, it was cut down to the size it is now. The last two photos are pictures of the Regas building from the 1930s (via McClung Historical Collection) and now (via Google Streetview). #downtownknoxville #knoxvilletn