I believe that's it. I thought it was the pasture-like area on either side of Cedar Bluff, but apparently not.

Thats a fairly large chunk of forest/trees they will have to cut down. Looks like Turkey Creek Jr. Per Google maps it is approx 5.3 mi – about 9 mins from Turkey Creek. Why would Target build another supercenter 9 minutes away from the other one (I assume the Ray Mears Target will be closed down leaving yet another empty Target building in Knoxville)?

Yep, I was confused. It'll probably be strip-malled soon enough as well.

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And a Texas Roadhouse. That would be nice.

You should get up and make that speech when this development appears before MPC.

We can wager beforehand on how many of the commissioners will get the joke.

My guess is it will be the minority.

It's in the South Loop, which isn't far from downtown. It's a lot of fun.

It's got one of the shopping cart escalators that Ed McMahon referenced
when he spoke recently in Blount County as a solution to the perceived necessity of one-story strip development.

You can see pictures here.

Ahhh, Watson's.
My favorite store of all time.
I remember playing underneath racks of clothes when my grandmother used to take me there back in the '50s. That was a grand place, with wonderful bargains on stuff you'd never expect to find in Knoxville and sales people I got to know over the years. I remember buying my daughter Rachael a Dolce&Gabanna blouse there before I even knew what Dolce&Gabanna was. The price was, of course, greatly marked down.
And the bargain basement was great fun, with huge tables piled full of stuff to root around in.
One of my most bizarre Watson's memories comes from an incident I witnessed there one lunch hour 25 years or so ago. Anna Sandhu Ray, the courtroom sketch artist who had married James Earl Ray, was flipping through a rack of ladies' read-to-wear, and was greeted by a very nice black woman who worked in the courthouse. She'd evidently lost track of the craziness that had overtaken Anna (in the name of love, of course), and she asked her what she was up to. Anna answered "Well, I got married." The very nice black lady smiled, congratulated her and asked "Anybody I know?" Anna smiled back real big and said "James Earl Ray."
Her friend didn't miss more than half a beat, and said "As long as you're happy..." and Anna assured her that she was.
You just never knew what you were going to find at Watson's. I'm still sitting on my Watson's leather loveseat and will gladly wear the cashmere coat I got there if it ever gets cold enough in this post-global warming climate. It's a fabulous full-length camel-colored beauty that would probably cost $1,000 or more in Atlanta if I were to try to replace it nowadays.
The day Watson's closed was a very sad time for downtown.

Ahhh, the bridal gowns.
I remember them well -- it was always fun to watch the mothers helping their daughters, who were frantically trying on dresses.
They really had cool stuff there. I can remember when I started seeing silk for sale, and thought it was unimaginably exotic -- I guess that was when the China trade was just beginning to open up. You couldn't get silk around here before that, at least not at any peice I was able/willing to pay.

Was the house Anna had lived in cat-damaged? I remember she became one of those animal collectors who ran into trouble with the humane society for having a gabillion cats (and maybe dogs) in her house a few years back.

Wouldn't it be nice if they tried to work in a lot of the trees

This is something that bothers me more and more. Why must new development always raze all the trees first? There's some construction I can see from my window that's taken what could have been a nice place to build among the trees and turned it into a big brown scar that will soon have condos and asphalt covering it. I have to wonder, if they'd left a few trees, the condos would be more comfortable, the shade and the wind breaks would have helped their energy usage. But I'm sure it's easier and cheaper for the construction crews if they just shave the earth and plant a bradford pear or two when they're done.

There are regulations, because the property is in city limits.