Gone but not forgotten: Knoxville area restaurants and retailers we miss.

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@1RBFjr said:
The old Cas Walker’s in Bearden is being demolished right now.
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I saw that earlier this week. They didn't waste any time starting the demolition. Business must be great in the salon business if the Saahs paid $2.7M just for the lot. Then the expense of demolition and a new building. Also, Saah has the two other locations in Farragut and Cedar Bluff. Looks like they lease space to the various salon professionals.

Here is an article in KnoxTnToday: Cas Walker building on Kingston Pike sold – Set to become Luxury Salon Suite - Knox TN Today

Street address is 5613 Kingston Pike. There were a number of different stores in there after Cas Walker's. Checking online, I saw Clark Brothers Piano and Organ for a number of years after Cas. There was a sundae shop for a brief while, and then came the West End Pawn Shop and the West End Antique Store.

I will miss seeing the Cas building there, but it has been vacant and not looked good in years, and then the taggers got ahold of it. Eyesores and vacant lots on Kingston Pike stick out in Bearden these days.

You guys are posting a lot of pictures lately. Is there a picture of the building from the Cas Walker days somewhere? I haven't found one yet.
 
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@1RBFjr said:
The old Cas Walker’s in Bearden is being demolished right now.
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We visited the grandparents so much growing up Knoxville was almost a second home and loved it. At one point I wanted to try and find a job there after college but that never materialized. My gramps was a Cas Walker patron. I remember that. Then the Kroger opened up on Chapman and John Sevier.
 
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Tin Man said:
When I graduated, I too wanted to stay in Knoxville but didn’t find suitable work.
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My grandad was a TVA engineer after his Pacific Sea Bee days. I never thought to use him to see if there was a pathway there with a business degree. All I know is engineers in his day were legit. They did all the math on paper and abacus'. He was retired by then, but still had tons of connectons there and within the state gov in Nashville with conservation things he was involved in after retiring. Governor appointments and stuff. He got a full page in the KNS when he died in 2001. Heck, I struggle now to remember when he was born and how old when he died. Pretty sure my grandma was 87 when she died in '07. She was born in 1919 I think cause i remember her being 18 getting married, mom born at 19, and divorced at 20. Gramps was my Step-Gramps but you'd never know. So he was born maybe around 1914. I'd like to say he was 87-88 when he died. My dads parents were a bit older. That grandpa was born 1899. Don't know why I was so naive then not to realize his connections could have opened some doors anywhere from Nashville to Knoxville. Never even tried. But, I digress. There's atleast 2 or 3 conversations going on here.
 
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Tin Man said:
When I graduated, I too wanted to stay in Knoxville but didn’t find suitable work.
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Same here. I tried to get a finance / banking job here but they just weren't hiring in the early 80's. I think it was because I didn't go to UT and didn't have those connections here. Worked in Lexington for years but finally made it to Knoxville. I'm very thankful. I would have gone nuts living in central Ky long-term. Even though Knoxville is growing like crazy, it's still better than Lexington!
 
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