Underground Knoxville
Take a look at underground tunnels and storefronts in the block of Gay Street, which Knoxville raised years ago. Get our Insider's Guide to Downtown Knoxville delivered straight to your inbox. We promise to send you only the good stuff.
Subterranean View
Beneath the block of Gay Street lies a hidden piece of Knoxville’s history. You can see it – or imagine it, at least – when you peer down through the “skylights” blocked into the sidewalk. Some of them simply sit at the idea stage and some of them are finished or nearly finished products. In case anyone reading this might not know, the block of Gay Street was elevated about years ago in order to allow a viaduct over the rail yards making passage easier for cars.
Guide to Gay Street in Knoxville, Tennessee
Every day, people walk along Block of Gay Street near the Old City without having any idea that there is a secret part of Knoxville hiding below them. There are several urban legends about the history of this “hidden city,” also referred to as “underground Knoxville.”. Below the block of the Gay Street we know today is the block of yesterday or, rather, yestercentury. One story below where we walk today lies of the Knoxville of Underground Knoxville Emerges with The Furnace
If you’ve ever heard rumors of an old “underground” city here in Knoxville, we’re here to tell you the rumors are true – at least in the block of Gay Street. Over a century ago, the railway was bustling and Gay Street was struggling to keep up. The elevator opens to a dark, muffled, subterranean space. Gay Street's Secret Underground City
One story below the block of Gay Street in Downtown Knoxville are sidewalks and storefronts that have not seen daylight in more than a century. . 
The 'hidden city' under Gay Street
Why was Knoxville's Gay Street elevated? Does it have an underground city? Well, let's find out!. .
What's underneath Gay Street? The Furnace is an underground
Downtown Knoxville features a hidden street level below Gay Street with the ghostly relics of former storefronts and more. In the block of South Gay Street in downtown Knoxville was raised to eliminate a sharp grade at the Southern Railway tracks to the north. . Downtown Knoxville
Named one of the Great Streets in America by the American Planning Association (APA), Gay Street is the heart of Downtown Knoxville with a buzz of activity day and night. Within the central business district, Gay Street spans ten blocks from the Gay Street Bridge to West Jackson Avenue. .