[114], The Knoxville area is home to 596 office buildings which contain over 21 million square feet of office space. [81] Other prominent high-rises include the Tower at Morgan Hill (21 stories),[82] the Andrew Johnson Building (18),[83] the Knoxville Hilton (18), the General Building (15), the Holston (14), the TVA Towers (12),[84] and Sterchi Lofts (12). covers eight weeks of festivities at various locations throughout the city. [citation needed], Other companies that sprang up during this period were Knoxville Woolen Mills, Dixie Cement, and Woodruff's Furniture. Pure water is practically colorless, odorless, and tasteless. After October, the temperature throughout the vertical column of water is about the same cold temperature, until the ice is melted and the sun can warm the top of the lake again. The Tennessee and Bijou Theaters underwent renovation, providing a good basis for the city and its developers to re-purpose the old downtown. Certain industries have to be very concerned with water temperature. The entirety of the Tennessee River (652 miles), plus 46 miles along the Ohio River to where it empties into the Mississippi. [100] Knox County high schools had a graduation rate of 86.6%, as of 2011. [citation needed] In the 1990s, noted alternative-music critic Ann Powers, author of Weird Like Us: My Bohemian America, referred to the city as "Austin without the hype".[131][132]. [19] TVA's headquarters, which consists of two twin high rises built in the 1970s, were among Knoxville's first modern high-rise buildings. US-25W, which enters from the east concurrent with US-70, connects Knoxville with Clinton. Knoxville falls in the humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa). Summers are the warmest time of year, with the daily average temperature in July at 78.4 °F (25.8 °C), and an average of 36 days per year with temperatures reaching 90 °F (32 °C). Dulin House), and Edward Larrabee Barnes (Knoxville Museum of Art). [94], Data collected by the Census from 2005 to 2009 reported 83,151 households in Knoxville, with an average of 2.07 persons per household. [170], The Knoxville and Holston River Railroad (KXHR) is a subsidiary of Gulf and Ohio Railways, a shortline holding company headquartered at the James Park House in Downtown Knoxville. As one of the largest cities in the Appalachian region, Knoxville has positioned itself in recent years as a repository of Appalachian culture and is one of the gateways to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. As of 2011, UTK had an enrollment of over 27,000 and endowments of over $300 million. [141], Knoxville is governed by a mayor and nine-member City Council. Note: This section of the Water Science School discusses the Earth's "natural" water cycle without human... Water for thermoelectric power is used in the process of generating electricity with steam-driven turbine generators. [58], Development has also expanded across the Tennessee River on the South Knoxville waterfront. By the 18th century, the Cherokee, an Iroquoian language people, had become the dominant tribe in the East Tennessee region; they are believed to have migrated centuries before from the Great Lakes area. The way that temperatures vary in lakes over seasons depends on where they are located. [143] The City Council meets every other Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Main Assembly Room of the City County Building.[144]. It uses the strong-mayor form of the mayor-council system. [137] Jewelry Television, a home shopping channel, is also based in the city, and several companies that provide production services to the ex-SNI networks also maintain Knoxville operations. The fire department operates 19 stations with 308 uniformed personnel. New Mexico, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware each had their second-warmest November on record with nine additional states from the South …