December 23, 2004 • Vol. 14, No. 52
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COVER STORY
 Year in Review 
Every December, Metro Pulse looks back at the year that was—what was spectacular and what we’ll be more than happy to forget. The year of 2004 found Knoxville with new leadership in the forms of Mayor Bill Haslam and new UT President John Petersen. Historic preservation issues catapulted to the forefront; residency and renovation projects took the downtown by storm; and lots and lots more....
 
Citybeat
 This week: 
The Beck Cultural Exchange Center has moved into the Gateway Building on Volunteer Landing; Molly Kincaid tells how the center will continue utilizing the original Dandridge Avenue location once its upgrading and expansion is complete.
 Plus: Seven Days and Street Talk.
 
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Opinion
 An Editorial 
announces the creation of the Metro Pulse New Main Library Fund, 
Joe Sullivan 
recaps Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale’s year 
in Insights, 
Jack Neely 
lays out 13 ways of looking at the Smith House debacle 
in Secret History, 
Stephanie Piper 
assesses her changed career 
in Midpoint, 
Matt Edens 
finds a possible silver lining in the destruction of the J. Allen Smith House 
in Commentary, 
Steve Dupree 
puts automotive fatalities in perspective relative to some better-known tragedies 
in Guest Column, 
and Frank Cagle 
asks whether corporate incentives are a dwindling trend 
in Frank Talk.
 
A&E
 We check out a number of new discs in Platters.
 
 
Movie Guru
 Mike Gibson reviews The Aviator.
 
Columns
 Snarls by Scott McNutt
 New Health by Wendy Smith
 Frank Talk by Frank Cagle
 Sports by Tony Basilio
 News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd
 
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