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“Somewhere on Google Maps” in Chattanooga

We’re testing out this internet trend with our very own Scenic City.

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Somewhere on Google Maps... it’s December of 2012 and Chattanoogans are enjoying local brews at The Terminal.

Photo via Google Maps

If you’re like us, the “somewhere on Google Maps” trend has taken over your social media feeds.

Here’s how it works: Folks search their home address to find special memories captured by Google over time, like their grandfather mowing the lawn, childhood pets in the driveway, or even themselves playing outside.

It got us thinking — what moments in Chattanooga have been memorialized by Google Maps? Here’s what we found.

Booked at the Tivoli almost a decade before the biopic

The Tivoli Theatre marquee

You might be surprised by some of the acts on the marquee shown through time on Google.

Photo via Google Maps

Somewhere on Google Maps... it’s 2016 and Bob Dylan is set to take the stage on a Sunday night with The Tempations + The Four Tops following just a couple days later.

The grill is on at Zarzour’s Cafe

The outside of Zarzour's

If only Google was around in 1918 when this spot first opened.

Photo via Google Maps

Somewhere on Google Maps... it’s October of 2011 and Chattanooga’s oldest restaurant was throwing grub on the grill for residents — a true staple throughout the decades.

Wheland Foundry before South Broad construction

An abandoned factory site showing old industrial buildings

These structures will be the foundation of the new stadium for the Chattanooga Lookouts which is projected to be complete by spring 2026.

Photo via Google Maps

Somewhere on Google Maps... it’s December in 2020, two years before a revitalization vision was announced for this industrialized site.

The tail end of “Be kind, rewind”

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Instead of renting your next VHS, you can now adopt adorable cats inside this complex.

Photo via Google Maps

Somewhere on Google Maps... it’s 2007 and the St. Elmo building that now houses Naughty Cat Cafe was one of the city’s Blockbuster destinations.

Before Tomorrow

A flatiron building that was a Music Hall Sports Bar

Before there was Tomorrow and Yesterday, there was a venue in Patten Parkway.

Photo via Google Maps

Somewhere on Google Maps... it’s August of 2007 and Mid Town Music Hall was the happening place in Patten Parkway — long before the Tomorrow Building put in your local favs like Jack Brown’s Beer & Burger Joint.

The Edwin’s beginnings

 The Edwin Hotel being built showing the framework and steel beams

Take a look at the handy work that brought one of the Scenic City’s beloved rooftop bars.

Photo via Google Maps

Somewhere on Google Maps... it’s October of 2016 and construction crews were hard at work putting together The Edwin Hotel, which wouldn’t open to the public for two more years.

Sculpture Fields before it was fully developed

A tall sculpture in the middle of a grassy area in a park

A time when there was more field than sculptures.

Photo via Google Maps

Somewhere on Google Maps... it’s 2017 and Sculpture Fields at Montague Park only had a couple of pieces installed. Now, it holds 50 international works of art.

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