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Short answer: VisitChatt says Chattanooga’s Southside spans 12th to 20th streets and is anchored by the historic Chattanooga Choo Choo. Next door, the same page names the Bluff View Art District, St. Elmo at the foot of Lookout Mountain and a 42,000-square-foot Martin Luther King Jr. mural. Most other Southside pages did not answer our reader.
- 12th-20thSouthside streets, per VisitChatt
- 11Neighborhoods, per VisitChatt
- 42,000 sq ftMLK mural, per VisitChatt
- 2016Year that mural was created
How we checked: VisitChatt’s neighborhoods page and Urban Stack’s own site. All read on November 3, 2026. Hours, prices, rules and closures change, so check the named agency or business before you rely on them. Anything we could not read is marked Not confirmed where it appears. This profile does not list bars. General guidance on this page is labelled as general guidance. This is not safety, medical or legal advice; where a safety or legal rule appears, the quoted words are the official source’s own.
Southside and Its Neighbors, Per VisitChatt
- Southside“Flourishing with restaurants, small businesses, galleries, entertainment” between 12th and 20th streets, anchored by the Chattanooga Choo Choo.
- St. ElmoAt the base of Lookout Mountain. VisitChatt says the International Towing Museum there is the only one in the world. The Incline Railway’s bottom station is at 3917 St. Elmo Avenue.
- Bluff View Art DistrictOverlooks the Tennessee River; VisitChatt names Rembrandt’s Coffee House and hand-made chocolate.
- MLK muralMeg Saligman’s 2016 mural, which VisitChatt calls the largest in the Southeast and the first to wrap an entire city block.
- Getting aroundA free electric shuttle, bike share or walking, per VisitChatt.
Eat and Visit
- Urban Stack12 W 13th Street; open daily 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Eat near Southside.
- Lookout MountainRuby Falls, the Incline and Point Park.
What We Could Not Confirm
- Chattanooga Choo Choo opening timesIts old web address is a domain-for-sale page. Not confirmed
- Distances between Southside and Lookout Mountain. Not confirmed
- Parking. Not confirmed
- Which Southside restaurants are open on a given day. Not confirmed
Sources Read
- VisitChatt, Neighborhoods, read November 3, 2026
- Urban Stack, read November 3, 2026
- Lookout Mountain Incline Railway, read November 3, 2026
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Cite this page: It's Tennessee, “Chattanooga Southside: A District Profile”, itstennessee.com/destinations/chattanooga-southside/ (updated ). By the It's Tennessee editorial team. Free to quote with attribution and a link to this page; data and tables are licensed CC BY 4.0.