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[Rardy]

These are from today.  Kinda lousy weather, but you get the idea...

100 N. Main with its head in the clouds






South DT with FedEx Forum and the new Westin in the background


Southbluffs next to the river


Southbluffs and RiverTower

[idlewild]

Awesome pics, wish the weather was better, hopefully we will get snow or something tomorrow and you can take pics then too!

[Rardy]

idlewild, on Nov 30 2006, 03:45 PM, said:

Awesome pics, wish the weather was better, hopefully we will get snow or something tomorrow and you can take pics then too!

i will be soooo disappointed if we don't get anything frozen

[watnow1425]

I like the angle. Dont see that side of the skyline much in pictures

[Nashvillain]

Awesome photos, person! (i've learned not to make assumptions about forumers' genders)  Those low flying clouds make some really cool effects amidst the buildings downtown. The weather over in the M'Town looks really wintery, cold, rainy, nasty, etc.  Here in middle Tennessee we're still in the 70's, although it's grey and overcast, too.

What's with that little neighborhood just to the east, I think of downtown? Are those apartments? That seems pretty odd, what's it called, etc.?

The buildings in Memphis always seem really tall to me, I think because the landscape is so low and flat, wheras in Nashville, you can be driving over a hill and be almost 2/3 up the Bell South building, although in East Nashville, the buildings appear extra tall for the same reason as Memphis.  I'm rambling, so I'll stop now.

If you have an opportunity, can you take some street level photos of some of the new stuff going on, in and around downtown? In Nashville, we're having a really hard time with our Westin proposal, while yours seems pretty reasonable and quite nice.

Hope you get some snow (it's still November for crying out loud, way too early for that).

Edited by Nashvillain, 30 November 2006 - 04:04 PM.

[Rardy]

Nashvillain, on Nov 30 2006, 04:01 PM, said:

Awesome photos, person!

Thank you!  BTW, feel free to call me guy, man, boy, male-entity, mister, son, or masculine genderized humanoid.  Any one will do - your choice.  

I'm not sure what that neighborhood is called.  It's south of Union and east of the Forum.  If it doesn't already have a name, I'll submit either EaFo or Sonion.  Any takers?

I'll get some more pics, either when/if it snows or when it's sunnier.

[watnow1425]

Earlier this month i was downtown at night and the clouds were so low that I couldn't see the top of the 100 N Main. Also you could see the silhouette of the Sterick against the light from the First Tennessee tower. Wish I had my camera. Hopefully they will do something with the Sterick.

[Lexy]

Cool pictures Rardy.  I like the new angles as well.

[Fellowmann20]

Nice pics Rardy!  The back of downtown is really cool.  Where were you taking those shots from anyway?  

I have plenty of pictures I haven't posted yet. Hopefully I will get around to them in a couple of days.

[Rardy]

Fellowmann20, on Nov 30 2006, 07:58 PM, said:

Nice pics Rardy!  The back of downtown is really cool.  Where were you taking those shots from anyway?  

I have plenty of pictures I haven't posted yet. Hopefully I will get around to them in a couple of days.

I was at UT, in the Medical District.  That's the view from my office, and it's kinda weird to think it's "new" cause that's pretty much the only view I see!  Thanks for the compliments.  I can't wait to see your pics too.

[Rardy]

I uploaded more pics from yesterday:

The Hernando Desoto Bridge, aka the "M" Bridge:


The new Tom Lee Memorial:


Pyramid in the background, Jefferson Street in foreground, 100 N. Main definitely in the clouds:

[Bears]

Nice pics Rardy! Keep them coming.

Nashvillain, on Nov 30 2006, 06:01 PM, said:

What's with that little neighborhood just to the east, I think of downtown? Are those apartments? That seems pretty odd, what's it called, etc.?

When I was a toddler, I lived in those apartments! Its called the Edisons. As you can see, there is one lowrise apartment, aswell as a large row of 3 or 4 story apartment duplexes. The ones in the pictures are also apartments with a playground. The highrise has a concrete covered parking lot and on top of it, there was a putting green, a small snack shop, benches, and a bike and a walking track.

Edited by Bears, 01 December 2006 - 12:31 PM.

[Rardy]

K...more pics.  The weather was much sunnier today, but the wind chill was in the teens.  Yikes.

Sculpture at Vance Park on top of the bluff:


Mud Island from Vance Park:










The Exchange Building, my personal favorite in Memphis:


Lincoln American Tower, renovations continue despite fire:




Future site of One Beale.  Fill in the blank with...a 30-story building:

[Fellowmann20]

Nice pics again Rardy!  I really like the ones of the historic buildings.  In the first shot of them (which you did very well in not capturing the more modern buildings in the shot)  it looks like its back in the 30s or 40s with the exception of the cars.

Good job!

Edited by Fellowmann20, 01 December 2006 - 09:32 PM.

[Rural King]

Great pics! Good to see some more photos on the forum.

[bluff2085]

Great pics, keep em comin!

[idlewild]

Awesome pics!

[Rardy]

Neo took this pic and posted it in the main photos forum.  it's really cool cause it captures the abrupt transition from urban to rural:

[Durhamite]

Very nice!  Does Memphis ever have any problems with flooding from the mighty Mississippi?  Kind interesting how the river splits and creates an island.

[idlewild]

You can't tell from this shot, but we have bluffs on the Memphis side that prevent the city from flooding.