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#541 NashRugger

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Posted 09 March 2012 - 04:09 PM

View Posttimmay143, on 09 March 2012 - 12:10 PM, said:

Wow imagine that!  Thank you!!

Music City Center considers solar panels
Consultant will explore options for solar panels

http://www.tennessea...pnews|text|News
Really should've been a no-brainer from the start. What plants can't cover, solar panels should.

 

#542 Volanova

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Posted 09 March 2012 - 04:32 PM

That huge undulating roof looks primed for solar panels on the southerly facing waves. Definitely a good thing, and will look great on the city to have something like this. Wonder what the expected power output of this could be on a sunny summer day.

#543 barakat

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Posted 09 March 2012 - 05:47 PM

According to the PDF document on this page, the only area of the roof designated for solar panels is the roof of the ballroom.

http://www.nashville...solarpanels.asp


View PostVolanova, on 09 March 2012 - 04:32 PM, said:

That huge undulating roof looks primed for solar panels on the southerly facing waves. Definitely a good thing, and will look great on the city to have something like this. Wonder what the expected power output of this could be on a sunny summer day.


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Posted 12 March 2012 - 10:08 PM

It's hard to believe this thread is still going....I started it 7 years ago. :shok:

#545 timmay143

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Posted 13 March 2012 - 09:48 AM

View PostUTgrad09, on 12 March 2012 - 10:08 PM, said:

It's hard to believe this thread is still going....I started it 7 years ago. :shok:

HAHA!!  Welcome back!  We here at UP Nashville like to do what most developers don't, re-use!

#546 bwithers1

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Posted 13 March 2012 - 01:17 PM

View PostUTgrad09, on 12 March 2012 - 10:08 PM, said:

It's hard to believe this thread is still going....I started it 7 years ago. :shok:
Yup.  And about another 18 months to go!

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Posted 13 March 2012 - 11:33 PM

View Posttimmay143, on 13 March 2012 - 09:48 AM, said:

HAHA!!  Welcome back!  We here at UP Nashville like to do what most developers don't, re-use!

Yeah...no real sense in starting a new thread.

My old name got banned a while back...probably 5 years ago. Now I just come by to lurk from time to time.

View Postbwithers1, on 13 March 2012 - 01:17 PM, said:

Yup.  And about another 18 months to go!

Hard to believe it's finally coming through as reality. The scale of the project is remarkable. I really never thought it would get this big.

In hindsight, I like this location better than The Gulch or my original proposal on West End...primarily because it can work in tandem with Bridgestone Arena,which will help lure and/or keep higher profile sporting events to locate here, such as the SEC basketball tourney (Men's and Women's), NHL All Star Game, Men's basketball Sweet 16 (maybe), Women's Final Four, etc.

I can see it being a big benefit for Fan Fare (or whatever they are referring to it nowadays).

I'm a bit wary of the costs involved in the project, but I do think that in some form or another, it will be a very useful building for years to come. If not, we just built the most expensive parking garage on the planet. :lol:

I'm hoping that its completion coincides with an uptick in the economy...I think SoBro is ripe for large scale development, and with this huge anchor, we could see a nice bit of urban connection between Downtown, SoBro, Rutledge & Rolling Mill Hills, and The Gulch. Broadway would finally be in the middle of Downtown! ^_^




Sorry for the longish rant. I'll go back to lurking.

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Posted 17 March 2012 - 02:11 PM

You dont have to lurk for sure. There have been a few moderation changes since those days and Monsoon/ metroboi/ metroM is no longer involved. I think he banned over half of the forum at one time or another. LOL

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Posted 17 March 2012 - 08:16 PM

View Postsmeagolsfree, on 17 March 2012 - 02:11 PM, said:

You dont have to lurk for sure. There have been a few moderation changes since those days and Monsoon/ metroboi/ metroM is no longer involved. I think he banned over half of the forum at one time or another. LOL

You are always welcome

Yeah...that guy was a real Supermod, wasn't he? :lol:

I've bounced around and lurked a bit of the skyscraper/development/urban forums. In the last year, I've become a little more interested, though. The economy has been a real bummer as of late...but it looks like there are a lot of positive signs out there for things to really start to get moving soon.

I went to one of the forum meets waaaaaay back...I can't remember much, other than we walked around quite a bit. Fun conversation, though. I'd like to do that again sometime soon. When I start talking about my visions for where I want to see this city go, most of my friends and family's eyes glaze over. :(

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Posted 18 March 2012 - 02:50 AM

The great thing about the forum meets is our eyes would be glazed over form other things and the built environment is like a cup up JOE. We still meet the first Sat. of the month in the Gulch @ Casablanca.

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Posted 19 March 2012 - 07:57 AM

View PostUTgrad09, on 17 March 2012 - 08:16 PM, said:

Yeah...that guy was a real Supermod, wasn't he? :lol:

I've bounced around and lurked a bit of the skyscraper/development/urban forums. In the last year, I've become a little more interested, though. The economy has been a real bummer as of late...but it looks like there are a lot of positive signs out there for things to really start to get moving soon.

I went to one of the forum meets waaaaaay back...I can't remember much, other than we walked around quite a bit. Fun conversation, though. I'd like to do that again sometime soon. When I start talking about my visions for where I want to see this city go, most of my friends and family's eyes glaze over. :(

That was one of the best meets we ever had! We had you Nashvol, myself the doorman, Dave, Kheldane, Rural King (Tyson), Justin who since moved   several times, and a few others. We got caught in the rain and ended up at the Renaissance Hotel. That was before William Williams, Smeagolsfree, and the others joined the fray. Good times indeed! I remember Kheldane (Mike) took pics of the Viridian when only four stories of the parking garage were completed. That was in spring of 2005 I believe.

I'll never forget that forum meet. We all ate at San Antonio Taco Company. We also went to the top of Tony's garage on Deadrick Street.  Welcome back!

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Posted 19 March 2012 - 08:12 PM

View PostMTSUBlueraider86, on 19 March 2012 - 07:57 AM, said:



That was one of the best meets we ever had! We had you Nashvol, myself the doorman, Dave, Kheldane, Rural King (Tyson), Justin who since moved   several times, and a few others. We got caught in the rain and ended up at the Renaissance Hotel. That was before William Williams, Smeagolsfree, and the others joined the fray. Good times indeed! I remember Kheldane (Mike) took pics of the Viridian when only four stories of the parking garage were completed. That was in spring of 2005 I believe.

I'll never forget that forum meet. We all ate at San Antonio Taco Company. We also went to the top of Tony's garage on Deadrick Street.  Welcome back!

Yeah, Spring 05 sounds right. Yeah, several of those things ring a bell. I also remember going to the Doubletree and BoA courtyard, too.


Weather is getting nice, and the trees are starting to bud & bloom. Let's do it again.




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