Project Thread/New Construction/Photo du jour/Const. CAMs

[Salbato]

Does anyone have pictures of the Bridgestone Headquarters or an update on the site?

[Andrew_3289]

BTW Andrew, You have now committed yourself for keeping us updated on the Nations with photos from now on, JK. I am glad you are taking pix over there. Everyone is making my job much easier now. I dont have to take near as many pictures with you, Chris Holman and many others taking shots.

 

Keep em coming guys. It would be great if someone could take pix for each of the threads

Ha - I don't mind snapping some picks while I go on runs in the neighborhood. Glad people are enjoying them. I'll be sure to update yall with projects going on in the Nations neighborhood.  

[markhollin]

Excavation beginning for Stix public art at Music City Circle roundabout, and the demolition progress at United Methodist Publishing House (future site of Turnberry Marriott). Sept. 2, 2015

[MLBrumby]

We outta-towners appreciate the pictures... Thanks! 

[chris holman]

Sobro site yesterday

[chris holman]

two men and a crane , Thompson hotel  site

Edited September 3, 2015 by chris holman

[Andrew_3289]

Some pictures of the $50 million mixed use H.G. Hill Project Realty project in Sylvan Heights. Project is on the corner of Charlotte Ave and 40th Ave (West Nashville). 

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/real-estate/2015/03/26/hill-center-sylvan-heights-mixed-use-project-nashville-charlotte-avenue/70513590/

First four pictures are the retail spaces facing Charlotte Ave. Fifth picture is the back of the retail space. Pictures 7,8,9, & 10 are of the apartments being built on 40th Ave, behind the retail section. 

[MetropolitanNashville]

H.G. Hill does some great work. I really appreciate what appears to be a commitment to a certain level of quality we don't see too often today. I'm excited to see this one complete.

[chris holman]

Thompson hotel site today

[chris holman]

Ha - I don't mind snapping some picks while I go on runs in the neighborhood. Glad people are enjoying them. I'll be sure to update yall with projects going on in the Nations neighborhood.  

I love taking pics of the city, I would post every day if I could 

[chris holman]

Thompson hotel sign is up

[TNinVB]

Oh my traffic is heavy down there now!

[chris holman]

Oh my traffic is heavy down there now!

yes it is very heavy imagine with the hotel and the 38 story apartment build how much more it would be

[BnaBreaker]

You know...there's a reason that neighborhoods around the country and the world with two...four...eight...twenty times the density of The Gulch don't have similar traffic issues.  I hope I'm not coming across as condescending here, and I apologize if I am, but it's just so funny to me to listen to Nashvillians worry about the possibility of density creating more traffic problems.  I hate to break it to you, but The Gulch is still pretty sparsely populated as urban neighborhoods go.  It's still mostly empty lots and old warehouses.  Trust me, density is NOT what is creating the traffic issues in this city.

Edited September 5, 2015 by BnaBreaker

[chris holman]

doesn't it add to more people in the area? density  play some role in more people per square mile statistics doesn't it

Edited September 5, 2015 by chris holman

[rookzie]

The point I see that BnaBreaker attempting to make, in response to bruceman73, is the issue of mobility and accessibility.  I have to exercise constraint not to hijack this thread from its namesake sub-topic, by simply saying that the steady increase of more occupants per square miles indeed does have a direct effect on the level of concurrent activities ─ pedestrians (far more) vs. cars ─ all in turn vying for mobility with the preemptive presence of ongoing and seemingly randomly located construction sites, moving utility- and general service activities.  Interject what little public transportation provisions exist, in conjunction with little if any enforcement of what few traffic movement policies appear to be in place to govern surface movements along paths with few if any parallel alternatives, and you have a "vermicelli-like" recipe for disaster that not only remains bad, but which always will continue to grow worse.

Not even old and much larger urban districts like SF and DC have “solved” their traffic problems, as to do so would be analogous to trying to wash an unbound mass of dirt.  You end up with a muddy mess worse than at the start, while more meaningful solutions might be to bridge over or tunnel under it, and allow it to run its course (thereby becoming "dirtier" with more growth), without channeling all resources in trying to fix something that cannot be “arrested”.  This is the reason that SF and DC rely on sound, reliable alternatives of public conveyance, to require in many cases no more than a several blocks to access feeder lines within the quagmire, and in turn access the more advanced modes for movement.  That’s how density is handled, whether in Vancouver BC or Miami.  Nashville hasn’t even begun to turn such attention into action.  That’s why transportation is among if not “the” foremost topic of the mayoral election, in a whole lot of people’s minds (other than education and affordable housing).
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[dmillsphoto]

From on my way in this morning... 

[markhollin]

Midtown cranes viewed from Church Street Viaduct.

HCA Headquarters under construction viewed from over top of Eleven Eleven complex on Church Street Viaduct.

Hume Fogg High School Gymnasium nearly complete. Like how they incorporated some of the old stonework into the front design. 

[markhollin]

Clearing has begun on the Division Street Corridor Connector.  Looking east across the railroad lines towards south edge of SoBro (that is the Howard Building on the horizon).

Edited September 7, 2015 by markhollin

[BnaBreaker]

Thanks a ton for the updates Mark!  Man, I'm still not quite sure how I feel about that Hume Fogg addition.  Much better than the empty lot, to be sure, but the incorporation of stone work aside, I feel like they could've done a better job making the physical/aesthetic connection between the two buildings.  Minor critique though, really.

[markhollin]

Thanks a ton for the updates Mark!  Man, I'm still not quite sure how I feel about that Hume Fogg addition.  Much better than the empty lot, to be sure, but the incorporation of stone work aside, I feel like they could've done a better job making the physical/aesthetic connection between the two buildings.  Minor critique though, really.

I agree--wish it could've been more of a seamless look to match the stonework of the original structure.  Probably was a cost issue.  

[NashRugger]

Coming from the north on the west section of the downtown loop, the Skyhouse crane is VERY in focus and shows just how much Skyhouse will stand out from that vantage point.

[chris holman]

Westin Hotel today

[chris holman]

JW Marriott site today

[rookzie]

Thanks a ton for the updates Mark!  Man, I'm still not quite sure how I feel about that Hume Fogg addition.  Much better than the empty lot, to be sure, but the incorporation of stone work aside, I feel like they could've done a better job making the physical/aesthetic connection between the two buildings.  Minor critique though, really.

I agree--wish it could've been more of a seamless look to match the stonework of the original structure.  Probably was a cost issue.  

Fully agree, and no doubt cost was an issue.  But I will give kudos to that tower shown in the middle of the view (facing 8th Ave), but you have to actually be present to see why.  The masonry detail (barely discernible in this view) actually emulates some of the old-world Quoin-block ashlar, but with a contemporary flair.  In my opinion, the remainder of the addition would have been best designed and constructed as such.  I hold reservations about the general design, as it looks somewhat "tacked on" (if not partially tacky), and it probably will not weather gracefully as would a fully masonry design.  The roof-line, however is indeed tacky (along the front especially) and would have best built as a castellated, battlement-style parapet, to better match that of the original school-house.  Also, no pilings or railing protection bollards are provided on the parking-lot side (left), the absence of which is certain to lead to damage.
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