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Auntie Yock replied to smeagolsfree's topic in Nashville
And here's the same view as of July 2019: https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1635829,-86.7804204,3a,49.8y,320h,97.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1snpx_X0YzKgRLHYK3tyeiVw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en -
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Auntie Yock replied to markhollin's topic in Nashville
^That might be the ugliest highrise I've ever seen. That makes the (thankfully) unbuilt Museum Plaza in Louisville look like the Chrysler Building by comparison. -
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Auntie Yock replied to smeagolsfree's topic in Nashville
The design was hardly changed for the Third National Bank that went up instead. It's ugly enough to be built today. -
Even the lesser buildings were irreplaceable gems.
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Auntie Yock replied to smeagolsfree's topic in Nashville
Not so much the height, but the quality of the architecture. -
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Auntie Yock replied to markhollin's topic in Nashville
This is Manhattan. That is the Chrysler Building and the other building (in the Rockefeller Center-style) to the right is the Daily News Building ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_Building ). The photo is taken from the vicinity of East 38th/37th near FDR Dr/1st Ave, though because so many buildings have gone up in this area in 6 decades, it's almost impossible to see this view today. The closest I was able to find was about 2009 in this (albeit awkward and not quite the right angle) at 38th & 1st. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7457598,-73.9704316,3a,15y,328.86h,105.94t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVtTyaqDMef-2Mner8s-OsQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 -
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Auntie Yock replied to smeagolsfree's topic in Nashville
Nope. Sorry. -
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Auntie Yock replied to smeagolsfree's topic in Nashville
I believe these were two entirely different projects. The proposal from the '70s, I believe, was to be like the Nashville version of the CN Tower or the later Knoxville Sunsphere. Essentially an observation tower, but not a full-fledged skyscraper with occupied floors. Conversely, Marina City was an apartment building proposal that was widely panned for being way too out-of-place and comically futuristic. -
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Auntie Yock replied to smeagolsfree's topic in Nashville
You left out the Marina City Center proposal, which also looked like the Jetsons Tower. I can't seem to locate a photo of the proposal. https://www.emporis.com/buildings/210455/marina-city-center-nashville-tn-usa -
That would've been the Montgomery Ward Department Store at 5th & Union. I can't seem to locate any photos for it.
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Auntie Yock replied to smeagolsfree's topic in Nashville
^That's what I call a "no frills" control tower. -
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Auntie Yock replied to markhollin's topic in Nashville
^And then you hear the WKRP theme song start playing in your head. -
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Auntie Yock replied to smeagolsfree's topic in Nashville
^Same view today: https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1650982,-86.7798925,3a,55.7y,107.89h,103.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sLJcBz1bWd1faYwyyPKYZrA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en