Davidson Southeast: Antioch, Century Farms, East of Brentwood

[Baronakim]

5 minutes ago, donNdonelson2 said:

Kroger stores in this town are an embarrassment to the Kroger company and to this community. I won't step foot in the Donelson store since going in there one night around 10:30 and there must have been forty people in line to check out at the ONE LANE that was staffed. There seemed to be no sense of urgency

They, like so many chains, are in process of training their future checkout clerks.   I mean US.  That's what self-checkout is all about.....doing away with their staff costs at the register.   Why pay someone when they can force the customer to do it for free?Whenever I am faced with no human clerk and must rely on self checkout machines, I do one of two procedures.   I either loudly berate the store so as many other customers as possible can see my displeasure..."If if wanted to check out groceries, I wouldn't have gone to college!!" or some like statement. Or alternately, I will push my full basket to the self service cashier and tell him he can put it all back on the shelf... and walk out.  That is MY training program for these stores.

[donNdonelson2]

I would have used the self checkout...all of those were closed!!! Your only option was to wait or leave. I left and never went back. I provided them with no comment or input, no protest, and no more business.

[PaulChinetti]

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/on-the-rise/greer-stadium-guitar-scoreboard-moving-to-new-development

So it looks like the score board is heading to the Outpost development!

But it will be called “is building a second project in Wedgewood-Houston called Nashville Warehouse Co.”...

Starting in September!

Edited April 10, 2019 by PaulChinetti

[donNdonelson2]

25 minutes ago, PaulChinetti said:

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/on-the-rise/greer-stadium-guitar-scoreboard-moving-to-new-development

So it looks like the score board is heading to the Outpost development!

But it will be called “is building a second project in Wedgewood-Houston called Nashville Warehouse Co.”...

Starting in September!

Where have you been all day? 

[markhollin]

83 Freight (3 stories, 91 units) update.  Footings being placed.  More container units on site.

Looking west from Wingrove Ave., 1/2 block east of Byrum Ave:
 

Looking south from Wingrove Ave., 1/2 block east of Byrum Ave:

Looking SE from Wingrove Ave., 1/2 block east of Byrum Ave:




Looking east from Byrum Ave., 1/2 block south of Wingrove St:

Looking NE from Byrum Ave., 1/2 block south of Wingrove St:

[PaulChinetti]

8 hours ago, donNdonelson2 said:

Where have you been all day? 

Did I miss it somewhere??

[smeagolsfree]

It has its own thread. Outpost!

[PaulChinetti]

[markhollin]

Urban Land Institute has a nice feature about all the goings-on in WeHo.  Includes another rendering of The Kirby (5 & 6 stories, 104 units, 11,000 sq. ft. of retail).  And all the great development spotlighted doesn't even mention the massive announcements regarding The Nashville Warehouse Co. (formerly Out post Nashville).

https://urbanland.uli.org/development-business/the-making-of-a-makerhood/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=cu&utm_campaign=magazine

 

[markhollin]

A rendering of proposed expansion for the Fairgrounds Racetrack by Populous.  Looks like 25-30,000 capacity w/ luxury suites around the NW turn and massive digital scoreboard on SE turn. No idea how serious any of this is.

Very little else on this website:

https://nascar2nashville.com/?fbclid=IwAR0TE-eoixNZ0qMvbcV1wqCCJAFYTYBHapq8CqnIxOIKPNhFl8rOzU9LD-c
 

[titanhog]

Hey...if we're going to keep it as a race track, may as well go all in like this.  I like the design.  Hope they do it!

[NashvilleObserver]

1 hour ago, markhollin said:

A rendering of proposed expansion for the Fairgrounds Racetrack by Populous.  Looks like 25-30,000 capacity w/ luxury suites around the NW turn and massive digital scoreboard on SE turn. No idea how serious any of this is.

Very little else on this website:

https://nascar2nashville.com/?fbclid=IwAR0TE-eoixNZ0qMvbcV1wqCCJAFYTYBHapq8CqnIxOIKPNhFl8rOzU9LD-c
 

There's no way they would fill 30,000 seats

[LA_TN]

4 hours ago, NashvilleObserver said:

There's no way they would fill 30,000 seats

I absolutely believe they can fill 30k, just depends on the race. We could fill 200k seats if NASCAR returns

[PaulChinetti]

34 minutes ago, LA_TN said:

I absolutely believe they can fill 30k, just depends on the race. We could fill 200k seats if NASCAR returns

I don’t know someone posted an article about all the major races having like 100-125k empty seats. 

[volsfanwill]

 

34 minutes ago, PaulChinetti said:

I don’t know someone posted an article about all the major races having like 100-125k empty seats. 

I posted it.  Bristol had 120k empty seats this past sunday.

this looks nice though.  hope they do it!

[Baronakim]

I wish they could rebuild the track like it was back in the 50s.  I have very fond memories of attending the Tennessee State Fair and watching  surrey races.  The track was dirt back then and the fair midway was held in the middle of the track.  You got to the midway through a couple of tunnels under the track.  What was really a treat was all the great food vendors at the concourse at the top of the grandstand.  They were spaced about every 12 feet and were separated by narrow fixed benches between them maybe 8 inches wide for your butt.   The back of the grandstand opened towards the hill and had a  continuous broad stairstep up to the food vendors.  By the end of the grandstand towards Fair Park, the steps were pretty high up.  The food vendors were mostly hot dogs, corndogs and hamburgers....none of the fried butter sticks and stuff so weird now.    The other food vendors and such were in small temporary booths on each side of the hill down to Fair Park.  Saltwater taffy, cotton candy (it was only pink back then)  fruity beverages and such were so good.    The  grandstand was connected to a magnificent Victorian palace called the Women's Building where all the  arts and crafts were displayed.  It burned to the ground on the second day of the 1965 fair, the first year I had entered artwork.  Bad luck.   The street from Fair Park continued  a a wide tunnel under the Women's Building along the back of the grandstands and went down the other side of the hill to a very large enclosed  arena (the Coluseum for horse competitions like dressage and walkers.  It was near where the new dog park is now.  It was very foolishly demolished  rather than maintaining it for future restoration.  The fair had lost so much of its charm.  Then they tore down Fair Park and the rollercoaster.  Of course I grew up too and that probably had a lot to do with my impression.....I noticed the dirt behind the illusions.   I don't regret seeing the current buildings go, but I am not thrilled with boring new event buildings over by Nolensville Pike.     It is just as well the fair is moving elsewhere as there will be little left of the past there.   Perhaps a new start somewhere else will give new generations of kids the magic of the State Fair.

 

1964 pic. The fire was the next year.  The Coluseum arena is beyond.

Edited April 11, 2019 by Baronakim
added photos

[markhollin]

Carter Group Building (3 stories) update. Walls starting to fill steel framing.

Looking SE from intersection of Hagan St. and Gray St:

Looking north along Hagan St., 1/2 block south of Gray St:

[markhollin]

Segment @ Pillow (4 stories, 34 units) update. Windows installed. Cladding nearly complete.

Looking SE from intersection of Merritt Ave. and Pillow St:

Looking west along Merritt Ave. near intersection with Little Hamilton Ave:

[Bos2Nash]

On 4/10/2019 at 3:50 PM, markhollin said:

A rendering of proposed expansion for the Fairgrounds Racetrack by Populous.  Looks like 25-30,000 capacity w/ luxury suites around the NW turn and massive digital scoreboard on SE turn. No idea how serious any of this is.

Very little else on this website:

https://nascar2nashville.com/?fbclid=IwAR0TE-eoixNZ0qMvbcV1wqCCJAFYTYBHapq8CqnIxOIKPNhFl8rOzU9LD-c
 

While a great rendering. This appears to be an image grabbed from the early phases of the stadium design to help garner signatures for the petition. According the the 10-acre development where we see those low-rise pavilions behind the grandstand is where the much discussed mixed use building and parking structure are proposed. It appears the parking structure in particular appears to block the addition of grandstands. I would love to see them flip this design and place the new grandstands along the access road between the speedway and expo buildings then place the video screen in turn 3 facing the grandstands. 

[nashvylle]

is that parking by the soccer stadium surface parking? 

You can always build a garage and have the stands on top of that. Yes, it's just a question of money. 

actually @Bos2Nash I am not sure that plan is accurate. See this picture below- the additional grandstands would take up some of the fair park, not the stadium parking. 

Edited April 12, 2019 by nashvylle

[markhollin]

Southgate Station (46 townhomes in 13 three story buildings) is about 1/3 complete.

Looking north from Southgate Ave., at intersection with Carvell Ave:

Looking west from Southgate Ave., near intersection with Carvell Ave:

Looking west from Southgate Ave., at intersection with Neal Terrace:

A single home (circa 1920s) on the site has been updated and serves as the office.  Looking NE from intersection of Southgate Ave. and Neal Terrace:

Rendering of what final layout will look like:

[Baronakim]

On 4/12/2019 at 2:16 PM, nashvylle said:

is that parking by the soccer stadium surface parking? 

You can always build a garage and have the stands on top of that. Yes, it's just a question of money. 

actually @Bos2Nash I am not sure that plan is accurate. See this picture below- the additional grandstands would take up some of the fair park, not the stadium parking. 

It is interesting to see how much smaller the track is than back in the 1940s & 50s.  Here is a photo from the 1940s or late 30s showing the track much larger.  Notice the roller coaster across where Wedgewood is now and how close the track boundry was to Nolensville Pike.    This must have been taken during a State Fair as the inside of the track has the Fair Midway.  In the foreground, there is a sea of parking where the stadium is to go.

Edited April 13, 2019 by Baronakim
added track pics 1952 & 1962?

[VSRJ]

3 hours ago, Baronakim said:

It is interesting to see how much smaller the track is than back in the 1940s & 50s.  Here is a photo from the 1940s or late 30s showing the track much larger.  Notice the roller coaster across where Wedgewood is now and how close the track boundry was to Nolensville Pike.    This must have been taken during a State Fair as the inside of the track has the Fair Midway.  In the foreground, there is a sea of parking where the stadium is to go.

Some interesting photos of Fair Park here: https://www.pbase.com/deadelvis/fairpark

[markhollin]

2920 Berry Hill (4 stories, 37,000 sq. ft.) update.  Exterior nearly complete.

Looking NE from Berry Hill Drive., 1/2 block south of Berry Hill Place:

Looking SE from intersection of Berry Hill Dr. and Berry Hill Place:

Looking west form intersection of West Iris Dr. and Berry Hill Place:

[nashvylle]

Unfortunately I don’t think nascar has the backing politically. 

@PaulChinetti is it true that a lot of WeHo constituents are against racing? 

Praying both nascar and soccer can be successful. 

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/fairgrounds-speedway-in-financial-trouble-amid-expansion-talks