Best Tennessee Skyscraper

[ironchapman]

What is your favorite Tennessee skyscraper?

Mine is the Batman Building in Nashville of course.

[showtime21]

Bellsouth is one of the best in the country. This poll is going to be one-sided ...

[satalac]

the only reason i like the batman building is because it's a recognizable building in nashville. that being said, i think it's ugly as sin. i chose city center. it was tough choosing that over suntrust in nashville.

[ironchapman]

Indeed...should have guessed.

[northernbizzkit1]

I say Morgan Keegan...question, though...why do you include the Viridian Tower? It's not even built yet!

[sleepy]

The Lincoln-American Tower is a one-third scale replica of the Woolworth Building in NYC:

Following three photos courtesy of poster MCC from skyscrapercity.com:

According to downtownmemphis.com, the building is planned as "Mixed use development in three historically significant buildings which will include 80 apartments and 50,000sf of commercial space.":

[nashvol85]

I voted for the Suntrust Tower (No longer Suntrust)...if you aren't familiar, it's has the highest floor access in Nashville. It's one big motha...

Thanks to RK for the photos (from the Nashville forum meet)...

[ironchapman]

What do you think the proposed "Signature Tower" will do for Nashville?

[doormanpoet]

Mine is One Nashville Place. I like the all glass design. I miss the lighted blue Aragon on the top however.

[nashvol85]

What do you think the proposed "Signature Tower" will do for Nashville?

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I hope it gets redesigned, but I think it would do wonders for our city...

Btw, if you look at the pics I posted, it would go on that surface parking lot catty corner to the Suntrust building.

[it's just dave]

I'm going with the SunTrust, or whatever it's called now. It's such a big hulk of a building. It overwhelms you as you stand in front of it. I like BellSouth, but mostly from the side views, it's a little wide for my tastes. I think it just needs a bit of company to dilute its uniqueness a bit. I like City Center a lot as well.

Guess who's been invited to tour the $20 million interior renovation of the Snodgrass Tennessee Tower. There are also some nifty plans for an exterior re-hab, but I'm not at liberty to say right now what's going to happen. Drat. Stay tuned for some interesting view shots when the tour happens. Not scheduled yet.

[Clobber]

I love the Clark. Too bad it's not downtown. Setting isn't the best.

[sleepy]

I love the Clark.  Too bad it's not downtown.  Setting isn't the best.

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To each his own I guess, but I disliked it the day it went up. It was bland and looked cheap, even by the standards of 1972 to me.

[southsideJ]

I think my favorite might be the L&C, and I love how the Viridian is going to perfectly complement it.

[it's just dave]

I love the L&C tower. It'll be nice in the next year or two when it celebrates its 50th birthday with a completed Church St., Viridian, Suntrust, and maybe construction of Signature. Someone must throw it a party, and with the urban grocery right next door, we won't run out of those little party weenies. Salute to the L&C.

[satalac]

I love the L&C tower. It'll be nice in the next year or two when it celebrates its 50th birthday with a completed Church St., Viridian, Suntrust, and maybe construction of Signature. Someone must throw it a party, and with the urban grocery right next door, we won't run out of those little party weenies. Salute to the L&C.

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mmmmm party weenies...... i hope they do have a big celebration for the l&c.

[doormanpoet]

Heh heh heh heh......Dave said party weenies.....heh heh heh heh. Weenies Rule!

Thats for the Beavis and Butthead fans.

Seriously, I love the L&C One of the best towers ever.

[Clobber]

To each his own I guess, but I disliked it the day it went up.  It was bland and looked cheap, even by the standards of 1972 to me.

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Maybe the bland context in which it was built makes it stand out to me. I think the White Station tower looks cheap. I like the Clark, the dark blue glass. Maybe if it were downtown next to other towers of different styles, it wouldn't stand out so well to me. But I like it.

[Rural King]

I like the Porter Building in Memphis personally, however I really like Morgan Keegan and 100 North Main Tower (Old Union Planters) for its 60s coolness .

I like City Center probably the best in Nashville at the moment, although Suntrust and BellSouth are both really nice as well.

Porter Building

Morgan Keegan

100 North Main/Union Planters

[Claws]

BellSouth, of course. I feel it's representative of all the Tennessee cities' progressive resolve.

[showtime21]

Do anyone has pics of the bellsouth construction back in 1994..

[satalac]

Do anyone has pics of the bellsouth construction back in 1994..

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[cheeriokid61]

So that's why they say no one like it when it first went up.

They must have done some pretty massive renovations.

[ironchapman]

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Good point, satalac.

[doormanpoet]

I guess we will have to add Suntrust Plaza now! @200 feet I guess it qualifies as a "high rise." B)