JW Marriott - 385' - 34 Floors

[Pdt2f]

8 minutes ago, titanhog said:

I actually love the shiny chrome glass on the JWM.  You don't see that very often.

For me I prefer either the chrome or the dark glass. Just not the completely clear Westin crap. 

[titanhog]

1 hour ago, Pdt2f said:

For me I prefer either the chrome or the dark glass. Just not the completely clear Westin crap. 

Yeah...that's hideous.

[markhollin]

Shots from a Ken Herron drone video in November:

[markhollin]

Looking NW from Lafayette St. just SE of KVB:

 

Looking SW from intersection of 8th Ave. South and Demonbreun:

Looking West from near intersection of Demonbreun and 8th Ave. South:

 

Looking west from Demonbreun and 7th Ave. South:

 

Looking SW from corner of 8th Ave. South and Demonbruen:

[AUNash]

Has anyone heard their plans for their adjacent property?

[Pdt2f]

3 hours ago, AUNash said:

Has anyone heard their plans for their adjacent property?

Nothing yet, but I’m intrigued about what they’ll do with it. Hopefully they put the same thought and effort into the adjacent property as they did in the JWM tower. 

[Titans10]

 

[TNinVB]

Any updates? Seems like it’s taking a while around the balcony section. I’d figured the crane would have come down by now. 

 

Edited January 24, 2018 by TNinVB

[FromParkAveToTN]

What is the hold up with covering up the lips? 

[markhollin]

Looking north from Division Street Connector:

Looking south from 8th Ave. South just north of Demonbreun:

 

Looking south from Demonbreun 1/2 block east of 8th Ave. South:

 

Looking SE from Demonbreun 1/2 block east of 8th Ave. South:

Looking south from intersection of Demonbreun and 8th Ave. South:

[Pdt2f]

I love the building but maaaan would it look great if it was twice as tall. 

[NissanvilleTitans]

Since we have a Batman building, I think I'm going to start referring to this one as the Darkwing Duck building.

[chris holman]

Still wondering if they can build the office portion of the building or something else in mind

[TNinVB]

I would just like to know why they made the crown shorter?

[titanhog]

3 hours ago, TNinVB said:

I would just like to know why they made the crown shorter?

It's the Nashville way.  We think we're getting the greatest design Nashville has ever seen...and then they still have to go and find a way to keep us humble. 

[henburg]

It sucks, but the aesthetically pleasing parts of the designs are always what get cut first. The crown would've looked great twice as tall, but if it works just as well as one that's half the height, than it will get cut down 9/10 times.  Fortunately in this case the shorter crown doesn't detract anything from the design. 

[arkitekte]

4 hours ago, chris holman said:

Still wondering if they can build the office portion of the building or something else in mind

I wouldn't be surprised if they held that for future hotel space development; whether it's in 5 or 10 years. 

[AUNash]

I heard something suggesting it might be sooner.

[mirydi]

Drove by downtown this morning and I couldn't tell for sure cause I was so far away, but it looked like there were putting up more stanchions on top.  Can anyone confirm?

[MLBrumby]

Could be! There's something going on like that at the top. They just might be going full Pez dispenser after all. 

And really! I realize it's on a hill, but that has got to be 400'+.  Where did the 385' figure come from? Call me skeptical. 

[mirydi]

Sure looks like stanchions to me. Never really made sense where they were gonna put the sign with that small of a crown. Keeping fingers crossed!

[titanhog]

[TNinVB]

Haha I was just looking at the ASC cam and was wondering the same thing! It looks like stanchions to me! Can anyone downtown confirm and post some close ups? I wonder if they was a delay in manufacturing them, or if the developers visit this sight and got tired of me complaining? Now if only the lights at the top of 505 were turned on, all would be right in the world.   ;-P

Edited February 14, 2018 by TNinVB

[markhollin]

So far, it is scaffolding on the southeast side....

 

[mirydi]

Interesting for sure. The scaffolding appears to be right where each of the existing stanchions are, so this is still pretty encouraging. Not sure what else the scaffolding would be for other than prepping for the next level of the crown. 

By the way, thanks for the pics Mark!

Edited February 14, 2018 by mirydi