Nashville Yards, 15 acres/4 million sq. ft./ $1 billion, Phase I: Grand Hyatt Hotel (25 stories), Phase II: Amazon (26 & 22 stories), Phase III: AEG District (4 K theater, 34 & 35 story apts); Phase IV: Pinnacle Tower (35 stories), Amazon 3 (43)

[satalac]

On 5/26/2018 at 7:05 AM, LA_TN said:

Bye bye sidewalk

Target practice!

Man, Nashville really isn't messing around with Bird scooters!

[smeagolsfree]

Tower crane for Hyatt was going up this morning too.

There may in fact be two cranes, not sure a this point.

[e-dub]

Hmm. I don't mind the look of that residential tower at all - in this rendering, at least.

[markhollin]

Crane going up.

Looking east along Broadway, 1/2 block west of 10th Ave:

 

Looking south from 10th Ave. North near intersection with Commerce St:

 

The control cab waiting to be hoisted. Looking SW from 10th Ave. North:

[Vrtigo]

More crane:

[MLBrumby]

Is that a luffing crane? Without a boom, I'd expect to see at least another one at that project. 

[smeagolsfree]

I don't think so. The crane assembling the tower crane and the tower crane are both yellow. Easy to confuse, but if its a Luffing crane they may be getting ready to start the apartment building and the first office building, but even then they have plenty of room for tower cranes.

[Vrtigo]

Here's another vantage point and one that @markhollin hasn't already beat me to (5th floor of Cummins Station):

Edited July 11, 2018 by Vrtigo

[titanhog]

^^Is the Frist Art Museum signage new?  I don't think I've noticed that before.

[LA_TN]

1 hour ago, titanhog said:

^^Is the Frist Art Museum signage new?  I don't think I've noticed that before.

Yes, it's been there for about 2 months, I think

[markhollin]

Crane fully erected.

Looking west from Union Station parking lot across Broadway:

 

Looking south from 10th Ave. North near intersection with Commerce St:

[Pdt2f]

I love how all the sudden we have three major projects under construction on Broadway between 5th and the interstate. A long overdue transformation of a potential-laden part of town. 

[smeagolsfree]

Amazing that I have to look half way down page two to find a billion dollar project.

 

Going to have a big boom next Saturday at the site.

[e-dub]

34 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

Amazing that I have to look half way down page two to find a billion dollar project.

 

Going to have a big boom next Saturday at the site.

A big boom crane, or a big boom as in the Sullivan building coming down?

[smeagolsfree]

Yep. 

Sullivan 

[e-dub]

UGH. Thanks?

[Vrtigo]

Sullivan is barely a shell now; you can see straight through it in many places.

I too am sad to see it go, but it's pretty much already gone. Let's get on with putting something bigger in its place. 

[Guest]

Keeping the Sullivan was never in the cards, just like bringing down the Lifeway tower was always going to happen. The developers always had a grand plan and seeming the money to implement said plan.

[smeagolsfree]

You will have a great vjew of the implosion Todd. That one will shake you being across the street.

[markhollin]

The Sullivan Tower implosion will be this coming Saturday, July 21st at 7:30 AM.

Prepping the windows with covering. Looking north from 33rd floor of JW Marriott:


 

[e-dub]

6 hours ago, Vrtigo said:

Sullivan is barely a shell now; you can see straight through it in many places.

I too am sad to see it go, but it's pretty much already gone. Let's get on with putting something bigger in its place. 

Yeah, I've been going by each weekend for the past month or so. I always liked the memories of walking over to the cafe on 8th a few times when I lived in the Bennie Dillon and thinking about how much I loved the Sullivan. Ah, well, but it's such a pretty buiding.

[markhollin]

Looking NW from 33rd floor of JW Marriott at Nashville Yards site:

 

[Bos2Nash]

I bet this would be one hell of a view to watch the Sullivan tower implosion on Saturday

[Vrtigo]

Burial shrouds are now mostly in place (as seen 7/17/18):

[markhollin]

The implosion of Sullivan Tower is set for 7:30 AM this Saturday, July 21st.   

Charles Robert Bone of SW Value Partners said photos, building elevations, and other documentation was taken to keep the Sullivan Tower's memory alive. 

Preservation Station, a local antique design company, also removed historic items from the building for resale. 

“We’re really pleased they’re keeping the Frost Building and were able to salvage some of the architectural elements of the Sullivan Tower,” said Jenn Harrman, president of Historic Nashville Inc.’s board of directors.

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2018/07/18/downtown-nashville-building-implosion-saturday-sullivan-tower/797151002/