Broadstone Gulch, 14-stories, 238 apts, 4,000 sq. ft. of retail

[NashRugger]

Well, look at Nashville's built environment versus Murfreesboro and there's basically you're entire answer right there.

A long way? It'd cost well over $50 million to bury all the lines just within the urban core, and I feel that's a pretty conservative number. Like I said, the problem is how to pay for all of this without a significant increase in rates because this would be a multi-year, if not decade, issue. I mean, it'd be nice, but there are more pressing matters to be had by Metro versus burying overhead lines.

[BnaBreaker]

1 hour ago, NashRugger said:

Well, look at Nashville's built environment versus Murfreesboro and there's basically you're entire answer right there.

A long way? It'd cost well over $50 million to bury all the lines just within the urban core, and I feel that's a pretty conservative number. Like I said, the problem is how to pay for all of this without a significant increase in rates because this would be a multi-year, if not decade, issue. I mean, it'd be nice, but there are more pressing matters to be had by Metro versus burying overhead lines.

Very fair points.  It would be difficult in the short term for any mayoral administration to sell the people on spending money burying power lines over funding for things like public schools and the police department.  That being said though, I really feel like it'd be worth the investment in the long run to essentially never have to worry about power outages or powerline/pole maintenence and replacement ever again, not to mention the vast improvement in the aesthetic appeal of the city overall.  

Edited October 24, 2017 by BnaBreaker

[fieldmarshaldj]

49 minutes ago, BnaBreaker said:

Very fair points.  It would be difficult in the short term for any mayoral administration to sell the people on spending money burying power lines over funding for things like public schools and the police department.  That being said though, I really feel like it'd be worth the investment in the long run to essentially never have to worry about power outages or powerline/pole maintenence and replacement ever again, not to mention the vast improvement in the aesthetic appeal of the city overall.  

NES sends out people to survey yards and whatnot to keep clear paths of 10 or so feet on either side of the power lines. Since our house is set back a distance from the road, they ran the power lines and poles back to behind our home. Unfortunately, since they implemented the aforementioned policy of keeping a clear path (namely in order to get their trucks and equipment through the yard if necessary), it meant a number of our trees and shrubs had to be removed  (including, alas, our most beautiful maple tree in our front yard).

I spoke to one of their "tree men" and asked the costs of simply burying the lines. A nuisance we have out here that happens upwards of a half-dozen or more times a year is that a squirrel will scale the high poles and accidentally touch the metal canister thing  below the top. If it so much as does that, you hear the BZZZ and an explosion a split second later, knocking out the power (with the carcass of the poor critter laying down below). He said if the average customer were to foot the bill for the costs of burying the lines, they'd as soon keep the poles.

The implication being it would double or even triple current electric costs, and that just wouldn't fly for most consumers here.

[LA_TN]

10 hours ago, GreenHillsBoy said:

But with the new technology that we heard about regarding the underground tunnel for our transit system, isn't it time to begin to push this?  Also, if anyone saw the salaries of a LARGE number of NES employees in a recent Green Hills News article, trimming a few of those would go a long way toward starting moving lines underground.  Also, how can Murfreesboro have so many underground  and Nashville so few?

Because Nashville didn't require underground until about 15 years ago 

[Pdt2f]

Snapped hastily going south on 8th earlier. I drove past this a couple of hours ago and it’s absolutely looms over you when you’re going into south loop on 65 North, especially at night. It’s imposing for only being like 14 stories. 

[titanhog]

47 minutes ago, Pdt2f said:

Snapped hastily going south on 8th earlier. I drove past this a couple of hours ago and it’s absolutely looms over you when you’re going into south loop on 65 North, especially at night. It’s imposing for only being like 14 stories. 

All I see is the "Don't Shut Down 8th Ave! - Keep 8th 4 Lanes.com" billboard. 

[markhollin]

Up to the 13th floor now.  Just one more to go.  

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

 

Looking SE from intersection of 9th Ave. South and Division:

 

Looking south from 27th floor of The Westin Hotel:

[markhollin]

Starting on the top (14th) floor.

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

[markhollin]

Fully topped-out at 14 floors.    : )

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

Looking north from 8th Ave. South at intersection with South Street:

 

Looking NW from 8th Ave. South just south of Division Street:

 

Looking SE from Division Street, just west of 8th Ave. South:

[markhollin]

Looking south from 27th floor of The Westin:
 

[markhollin]

Windows being installed.

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

 

Looking north from intersection of 8th Ave. South and South Street:

 

Looking NW from 8th Ave. South:

 

Looking east from 12th Ave. South overpass of I-40/65:

[markhollin]

Roof work shaping up. More windows in place, cladding on sides.

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

 

Looking SE from Division St. and 9th Ave. South:

[Guest]

love the windows ... hate the cladding! story of Nashville in a large respect.

[wmaddbb2018]

This really is a solid, infill building for this part of town. Backing up to the highway gives it good presence. 

[Pdt2f]

1 minute ago, wreynol4 said:

This really is a solid, infill building for this part of town. Backing up to the highway gives it good presence. 

It really is huge coming from 65 south into south loop. If something substantial is built on the adjacent RJ Young property it would make quite an intimidating wall along the highway there. 

[wmaddbb2018]

Soon the canyon effect will be seen all around the loop from 40 West to I-65 South. I’m not counting on it from the other side’s for years.

[LA_TN]

[markhollin]

Looking NW from southbound ramp of I-65 inner loop:

 

[Guest]

^ Talk about a good place for a mural! Yucky blank wall facing the interstate.

[NashvilleObserver]

4 hours ago, nashville_bound said:

^ Talk about a good place for a mural! Yucky blank wall facing the interstate.

It looked totally different in the renderings. The backside, facing the interstate, was supposed to be covered in big wide windows. 

[Guest]

Yes, the rendering of the interstate facing side was much better.

[titanhog]

I sure hope they don't leave it like that.  If so, that's a major fail.

[DDIG]

14 minutes ago, titanhog said:

I sure hope they don't leave it like that.  If so, that's a major fail.

I'm pretty confident they are working on something and that won't be the finished look.

[VSRJ]

^ I sure hope so. It totally negates the attractiveness of the opposite side of the building.

[smeagolsfree]

Looks like they took a bunch of windows out. Looks like crap.