Embassy Suites (30 stories, 500 rooms), 1 Hotel (18 stories, 221 rooms)

[Bos2Nash]

Saw signage going on the high facade earlier today.

[nashville born]

10 hours ago, Bos2Nash said:

Saw signage going on the high facade earlier today.

This shot warms me.  I see two towers that aren't even 400', yet they both have some character and pizzazz .  That's a key element IMO to building a first rate skyline.  ES has definitely grown on me.  Each time I see that Evil Knievel roof in a skyline shot, I like it even more.

[Native]

Progress being made this afternoon on the big sign.  At the same time more ivy is being installed.  Had to do some creative driving to get the first shot.

[chris holman]

[thenorthchannel]

Sign going up

 

 

[markhollin]

More sign installation for Embassy Suites.

Looking NE from Demonbreun, 1/4 block east of 8th Ave. South:

Looking NW from Demonbreun, 1/4 block east of 7th Ave. South:

[DMilner]

Snapped a photo of the ivy installation today waiting at the red light. 

[BnaBreaker]

I call it... *the GROUCHIFICATION* 

[titanhog]

2 hours ago, BnaBreaker said:

I call it... *the GROUCHIFICATION* 

 

[Native]

In this shot from the intersection of Eighth Avenue and Demonbreun we can see the completed sign and a blue-green reflection of the pool on the top floor.

[titanhog]

10 minutes ago, Native said:

In this shot from the intersection of Eighth Avenue and Demonbreun we can see the completed sign and a blue-green reflection of the pool on the top floor.

Another Pool of Death 

[markhollin]

Looking west from intersection of 6th Ave. South and Demonbreun:

Looking north from Music City Roundabout at Lafayette St:

Looking NE from intersection of Demonbruen and 8th Ave. South:

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

[nashville born]

[rolly]

On 5/11/2022 at 6:38 PM, thenorthchannel said:

Sign going up

 

 

Such a modern shot of New Nashville, yet it manages to include the Ryman Auditorium.

[Native]

On 5/9/2022 at 7:16 AM, smeagolsfree said:

I am sorry guys, but ivy on a building looks absolutely stupid. As a matter of fact, it just looks CREEPY! Pun intended. If this were a 17th century building then maybe, but as far as modern structures it just hurts my eyes. You guys may like it, but it just looks out of place. The problem is it's about the only thing they will find that will grow other than kudzu that will not die.

The bare concrete columns inside are just lacking if that's what it is. Sorry the industrial look is getting tiring. Architecture has become a slave to cheap developers trying to cut corners. At least make the lobbies grand again. None of the hotel lobby spaces in this town blow me over. Most of it is just creamed cheese. I have always had issues with Interior designers. The ones I have met I when I was in the hotel industry, I had personality conflicts with as well. They all thought they were better than everyone else.

 

Not trying to piss off the architects here either. I just hate the ugly plants on the outside of the buildings. They just do not work. There is a better way to incorporate a building into the environment and nature or vice versa I think, and we just have not found it yet. I do not have a problem with a green roof either. It's just trying to make a building look like a tree that makes no sense to me.

I agree with the point about bare concrete columns.  Didn't like them on the Alliance-Bernstein building either.   Asurion did a nice job clading theirs in brushed aluminum and City Center (below) did it well in the eighties.

[Bos2Nash]

Unfortunately, the bare concrete is a money driven decision where the finish appearance is acceptable enough to decision makers that they do not want to cover it up. There are a myriad of reasons why exposed concrete is the decided point and design is a very subjective element. I personally don't mind the concrete when finished nicely. For example, the warmth of the other finishes in the space below (Good Citizen Coffee) works well with the cool finish of the concrete to the point where is really is not overtly noticeable. Unless of course people are seeking out things to critique, but who on this board would actively do that . 

On 5/9/2022 at 5:39 AM, markhollin said:

Interior shot of Good Citizen Coffee and lobby from Demonbreun:

[markhollin]

Ivy walls fully installed.

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

Looking NE from Demonbruen, just east of 8th Ave. South:

Looking NW from Demonbreun, 1/2 bock east of 7th Ave. South:

Looking west from Hermitage Ave., just north of Peabody St:

[smeagolsfree]

I asked some folks for their unbiased opinion about what they thought about the ivy or whatever it is yesterday while walking. The responses I got were ugly and hideous. That was also the response from a friend that was with me who had no idea it was there and seeing it for the first time. Horrendous was the word that was used I think then came hideous. He is pretty open minded too about cool building and such things.

I do not care what the architects say on this one. This is a fad that will not last here. Folks will go inside the hotel and say what is up with the green crap hanging off the side of the building. Especially in this city. The hotel clientele is not sophisticated enough to even understand what it is for. I hope this stuff does not go dormant in the winter either.

[Rick Dalton]

It’s really not a big deal. Almost certainly not a fad

[CenterHill]

The ivy looks great.  Love it.   

[titanhog]

4 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

The hotel clientele is not sophisticated enough to even understand what it is for. 

It's amazing how many people on here mock the tourists and actual citizens of the Nashville metro…as if they all have single digit IQ’s.

[nashville born]

As the saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 

I wasn't a fan of Nissan's xTerra yet there were plenty on the roads.  There's room on this planet for us all! 

[Rick Dalton]

It is true that many of Nashville’s tourists are not sophisticated. That part I can agree with.

But, if you’re choosing to stay at the 1 Hotel, you probably are sophisticated. These hotels are expensive and cultivate a certain ideology, which the ivy contributes to. 
 

All this to say, the hotel will draw a different crowd than the Kid Rock faithful.

[smeagolsfree]

Some were not tourist but locals.

[margin]

3 hours ago, natethegreat said:

It is true that many of Nashville’s tourists are not sophisticated. That part I can agree with.

But, if you’re choosing to stay at the 1 Hotel, you probably are sophisticated. These hotels are expensive and cultivate a certain ideology, which the ivy contributes to. 
 

All this to say, the hotel will draw a different crowd than the Kid Rock faithful.

What U.S. city or cities have a preponderance of tourists that sophisticated?