Gulch Union (Endeavor Demonbreun): 3 towers (20 story/329,000 s.f. office, twin 28 story residential buildings)

[Guest]

2 hours ago, AronG said:

If your point is that Nashville shouldn't focus on fixing our walkability problems and should instead keep optimizing for car traffic above all else, I get that. That's totally valid; we just disagree.

As a fellow urban pedestrian and even occasional  bicyclist I am all for safety and I am encouraged by some of the improvements to date (some less so like the questionable Church Street viaduct bike lanes) . Yet, I am also a car driver so I care about the safe and efficient movement of traffic. Hopefully, a balance can be found.

[Bos2Nash]

17 hours ago, nashville_bound said:

Demonbreun only has 1westbound  lane crossing 12th. If there was not a slip lane or at least a traffic barrier no one would be able to turn right on red because of the confusion. I am not saying the is the best solution, but I see why the island is needed.

Before this corner was developed, it worked. Walking in front of the Eakin building was the more desireable side and thus made the slip a less glaring 'problem area". Now with this development going in and adding both workers and residents, its time for this solution to disappear. When we have this much density on both sides of the street, its time to put more emphasis on the people rather than the cars. The slip lane did its job for the time it has been there, now its time to say goodbye

[AronG]

14 hours ago, nashville_bound said:

As a fellow urban pedestrian and even occasional  bicyclist I am all for safety and I am encouraged by some of the improvements to date (some less so like the questionable Church Street viaduct bike lanes) . Yet, I am also a car driver so I care about the safe and efficient movement of traffic. Hopefully, a balance can be found.

Yeah I can only that church street lane is intended as a first step that will be improved over time.

[CenterHill]

Yeah, I cross that Demonbreun/12th slip lane on foot on a pretty regular basis and you REALLY have to be paying attention our you'll get whacked by right turners, who are usually looking left for merging traffic.     I totally agree it's time to redesign it as a traditional urban corner and crosswalk.      

[rjgo]

Just watched the last building go down 

[markhollin]

Couldn't spot any silver poles in the rubble.   ; )

Looking east from intersection of Demonbreun and 13th Ave. South:

 

Looking north from intersection of Demonbreun and 13th Ave. South:




The other two 1 story buildings are kaput as well.

Looking south from McGavock St., 1/2 block east of 13th Ave. South:

Looking west from McGavock St., 1/2 block east of 13th Ave. South:

[titanhog]

I really want to go down there in the middle of the night and drop glitter all over that site just to make those workers wonder. 

[Tennessine]

9 hours ago, titanhog said:

I really want to go down there in the middle of the night and drop glitter all over that site just to make those workers wonder. 

I'll be back in Nashville for a couple of days- I'll join you

[markhollin]

All debris cleared for office tower site.

Looking west from McGavock St., 1/2 block east of 13th Ave. South:

Looking south from McGavock St., 1/2 block east of 13th Ave. South:

[markhollin]

Core drilling underway for office tower.

Looking south from just east of intersection of McGavock and 13th Ave. South:
 

[markhollin]

Starting to move dirt on the site for the 20 story office tower.

Looking SE from McGavock St., 1/2 block east of 13th Ave. South:




Looking south from McGavock St., 1/2 block east of 13th Ave. South:

[L'burgnative]

Any word or have I missed an official height announced for the 20 story office tower?   Doing the math it should barely scrape the 300' mark.

[Mr_Bond]

Heard that the start date for the second tower is 2020.  I'm not hearing any noise from residents about the noise or traffic associated with this project.  The 1212 folks are not complaining.

[smeagolsfree]

Wait till they start blasting a lot.

[Mr_Bond]

There is a meeting tonight at 6:30 at the Midtown Hill Police Precinct regarding a construction noise ordinance.  Freddie O'Connell will be there as well as reps from Gulch Residents Association.

On Monday, October 1, there is a joint meeting of the Gulch Residents Association and Urban Residents Association regarding dockless scooters and the construction noise ordinance.  This meeting will be at the Nashville Downtown Partnership.

[PaulChinetti]

I knew Nashville sat on some serious bedrock but all these building foundations have really opened my eyes how close it is to the surface.

 

*Again with the scooters. Talk about bike lanes instead. They aren't going anywhere!

[Leif]

21 minutes ago, Mr_Bond said:

There is a meeting tonight at 6:30 at the Midtown Hill Police Precinct regarding a construction noise ordinance.  Freddie O'Connell will be there as well as reps from Gulch Residents Association.

On Monday, October 1, there is a joint meeting of the Gulch Residents Association and Urban Residents Association regarding dockless scooters and the construction noise ordinance.  This meeting will be at the Nashville Downtown Partnership.

The GRA only seems to wake from the dead when Barbara is pissed about something, scooters seems to be the issue now.

[AronG]

17 minutes ago, PaulChinetti said:

*Again with the scooters. Talk about bike lanes instead. They aren't going anywhere!

Freddie O'Connell bangs the drum about bike lanes on twitter all the time, but it is time to get more concrete about it. It's a shame they're not taking advantage of all that road work downtown to add some.

I wonder what the general temperature of gulch residents is on the scooters. The couple of friend I have over there are pretty enthusiastic about using them to get to and from the CBD. Don't think they go to meetings though.

[Mr_Bond]

15 minutes ago, Leif said:

The GRA only seems to wake from the dead when Barbara is pissed about something, scooters seems to be the issue now.

Um, yes.

[smeagolsfree]

1 hour ago, Leif said:

The GRA only seems to wake from the dead when Barbara is pissed about something, scooters seems to be the issue now.

Is this the ding dong over in 1212?

[Leif]

2 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

Is this the ding dong over in 1212?

Yeah, the GRA sprung from the Buckingham thing a few years ago, if you've been to one of the GBID meetings it is basically the same thing but without Tom Turner making the same jokes every year.

[PaulChinetti]

6 minutes ago, Leif said:

Yeah, the GRA sprung from the Buckingham thing a few years ago

What's Buckingham thing?

[DDIG]

4 minutes ago, PaulChinetti said:

What's Buckingham thing?

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2017/10/23/time-runs-out-for-proposed-38-story-gulch.html

[Mr_Bond]

2 hours ago, Leif said:

Yeah, the GRA sprung from the Buckingham thing a few years ago, if you've been to one of the GBID meetings it is basically the same thing but without Tom Turner making the same jokes every year.

The last GBID annual meeting was not quite as bad as they've been in the past.  The GBID board meetings are not like that and Tom's jokes are a welcome addition to a late afternoon meeting!

[smeagolsfree]

Hopefully Market street will build a 20 story on her side of the building and really P.O. her.