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[markhollin]

Indeed, it is going to be theMerle Haggard Museum. To be located in a SoBro building adjacent to the structure housing the Cash facility, the future museum space also will offer Merle’s Meat + 3 Saloon. 

The cost to get the cultural attraction operational was not disclosed in a release.

The Southern-style restaurant and bar bearing the Haggard name will see Icon collaborating with long-time Nashville-based restaurant operator David Swett. The original Swett's meat-and-three opened in North Nashville in 1954.

The building will house the restaurant and bar on the ground level with the museum on an upper floor.

http://www.nashvillepost.com/business/tourism/article/20980978/merle-haggard-museum-to-open-in-sobro-in-2018
 

[BnaBreaker]

I don't understand how these museums based around a single person survive.  

[Pdt2f]

From Charlotte, between 7th and 6th avenues. 

[titanhog]

A little weird to name it Merle's Meat & 3 Powered by Swett's.  Shouldn't it be Swett's at Merle's Museum?

5 minutes ago, BnaBreaker said:

I don't understand how these museums based around a single person survive.  

I don't think it would work in every city...but with people coming from all over the world for the "country" experience, it can work here.  However...I'm sure there will be a tipping point.

1 minute ago, Pdt2f said:

From Charlotte, between 7th and 6th avenues. 

Very interesting!

[Pdt2f]

16 minutes ago, BnaBreaker said:

I don't understand how these museums based around a single person survive.  

I went to the Johnny Cash museum last year and it was PACKED. I guess with a small floor space, good revenue from the door and good advertising they’d make some dough. Being in the middle of a heavily tourist pedestrian district full of country music fans doesn’t hurt either . The museum was really cool, I recommend it if you’re a Cash fan. 

[jmtunafish]

I absolutely think that there's a market for a Merle Haggard museum, especially since it'll also have a restaurant run by Swett's (yes!).  I know when I have out-of-town guests visit, they want to experience these kinds of things.  The restaurant alone could probably make enough money to pay the mortgage.

[Pdt2f]

First Baptist, while stuck in traffic earlier on 7th. 

[smeagolsfree]

14 hours ago, BnaBreaker said:

I don't understand how these museums based around a single person survive.  

This is all marketing on their part. They will probably have a special like buy admission to two and get the third free, to drive even more traffic to them. 

Each one of the people have a strong following. I am surprised they didn't do a Hank Williams Museum. Who knows that may be in the works at some point.

Nashville is probably the only city that multiple museums of this type would work. Las Vegas could probably do something like that, but not too many other cities. Nashville has a unique branding when it comes to projects like this.

[markhollin]

^ ^ ^ Agreed.  I would think Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, and Dolly Parton could all have small museums like these.  I also have dreams for a Gospel Music Museum, and Drummers Hall of Fame.  Any additions like these only add to the flavor and power of the Music City USA moniker.

[Pdt2f]

I would like if they’d just wrap up Nelson and Jennings and the gang and did an “Outlaw Country Museum.” I would definitely go see that. And if they have a Cline museum they definitely could do a Hank Williams Museum. His son has had a long and storied enough career, and has enough of a devoted following, to where they could probably make it a Sr/Jr museum. 

[bhibbs]

7 minutes ago, Pdt2f said:

 His son has had a long and storied enough career, and has enough of a devoted following, to where they could probably make it a Sr/Jr museum. 

hell, you even have Hank III....though he tries to distances his self from his dad (still looks up to and models himself after his grandfather)

I with the rest of yall though, give me a Hank Sr museum before anyone else.

[MLBrumby]

Lifestyle Communities to go to planning for approval on Nov. 2... 

Per Nashville Post (paywalled)  

http://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/20981004/proposed-sobro-mixeduse-project-moves-forward

Edited October 31, 2017 by MLBrumby

[CenterHill]

3 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

 Las Vegas could probably do something like that, but not too many other cities. 

Frank Sinatra Museum, Wayne Newton Museum, Barry Manilow Museum, Liberace Museum, Siegfried & Roy Museum...

I don't know, those wouldn't have the same draw for me.     

[Rockatansky]

I'm pulling for a Lambchop museum.

[titanhog]

What would be cool is if they had a museum that wrapped up all of these people we're talking about into one big museum.  That would REALLY be awesome!  

Oh...wait...

 

[Lexy]

The problem with the CMHoF is that while never forgetting the past, it tends to live more in the present with artist.  The folks that patronize these "individual" museums are purist at heart and fans of these specific artist.  The owner is GOOD friends with these families and is able to gather items you'd likely never see in the "big" museum. 

[donNdonelson2]

The Liberace Museum in Vegas closed several years ago. It was awesome! I understand the contents were purchased by a Florida business and they plan to open a new venue down there. Same company owns an extensive collection of costumes from Broadway and film.

[Hey_Hey]

I looks like ground work is getting ready to commence on the Hampton Inn with retail adjacent to the Skyline Medical Center entrance. 

[Lexy]

On 10/23/2017 at 3:52 PM, smeagolsfree said:

They are trying to call HBV, Historic Germantown West. Come on guys, this is getting stupid. These realtors are trying to as William says, Whitewash the neighborhood, after gentrification with no regard to the residents or the past.

There is now very little to be called historic in many of the neighborhoods now as developers come in and tear it all down. 

Historic West End Park is a prime example. There are maybe a half dozen buildings in that neighbor hood that predate  1980 now.

I will get of my soap box now and hush.

As the husband of a realtor, I'll be honest with you, a LOT of these "names" for neighborhoods come from the developers themselves and their affiliated marketing teams.  I hate it too, but they have to have something to hang their hats on when marketing these gentrified spaces.

[madisonman]

I have read the proposed revised Broadway Historic district overlay guidelines.  Most of the updated guidelines are good.  However I have one concern the guidelines propose allowing a 12 and 18 story infill building near the acme building on 1st ave south next to the shelby street bridge.  All other infill buildings are restricted to 90 feet tall in the overlay area.  My concern that this building is out of scale with the adjacent 4 story historic buildings.  By allowing a tall building 18 versus 6 floors is not appropriate.  All other property owners are resticted to this lower height

[titanhog]

11 minutes ago, madisonman said:

I have read the proposed revised Broadway Historic district overlay guidelines.  Most of the updated guidelines are good.  However I have one concern the guidelines propose allowing a 12 and 18 story infill building near the acme building on 1st ave south next to the shelby street bridge.  All other infill buildings are restricted to 90 feet tall in the overlay area.  My concern that this building is out of scale with the adjacent 4 story historic buildings.  By allowing a tall building 18 versus 6 floors is not appropriate.  All other property owners are resticted to this lower height

Isn't there some type of allowance depending on how far off of Broadway you are?  I think they allowed some extra height for the Hilton...right?  And...Batman Building is pretty close to Broadway, isn't it?  

[madisonman]

not really batman bldg and Hilton not in district.  so regulations do not apply.  currently on broadway infill can be 65 feet high and further away south of broadway allowed to be 75 feet and further away near sheby bridge up to 90 feet.  proposed new is 220 feet on one parcel only on 1st and shelby bridge.

[BnaBreaker]

1 hour ago, madisonman said:

not really batman bldg and Hilton not in district.  so regulations do not apply.  currently on broadway infill can be 65 feet high and further away south of broadway allowed to be 75 feet and further away near sheby bridge up to 90 feet.  proposed new is 220 feet on one parcel only on 1st and shelby bridge.

The proposed site of the House of Blues building is more or less exactly as far away from Broadway as the Batman Building site.  Both are directly behind the historic row of Broadway buildings on their side of the street.  I think it's very admirable that you and others are so interested in taking care of our dwindling historic building stock, but in this case I think you're being a bit too protective.  I mean it makes sense to me to not allow developers to knock down a building within the Broadway historic district to put up a tall building, but not even allowing tall buildings anywhere nearby is a stretch, in my opinion.  What are your thoughts of the new 5th and Broad development being built?  

[NashvilleObserver]

1 hour ago, BnaBreaker said:

The proposed site of the House of Blues building is more or less exactly as far away from Broadway as the Batman Building site.  Both are directly behind the historic row of Broadway buildings on their side of the street.  I think it's very admirable that you and others are so interested in taking care of our dwindling historic building stock, but in this case I think you're being a bit too protective.  I mean it makes sense to me to not allow developers to knock down a building within the Broadway historic district to put up a tall building, but not even allowing tall buildings anywhere nearby is a stretch, in my opinion.  What are your thoughts of the new 5th and Broad development being built?  

I agree. No significantly historic buildings on Broadway are being torn down for this, so what does it matter the height, size, location, etc. I don't think any large modern building would detract from Broadway anyway. If anything it weaves together the modern and historic aspects of downtown in a good way. I know it's "change" and some don't like that, but I hope  turns out to be a prominent, beautiful modern music hall and building. 

If Giarratana wanted to build his supertall on the parking lot on 4th in front of the Schermerhorn would anyone be opposed?

[smeagolsfree]

Agree 100% Lexy. That is where they are coming from and they are trying to come up with all these trendy millennial names.

 

Come to a meet soon!