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Walking home from a stunning Mozart’s Requiem at the Schermerhorn last night. Had a pre-dawn Uber to BNA for a flight to SEA this morning!

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More images released of Hill Center Germantown  slated for mid-2022 groundbreaking at 416 Jefferson St. https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/notes-additional-images-released-for-ger

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H.G. Hill Realty will finally be developing the full 3.58 acre block at 416 Jefferson St. with $93.5 million 5th & Jefferson mixed-use project. It will include a 4 story structure with 110,000 sq.

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6 minutes ago, nashville born said:

Is there a thread for this or somewhere I can go to read about it?  Not familiar and would like to be.

https://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/topic/119366-voorhees-towers-20-16-stories-of-residential-rehab-of-old-industrial-buildings-into-officeretail-26-acres-700-8th-ave-south/

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Sonder Hotel (rehab of 6 story office building into 45 unit hotel) update: Titanhog will be pleased to see that the bright green trim work around the mechanicals on the roof has been changed to beige, matching the rest.  : )

Looking SE from 9th Ave. North, 1/2 block east of YMCA Way:

 

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47 minutes ago, markhollin said:

Titanhog will be pleased to see that the bright green trim work around the mechanicals on the roof has been changed to beige, matching the rest.  : )

 

Don't tell anyone, but I actually climbed up there in early December and painted it.  I had to spray shaving cream over several security cameras. :ph34r:

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Nashville's obsession with tiny useless plots of grass will be something I never understand.   JUST MOVE IT UP TO THE SIDEWALK!   It's like we are so close to doing urbanism properly, but we just can't quite yet give up that suburban comfort blanket that drove us into doing things like mandating parking be placed in front of all buildings in Midtown up until not that long ago.  Perhaps it's just a bit of a learning process... I should be happy that we're moving in the right direction in the first place.  

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This is supposed to be a buffer between traffic and the sidewalk. The need for this in residential neighborhoods and other areas is a little baffling IMO. I think this may have started under the Berry administration, but could have been earlier.

The crazy thing is they have been requiring it in some areas that are urban in nature and is a waste. The problem is that many homeowners choose not to keep that area up too or if the grass dies it simply becomes a muddy mess. I think too it was to have been an area for the mail boxes to go, but the mail delivery service is not what it use to be either. Frankly I would be for Metro to require large mail box stations at each of these subdivisions now instead of mail boxes sticking out in every direction. People have no idea how to install them or what the regulations are. Metro would be better served to have a area set aside for those mail box stations than to have the stupid strip.

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I assumed @BnaBreaker was talking about the grassy areas between the buildings and the sidewalk.    You don't really want the sidewalk right up against the curb.     The small right of way between the sidewalk and the curb acts as a buffer between walkers and traffic, car doors, etc.      I don't know this neighborhood and am guessing the developer did not want to go through a rezoning process to change the existing setbacks.     In this instance, the lack of any landscaping in front of the units exacerbates the length of the setback and makes for a sad, bleak streetscape.      

 

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