Inner Loop - CBD, Downtown, East Bank, Germantown, Gulch, Rutledge

[UTgrad09]

1 hour ago, Mr Gain said:

Ah Appalachia.

I think I'll go into downtown tonight and request  dueling banjos for you.

Good luck finding anybody that can actually play a banjo.

[markhollin]

405 Broadway (5 stories, 30,000 sq. ft. entertainment bar) update: pilings forming in hole at SW corner.

Looking south from Broadway, just west of 4th Ave. South:

[Bark At The Sun]

[BnaBreaker]

"Turn the Quiet Up" makes it sound like Eric Church wants his bar to be as quiet as possible. 

[markhollin]

Chief's at 200 broadway (5 stories, conversion of 1900-era structure to celebrity club, theater, with rooftop bar) update: the new drape will obscure the reopening construction of the brick window archways.

Looking NW from intersection of Broadway and 2nd Ave. North:

Looking west from 2nd Ave. North, just north of Broadway:

[GregH]

19 hours ago, BnaBreaker said:

"Turn the Quiet Up" makes it sound like Eric Church wants his bar to be as quiet as possible. 

Finally a broadway bar that caters to my interests.

[markhollin]

411 Broadway, Garth Brooks' Friends in Low Places entertainment bar update: work on the alley next to Ernest Tubb's Record Shop that will eventually be filled-in as part of the new Broadway Police Precinct.

Looking south from Broadway, 1/2 block east of 5th Ave:

[markhollin]

The Nell (5 - 8 stories, 78 condos, ground level retail, internal garage) update.

Looking north from intersection of 7th Ave. South and Allison St:

[markhollin]

1201 Broadway/Raisin' Canes update: scaffolding down across site.

Looking NE from intersection of Broadway and 3rd Ave. North:

[Nash_12South]

While I’m glad to see the restoration/renovation of the upper floors of the building, I wish the first floor was not just modern storefront. It could have been made to look at least a little historic. 

[markhollin]

TC Restaurant Group will go before MDHA Design Review Committee on Nov. 15th to seek concept plan approval for 107 4th Ave. North (6 stories, multiple bars/live music stages, gift shop, rooftop deck).

As designed, the proposed building’s exterior will offer primarily brick for its top four floors, with a two-level base of stone panels. The sixth floor will be set back, thus giving the structure the appearance of five stories as seen from part of Fourth Avenue North.

TCRG received Metro Historic Zoning Commission approval in August related to the design.

The property sits within MDHA’s Capitol Mall Redevelopment District and, as such, DRC approval is needed.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/mdha-to-vote-on-building-planned-for-the-district/article_a26913a6-5bb3-11ed-993d-e750fcccc2ac.html
 

[gannman]

3 hours ago, Nash_12South said:

While I’m glad to see the restoration/renovation of the upper floors of the building, I wish the first floor was not just modern storefront. It could have been made to look at least a little historic. 

I'm surprised the modern windows were even allowed.

[Baronakim]

56 minutes ago, gannman said:

I'm surprised the modern windows were even allowed.

Why?  This site is not in as historically dense area as 1st and 2nd Avenues.  There were even old non-historic 1940s steel frame windows on some of the 2nd Avenue buildings.   They were everday workhorse  warehouse buildings with wood and dirt floors in many instances.  Do you want to insist on duplicating those too?  The area is not like a framed collection of butterflies, forever the same.  The multiple sizes and arrangement of the windows is very compatible with historic design and  they do not have to have  operale sash anymore..  Furthermore, this is not 1980 curtainwall or a duplication of some older window systems.  Just because  a system was used 100 years ago does not mean that we should repeat it without considerations for new technologies and materials.  I consider this an excellent infill on this surface parking lot.  I see little IMO for you to gripe about.

 

Edited November 4, 2022 by Baronakim

[gannman]

11 minutes ago, Baronakim said:

Why?  This site is not in as historically dense area as 1st and 2nd Avenues.  There were even old non-historic 1940s steel frame windows on some of the 2nd Avenue buildings.   They were everday workhorse  warehouse buildings with wood and dirt floors in many instances.  Do you want to insist on duplicating those too?  The area is not like a framed collection of butterflies, forever the same.  The multiple sizes and arrangement of the windows is very compatible with historic design and  they do not have to have  operale sash anymore..  Furthermore, this is not 1980 curtainwall or a duplication of some older window systems.  Just because  a system was used 100 years ago does not mean that we should repeat it without considerations for new technologies and materials.  I consider this an excellent infill on this surface parking lot.  I see little IMO for you to gripe about.

 

I was referring to the Raisin' Cane's store front.

[Baronakim]

3 minutes ago, gannman said:

I was referring to the Raisin' Cane's store front.

My error.  Mia culpa maxima.

[donNdonelson2]

3 hours ago, gannman said:

I was referring to the Raisin' Cane's store front.

I think those windows remain from the FedEx Store days of that building, and probably before that.

[Nash_12South]

12 minutes ago, donNdonelson2 said:

I think those windows remain from the FedEx Store days of that building, and probably before that.

They windows are definitely from years ago. This would have been a good time to change it to something a little more in keeping with the rest of the building. I'm sure metro probably wanted that, but somehow couldn't get them to do it. 

[markhollin]

The Aster will be the name of the 5 -7 story, 72 unit residential project that has been awaiting a start for several years at 1414 3rd Ave. North in Germantown.  Place Development will be the developer. 

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2022/11/04/deal-dash-ca-south-loan-colliers-international.html

Here's a rendering of the thin building from several years ago:

This screen shot from Smeagolsfree's excellent development map shows the site highlighted in teal at the center of the frame:

[Mr Gain]

8 hours ago, markhollin said:

TC Restaurant Group will go before MDHA Design Review Committee on Nov. 15th to seek concept plan approval for 107 4th Ave. North (6 stories, multiple bars/live music stages, gift shop, rooftop deck).

As designed, the proposed building’s exterior will offer primarily brick for its top four floors, with a two-level base of stone panels. The sixth floor will be set back, thus giving the structure the appearance of five stories as seen from part of Fourth Avenue North.

TCRG received Metro Historic Zoning Commission approval in August related to the design.

The property sits within MDHA’s Capitol Mall Redevelopment District and, as such, DRC approval is needed.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/mdha-to-vote-on-building-planned-for-the-district/article_a26913a6-5bb3-11ed-993d-e750fcccc2ac.html
 

Woo!

The honky tonks are coming in at a furious pace.

First bon jovi, then garth brooks, and now this.

[markhollin]

UBS Tower exterior remodel appears complete.

Looking NW from intersection of 3rd Ave. North and Union St:

Looking SW from intersection of 3rd Ave. North and Deaderick St:

[chc3]

Recent progress on Modera Germantown, taken from Adams St. looking northeast. Panoramic view of the river and the storage tanks at the oil company.

[markhollin]

Rutledge Flats (8 stories, 174 units, ground level retail) update: signage up.

Looking SE from 3rd Ave. South, 1/3 block south of Lea Ave:

Looking east from 3rd Ave. South, 1/2 block north of Elm St:

Looking east from 3rd Ave. South, 1/4 block north of Elm St:

[chc3]

Artists Lofts Germantown up to second level of underground garage. Looking SE from the storage building on Monroe Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues North.

 

Much needed traffic lights added at intersection of 3rd Ave N and Monroe Street. I like the move to the West Coast-style black signal stacks, which offer greater visibility than the yellow ones.

 

Edited November 7, 2022 by chc3

[chc3]

It looks like they’ll be doubling the width of Monroe between 2nd Ave North and the Neuhoff project. I expect that Monroe between 3rd and 2nd will also be repaved after the street closure for the construction of Artists Lofts is lifted.

The old Southern Broom and Mop factory at the NE corner of 3rd Ave N and Monroe St has now been through three restaurant iterations, most recently Saint Stephen. It’s now closed. It seems like a cursed location, although the cannabis-centric Buds & Brews across the street seems to be thriving.

Edited November 7, 2022 by chc3

[smeagolsfree]

6 hours ago, chc3 said:

It looks like they’ll be doubling the width of Monroe between 2nd Ave North and the Neuhoff project. I expect that Monroe between 3rd and 2nd will also be repaved after the street closure for the construction of Artists Lofts is lifted.

The old Southern Broom and Mop factory at the NE corner of 3rd Ave N and Monroe St has now been through three restaurant iterations, most recently Saint Stephen. It’s now closed. It seems like a cursed location, although the cannabis-centric Buds & Brews across the street seems to be thriving.

Do you know when the closed?