805 Lea, 29 stories, 310', 356 residential units, 10,500 sq. ft. retail, 321 car garage

[markhollin]

Framing girders being set for top.

Looking south from 9th Ave. South, 1/4 bock north of Lea Ave:

Looking SE from 10th Ave. South, 1/4 block north of Lea Ave:

Looking east from 10th Ave. South at Palmer Place:

Looking NE from Cannery Row surface lot at 10th Ave. and Palmer Place:

Looking west from intersection of Lafayette St. and 7th Ave. South:

Looking SW from east side of Music City Roundabout:

[markhollin]

Framing on "crown" taking shape.

Looking  NE from Gleaves St. at Pine St:

Looking south from Music City Roundabout on north side at 8th Ave. South:

Looking SE from Lea Ave., just east of 10th Ave. South:

Looking NW from 8th Ave. South at Palmer Place:

Looking SW from KVB, 1/2 block east of Music City Roundabout:

[markhollin]

Looking north from 8th Ave. South at Gleaves St:

Looking NW from Drexel St, 1/4 block east of 8th Ave. South:

Looking west from City Winery parking lot, on Lafayette St., 1/1 block east of 7th Ave. South:

Looking SW from Lafayette St., just SE of Music City Roundabout:

Looking south from north side of Music City Roundabout at 8th Ave. South:

[markhollin]

Framing for rooftop facades complete.

Looking south from 9th Ave. South, 1/4 block north of Lea Ave:

Looking SE from 10th Ave. South, 1/4 block north of Lea Ave:

Looking SE from Lea Ave., 1/2 block east of 10th Ave. South:

Looking NW from 8th Ave. South at Palmer Place:

Looking SW from KVB at 5th Ave. South:

[titanhog]

^^Still trying to figure out what the finished product will look like.  It definitely looks a bit different than the renders (so far).  Is there a side of the building that has the “finished” look?

[MontanaGuy]

1 hour ago, titanhog said:

^^Still trying to figure out what the finished product will look like.  It definitely looks a bit different than the renders (so far).  Is there a side of the building that has the “finished” look?

That's exactly what I've been wondering with all of the various colors and textures.  I hope they're not going to end up with a whole bunch of shades of color when it's done.  I hope it's going to look like the bottom section of the 2nd and 3rd photo just above the pedestal but I don't see anything like that on the 4th photo and the pedestal section on that photo looks odd with the patchwork colors going on!

[Bos2Nash]

On 3/4/2021 at 11:04 AM, titanhog said:

^^Still trying to figure out what the finished product will look like.  It definitely looks a bit different than the renders (so far).  Is there a side of the building that has the “finished” look?

On 3/4/2021 at 12:58 PM, MontanaGuy said:

That's exactly what I've been wondering with all of the various colors and textures.  I hope they're not going to end up with a whole bunch of shades of color when it's done.  I hope it's going to look like the bottom section of the 2nd and 3rd photo just above the pedestal but I don't see anything like that on the 4th photo and the pedestal section on that photo looks odd with the patchwork colors going on!

We definitely have a long way to go for the "finished" look, but Montana you hit found it in the second and third photos with the panelling. I think the tell tale on the cladding will be when they get to the corner of 8th and Lea because I believe that is the corner we will expect to see the copper tones the renderings were showing.

I think the true wildcard will be the garage pedestal. The renderings showed a checkered pattern and we appear to be getting that long Lea and possibly 8th Ave, but along Plamer it looks more like a "ribbon" style to the openings.

[markhollin]

Looking NE from intersection of Gleaves and Pine Streets:

Looking south from northern edge of Music City Center Roundabout at 8th Ave. South:

Looking west from intersection of Lea Ave. and 7th Ave. South:

Looking SW from KVB, 1/2 block east of Music City Center Roundabout:

[nashville born]

Wish this version had held up.  Anyone know why it didn't?  Hope they won't regret having downsized.

[Sean blackdog]

Today this evening. 
But still need big saw to cut all damn wood poles. 

Edited March 14, 2021 by Sean blackdog

[nashville born]

Is it just me or does anyone else think this one is moving like molasses in wintertime???  I mean, hurry up and put a dress or a pair of pants on it already!

Edited March 15, 2021 by nashville born

[Luvemtall]

On 3/13/2021 at 10:44 PM, Sean blackdog said:

Today this evening. 
But still need big saw to cut all damn wood poles. 

I agree! I know a lot of you think it’s art and maybe it is, if it was in front of the AT&T building or NES headquarters you might get away with it. But it’s just plain ugly!!! 

[e-dub]

2 hours ago, Luvemtall said:

I agree! I know a lot of you think it’s art and maybe it is, if it was in front of the AT&T building or NES headquarters you might get away with it. But it’s just plain ugly!!! 

There are verrrrry few of us that don't dislike Stix to the point to not mention dislike of the installation every time it's mentioned.

[downtownresident]

Stix will look just fine once it’s surrounded by buildings. 

Edited March 15, 2021 by downtownresident

[titanhog]

2 minutes ago, e-dub said:

There are verrrrry few of us that don't dislike Stix to the point to not mention dislike of the installation every time it's mentioned.

What's perplexing about it is they spent $750k on it…and when it arrived, it was a series of telephone poles with instructions from the artist…and the city had to hire people to paint the poles to the artist’s instructions.   I would have done this for at least half that price. 

[BnaBreaker]

4 minutes ago, downtownresident said:

Stix will looks just fine once it’s surrounded by buildings. 

That's what I'm hoping.  It makes sense to think of it as 'just some painted telephone poles'  when the most prominent structures in it's immediate vicinity are actual telephone poles, but hopefully once it's dwarfed by highrises it won't look so out of place.  

6 minutes ago, titanhog said:

What's perplexing about it is they spent $750k on it…and when it arrived, it was a series of telephone poles with instructions from the artist…and the city had to hire people to paint the poles to the artist’s instructions.   I would have done this for at least half that price. 

Didn't you hear?  The paint is made from ground diamonds and the wood is from trees that only grow on the dark side of the moon!

[PruneTracy]

19 hours ago, titanhog said:

What's perplexing about it is they spent $750k on it…and when it arrived, it was a series of telephone poles with instructions from the artist…and the city had to hire people to paint the poles to the artist’s instructions.

I wanted to laugh at this but then I realized this is what I get paid to do for roadways, buildings, etc.

[nashvylle]

Honestly it's borderline criminal what was done... $750K....

[downtownresident]

Crane coming down today. From 8th Ave at the Roundabout: 

[Armacing]

4 hours ago, nashvylle said:

Honestly it's borderline criminal what was done... $750K....

For an additional payment of $750K, I will send a set of instructions to metro officials telling them what they can do with those poles...

[LA_TN]

8 hours ago, nashvylle said:

Honestly it's borderline criminal what was done... $750K....

stix - the most expensive art sculpture in the history of Nashville. And THAT is why we complain. Ghost Ballet was $250k. Stix is the biggest con job ever

[MLBrumby]

The piece gets ridiculed regularly, but who are the people who chose it? And how did they decide on it? Are they still making costly decisions with tax dollars?

[LA_TN]

1 hour ago, MLBrumby said:

The piece gets ridiculed regularly, but who are the people who chose it? And how did they decide on it? Are they still making costly decisions with tax dollars?

The issue was the process:
1) A sum of $$$ (in this case $750k) was allocated for an art installation at the roundabout
2) An artist was selected
3) At this point, the artist is given 100% control of the project
4) The artist then created a design - wow!
5) Then installation meets the real world (and physics)

The artist proposed 80 ft tall poles with LED lighting, that would've been a true sight to see - would be highly visible from the lower loop, especially at night. Then, design met the real world. When it came time to get the materials and design how to support the poles, the reality sets in of costs associated with 90-100 ft poles (requiring 10-20 to be buried to support 80 ft above ground). As a result, the 80 ft poles were scaled back to normal utility poles, which are about 40 ft, of which about 10 ft had to be buried (normally only 6 ft for straight poles). To add insult to injury, the first contractor was unable to bore the angled holes required and quit after only 6 were installed. We can assume the 2nd contractor (that completed the project) profited nicely from this. And the LED lighting? Around the time of the installation issues, the artist announced the LED lighting not would be included, because it would detract from the final aesthetics. AND after it was finished, the artist announced there would be no plaque, etc to describe the inspiration for the work

So, what went wrong? There was absolutely ZERO safeguards built into the process to protect metro (and our tax dollars). Once the artist was selected, total control of the project was handed over to the artist. As the cost of project increased, the artist continued to remove (or scale back) elements of the project. Metro had no authority to demand anything because the artist was given 100% complete authority over the project. The artist could've scrapped the whole plan and replaced it with a guitar on a stick, and metro could have done nothing about it. Maybe there was disappointment with the end result because, at completion, the artist announced there would be no commemorative plaque with details - or even the name of the artist

Hopefully, metro will learn from this. This artist got a nice paycheck for $12,000 worth of utility poles

 

[titanhog]

The other part that is disappointing is that it looks like they just drove them into the ground and didn’t think that much about what the ground around these should look like.  So many times I’ve driven past, it just looks like an unkempt disaster.

[MLBrumby]

Thanks for the explanation. Agree that process was the key problem.  A path to value-engineered ‘art’.  The “artist’s” name and metro council members’ who approved it should be emblazoned in LED lights all over it 

Edited March 17, 2021 by MLBrumby