New-look Signature

[DaddyYo]

but there's no need to do that by resorting to stereotyped put-down's of a city.

Mine was not necessarily a put down of the city as much as a criticism of its citizens. I could make the same criticism about nashville citizens taste in art, music, literature and dance and they would all hold true. In case you missed the point in all of the analogies

[Nashvillain]

Mine was not necessarily a put down of the city as much as a criticism of its citizens.  I could make the same criticism about nashville citizens taste in art, music, literature and dance and they would all hold true.  In case you missed the point in all of the analogies

[southsideJ]

Hey guys,

Sorry about posting pics of my area!!  I REALLY wasn't trying to compare buildings or cities!!!

I mentioned that there aren't any decent pictures of Fort Lauderdale on the web and that I was going to post some... well Aessotariq beat me to the punch and started an AWESOME Ft. Lauderdale thread.  I'd love it if you guys checked it out (especially Dave since you've been so great!!!  and Dale and SouthsideJ since you asked about it)  I've had SUCH a BLAST learning more about my future home (Nashville) here and you guys have been soooo great and welcoming and treated me like I already live there (hehehehe), in return, I'd love to be able to share the home I'm leaving with you guys!!  You can check out her thread here: http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=13710

You'll need to keep scrolling down till the end of the page as they posted more pics between posts)

Enjoy!!!

As for Nashville... I am really thrilled it's getting the Signature Tower!!!  The tallest in our future down here is a puny 514feet!!! hehehehe  Go Nashville!!!

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thanks for the link to those ft.l pics--i love to see pics from other cities that i have never been too. lots of cool looking stuff--looks cool lit up at night. did you take all those pics yourself?

on an off topic i am visiting my dad in atlanta, and i have to say everytime i come back here i am amazed. the way the gap between midtown and downtown has filled up over the years is amazing. its not so much the number of buildings, but the quality. so many cool, modern, unique buildings. wow

[southsideJ]

Mine was not necessarily a put down of the city as much as a criticism of its citizens.  I could make the same criticism about nashville citizens taste in art, music, literature and dance and they would all hold true.  In case you missed the point in all of the analogies

[it's just dave]

One thing I love about Nashville and the south (and now Nashvillain): Even if we thought we had to morph into NY culture, what New York eloquence could match the conciseness and economy of words as the little phrase, "stomp your ass...."

Bless your heart, DaddyYo.

[sleepy]

This entire city could stand to spend a year in New York just to see how to be and how not to be.  The rest of the crushing provincialism could be cured with a trip to a museum and thumbing through the pages of a fashion magazine, graduating high school or attending college somewhere besides UT, MTSU or Auburn.  Thankfully, through the internet and cable TV, Nashvillians have been able to get a look at the rest of the county that wasn

[showtime21]

Mine was not necessarily a put down of the city as much as a criticism of its citizens.  I could make the same criticism about nashville citizens taste in art, music, literature and dance and they would all hold true.  In case you missed the point in all of the analogies

[it's just dave]

I've made many trips to NYC. It's a large place, faceted as most places are. My stays were in places like the Rigah, the Drake, Metropolitan. When I moved to NY in 1980, I lived in the mid-30s, near Herald Square. I walked everywhere encountering people from all socio-economic backgrounds. Very few times did I have to listen to how people from other places were hickish, backward, and to be ridiculed. And more often than not, the people doing such were from or near the very places they tend to put down. Their newly implanted NY sophistication seemed to be something they picked up from cable and Hollywood. True New Yorkers seem to be more friendly, polite, well-informed and much less insecure than transplants (i.e. You-Know-Who-Yo) who are just trying to fit in.

[sleepy]

I've made many trips to NYC. It's a large place, faceted as most places are. My stays were in places like the Rigah, the Drake, Metropolitan. When I moved to NY in 1980, I lived in the mid-30s, near Herald Square. I walked everywhere encountering people from all socio-economic backgrounds. Very few times did I have to listen to how people from other places were hickish, backward, and to be ridiculed. And more often than not, the people doing such were from or near the very places they tend to put down. Their newly implanted NY sophistication seemed to be something they picked up from cable and Hollywood. True New Yorkers seem to be more friendly, polite, well-informed and much less insecure than transplants (i.e. You-Know-Who-Yo) who are just trying to fit in.

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Yeah, I've always picked that up in Minnesota, you know, the smug attitude: "we're so much friendlier than people in places like NYC--we'll stop and help strangers", etc.

When I trained as a census worker in MN in the summer of 2000, I was always told not to loiter around on corners looking at my map, cause folks would call the police.

But, I can't count the times I've been in a subway station in NYC looking a little befuddled--or standing on a streetcorner looking at a map--when a local doesn't come up and ask me where I'm headed and if he can help.

[cheeriokid61]

Nashville has a civic low self-esteem problem that has come from years of people making fun of country music.

Uhhhhh... I definately would not say that. Most forumers actually say that Nashvillians are too proud of their city. We happen to like our city very much. You are basically scolding us for doing something that you are the only one doing. Wow. Somebody's a smart one!

[sleepy]

One thing I love about Nashville and the south (and now Nashvillain): Even if we thought we had to morph into NY culture, what New York eloquence could match the conciseness and economy of words as the little phrase, "stomp your ass...."

Bless your heart, DaddyYo.

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Now, now, Dave, you know good and well that "Stomp your Ass" was a famous hip-hop tune from the South Bronx, circa 1993 which you played on your boombox as you strolled through Herald Square.

[RiversideGator]

I personally love the new signature design. If it isnt sophisticated enough for some of y'all in Nashville, send the developer down here to Jacksonville.

[it's just dave]

Shhhhhhh, sleepy, not all my secrets...please.

[sleepy]

Shhhhhhh, sleepy, not all my secrets...please.

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Secrets?

My buddy who lives on Av. A at Thompkins Square used to lend me his baseball bat when I'd stroll around the hood. But that was in 1979.

[BnaBreaker]

Daddy Yo since you complain about Nashville and the lifestyle of Nashvillians, Why do so much of the New Yorkers move here??? I wouldn't want to live in a city were I couldn't look people in the eyes or speak to people. I been to N.Y the city of grime where I seen more rats then bus stops. You can have N.Y and all of its features but thank God for NASHVILLE TENNESSEE....

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Oh dear...how embarrassing for you.

I really wish people would stop being so hyper-defensive. It seems to be how problems usually start. Learning to take criticism in stride is part of growing up. Not every point of criticsm is meant to be an attack on character. The guy didn't even take a jab at the city...and even if he did, who cares? The ironic thing is that when you jump all over someone for saying some people in Nashville have self-esteem problems about their city, it does nothing but...guess what...make it look like you have self esteem problems about your city.

[gaushell]

Oh yeah.. and the Elvis.. my husband and I had a good laugh over it... we just figured that was their intention... I don't think the Evis impersonator was meant to be taken seriously...

My company, Paradigm Productions, prepared the illustrations, animation and website. Elvis was nothing but a joke. I had put Elvis in a preliminary version just toying with Tony and crew. They thought is was funny and would lighten things up at the presentation.

It was just a joke, there wasn't supposed to be a Nashville connection. Our company is based out of Memphis. The PR firm, Seigenthaler is in Nashville and handled the verbage. Tony thought it was funny, so it stayed in.

Elvis is still alive isn't he? Why wouldn't he want to have a pad at Signature Tower?

LOL

Charles Gaushell

Paradigm Productions, LLC

www.2dimes.com

Memphis, TN

[linclink]

Hey Charles!!

Thats EXACTLY what I figured... that was used to sort of "break the ice" at the presentatio.... by the way.. you guys did a great job on the video!!

Paula

[gaushell]

Hey Charles!!

Thats EXACTLY what I figured... that was used to sort of "break the ice" at the presentatio....  by the way.. you guys did a great job on the video!!

Paula

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Thank you very much.

It was a lot of fun. Wish we would have had more time. 2 1/2 weeks was a bit tight though. Looking forward to more on this project in the near futre. Stay tuned.

[Lexy]

My company, Paradigm Productions, prepared the illustrations, animation and website. Elvis was nothing but a joke. I had put Elvis in a preliminary version just toying with Tony and crew. They thought is was funny and would lighten things up at the presentation.

It was just a joke, there wasn't supposed to be a Nashville connection. Our company is based out of Memphis. The PR firm, Seigenthaler is in Nashville and handled the verbage. Tony thought it was funny, so it stayed in.

Elvis is still alive isn't he? Why wouldn't he want to have a pad at Signature Tower?

LOL

Charles Gaushell

Paradigm Productions, LLC

www.2dimes.com

Memphis, TN

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My hats off to you guys!! Great job. Very informative and professional.

[Hankster]

I would like to add my kudos to to your video. I thought it was superb. It really makes me want to get into that tower. If, only I still lived in Nashville......

[nashvol85]

Well, I guess it

[nashvol85]

This entire city could stand to spend a year in New York just to see how to be and how not to be.  The rest of the crushing provincialism could be cured with a trip to a museum and thumbing through the pages of a fashion magazine, graduating high school or attending college somewhere besides UT, MTSU or Auburn.  Thankfully, through the internet and cable TV, Nashvillians have been able to get a look at the rest of the county that wasn

[ATLBrain]

What's wrong with going to UT, MTSU, or Auburn?

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I'll be the first to say "Not a thing!"... Seven years ago, with my Vandy degree in Math and MBA/JD from Duke (thinking I was too smart for the world), I started working at a well-regarded firm in Atlanta. On my first day, I was introduced to, and humbled by, my mentor, Tom, the most brilliant attorney I know -- and a grad of UT-K. Also, judging from the other people (in all disciplines) I've met from UT, I think it must be an excellent school. My accountant is also a graduate. No doubt, it's very underrated. I've met very smart grads of Auburn (my cousin and his pediatrician wife inclusive). Also, recently a national magazine (sorry, I forgot which one) just rated MTSU as a pleasant surprise among national universities. Maybe somebody can help me out with this one... It was in the last month.

Unfortunately, too many people (especially outside of the south) are still of a mindset that southern universities are inferior. I guess you coud say they haven't educated themselves about the competitive and vast offerings at our universities.

Final point, I still run into a lot of prejudice toward Duke b/c it's a southern school, and my wife, a UNC-CH graduate, gets it all the time. Go figure! But we know better, don't we?

[nashvol85]

I'll be the first to say "Not a thing!"... Seven years ago, with my Vandy degree in Math and MBA/JD from Duke (thinking I was too smart for the world), I started working at a well-regarded firm in Atlanta.  On my first day, I was introduced to, and humbled by, my mentor, Tom, the most brilliant attorney I know -- and a grad of UT-K.  Also, judging from the other people (in all disciplines) I've met from UT, I think it must be an excellent school.  My accountant is also a graduate.  No doubt, it's very underrated.  I've met very smart grads of Auburn (my cousin and his pediatrician wife inclusive).  Also, recently a national magazine (sorry, I forgot which one) just rated MTSU as a pleasant surprise among national universities.  Maybe somebody can help me out with this one... It was in the last month. 

Unfortunately, too many people (especially outside of the south) are still of a mindset that southern universities are inferior.  I guess you coud say they haven't educated themselves about the competitive and vast offerings at our universities. 

Final point, I still run into a lot of prejudice toward Duke b/c it's a southern school, and my wife, a UNC-CH graduate, gets it all the time.  Go figure!  But we know better, don't we?

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I don't think you can go wrong with any of the major universities in the south. The new lottery scholarships are making it especially competitive in Tennessee (more highly qualified students are "staying home" because of the financial incentives). UT is now a top 40 public university...and continues to rise.

http://pr.tennessee.edu/news/release.asp?id=2212

[Plasticman]

Oh dear...how embarrassing for you. 

I really wish people would stop being so hyper-defensive.  It seems to be how problems usually start.  Learning to take criticism in stride is part of growing up.  Not every point of criticsm is meant to be an attack on character.  The guy didn't even take a jab at the city...and even if he did, who cares?  The ironic thing is that when you jump all over someone for saying some people in Nashville have self-esteem problems about their city, it does nothing but...guess what...make it look like you have self esteem problems about your city.

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He didn't?

Well...since the people ARE the city, I would say he made several very precise jabs at everything from their sophistication to their taste. He was just insulting them and then putting in impotent disclaimers to appear like he wasn't. Nice try though.