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To be honest (and controversial) IMO many subsidized housing programs do not accomplish stated goals and many just waste taxpayer funds. It especially makes little sense to subsidise housing in highly sought after areas. It makes little sense for the government to pay for someone to live in Belle Meade if they can afford on their own to live in Belle Meade Links. The same is true for the Gulch (Edgehill) or Downtown (East Nashville).

If the government IS going to spend finite dollars helping people afford housing then the return should be maximised. In this case help two families live in Salemtown vs. helping one live in the Gulch. IMO no one asking for help from the government has an absolute right to live anywhere they choose. People everyday make decision about location based on budgets not desire...should it be any different for those receiving government assistance?

The caveat to this is TIF and other public/private incentives that are designed to spur redevelopment (though it is widely abused). This is done because the area is deemed UNDESIERABLE once it becomes a highly-sought destination all TIF should disappear.

Well said! You seem to have a good handle on some of the basic economic forces underlying the various subsidy schemes the government is involved in. I'll throw in my two cents worth and say that based on my observations/experience: Rich developers always end up profiting from the programs that are intended to help the poor. Maybe this is an intented side effect? Example: The city is currently completing a massive project housing re-development north of charlote just west of downtown. These "new-urbanism" style duplexes will house the "economically disatvantaged". My question is this: why does the government grant XX millions of $'s to one developer and have them build this multi-acre ant farm as opposed to taking the available funds/ divided by the number of people to be housed = money given to each family so they can go find their own housing? The only answer I can think of is that doing my plan wouldn't leave any room for enriching a politically well-connected developer. Or if I were a little more cynical I might say the govt. doesn't want "those people" mixing in with the other residents downtown or in the suburbs. :ph34r:

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Here is the info on it, called the "Silver Plaza" , and a rendering at: http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/9904/nashville1iy.gif

This would TRULY be a dramatic building towering out of the gulch.... :)

Building Name: Silver Plaza

Native Name:

Other Names:

Address:

City: Nashville

Postal Code:

State/Province: tn

Country: usa

Official Building Website URL:

Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:

Architect: Vaidas

Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):

Would include 5 stars Hyatt hotel.

Would have silver spire.

Heights--

- antenna:

- spire: 1000ft

- roof:

- top floor:

- other heights:

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): fantasy

Construction Dates--

- started: 2008

- finished: 2010

- destroyed:

Above ground floors: 60

Below ground floors: 5

Floor-to-floor height: 4.01m

Gross Floor area: 950 000sq ft

Elevator count:11

Unit count: 100

Structure Type(s): Highrise

Building Use(s): mixed use(office,hotel,residential,parking,retail)

Building Style(s): futurism

Building Materials:

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Here is the info on it, called the "Silver Plaza" , and a rendering at: http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/9904/nashville1iy.gif

This would TRULY be a dramatic building towering out of the gulch.... :)

Building Name: Silver Plaza

Native Name:

Other Names:

Address:

City: Nashville

Postal Code:

State/Province: tn

Country: usa

Official Building Website URL:

Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:

Architect: Vaidas

Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):

Would include 5 stars Hyatt hotel.

Would have silver spire.

Heights--

- antenna:

- spire: 1000ft

- roof:

- top floor:

- other heights:

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): fantasy

Construction Dates--

- started: 2008

- finished: 2010

- destroyed:

Above ground floors: 60

Below ground floors: 5

Floor-to-floor height: 4.01m

Gross Floor area: 950 000sq ft

Elevator count:11

Unit count: 100

Structure Type(s): Highrise

Building Use(s): mixed use(office,hotel,residential,parking,retail)

Building Style(s): futurism

Building Materials:

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Here is the info on it, called the "Silver Plaza" , and a rendering at: http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/9904/nashville1iy.gif

This would TRULY be a dramatic building towering out of the gulch.... :)

Building Name: Silver Plaza

Native Name:

Other Names:

Address:

City: Nashville

Postal Code:

State/Province: tn

Country: usa

Official Building Website URL:

Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:

Architect: Vaidas

Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):

Would include 5 stars Hyatt hotel.

Would have silver spire.

Heights--

- antenna:

- spire: 1000ft

- roof:

- top floor:

- other heights:

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): fantasy

Construction Dates--

- started: 2008

- finished: 2010

- destroyed:

Above ground floors: 60

Below ground floors: 5

Floor-to-floor height: 4.01m

Gross Floor area: 950 000sq ft

Elevator count:11

Unit count: 100

Structure Type(s): Highrise

Building Use(s): mixed use(office,hotel,residential,parking,retail)

Building Style(s): futurism

Building Materials:

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