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[FromParkAveToTN]

I love the Batman building.  I hope they never move it to another city.

[Predsboy18]

Some photos I took after yet another Liverpool win this morning. First is looking at the future Nashville Yards from 8th & Commerce. Certainly an interesting view without the buildings of the Lifeway Campus there. Next is 8th & Broad with the new and old. (A favorite subject of mine. Next is the Bento Box project on 4th Ave S. I took a side trip over to Kline Ave., and it's amazing that as close to downtown as it is, it seems as though it's miles away.

Driving down Nolensville Rd, the new stadium is going to do wonders for the stretch around the fairgrounds, and it's interesting to think of what Nolensville Rd, particularly between the fairgrounds and Harding Pl. will look like in 10 years. I wonder if something would be done along that route to tie the stadium and the Zoo together and activate the whole corridor. Certainly mass transit could be a game changer for the corridor, but without it, changes will be slower. Past Harding, it's a mix of established businesses, and Hispanic businesses that I feel are essential to Nashville.

Interested to hear everyone's thought's on the future of Nolensville Rd.

[Neigeville2]

2 hours ago, Predsboy18 said:

... Past Harding, it's a mix of established businesses, and Hispanic businesses that I feel are essential to Nashville.

Interested to hear everyone's thought's on the future of Nolensville Rd....

I hope that area never loses its character, those colorful storefronts and the variety of gritty older buildings is so much more enjoyable to me than the monotonous, sanitized gray and tan of new upscale developments.

[Predsboy18]

2 minutes ago, Neigeville2 said:

I hope that area never loses its character, those colorful storefronts and the variety of gritty older buildings is so much more enjoyable to me than the monotonous, sanitized gray and tan of new upscale developments.

I completely agree! I grew up off Nolensville near OHB, and for many years could tell you what was in a lot of those places. Yeah, it could look better, but there's something about those little strip centers and buildings that had character.

[Predsboy18]

Ohio and Virginia are playing at Vanderbilt due to Hurricane Florence, and at the time, it was uncertain where exactly the storm would hit. Thankfully, the storm missed Charlottsville, but we know what it's been doing to the Carolinas. That being said, ESPN (or ACC Network) is carrying the game, and talked to the AD of Virginia, and during that time, they did some establishing shots of around the stadium when this one popped up.

 

[e-dub]

[Andrew_3289]

[markhollin]

[titanhog]

^^It's interesting seeing the decades of concrete...concrete...concrete and glass....concrete and glass....glass...glass...glass.  You can see the obvious decade transitions in our skyline.

[e-dub]

Nice observation, @titanhog.

Nice observation, @titanhog.

It's interesting approaching the Gateway Bridge coming from east Nashville, It's like skyline 1.0 on the right and 2.0 on the left.

[markhollin]

3rd Ave. South looking north:
 

[jmtunafish]

From this morning's Sky5.  Easy to see why that area is called "Forest Hills."

Edited September 18, 2018 by jmtunafish

[e-dub]

Lovely photo.

 

 

[satalac]

12 hours ago, jmtunafish said:

From this morning's Sky5.  Easy to see why that area is called "Forest Hills."

Those are just trees planted on top of giant piles of money.

[Alley]

9/18/18

 

[markhollin]

[MLBrumby]

Great pic! You have a drone now? Is the star an optical illusion? Don't recall seeing that. I was actually driven through there on Sunday as a guest at the Titans game. 

[markhollin]

TBT: Looking NE from Mercury View Lofts in Gulch, 2006:
 

[grilled_cheese]

46 minutes ago, markhollin said:

TBT: Looking NE from Mercury View Lofts in Gulch, 2006:
 

I vividly remember parking in those gravel lots before shows at City Hall (RIP) and pounding cheap macro beer.

[markhollin]

 

[PruneTracy]

On ‎2018‎-‎09‎-‎18 at 9:36 PM, satalac said:

Those are just trees planted on top of giant piles of money.

Fake news, everyone knows that trees don't grow on money.

[TNinVB]

11 hours ago, markhollin said:

 

Would be nice if one day this was the view from a high rise in that area. 

[Mr_Bond]

On 9/20/2018 at 6:24 AM, markhollin said:

TBT: Looking NE from Mercury View Lofts in Gulch, 2006:
 

Manuel Zeitlin is the architect for an amenities improvement project in Terrazzo (we bought a unit by the pool and are expanding our amenities).  He spoke of standing on top of the Bohan building while someone explained their vision for The Gulch.  He designed Mercury View Lofts and spoke of when it towered over The Gulch, just as you show in this picture.  He was the architect for Icon and Terrazzo, as well.

[markhollin]

[markhollin]