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Nashvillain Burg

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Really interesting photos. The terrain north of the river is wild! I never knew the geography was like that. It's amazing how tiny downtown looks from the air (the cemetery is bigger in area) , but also how built out the surrounding area is--albeit with a lot of one-story warehouses and the like.

Cheers to the continued success of Nashville. And greater things to come.

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I was going to try and work on this more this weekend and realize that this is a first effort. This is a rendition of future and under construction towers in the downtown and possible East Bank area.

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Just for fun... Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I got a little impatient and wanted to see what all these projects might look like added to our skyline. So i had a little fu

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*Note: I copied the text from a post I made on another forum. Most of the commentary is not for y'all. Some of this is construction progress. Some is just miscellaneous. I wish I was half as talented

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MTSUBlueraider86 Hamlet

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Nice shots Shelby! It shows how tiny and almost insignificant our skyline is compared to other cities. We have a long way to go to have an impressive skyline. This really shows how empty the north capital side is. We will need at least 5-10 towers over the next decade to make that side of the skyline look impressive.

Bring on WES!

BR86

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any predictions what the area south of the convention center to the interstate loop will look like...

in one decade...?

two decades...?

think it'll be completely filled in and vibrant by then?

Who knows but the closer in picture and the reason I posted shows a good 'before' shot of the Lafayette / 8th Ave / Gateway(?) roundabout area.

For the folks that went up to Rolling Mill Hill after coffee the other day, I went by and took some snaps of that.

Rolling Mill Apts

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This looks a lot like a building I drove by in Evansville a couple of years ago.

Evansville it is. Was up there visiting a friend yesterday and as many times as I've been there, never went downtown, so I got the tour. Much of the wealth early on was from the lumber industry and steel I think. The homes pictured are pretty much the creme, a block away and it was crack city. I also really liked the old theatre 'Alhambra' (wish I'd gotten a couple more shots of it). Casino downtown funded a riverwalk, neat bank building which saw as we were leaving, Hullman Building, built by the the Hullman Family of Indy 500 fame but also were the owners of Clabber(?) baking products and had banks as well.

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Evansville it is. Was up there visiting a friend yesterday and as many times as I've been there, never went downtown, so I got the tour. Much of the wealth early on was from the lumber industry and steel I think. The homes pictured are pretty much the creme, a block away and it was crack city. I also really liked the old theatre 'Alhambra' (wish I'd gotten a couple more shots of it). Casino downtown funded a riverwalk, neat bank building which saw as we were leaving, Hullman Building, built by the the Hullman Family of Indy 500 fame but also were the owners of Clabber(?) baking products and had banks as well.

A couple other tidbits. Pics 706 & 706 are supposedly of a Frank Loyd Wright designed home, #752 is 'Alhambra' Theatre, and 757 is of the former Post Office(now retail).

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1978 Probably. Looks like there might be a tower crane up for the TPAC/Polk Tower.

That crane(?) is probably not TPAC, appears closer to where the Hyatt would be. I worked at the Hyatt in 78, but also we moved our business to Lafayette Street in 1975 and there is no sign of work there at this point. Not sure when the interstates came through and in particular 65 up by Metro Center, but that area appears to be in process. Sears moved to Lafayette Street in 1962 I'm pretty sure. I can remember getting on the interstate prior to the inner loop at Lafayette Street at one point probably mid sixties but that area is not shown. Maybe someone can date some other things. I was at the courthouse when they tore down the buildings fronting the square in 72-3 so it would have to be before that since they are still there. Greyhound hadn't moved to 8th either.

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Nashvillain Burg

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Is it just me or does that photo make Nashville look denser than today? It just seems to me that if you took that picture today, you would see many surface parking lots. I know the core has more buildings now, but the areas away from the core seem to have less.

Looks like you read NewsChannel 5's mind. http://www.newschannel5.com/story/14212979/20-percent-of-downtown-acreage-is-vacant-space

Although the report doesn't give an indication of the boundaries.

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Well, I think I see the old Classic Cat just to the right of the Masonic Lodge. If I remember correctly, there was a liquor store on the first floor and next door was the Chevrolet dealership where I saw my first Stingray in 1963. $3600....wow. That's where the convention center is now, partially. E. Gray Smith might have been next door before moving to 13th and Broad (where Beamon's used lot is). I just remember seeing a Rolls-Royce in the showroom at $18,000. You could buy a good house for that back then.

Then between the Sam Davis and James Robertson Hotel was Commerce St., home of the Greyhound and all manner of evil city things. A surrealistic, foggy, smoky wonderland of urban riches. I'll leave it at that.

I wouldn't trade being 21 in 1974 for all the Viragos and smartphones on the planet. lol

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I was 11 at the time, and I remember my father driving me downtown to watch the top out on some of the buildings. We had a family friend who was in the high steel business and finished off the TPAC building in 1981. My first trip downtown must have been 1968 when I was 5 and seeing them start the National Life (Snodgrass building). By 1970 at age 7 I was hooked on skyscrapers. It was also my first trip to NYC. Watching the Nashville skyline grow has always been a hobby of mine. I just wish we could get a 700 footer!

As usual, Dave enlightens us with wonderful Nashville history. No one love the urban life more than Dave!

BR86

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B86 - I am taking a guess the postcard is from the 70's. Not much of a car person. So, I'm sure someone could give a better guess at the year. Anyhow, Nashville is so lucky to have an area like Lower Broad. And it still looks pretty much the same today. I moved here from Charlotte and there really is nothing like that there. A few small pockets here and there, but none in down/up town. This type of street scape can not be recreated. Other cities try but it just doesn't work.

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