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[markhollin]

I believe SoBro Tower is 1 1/2 floors away from total height.  Updated progress from a few days ago.

Looking westward from entrance to Ascend Amphitheater across First Avenue.  All the work in front of it is for the Hines/Hayes Tower.

 

Looking westward from Riverfront Park:

 

Part of the front entrance area looking eastward along Demonbreun:

 

Looking westward from Riverfront Park:

 

Looking southwestward from Riverfront Park.  Those are the soon-to-be-gone Market Street Apartments in the foreground.

 

Peeking out from behind Encore condos, looking eastward from corner of Fourth Avenue and Demonbreun at Hall of Fame Park:

 

Rising up from near front entrance on Demonbreun:

Edited March 31, 2016 by markhollin

[dmillsphoto]

Yep, I count 32 there so 33 plus roof are up next.

[Andrew_3289]

Snapped a pic (via cell phone) yesterday after leaving Nashville fit factory on McMillan Street

[markhollin]

A few crane updates:

L-R: SoBro Apartments, Westin Hotel, and Thompson Hotel as seen from the back of the iHeartMedia radio complex on the west side of I-40 looking eastward:

Crescent Condos looking south from Demonbreun/I-40 overpass.

 

Crescent Condos looking eastward along Division Street from the Pie Wagon parking lot:

 

Crescent Condos looking westward on Division St. from the I-40 overpass:

 

Pollack Shores apartments large crane as seen looking northward from the Demonbreun/I-40 overpass:

Edited April 1, 2016 by markhollin

[CenterHill]

Wish Crescent were about 20 stories taller

[samsonh]

42 minutes ago, CenterHill said:

Wish Crescent were about 20 stories taller

It will never be built.

[Nashville Cliff]

1 hour ago, CenterHill said:

Wish Crescent were about 20 stories taller

 

53 minutes ago, samsonh said:

It will never be built.

It's well over half built already.  You might be thinking of another project.

 

[samsonh]

6 minutes ago, Nashville Cliff said:

 

It's well over half built already.  You might be thinking of another project.

 

Yes you are right. Crescendo was what I was thinking. Crescent I drive by almost every day. Duh.

[CenterHill]

Right, you can the east side of Crescent (Mark's second to last photo above) starting to loom over I-40 and a taller Crescent would have been a nice bookend to Buckingham directly across the interstate.   

Edited April 1, 2016 by CenterHill

[VSRJ]

What a great problem to have - we can't keep track of all these projects' names!

[PruneTracy]

4 hours ago, samsonh said:

It will never be built.

I will say, at least if Crescendo were built, it could now have a few high-rise buddies way out there in the hinterlands of SoSoSoBro.

[volsfanwill]

Crescendo my take a while, but I'm sure it will rise in the end

[UTgrad09]

4 hours ago, PruneTracy said:

I will say, at least if Crescendo were built, it could now have a few high-rise buddies way out there in the hinterlands of SoSoSoBro.

Heck, that about qualifies as NoWeHo.

[titanhog]

39 minutes ago, volsfanwill said:

Crescendo my take a while, but I'm sure it will rise in the end

But then it will fall. 

[UTgrad09]

14 minutes ago, titanhog said:

But then it will fall. 

Only if preceded by 'de'.

[markhollin]

The Pinnacle is a quite handsome structure, especially from these corner views:



 

[NashRugger]

3 hours ago, markhollin said:

The Pinnacle is a quite handsome structure, especially from these corner views:



 

Definitely agreed. When viewed face on, it's kind of bulky, but viewed at an angle, particularly right at a corner, it's very elegant and sweeping. 

[donNdonelson2]

I love the contrast of the symphony hall and the Pinnacle tower. The tower's reflective surface also makes for interesting photos with the ever changing skies!

[markhollin]

Division Street Connector is well under way. 

Looking eastward from Myers Carpet property across the CSX tracks.  The route has had to take a slightly more southern dog-leg to go around Tennessee Brew Works (white building in lower left corner) which has refused to move.  The business opened not long after the whole design was set in motion.  Was easier to work around it than to deal with all the legal hassles.  

 

Looking from the current dead-end of Division Street back the the west into the Gulch. I spoke with the foreman on the project and he said they were unaware that there might be a 23-story condo tower (the proposed Crescendo) going on the Myers Carpet lot (to the immediate left in this shot).  He said if that was the case, then the 8" sewage pipe (turquoise sections shown here) they are currently laying to serve the top of this hill will be outdated immediately. He said they would probably need 12" or 16" pipe if that were the case, or they would have some back-up issues.   He was going to ask the folks above him about changing.

 

Looking westward from the east side of the CSX tracks up the hill where Myers is currently located.  The proposed Crescendo Tower would be where the gray barn is now.

 

Looking westward from the corner of Ash (soon to be renamed Division) and Fifth Avenue.  The parking lot just to the left of the Greyhound Bus Station is the section that is going to become part of the much wider extended street.

 

Looking eastward along Ash (soon to be Division) at the corner of Sixth Avenue.  The far left portion on the other side of the new power poles would be the parking lot area for Greyhound to utilize in exchange for the slice of property in previous photo. 

 

Looking westward again. You can see the eventual height of the connector even a this point that will match the top of the manhole cylinder. 

 

From corner of Ash and Sixth looking west.  A great deal of gravel is going to be graded into this several block stretch to bring it to the level of the entry point at the CSX tracks. The foreman said it will not only be 4 lanes wide, but will have sidewalks, a bicycle lane, decorative light poles, and a row of trees/shrubs on one side. The low white building on the right is the Tennessee Brew Works which is having to be circumvented in the adjusted design.  The large warehouse on the left is part of the 4-acre property for the proposed 4-tower project by Smithfield Enterprises. 

 

Looking east again from the edge of the CSX tracks gully. The Smithfield Enterprises lot is on the right. The Greyhound Station is the top center. Tennessee Brew Works is far left. 

 

Looking north from the edge of the CSX gully.  There will be several more of these large pedestals erected to support the bridge portion over the tracks.

Edited April 3, 2016 by markhollin

[rookzie]

42 minutes ago, markhollin said:

Division Street Connector is well under way. 

Looking eastward from Myers Carpet property across the CSX tracks.  The route has had to take a slightly more southern dog-leg to go around Tennessee Brew Works (white building in lower left corner) which has refused to move.  The business opened not long after the whole design was set in motion.  Was easier to work around it than to deal with all the legal hassles.  

Looking from the current dead-end of Division Street back the the west into the Gulch. I spoke with the foreman on the project and he said they were unaware that there might be a 23-story condo tower (the proposed Crescendo) going on the Myers Carpet lot (to the immediate left in this shot).  He said if that was the case, then the 8" sewage pipe (turquoise sections shown here) they are currently laying to serve the top of this hill will be outdated immediately. He said they would probably need 12" or 16" pipe if that were the case, or they would have some back-up issues.   He was going to ask the folks above him about changing.

Looking westward from the corner of Ash (soon to be renamed Division) and Fifth Avenue.  The parking lot just to the left of the Greyhound Bus Station is the section that is going to become part of the much wider extended street.

Typical result of a nearly a quarter century (actually longer) of Metro inaction and absence of any genuinely coordinated design and planning.  Even when Greyhound got evicted from its 8th Ave location, Metro then had sufficient insightful resources to know of imminent issues with acquiring land for this connector.  The Brew Works is only one of many other cases, though no fault of theirs.

That article that PHofKS posted yesterday of Austin and I-35 points to the related matter (on a state level) with respect to contractors and developers.  Unlike back in the '60s and '70s when pre-emption by eminent domain was the vogue, fierce challenges against the establishment always are expected with any kind of surface displacement, such as with this connector.  The very same issue is becoming (has become) yet more unmanageable at this point in Green Hills, if Metro ever commences to pursue its approved plan of transportation for that area, given the furor of activity there with both new and re-development and infill.

[smeagolsfree]

Why have you been MIA at the meets Ricky? You are missed my friend.

[CenterHill]

On February 25, 2016 at 2:21 PM, wreynol4 said:

[with apologies to wreynol4, this is not a reply to his post, but my ipad won't let me remove it and type a "clean" reply]    

Actually a reply to markhollin's post to say good work on the Division connector photos.   Nice of the foreman to let you walk through the construction site.    If the crew was not aware of the potential Crescendo development, I'm sure they're equally unaware of the Preston proposal this week.     8" lines are not going to cut it there either.    With SoBro booming in every direction, why would Metro not build in water and sewer infrastructure with an eye toward future growth?  

 

[titanhog]

Where can I locate a current map of where the connector will be placed?

[arkitekte]

20 minutes ago, titanhog said:

Where can I locate a current map of where the connector will be placed?

Look no further. 

http://www.nashville.gov/Portals/0/SiteContent/pw/docs/projects/division/DivisionStLayoutWithAerial.pdf

[Salbato]

That should be a nice view of downtown from the bridge.