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[Jamie Hall]

49 minutes ago, markhollin said:

About 6 years.  

It'll be fascinating to compare these images again in another 6 years once some of the big hotel projects are complete.

[MidTenn1]

And a reasonable guess for the next three years....

 

Note the 222 and the Mainland Bldg. Fingers crossed.

[TheRaglander]

4 minutes ago, PHofKS said:

And a reasonable guess for the next three years....

 

Note the 222 and the Mainland Bldg. Fingers crossed.

Love this.  What about Broadstone, Gulch?

[TNinVB]

Wow the changes are amazing! I am glad that the Renaissance and Sheraton were painted. They look so much better and every building doesn't look the same color as in the 2011 image. 

[fieldmarshaldj]

1 hour ago, PHofKS said:

And a reasonable guess for the next three years....

 

Note the 222 and the Mainland Bldg. Fingers crossed.

It's like a Shorty Atlanta.

[CenterHill]

11 hours ago, VSRJ said:

For comparison...

This has shown up on twitter tonight.   

[urbanplanet17]

On 5/7/2017 at 1:58 PM, BnaBreaker said:

Thanks for joining up a sharing!  It's great to hear an outsiders point of view.  It really tends to put things into perspective!  My parents live in St. Joseph, MI so I spend quite a bit of time in Michigan, mostly up and down the Lake Michigan coast, and although that is the opposite side of Michigan, I do make it over to Detroit on occasion.  Let me just say that I am *THRILLED* with what is going on in Detroit.  It doesn't deserve the bad wrap that it gets.  You might be envious of Nashville's highrise construction, but I can assure you that we are jealous of the new Q-Line light rail system being built in D-town, not to mention all of your beautiful historic architecture!  There seems to be a real resurgence of pride among Detroiters, and it is justified!  

You're right to be disappointed that Detroit isn't the home of of the NMAAM.  It does seem like Detroit or Memphis would be a more appropriate home, but Nashville has it's own little known place in African American music history, so it's not so out of place, and I'm thrilled to see that piece of Nashville get represented.  The Hitsville USA museum in Detroit is absolutely incredible by the way, and I REALLY wish the city would invest more money into it, as it is a true treasure.

By the way, as a current Chicagoan, let me just say that Detroit style pizza is the king in my book!!  

Funny you say that about Detroit-style pizza, because I actually prefer Chicago-style myself (nothing's better than saucy pizza). 

That said, there is definitely some good things happening here. Dan Gilbert is almost single-handedly responsible for this by taking the gamble to establish his operations (and 25,000 employees) in downtown Detroit when no one else would. 

Besides the Q-Line, the other big story has been the construction of Little Caesars Arena (this will be the first time the Pistons have played in the city proper since the 1980s) which is set to open this fall. Provided there's not another auto industry downturn soon, my hope is that it along with the Q-Line will lead to a fair amount of spinoff development like the Music City Center has in Nashville. 

[chris holman]

[markhollin]

Pinnacle at sunset.

 

[L'burgnative]

On 5/7/2017 at 0:39 PM, urbanplanet17 said:

Hi everyone!

I've been lurking for the past several weeks, but I've finally decided to make my first post. I'm really impressed by the images I've seen of Nashville.

I'm from Detroit, and you want to guess the total number of 300ft+ / 15+ story highrises we've built since the 1970s? A grand total of 3 (The 30-story Greektown Casino Hotel, the former Comerica Bank HQ and 150 West Jefferson). We would frankly kill for the type of high rise boom that Nashville is seeing. And mind you, Detroit has 5+ million people in its metro area (thus is 3 times the size of Nashville).

With Nashville's ties to the auto industry (Bridgestone, Nissan, the GM plant in Spring Hill, etc.), I've run into quite a few native Detroiters who've lived in or frequently visited Nashville and they have nothing but great things to say about the city.

I know there are some minor complaints about the lack of super-tall skyscrapers and the design of structures that are being constructed / proposed, but in reality, you all should be proud of what *IS* occurring. And frankly, I think Nashville is doing things right with respect to its downtown growth with the rapid amount of infill / canyonization taking place. So I see no reason why the super-tall skyscrapers won't come along eventually.

I will also say, I'm a little bitter about the fact that Nashville will be getting the first African American museum for music in the country (and not the birthplace of the Motown sound). But it is what it is. I'll just make sure to plan a visit when it opens in 2019. 

My parents are from Toledo; a hop skip and a jump from Detroit, and because of that I try to keep up with the area.  Also because of that I say "Go Tigers!"  As much as people want to pretend we do have a locale team in Atlanta we really don't because they are more then 4 hours away.  I personally HATE the Braves, and if you were from the Southeast and had them shoved down your throat as the "Team of the South" you would HATE them as bad as the Yankee's too.  Being that we don't have a true locale team (good or bad) we get to root for how we like.  Honestly I haven't been to a Tigers game since 1988 in old Tigers Stadium; Darrel Evens, Kirt Gibson, Alan Trammell, Lou Whitaker, Chet Lemons and Matt Nokes in the lineup Jack Morris on the mount (how the hell that lineup didn't win multiple World Series....). I wore #6 for Al Kaline and #3 for Trammell playing ball in my youth.  No I'm not from Nashville but grew up in Middle Tn and am now in Huntsville, Al where Nashville would be the locale team if it had one (as long as it's not a football team named "Tennessee;" Nashville Titans would have made much more since).  Sorry to go baseball in my reply, but when someone from Detroit post I can't think of anything but baseball.

Edited May 9, 2017 by L'burgnative

[chris holman]

Recently opened the new beercade in the  old club scene building

free classic games Killer Instinct ,Mortal Kombat 2, Street Fighter ,Asteroids and more, the DJ plays eighties and nineties music 

There's a wall of  real cassette tapes behind the Dj booth..

[BnaBreaker]

Wow... from the game selection, to the music playlist, to the presence of booze, to the giant headshot of Prince... I think I've finally found my spirit animal, and it is a bar in downtown Nashville.  

Actually, I go to the HQ beercade in Chicago somewhat frequently, and it truly is a great time, especially if you grew up in the 80's and 90's like I did. 

Edited May 9, 2017 by BnaBreaker

[TNinVB]

I found this old post card from the mid 90's while cleaning out a closet. You cab see the old lighting on R2-D2 and the top of 5/3rd lit. I had forgot that it was lit at one point in time. 

[Nashtitans]

^we need the lighting back on the regions and batman building

[memphian]

The Stouffer Hotel - I miss seeing that name.

[chris holman]

2 hours ago, BnaBreaker said:

Wow... from the game selection, to the music playlist, to the presence of booze, to the giant headshot of Prince... I think I've finally found my spirit animal, and it is a bar in downtown Nashville.  

Actually, I go to the HQ beercade in Chicago somewhat frequently, and it truly is a great time, especially if you grew up in the 80's and 90's like I did. 

Yes this is located right across from Joe's Crab Shack the old bar Nashville building

2 hours ago, BnaBreaker said:

 

Edited May 9, 2017 by chris holman

[chris holman]

Kung Fu is another cool spot with free arcade games a DJ and a packed crowd this was a Sunday 

[NashvilleObserver]

57 minutes ago, chris holman said:

Kung Fu is another cool spot with free arcade games a DJ and a packed crowd this was a Sunday 

 

Oh no!! Kung Fu is terrible! Don't encourage anyone to go here! Especially on Friday and Saturday nights when the noise penetrates my 8th floor windows!!

(but honestly Kung Fu is really fun)

[jmtunafish]

On 5/8/2017 at 7:24 PM, PHofKS said:

And a reasonable guess for the next three years....

 

Note the 222 and the Mainland Bldg. Fingers crossed.

This is amazing!  Would you mind if I repost this elsewhere?

[TNinVB]

6 hours ago, Nashtitans said:

^we need the lighting back on the regions and batman building

Especially the Batman building. All they would need to do is turn on the lights at the bottom of where the glass roof slopes up. The lights used to shine up the roof and lit up the middle section of the bridge between the spires. I think there was some lighting on the arched area as well. I'm sure the light fixtures are gone and if they are still there, they weren't updated to the LED fixtures. 

[MidTenn1]

43 minutes ago, jmtunafish said:

This is amazing!  Would you mind if I repost this elsewhere?

No problem. Have at it!

[jmtunafish]

15 minutes ago, PHofKS said:

No problem. Have at it!

Thank you!

[chris holman]

[chris holman]

[markhollin]

Looking north over the pool at Viridian (courtesy of Ken Heron):