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[markhollin]

Courtesy of The Tennessean:

[smeagolsfree]

There is a very good chance that in the next two months that we will top 40 tower cranes in Metro, most of which will be inside the 440/24 loop. Its all a matter of timing but it could happen for the first time ever. I think right now we are at 36 with two more bases in place.

mark will need to check the numbers.

[LA_TN]

12 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

There is a very good chance that in the next two months that we will top 40 tower cranes in Metro, most of which will be inside the 440/24 loop. Its all a matter of timing but it could happen for the first time ever. I think right now we are at 36 with two more bases in place.

mark will need to check the numbers.

Adam Sichko, of the NBJ, just tweeted today we are at 29 cranes. Just FYI

[e-dub]

29 inside the loop?

[markhollin]

I have 34 in Davidson County as of today (3 of those are bases that are soon to be erected any day now). 

[markhollin]

TBT: Feb, 1986, looking north along 2nd Ave South.  Renaissance (then Stouffer's) Hotel u.c. at far left. 5th/3rd Bank Building just topped out and tower crane about to come down in center of frame.  Everything in the foreground is long, long gone (thank goodness). 

[smeagolsfree]

I can count 34 with bases as well, so we are close, so I doubt we will hit 40 with the ones coming down. The Hampton, State Museum, One of the Vandy residential , Belcourt, maybe the 5th + Broad res., will all come down soon. The Joseph may some down soon  as well too.

Going up will be 2 at 4 Seasons, 2 at Beach company 6th south, 1 more Asurion, probably 1 for the Manning, maybe 1 for the Element hotel. Depending on timing we may get 1 for 805 Lea, Greystar Gulch and Haven Gulch before some of these come down.That's all I can think of right now 

 

[markhollin]

48 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

I can count 34 with bases as well, so we are close, so I doubt we will hit 40 with the ones coming down. The Hampton, State Museum, One of the Vandy residential , Belcourt, maybe the 5th + Broad res., will all come down soon. The Joseph may some down soon  as well too.

Going up will be 2 at 4 Seasons, 2 at Beach company 6th south, 1 more Asurion, probably 1 for the Manning, maybe 1 for the Element hotel. Depending on timing we may get 1 for 805 Lea, Greystar Gulch and Haven Gulch before some of these come down.That's all I can think of right now 

 

Belcourt Village is already down. Some others that I think we will see up soon are 908 Division and 17th & Grand.  

Others that could be up by year's end include: Printing House Hotel, Canopy Hotel in Gulch, Contralto,  GBT Murphy Rd. (probably 2), Lifestyle Community in Nations, and upwards of 5 more in Nashville Yards (MGM Hotel, Theater, 1001 Church St., 200 10th Ave. North, and Apartment Tower 1).  

So, that adds up to as many as 23 more tower cranes more by the end of the year.   :  )

[bhibbs]

One of my favorite views of the city


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[nashvylle]

Four Seasons and Ray Hensler's building are really going to enhance that view. Same with KVB Hotel (if it happens as planned). 

[LA_TN]

2 hours ago, bhibbs said:

One of my favorite views of the city


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I hope you had a slice of Gladiator, while you were there! 

[markhollin]

Looking north from 8th Ave. South at intersection with Olympic St:

 

[titanhog]

^^Picture is good except for that ugly building blocking my view of downtown! 

[NashWellington11]

1 hour ago, titanhog said:

^^Picture is good except for that ugly building blocking my view of downtown! 

Just wait until you see the rents they are trying to charge in that hideous building! Also, they are marketing as "in the Gulch" but at this point it is pretty much an island in the middle of empty lots and the interstate. I would call it "Gulch -adjacent" at best.

[downtownresident]

Just now, NashWellington11 said:

Just wait until you see the rents they are trying to charge in that hideous building! Also, they are marketing as "in the Gulch" but at this point it is pretty much an island in the middle of empty lots and the interstate. I would call it "Gulch -adjacent" at best.

With the new developments starting along Division it won’t be by itself for long. 

[markhollin]

I wouldn't call Broadstone Gulch "hideous."  It looks quite handsome on the front (north) and sides.  The back, facing the interstate, could be better.  Eventually though, as downtownresident mentioned, all of the neighboring development will cause it to blend-in.

[NashWellington11]

1 minute ago, downtownresident said:

With the new developments starting along Division it won’t be by itself for long. 

Agreed. The rents they are charging would be somewhat justified once all those projects are done. But the current reality is much different. Not to mention residents will have to deal with all of the construction in the interim. If I owned a condo in that building, I would be happy to deal with all of the construction since it will only increase my property value. As a renter, I would expect heavily discounted rents  or at the very least, not astronomically high rents.

[smeagolsfree]

I 16 story neighbor under construction, 1 11 story neighbor about to start, and another next door 10-11 story neighbor to start after the first of the year not to mention the two hotels slated for construction, the vacant property behind Party Fowl that is for sale, the SE Venture project that is a couple of years away on the corner of 8th and Division and what ever goes in the Antique Mall.

 

 

[chris holman]

[markhollin]

Courtesy of Richard Byington:

 

[Native]

Nashville from Vanderbilt's Learned Lab in October 1961.

 

[titanhog]

^^A nice looking mid-rise city.

[Skyscrapergeek]

Should never have allowed the L&C tower to be built.  Height was totally in appropriate.  

[Tennessine]

Lovely picture! Back then, you could see the Capitol from Vanderbilt. It wasn't until the 1970s (I think) when Snodgrass Tower, the Sheraton and UBS Tower obstructed that view. By the 1980s, Nashville's skyline looked entirely different than in did in 1960. L&C Tower (1957) was joined by One Nashville Place in 1985, followed by the Fifth Third Tower in 1986 and Nashville City Center in 1988.

1 minute ago, Skyscrapergeek said:

Should never have allowed the L&C tower to be built.  Height was totally in appropriate.  

That was the tallest tower in the Southeast in the late 1950s! Crazy to think how ambitious those developers were back then; Davidson County didn't even have 400,000 residents at the time.

What if we had a developer with a similar kind of ambition to build tall in Nashville today? How tall would that tower be? I would think it would have to be 1200 feet or greater to match that kind of disparity in height that the L&C boasted against the other highrises in 1957.

[Skyscrapergeek]

Yep.  Tony was almost that guy if not for the recession.   Unfortunately I think that was our shot but who really knows.  

Edited August 10, 2019 by Skyscrapergeek