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[dxfret]

https://tnstateparks.com/parks/radnor-lake

 

[Native]

Yes, they finally caved in and started calling it a park, but you can't picnic, swim or do any of the park things and the official title is still Radnor Lake State Natural Area.  

 

[Native]

We also have turkeys   .

[Native]

 And owls.

[bnacincy]

Homesick!

By the way, is that Owl purple?

 

Edited September 20, 2019 by bnacincy
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[titanhog]

1 hour ago, bnacincy said:

Homesick!

By the way, is that Owl purple?

 

The Tennessee Purple Speckled Owl 

[markhollin]

This new shot shows how The Place at 5th & Broadway is filling-in the hole in the popular skyline view from Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge.  When the adjoining office tower is complete, it will help even further (Courtesy of Richard Byington):
 

[Native]

9 hours ago, bnacincy said:

Homesick!

By the way, is that Owl purple?

 

That is a Barred Owl which we Tennesseans usually call a hoot owl.  If he is purple that is my fault due to poor color management on my computer.  We also see screech owls (very small) and Great Horned Owls which are about the same size as a hoot owl.  Owls are really cool birds.

[Native]

I know Mr. Hollin would like for us to get back to skyscrapers, but since this story came from a man who had the best office in the L & C Tower I am going to risk it.

Allan Steele, a lawyer and the last president of the Life and Casualty Insurance Company before it was gobbled up by American General, explained to me how Radnor Lake came to be the state's first Natural Area.  Although it is now considered a jewel of urban conservation and most people think it was an act of pure public charity, the true motivation was quite different.

When the land and the lake were owned by Oman Construction Company in the late sixties word got out that the company planned to drain the lake and build houses along Otter Creek.  Alexander Heard, then Chancellor of Vanderbilt University. knew the lights from those houses would ruin the Dyer Observatory, south of the lake, so he got on the phone and alerted Allan, Victor Johnson of Alladin Industries and a group of prominent Nashville business men to see what could be done.  Knowing that a movement to help Vanderbilt's astronomy department would not be popular, the group, which included DA Tom Shriver and WSM radio/TV personality Dave Overton, decided to pitch it as a public/private partnership to "Save the Lake".  Sen. Douglas Henry got the legislation passed to create the State Natural Areas and funds were raised to match state money to buy the property from Oman.  To their credit Oman was not hard to deal with.

In 1973 the lake and about 1000 acres were saved from development and over the years other land has been acquired so the "Park" is now a real asset to Nashville.  Just goes to show that the public narrative is not always the "rest of the story".  But of course the money was given to save the lake, not the telescope, so all's well that ends well.

[nashvylle]

@PaulChinetti have you and your drone going on any adventures lately?

[nashvylle]

From Sky5 Facebook. 

[markhollin]

Courtesy of Aerial Innovations:

 

[markhollin]

Looking east from 31st Ave. North and Parman Place:

 

[chris holman]

[markhollin]

[titanhog]

^^What is that Mark?

[nashvylle]

From Metro PD twitter of the interstates work done over the weekend: 

 

[markhollin]

15 minutes ago, titanhog said:

^^What is that Mark?

Harvest Night from last year.  Happening again this week.  

[CenterHill]

1 hour ago, nashvylle said:

From Metro PD twitter of the interstates work done over the weekend: 

 

Did TDOT finish installing the steel over the entire span?    In that photo, it seems to be about where it started on Friday.  

[PruneTracy]

11 minutes ago, CenterHill said:

Did TDOT finish installing the steel over the entire span?    In that photo, it seems to be about where it started on Friday.  

I'm pretty sure that photo is from Friday. The beams are all the way across I-65.

[markhollin]

Looking NW from 25th floor of 222 Building 3 months ago:

 

[donNdonelson2]

Fox 17 cameras provided a look at a colorful sunrise this morning. Here are a couple of screenshots.

http://fox17.com/news/local/fox-17-news-nashview-city-cam-network

[chris holman]

[LA_TN]

Cranes

[markhollin]

From Aug. 6th (Courtesy of Fox 17):