Project Thread/New Construction/Photo du jour/Const. CAMs

[billgregg]

5 minutes ago, titanhog said:

Can you imagine if that were still standing today?  Would be a beloved structure in Nashville.

From the West End Methodist website: "A decade after the first church building was placed in service the congregation built its second church building, a towering brick edifice that would stand forty years at Sixteenth and Broad."

The towering brick edifice had a 40-year run...that's it.

[titanhog]

1 minute ago, billgregg55 said:

From the West End Methodist website: "A decade after the first church building was placed in service the congregation built its second church building, a towering brick edifice that would stand forty years at Sixteenth and Broad."

The towering brick edifice had a 40-year run...that's it.

Yeah...looks like the Great Depression may have been its demise.

[MLBrumby]

Contrary to popular belief, a lot of those 'grandiose' houses and churches before the turn of the last century were not very well constructed.  They were nearly always wood (exceptions in certain government buildings) and that was also an era before termite control was advanced.  After the heft of the equipment caught up with the grand ideas, then more and more very large stone foundations and concrete and steel were used for more enduring structures.  I remember seeing  a picture of Mount Vernon about 1860, and it was a shambles. 

Edited February 2, 2020 by MLBrumby

[LA_TN]

53 minutes ago, billgregg55 said:

According to the State Library and Archives, this picture was taken at 16th and West End, so these buildings have been replaced by Downtown Hyundai (formerly Jim Reed Chevrolet) and Broadwest (formerly Lake Palmer). The church is the brand-new sanctuary of West End Methodist, not dedicated until the following year. I don't know anything about the residences in the foreground.

It appears this stood from 1890 - 1930. BroadWest would be to the left of the church

West End United Methodist Church moved to its current location (across from Vandy) after membership had swelled past 2,000 

WOW. Great find @billgregg55, @titanhog

[chris holman]

From today 

[rolly]

@chris holman far out pix, man! Some angles I've never seen before. Nice!

[markhollin]

[NashWellington11]

On 2/1/2020 at 8:51 AM, Tennessine said:

It serves a good purpose in the industrial sector of town, and all that jazz, but it absolutely is an eyesore IMO

To be fair, I don't like golf, so they do them and it doesn't bother me. I suppose a multi-story driving range is an efficient use of space. It is a pretty neat business model.

If River North ever comes to fruition, Top Golf will likely build a new location in the burbs and sell the land at the current location when everything starts to build up around them.

The first Top Golf location in the US was in Alexandria, VA. Top Golf eventually built a new, bigger one across the river in Maryland and sold the old one to be developed as a mixed use development. [Article here.]

[jmtunafish]

From this morning's Sky5:

[titanhog]

Broad St (now Broadway)...looking from 2nd Avenue.  1897.

[chris holman]

[evansnathan]

Went for a long walk this morning. Took tons of photos.. I will try to add to the different threads if I have time in the next couple days. LINK if anyone wants to check them out. The vast amount of major projects is truly astounding.  

 

[donNdonelson2]

I really enjoyed looking through your great assortment of photos. Awesome collection of images!

[markhollin]

Courtesy of Shamueld:
 

[Sean blackdog]

Today this morning from Facebook Sky5. 

 

[NashWellington11]

10 hours ago, evansnathan said:

Took me a second to realize that is the Vanderbilt tower peeking out over the Loews. That's going to look really good when it's done.

As a former Vandy alum, it always surprised me that with the old Kissam, Vandy/Barnard, and Carmichael Towers along West End the buildings had little to no presence or gravitas along that major thoroughfare. Carmichael Towers could have been random apartment buildings for all anyone knew. If you missed the Vanderbilt sign on the corner across from the Loews, you could drive by one of the world's top ranked universities and never realize it was there. The new stretch of dorms and now this tower will certainly change that. 

Edited February 4, 2020 by NashWellington11

[Baronakim]

Smeagol,  there have been several posts about Nashville downtown needs more cool lighting on buildings.  But I don't think this is what we had in mind.  Did Mayor Cooper move into the Batman?

[MLBrumby]

can someone photoshop some bushy eyebrows to put over that? 

[markhollin]

[smeagolsfree]

The eyes always watching!!!!

[smeagolsfree]

Video William found.

 

 

[Andrew_3289]

[bnacincy]

The only thing that would make that photo better would be if those were passenger trains and not freight trains.

 

[markhollin]

TBT: 1967 Berry Field Terminal

[LA_TN]

1976

 

Edited February 13, 2020 by LA_TN
Reference added