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

[Baronakim]

Leaving Gulch Crossing, I decided I wasn't tired enough, so  I got back in the van and got a couple of shots we don't see very often or the Gulch Union tower, then a shot of the Whole Foods with the cleared out site of the old tire center at One22One and then head up Demonbreum toward the Virgin, Kennect, and the demoed area for Vandy's Graduate Village, back up Broadway  for s few photos of Broadwest.  Whew.  Back home to Lewisberg. Hope these will cheer y'all up some.

[Baronakim]

I lied.  It was too nice an afternoon to just head back south.  so I hiked up to Fort Negley and shot a few skyline shots.  Only four,  but I needed the execise to work off three full plates of suchi at Wild Wasabi.  In the third one you see what was Olymia (I forget what its called now) over on 8th Avenue.

Edited March 4, 2020 by Baronakim

[markhollin]

[Sean blackdog]

I find online, check out tornado and see tower cranes. 

 

[markhollin]

TBT: Downtown looking east, 1940.

 

[titanhog]

What is that building just east of the capitol?  Love that.

[Griz83]

5 minutes ago, titanhog said:

What is that building just east of the capitol?  Love that.

That's the John Sevier building.  Just underwent an extensive renovation.

[MLBrumby]

6 hours ago, markhollin said:

TBT: Downtown looking east, 1940.

 

Is that open lot at bottom center of the photo where land was being cleared for the 'new' National Life building. It was a beautiful art-deco building that the fools demolished sometime around 1980 to replace with a parking lot for executives.  That was the way the 'old guard' of Nashville thinks. 

[Native]

Lest we forget, all this new glass has to be cleaned.  That is still done the old-fashioned way by heroes who cling to the window walls by ropes.  And this courageous fellow has his own logo on his cap.  He must be the Michael Jordan of window washers.

 

 

[MLBrumby]

Interesting jagged reflections from the JWM toward the north. 3/5/20

[downtownresident]

46 minutes ago, MLBrumby said:

Interesting jagged reflections from the JWM toward the north. 3/5/20

Let me tell you, in the morning the sun hits the JWM just right and is blinding coming up Demonbreun. 

[Baronakim]

16 hours ago, markhollin said:

TBT: Downtown looking east, 1940.

 

The "old  guard of Nashville" demolished a lot more than the old National Life Building as MLBrumby commented.  Mark's photo of Nashville 1940 is prety much the same as when I was born in early 1947...there was practically no constructionduring the war and little in 1946,.   I thought I would show in green everything that has been demolished since I was born.  Even a bunch of streets have disappeared.  I did color by accident St. Ann's across from the State ofice building and the front of the ben west Building .  The interstate, James Robinson Pkwy and the Mall wiped out massive acerage, but private development did even more.

Edited March 6, 2020 by Baronakim
Corrected comment.

[titanhog]

^^Wow.  Almost the entire downtown. 

[markhollin]

Midtown and Gulch from 4th floor of Holiday Inn Select MetroCenter:
 

[markhollin]

Courtesy of Richard Byington:
 

[Plasticman]

7 hours ago, markhollin said:

Courtesy of Richard Byington:
 

The quality of the shot is great.  But that angle is the most unflattering view of Nashville (and the one most seen in backdrops on the news channels).  Looks like Nashville has about four bldgs.  

[PianoKing03]

3 hours ago, Plasticman said:

The quality of the shot is great.  But that angle is the most unflattering view of Nashville (and the one most seen in backdrops on the news channels).  Looks like Nashville has about four bldgs.  

The picture is good, for sure... but you’re right. That angle is horribly overused. Thanks a lot, Seigenthaler Bridge... 

[markhollin]

[Plasticman]

5 hours ago, markhollin said:

When I was about three In the late 60s the L&C stood alone as the only high rise.  I remember my parents taking us to the observatory and it seemed so tall to me. You could see forever.  I just wish the letters would change with the weather forecast again.

Edited March 8, 2020 by Plasticman

[OnePointEast]

1 hour ago, Plasticman said:

I just wish the letters would change with the weather forecast again.

Wait.... what? Was that a thing? Sounds cool. How did it work?

[donNdonelson2]

9 hours ago, OnePointEast said:

Wait.... what? Was that a thing? Sounds cool. How did it work?

From a post on wpln.org

“Here’s how it worked: Red lights meant rain or snow were on the way, blue meant clear weather, and pink was for cloudy skies.

The lights would also ripple upward for rising temperatures and downward when temperatures were falling. The pamphlet explaining this process is stored in the Metro Archives. It’s included in a guide to the tower’s observation deck, which is now closed to the public.

The sign was controlled from the meteorology department at a nearby airfield. It was reset every four hours.

“Whenever the update to the weather report came in, the meteorologists could go over and flip the switches, (and) change the appearance of the sign in downtown,” Cummings said.

End Of An Era

Cummings actually worked on the sign once when he was 17 years old. Precarious catwalks were positioned beneath the signs on both sides of the building. One was above the observation deck, and the other hung over the street 40 stories below.

“So if you stepped back to admire your work on that side you’re really in a lot of trouble,” he said.

Cummings believes the sign went from being a weather beacon to the standard red it is today during the early 1980s.”

Edited March 9, 2020 by donNdonelson2

[markhollin]

Courtesy of Brad Pippin:

 

[chris holman]

[AsianintheNations]

23 hours ago, donNdonelson2 said:

Here’s how it worked: Red lights meant rain or snow were on the way, blue meant clear weather, and pink was for cloudy skies.

Cool! The Old Hancock Building in Boston uses a similar color code on its weather beacon. I believe it's still operational.

"Steady blue, clear view
Flashing blue, clouds due
Steady red, storms ahead
Flashing red, snow instead"

[Bos2Nash]

1 hour ago, AsianintheNations said:

Cool! The Old Hancock Building in Boston uses a similar color code on its weather beacon. I believe it's still operational.

"Steady blue, clear view
Flashing blue, clouds due
Steady red, storms ahead
Flashing red, snow instead"

Can't forget that during baseball season (because of the small chance for snow), flashing red meant that the Red Sox game was cancelled due to weather