Popular Post markhollin Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 Courtesy of Tapp Channel: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post markhollin Posted April 6, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 6, 2021 Looking south from Fern Ave. overpass of I-65/24: 28 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donNdonelson2 Posted April 6, 2021 Report Share Posted April 6, 2021 What a great photo, Mark! It almost replicates the look of a vintage postcard. Instant classic! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Baronakim Posted April 7, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 (edited) For those of us that drool over the rapidly changing Nashville skyline, I would harken back to the early 1960s when there was only the L&C tower. Here is a photo the older folks among us will remember...now a sea of surface parking for too many decades, damn it. Hmm. Capitol hill has acquired a few trees and state offices since too. Edited April 7, 2021 by Baronakim 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeagolsfree Posted April 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 Wow, I had no idea it was that bare. Glad someone had the brains to plant some trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nashville Cliff Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 35 minutes ago, Baronakim said: For those of us that drool over the rapidly changing Nashville skyline, I would harken back to the early 1960s when there was only the L&C tower. Here is a photo the older folks among us will remember...now a sea of surface parking for too many decades, damn it. Hmm. Capitol hill has acquired a few trees and state offices since too. Isn't that view from the south looking north? So it's actually now James Robertson Parkway and the wonderful Bicentennial Mall State Park. The sea of surface parking is to the west. And I'm also glad they planted trees on that hill. I wonder if it stood bald like that since they were cleared during the Civil War? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenterHill Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 Wow. The Holiday Inn was before my time in Nashville. I'm guessing more than a few state legislators dined on the Iron Gate Steak, lol. If I have the perspective correct, the Holiday Inn was where the Andrew Johnson state office tower sits today at the intersection of James Robertson Pkwy and Rosa Parks. The cut through street with the huge retaining wall was throwing me. That was evidently removed at some point and filled in with landscaping. I'm guessing it was the former Gay St. , which today has only a fragment remaining in front of the Capitol Towers (visible at the left edge of the photo). Here's the current view. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post markhollin Posted April 7, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 That whole area to the north, NW, and west of the capitol was one of the worst slums in Nashville, known as Hell's Half Acre (but it was -probably more like a hundred acres) from the post Civil War era until the late 1950s. I remember visiting Nashville as a child and my Dad drove us around the capitol building and these terribly run-down shacks and outhouses were literally just a few hundred feet from the stately structure. A bit of history here:http://nashvillesaloons.weebly.com/5-hells-half-acre.html 1939: 1940: 1947: 1955: 10 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashvylle Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 Ironically, I really like the architecture of some of these buildings! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenterHill Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 22 minutes ago, nashvylle said: Ironically, I really like the architecture of some of these buildings! Me, too. Some tumble down shacks for sure, but also a striking number of very nice Victorian era churches, houses and retail buildings. It's a shame the city/state could not have been more selective in what came down, but that wasn't really the point of "urban renewal". 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markhollin Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, CenterHill said: Me, too. Some tumble down shacks for sure, but also a striking number of very nice Victorian era churches, houses and retail buildings. It's a shame the city/state could not have been more selective in what came down, but that wasn't really the point of "urban renewal". ...and all of the buildings were in very bad shape from regular flooding, fires, and poor upkeep. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PillowTalk4 Posted April 7, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 2 hours ago, CenterHill said: Wow. The Holiday Inn was before my time in Nashville. I'm guessing more than a few state legislators dined on the Iron Gate Steak, lol. If I have the perspective correct, the Holiday Inn was where the Andrew Johnson state office tower sits today at the intersection of James Robertson Pkwy and Rosa Parks. The cut through street with the huge retaining wall was throwing me. That was evidently removed at some point and filled in with landscaping. I'm guessing it was the former Gay St. , which today has only a fragment remaining in front of the Capitol Towers (visible at the left edge of the photo). Here's the current view. It was Gay Street that continued (one way) NW down to James Robertson Pkwy. It went over to the intersection of James Robertson and 8th Ave (now Rosa Parks Blvd.) To continue on Gay Street you made a left turn on to 8th Ave and then a right onto Gay Street. If I recall correctly, Gay Street continued over to I-40. There was another motel on the in the parking lot bound by 10th Cir No., 8th and Gay. It changed names several times. I think when it was demolished it was a Ramada Inn. . 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeagolsfree Posted April 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 The architecture is about what is in the Over the Rhine area of Cincinnati now. The buildings were about the same era, from the mid to late 1800s. This could have been our Over the Rhine area, but it would not have been as large as Cincinnati’s I don’t think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Side Urbanite Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, smeagolsfree said: The architecture is about what is in the Over the Rhine area of Cincinnati now. The buildings were about the same era, from the mid to late 1800s. This could have been our Over the Rhine area, but it would not have been as large as Cincinnati’s I don’t think. A good comparison. Wish we could have saved the attractive buildings that were in solid shape. Edited April 7, 2021 by East Side Urbanite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLBrumby Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share Posted April 7, 2021 From what I've seen, it looked like the buildings on the top of Capitol Hill and along Union Street were ornate and large upper-middle class homes, while the lower end of the west side had shacks. I'm guessing the lower end of the east side was commercial right from the start as it's closer to the river and the stockyards (then). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post markhollin Posted April 8, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 8, 2021 TBT: 2009 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post titanhog Posted April 8, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 8, 2021 ^^Now we just need a 2021 shot from this same angle to show a comparison. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Native Posted April 9, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 The view coming into town on Lafayette Avenue this morning. From 805 Lea to Embassy Suites, this view has changed and will be even more dramatic when Circle South gets going. Sorry about the sticks. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post donNdonelson2 Posted April 9, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 I think STIX looks great approaching from that direction. The size and arrangement are most impressive coming up Lafayette. (I do wish it made a better impression up close!) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jmtunafish Posted April 10, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 On 4/8/2021 at 5:22 AM, markhollin said: TBT: 2009 On 4/8/2021 at 8:17 AM, titanhog said: ^^Now we just need a 2021 shot from this same angle to show a comparison. This one is from 2020. Not quite the same angle, but it's close. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post donNdonelson2 Posted April 10, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 Same Sky5 photo, cropped and enhanced with filters. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post titanhog Posted April 10, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 (edited) Just putting them in the same post, one on top of the other for closer comparison... 2009 2020 Edited April 10, 2021 by titanhog 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post markhollin Posted April 10, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 Looking south from the Church Street Viaduct where it crosses over CSX tracks: 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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