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[markhollin]

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[PillowTalk4]

5th & Broad really made a difference in that view.

[chris holman]

Happy Friday!!!

Edited April 29, 2022 by chris holman

[MLBrumby]

Chris, you're amazing with a camera!  Great job! 

[markhollin]

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[chris holman]

 

Edited April 30, 2022 by chris holman

[Native]

On 4/29/2022 at 8:43 AM, PillowTalk4 said:

5th & Broad really made a difference in that view.

Yes indeed.  And I seem to recall that we were worried about the impact of Fifth and Broad on the Ryman Auditorium.   But this shot taken Friday shows that views of the landmark have only been enhanced by the new construction and more people get to see it because of the food court that is thriving.

 

That is, if they would look away from their phones.

[markhollin]

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[titanhog]

12 years ago.  Photos courtesy of Rick Brady.

 

[MLBrumby]

So much devastation! Miraculous recovery. I’ve even read a couple articles that reported some corporate relocations were decided based on the way the community pulled together after that. Don’t remember the company/ies but seems at least one was quite large. 

[markhollin]

SoBro hotel cluster.
 

[VSRJ]

Droning around on a Sunday

[PillowTalk4]

2 hours ago, VSRJ said:

Droning around on a Sunday

I think I'm all for expanding Fort Negley into a park that includes the old Sounds Stadium land.  I just think that would be an ideal space for a large urban park that includes a lake with fountains, amphitheater, walking paths, and a indoor/outdoor botanical garden.  I'd like to see the Children's Science Museum rebuilt as a larger more modern structure and possibly build an aquarium or indoor aviary.  Ideally, I think it would be great if  the park went south to Hamilton Ave.  But, I think that land is already being developed.  I'd like to see the land west of I-65 permitted to build office and residential towers upwards of 30-40 stories.  That would make a nice vista from the park view and from those buildings.

[jjbradleyBrooklyn]

9 hours ago, VSRJ said:

Droning around on a Sunday

This is an amazing shot! Thanks for posting it. 

I'm looking closely at the skyline and am excited to watch all the "under construction" buildings fill in the gap between the Gulch and downtown, and then midtown to the Gulch, with the Reed District. 

Also, Pie Town, Sobro and Rutledge Hill will continue to build out, as well as the Gulch. 

This shot will be entirely different by 2025. Excited to watch it closely.

[markhollin]

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[UrbanWes03]

On 5/2/2022 at 9:28 AM, VSRJ said:

Droning around on a Sunday

The Paseo project will be very visible next to Albion from this angle! Gonna look very sharp.

[markhollin]

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[PillowTalk4]

Yeah, that parking lot at the foot of the KVB bridge really needs a tower.  And, the other towers planned for the area are also really needed to offset the low and mid-rise look of the area.

[MLBrumby]

2 hours ago, markhollin said:

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In a few short years, this view will look very different with Hensler's and the towers at the roundabout. But the biggest difference will be right in the middle at Nashville Yards, where there's a big gap in that photo now. 

[jjbradleyBrooklyn]

37 minutes ago, PillowTalk4 said:

Yeah, that parking lot at the foot of the KVB bridge really needs a tower.  And, the other towers planned for the area are also really needed to offset the low and mid-rise look of the area.

Right! Isn't there one coming onto that lot imminently? 

Also, it's interesting to note that *most* cities in the "under 3 million metro" range have so many parking lots exactly like that one, that ring their downtowns, or are almost center pieces to their downtowns. And they sit there for decades utilized just as parking lots, and sometimes as abandoned ones--with no development prospects. This is particularly true in rust belt or just slow growth cities. 

It would drive me nuts to live in a super slow or stagnant-development city LOL...I could not deal with looking at a blight filled area for decades where it needs or is craving for development.

Nashville is in the lucky few cities that are just on fire with development, so any under-utilized lots in the downtown or midtown areas are being eyed for fast development. Love to see it! 

[PillowTalk4]

56 minutes ago, jjbradleyBrooklyn said:

Right! Isn't there one coming onto that lot imminently? 

Also, it's interesting to note that *most* cities in the "under 3 million metro" range have so many parking lots exactly like that one, that ring their downtowns, or are almost center pieces to their downtowns. And they sit there for decades utilized just as parking lots, and sometimes as abandoned ones--with no development prospects. This is particularly true in rust belt or just slow growth cities. 

It would drive me nuts to live in a super slow or stagnant-development city LOL...I could not deal with looking at a blight filled area for decades where it needs or is craving for development.

Nashville is in the lucky few cities that are just on fire with development, so any under-utilized lots in the downtown or midtown areas are being eyed for fast development. Love to see it! 

Well, I was born and raised in Nashville.  Lived there from my birth in 1962 till late summer 2000.  I'll spare my history of growing up in east Nashville and northwest Nashville.  Let me just say I was one of those rare kids that was always fascinated with the skyline and development.  Probably because I was always seeing vistas of the skyline from the days of playing in the big field behind Meigs to driving into the city along Clarksville Hwy.

There were times however that it just seemed like nothing was ever happening.  At least nothing that was changing the skyline.  And, there were times of total disappointment because buildings would be announced but never built.   I remember all of the parking lots that dotted downtown Nashville.  For a while it almost seemed like Nashville was hell bent on creating more.  When it should have been working on mass transit in the 80's and 90's.  But, there simply was no vision nor vigor to support mass transit well off towering buildings.  If anything it seemed people fought against growth.  I think the more the statement was made that Nashville was going to be the next Atlanta, the more Nashville got in its own way to keep it from happening.

While most people saw those parking lots as a convenience, I was one who saw them as asphalt islands that could be so much more.  Now, because of Nashville's growth those parking lots really look out of place.  Thankfully, most are being developed.   Some of the ones that remain are indeed an eyesore.  Some cities are starting to experiment with eco-friendly parking lots in which the surface is actually grass and other materials that don't generate as much heat, and are in general more attractive than asphalt and concrete.   Since parking is always going to be a necessity in Nashville, I hope the city looks at creating garages more than surface lots and explore options to make both look better.

[Armacing]

6 hours ago, markhollin said:

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It is so refreshing to see a skyline view without the AT&T building!

[Sean blackdog]

Today this morning from Sky5. 

Edited May 4, 2022 by Sean blackdog

[MLBrumby]

Woah!!!  

Edited May 4, 2022 by MLBrumby

[Sean blackdog]

11 minutes ago, MLBrumby said:

Woah!!!