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

[markhollin]

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[markhollin]

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[jjbradleyBrooklyn]

9 hours ago, markhollin said:

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This angle really shows how Nashville has expanded towards the Gulch, into Sobro and towards midtown. Incredible amount of construction has happened over the past decade, and is continuing into possibly its biggest "boom" era yet, in the next several years.

I'm looking at this shot and can see so many places for skyscrapers and infill  to go--haha, the city planning part of me

[nashmoney]

I'm in town for an annual bridgestone meeting and I'm staying at the Drury. This is a national meeting with folks from all over the country. They all love Nashville and have nothing but positive things to say about the city. Plus, CMA fest starts tomorrow so the city is buzzing with people and activity. 

These pics are from my hotel room on the 22nd floor of the Drury and from the 14rhvfloor patio at bridgestone tower. And from an outing we did at top golf. 

Edited June 8, 2022 by nashmoney

[MLBrumby]

From those pics, I counted 19 tower cranes inside the inner loop.  Then there are the three about to rise on projects already started (AEG, dual hotel, Endeavor). There are the six in Midtown right now.  How many more in projects yet to start (Hensler's Peabody Union, Hotel next to One 22 One, Ritz, Circle South, etc.?)?  What's the over/under on the max of cranes standing in Nashville this year?  30? 

[andywildman]

11 hours ago, markhollin said:

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mmm all that NES land just ripe for public-private partnership to build a ton of housing.

[markhollin]

7 minutes ago, MLBrumby said:

From those pics, I counted 19 tower cranes inside the inner loop.  Then there are the three about to rise on projects already started (AEG, dual hotel, Endeavor). There are the six in Midtown right now.  How many more in projects yet to start (Hensler's Peabody Union, Hotel next to One 22 One, Ritz, Circle South, etc.?)?  What's the over/under on the max of cranes standing in Nashville this year?  30? 

There are currently 51 cranes up in Davidson County, with a total of 58 YTD.  I believe we w ill hit at least 90 total by the end of the calendar year.

[markhollin]

TBT: Vanderbilt Univ. Hospital, 1965.
 

[nashville born]

17 hours ago, nashmoney said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nashmoney's shots are sweet and they have my spidey-sense tingling about The Place and it's listed height of 433 feet.  26 residential floors on a parking pedestal?  Consider my head scratched.

[Luvemtall]

17 hours ago, andywildman said:

mmm all that NES land just ripe for public-private partnership to build a ton of housing.

Right, if they save the main building ( which I think looks cool) then scrap the rest , they can fit a few towers on that property.

[donNdonelson2]

54 minutes ago, Luvemtall said:

Right, if they save the main building ( which I think looks cool) then scrap the rest , they can fit a few towers on that property.

If this idea comes to fruition, please let the new towers be designed to incorporate the style of the NES building. It would be a sweet contrast to the more modern style of everything else in the area!

[Luvemtall]

Definitely, that would be awesome!

[MLBrumby]

What leader of any American city wouldn't drool longingly over this sort of activity in their downtowns on a hot summer weekday afternoon?  CMA Fest today.

 From Channel 17 city cams. 

And slidshow from NBJ:  https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2022/06/09/photos-first-look-at-cma-fest-2022.html

 

Edited June 9, 2022 by MLBrumby

[andywildman]

8 hours ago, donNdonelson2 said:

If this idea comes to fruition, please let the new towers be designed to incorporate the style of the NES building. It would be a sweet contrast to the more modern style of everything else in the area!

Been on a bit of a streamline moderne / art deco kick recently - would love some throwback architecture in that space, something like The Fitzroy in Manhattan?

[Neigeville2]

10 hours ago, Luvemtall said:

Right, if they save the main building ( which I think looks cool) then scrap the rest , they can fit a few towers on that property.

The NES building is gorgeous, and beautifully situated, especially when it is catching the light of sunset, it would be a terrible loss if they tore it down.

[Baronakim]

11 minutes ago, Neigeville2 said:

The NES building is gorgeous, and beautifully situated, especially when it is catching the light of sunset, it would be a terrible loss if they tore it down.

I think it is more likely that folks here would almost  tear down the Parthenon  before the NES building.  It is as familiar a Nashville icon as the Ryman or the Bat Building.

 

[markhollin]

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[Sean blackdog]

Yesterday morning from Facebook Sky5. 

Edited June 10, 2022 by Sean blackdog

[Sean blackdog]

Today this morning from Facebook Sky5. 

[markhollin]

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[markhollin]

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[markhollin]

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[markhollin]

Cranes from 9th Ave. North looking west:

[PillowTalk4]

Taken from a News Channel 5 story on BNA expansion.

[dragonfly]

On 6/9/2022 at 6:45 AM, markhollin said:

TBT: Vanderbilt Univ. Hospital, 1965.

I worked in the housekeeping department there, summer job '67, started at $1.25 and got a raise to $1.40 when the minimum wage got bumped up. I hated the job.  I was friends with the son (who I was also in a band with) of Dr. Richard O. Cannon who was the hospital Director  (CEO equivalent and of course M.D.) .

Now consider, the circular new wing near the top of photo, all modern and everything, was called the "round". When it was built it was a big thing, like VU hospital got bumped up a notch, a source of pride, like Nashville got bumped up when the first Baskin Robbins opened on Harding Rd. near the 70/100 split

Edited June 14, 2022 by dragonfly