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[Alley]

3/25/23 & 3/26/23

[markhollin]

Courtesy of Kalucci:

[nashville born]

These two photos show just how much impact the three Paseo towers, if built, will have on that area.

[markhollin]

Courtesy of MusicCityProverb:

[chris holman]

[markhollin]

TBT: 1895, looking north from SoBro along 2nd Ave. South.

[smeagolsfree]

 

[PillowTalk4]

See, if Brentwood and Murfreesboro would just go ahead a build upwards, the Nashville area would have a high rises in that 10-30 mile radius of the CBD... I mean is it really asking too much for those areas to build a 150 to 327 foot tall building?  Is it?   

I live in the Washington, DC region, and trust me most of the buildings in that 165 count are not in DC but in Northern VA.  I suspect a great majority are in Tysons Corner, Arlington and Alexandria.  Maryland probably has a few in Bethesda, Silver Springs and Oxen Hill.  

Edited March 30, 2023 by PillowTalk4

[nashville born]

28 minutes ago, PillowTalk4 said:

See, if Brentwood and Murfreesboro would just go ahead a build upwards, the Nashville area would have a high rises in that 10-30 mile radius of the CBD... I mean is it really asking too much for those areas to build a 150 to 327 foot tall building?  Is it?   

I live in the Washington, DC region, and trust me most of the buildings in that 165 count are not in DC but in Northern VA.  I suspect a great majority are in Tysons Corner, Arlington and Alexandria.  Maryland probably has a few in Bethesda, Silver Springs and Oxen Hill.  

I hear you and wouldn't be mad if they did.  I personally don't get the premise of referring to buildings at that distance from the cbd as affecting a changing skyline.   I guess they mean it in a very large scale and liberally applied manner.

[PillowTalk4]

1 hour ago, nashville born said:

I hear you and wouldn't be mad if they did.  I personally don't get the premise of referring to buildings at that distance from the cbd as affecting a changing skyline.   I guess they mean it in a very large scale and liberally applied manner.

I think it's because urban sprawl has impacted some cities is the reason they have those distances. 

Outside of New York, Chicago, LA, Dallas , Houston and Miami I can't think of too many metro areas with an significant amount of high rises outside of a 10 mile radius of the CBD.   I guess Atlanta can be included in that number when you consider the northern perimeter in particular. 

I pointed out the DC area primarily because the area is so vast, that I don't think many people here consider DC an actual CBD.  In Nashville, Charlotte, Atlanta and so many other places, you are more likely to hear someone say "I'm going into downtown."  In the DC area you primarily hear people say, I'm going into DC or I'm going over to Alexandria,  or Arlington, or Tysons, etc.   A lot of people in the region rarely venture into DC.   And, they don't have to because of all the surrounding cities and town centers.  I understand using DC as the hub of the region, but it is not a CBD.

[citywatcher]

On 3/29/2023 at 1:09 PM, chris holman said:

Nice shot...But cant wait to get some taller buildings.  It seems that most of the buildings are around the same height.

[markhollin]

Courtesy of MusicCityProverb:

[markhollin]

Courtesy of Kalucci:
 

[Tim29tn]

On 3/30/2023 at 11:24 AM, PillowTalk4 said:

See, if Brentwood and Murfreesboro would just go ahead a build upwards, the Nashville area would have a high rises in that 10-30 mile radius of the CBD... I mean is it really asking too much for those areas to build a 150 to 327 foot tall building?  Is it?   

I live in the Washington, DC region, and trust me most of the buildings in that 165 count are not in DC but in Northern VA.  I suspect a great majority are in Tysons Corner, Arlington and Alexandria.  Maryland probably has a few in Bethesda, Silver Springs and Oxen Hill.  

City Center in downtown Murfreesboro is 180 ft., but I get what you’re saying. I’m surprised they haven’t built more mid rises there around the downtown area. 

[gannman]

8 hours ago, Tim29tn said:

City Center in downtown Murfreesboro is 180 ft., but I get what you’re saying. I’m surprised they haven’t built more mid rises there around the downtown area. 

Hopefully they embrace the square like Franklin has.  It seems underwhelming consinderng their population boom.

[markhollin]

Courtesy of Aerial Innovations SE:

[markhollin]

Courtesy of MusicCityProverb:

[Baronakim]

THIS should replace the tired photo of Nashville from the river thar is 20 years old and endelessly repeated.  Photo from WZTV.

Edited April 4, 2023 by Baronakim

[markhollin]

Courtesy of Kalucci:

[donNdonelson2]

Once in a while some gems show up on Facebook!

[MLBrumby]

Great pic! The buildings are so different, but the traffic pattern is still the same.

Is the Esso where Newk's is?  That building was no longer there when I was at VU. Maybe it was "Circuit City" or somesuch IIRC. I also recall a record store there, maybe Cat's.  That row of one-story stores at right is still there, and I believe I remember that brick retaining wall. That was a couple years before the Carmichael towers were built (I think west towers were put up first, around '66 and the east towers a couple years later).  Hippodrome was LONG gone (isn't that where Holiday Inn is now?); and the A&P I think was a Cooker restaurant. I recall eating there throughout the 90s. It may actually be the same building J. Alexanders (Redlands) later occupied. I think Vandy has bought most of those buildings. 

Always enjoy, as I'm both a historical photo and antique car buff. I'd like to see more pics from that era of what became Midtown. Anyone recall what was where the Wendy's is now?  I do recall a gas station at the opposite corner on Natchez Trace. 

That said (and a very small nitpick), I see a few '64 models in that photo, and they did not come out until September '63.

[markhollin]

Courtesy of MusicCityProverb:

[markhollin]

TBT: SoBro Master Plan from 2010.
 

[smeagolsfree]

Sort of glad they are missing the mark on this plan. They way plans go they are only blueprints and they market should dictate what happens with development. I am glad Metro Planning got some sense and allowed more height in the area.

[PillowTalk4]

I'm very happy that some developers chose not to follow the overall plan.  Hope more will follow suit with adding more height.  While I don't think everything needs to be 30+ stories (preferably taller), I don't want to see a boat load of new buildings that are 3-5 stories either.  Put those outside of the CBD.  Let the CBD fillers be 10+ stories.