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[MLBrumby]

Today from the Skyhouse Weathercam...   

[markhollin]

Courtesy of snappybirdimaging:

[TNinVB]

At first glance, this camera view made me think of old photos of the Nashville skyline when the L&C tower was the tallest. 

[markhollin]

TBT: 1989, Looking east from Renaissance Hotel.

[markhollin]

Courtesy of Kalucci:

[smeagolsfree]

31 minutes ago, markhollin said:

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This is why having a quirky street grid is cool. Look at all of the angles of the different buildings interacting in this shot!

[Luvemtall]

On 6/8/2023 at 6:05 AM, markhollin said:

TBT: 1989, Looking east from Renaissance Hotel.

Wow , how far we’ve come !

[markhollin]

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[TNinVB]

On 6/9/2023 at 9:21 AM, Luvemtall said:

Wow , how far we’ve come !

Funny thing you just posted this. I saw this photo on a Facebook group of the Concorde visiting Nashville in 1987.  Very cool, but the skyline is really confusing me. The Renaissance (Stouffer) looks so far removed from everything, and shouldn’t the R2D2 building be closer? It just looks really off to me. 

[TNinVB]

On 6/8/2023 at 7:05 AM, markhollin said:

TBT: 1989, Looking east from Renaissance Hotel.

Wouldn’t One Nashville Place have signage in 1989? We moved to Tennessee in October of 1988 and I remember the argon lights around the crown and rather large signs. Is it possible this photo is right after One Nashville Place was completed  in 1985? Heck even the Fifth Third Bank building had lighting on its top then. 

Edited June 11, 2023 by TNinVB

[donNdonelson2]

26 minutes ago, TNinVB said:

Funny thing you just posted this. I saw this photo on a Facebook group of the Concorde visiting Nashville in 1987.  Very cool, but the skyline is really confusing me. The Renaissance (Stouffer) looks so far removed from everything, and shouldn’t the R2D2 building be closer? It just looks really off to me. 

I think this image must be flipped. Everything DOES seem off kilter.

[markhollin]

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[chris holman]

12 hours ago, TNinVB said:

Funny thing you just posted this. I saw this photo on a Facebook group of the Concorde visiting Nashville in 1987.  Very cool, but the skyline is really confusing me. The Renaissance (Stouffer) looks so far removed from everything, and shouldn’t the R2D2 building be closer? It just looks really off to me. 

Looks like the pic was flipped. Like the plane might be flying to the left not the right.

[Auntie Yock]

19 hours ago, TNinVB said:

Funny thing you just posted this. I saw this photo on a Facebook group of the Concorde visiting Nashville in 1987.  Very cool, but the skyline is really confusing me. The Renaissance (Stouffer) looks so far removed from everything, and shouldn’t the R2D2 building be closer? It just looks really off to me. 

Confirming the other folks' comments, the photo is inverted. I'm surprised they didn't catch it at the time before it was published.

[Auntie Yock]

19 hours ago, TNinVB said:

Wouldn’t One Nashville Place have signage in 1989? We moved to Tennessee in October of 1988 and I remember the argon lights around the crown and rather large signs. Is it possible this photo is right after One Nashville Place was completed  in 1985? Heck even the Fifth Third Bank building had lighting on its top then. 

The photo couldn't have been taken after its construction, because it was apparently taken from the-then Stouffer Hotel, which wasn't completed for 2-3 years afterwards. The Tennessean stated the Dominion Bank signage went up in February 1988. Nashville Then: February 1988 (tennessean.com) 

This photo 

was taken in 1986 with the Stouffer Hotel under construction, and One Nashville Place apparently had no signage, so the initial 1989 date of that photo would have actually been between 1986-February 1988.

[donNdonelson2]

Another classic 1960s view of Nashville thanks to Facebook

[markhollin]

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[Sean blackdog]

Today this morning from Instagram Sky5. 

[chris holman]

[markhollin]

 Courtesy of Stella in Paradise:
 

[Nathan_in_DC]

On 6/8/2023 at 7:05 AM, markhollin said:

TBT: 1989, Looking east from Renaissance Hotel.

On the one hand, these photos show just how far Nashville has come in a relatively short period of time. In 34 years downtown has transformed from a sea of parking lots, skeevy porn theaters, and warehouses to a place where people actually live. But, it also reminds me of just how much of the city was wrecked from the 1960s-1980s, as whole blocks of midrise 19th and early 20th century buildings were leveled to make car storage.  Downtown could be this really interesting patchwork of old and new, with modern skyscrapers sharing blocks with human-scale architecture, creating a much more welcoming feel. Don't get me wrong, I love the build out, it's a million times better than what it is replacing almost all of the time. But it also can at times feel too new, too monotonous from the street view.

[markhollin]

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[Sean blackdog]

Yesterday evening from Instagram Sky5. 
 Buckle up and hold ur beer. 

[markhollin]

TBT: Broadway and 8th Ave., 1905.

[markhollin]

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