Nashville in the 1950's

[BrandonTO416]

Here are some historic photographs from 1950.

Downtown:

Nashville Children's Museum:

Downtown Courthouse (still standing); they are redeveloping the town square back again - it was razed since this pic.

Nashville Airport:

Tennessee State Capitol:

War Memorial Building; the building in the background is razed

Vine Street Temple

Green Hills around 1960

[monsoon]

[BrandonTO416]

Nashville is one of *the* most devastated cities in regards to urban renewal. So little of the old city remains today.

Here is the War Memorial today:

Looking down Deaderick St:

Replacing old 10-15 story buildings with this kind of architecture was ideal in the 60's and 70's:

[Allan]

Wow. It's sad to see what has been lost. Thanks for posting these!