Nashville Bits and Pieces

[MLBrumby]

5 hours ago, TNinVB said:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/arts/2018/03/01/free-carousel-artist-rallies-resurrect-old-red-grooms-riverfront-ride/372699002/

Interesting article regarding the Red Grooms carousel that was at Riverfront Park. It’s a shame that it’s sitting in storage. I feel If it was brought back, it would do much bette. Not sure if it should go in the same location or not. Any thoughts on a better location? The article states that the museum has the $100k for the repairs but the roughly 1 million needed for land and structure to house and operate the carousel is the issue. Isn’t there a carousel in Brooklyn, NY that is inside a nice enclosure? 

Our carousel is inside a nice building. The animals on the poles were carved by local citizens. 

[TNinVB]

2 hours ago, BnaBreaker said:

I think it'd be a perfect centerpiece of the hypothetical T-shaped pedestrian mall/plaza several of us, including myself, have suggested should be put in the alleyway that goes from the Schermerhorn right through to Broadway!

 

I  forgot about that area. I  think that would be a great spot for it. 

Edited March 5, 2018 by TNinVB

[bnacincy]

I always thought Centennial Park would be a nice place for a carousel......

[henburg]

What about the East Bank? I think it could be cool to have a little entertainment complex over there with Nissan Stadium, the carousel, the potential ferris wheel, and my pipe dream of a supertall iconic observation tower. 

[Buildtall]

How about a super tall observation tower with the carousel on top. I don’t think I’ve seen that anywhere before.  You could ride and get a 360 view of the city while riding. That would be cool...

[Griz83]

On 3/3/2018 at 11:18 AM, BnaBreaker said:

^^WOW... wow... that is an absolutely stunning work of art.  I cannot imagine how much time and dedication was required to produce such a detailed and stunningly accurate piece.  Thank you so much for sharing that... no joke, I just spent about 45 minutes examining that map... wound up cancelling brunch plans with a friend in order to do it... of course, I didn't tell her the actual reason I 'couldnt make it.'  haha

BTW, I think it's funny that the artist quite literally drew the shanty towns north of the capitol building out of the picture... perhaps that was upon the request of whoever paid for this work?

The artist didn't draw out the shanty towns north of the Capitol building.  I've seen photos of this time where those blocks were completely barren.  French Lick Creek runs right through there.  If I'm not mistaken, it had just been buried in an underground culvert around the time of the map.  Prior to that time, it had been a free-flowing creek.  However, the area still flooded frequently; and consequently, the area was slow to be built upon.

 

Map from 1860s, showing above ground creek, and lack of structures along it:
http://www.bigmapblog.com/2011/us40-38-nashville-tennessee-historical-map-1860s-us-army/

 

[markhollin]

Pittsburgh-based PNC Bank has officially staked its claim in Music City. PNC has hired  Michael Johnson to lead its Nashville loan-production office, snagging the veteran commercial banker from competitor Wells Fargo's local team, the bank revealed exclusively to the Nashville Business Journal. PNC also will relocate two of its bankers — John Brown from Louisville and Chelsea Peterson from Atlanta — to help Johnson launch the bank's Nashville presence.

The $381 billion-asset lender announced its intention to enter the Nashville market in July as part of a national expansion. This comes as the region’s economy soars and the area plans to absorb an additional million residents over the next 20 years. PNC is joining several local and out-of-town lenders that are anxious to have their own portion of Greater Nashville's boom.

Full story behind the NBJ paywall here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2018/03/05/exclusive-381-billion-lender-names-nashville-chief.html
 

[Pdt2f]

^ I wonder where they’ll set up their offices. Banks typically want prominent skyline signage, and they’ll be competing with US Bank in the search for a location with good signage possibilities. 

[PaulChinetti]

It's good to know that the railroad has been running through Chestnut Hill since 1860, annoying the hell out many many generations of Nashvillians, ha.

Very little has changed in this area, very cool.

[FluffyP13]

Mayor Barry expected to announce her resignation today. 

[PaulChinetti]

Looks like the whiners and complainers got their way. 

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2018/03/06/reports-mayor-barry-will-resign-today.html

 

So now that she is resigning, I assume everyone won't have a problem with the transit plan anymore correct? 

[Nash_12South]

I think the chances of passing just got worse. Mayoral candidates will emerge and I think will either be against it, or want to rework it.  No matter its too late to rework.

[smeagolsfree]

If the referendum is passed, then any candidate will have to embrace the transit plan. 

 

David Briley will take over in the interim, so I am pretty sure he is for the plan. Now will be his chance to shine if he can.  A conservative candidate will not be elected as Metro is about 60/40 Dem vs Rep.

If anything this takes the distraction off of the mayor and those in favor of the plan can push forward with no distractions.

[Guest]

"Whiners and complainers"? Rich indeed!

 

[MidTenn1]

She apparently pled guilty in a (secret?) court and the plea deal required resignation, pay back of $11,000 and unsupervised probation.

[dmillsphoto]

1 minute ago, nashville_bound said:

"Whiners and complainers"? Rich indeed!

 

To be fair,  people didn't know about the felony theft charges until about an hour ago, so on the surface it would have seemed she succumbed to whiners and complainers. 

[nashvillwill]

On 3/5/2018 at 8:42 AM, Griz83 said:

The artist didn't draw out the shanty towns north of the Capitol building.  I've seen photos of this time where those blocks were completely barren.  French Lick Creek runs right through there.  If I'm not mistaken, it had just been buried in an underground culvert around the time of the map.  Prior to that time, it had been a free-flowing creek.  However, the area still flooded frequently; and consequently, the area was slow to be built upon.

 

Map from 1860s, showing above ground creek, and lack of structures along it:
http://www.bigmapblog.com/2011/us40-38-nashville-tennessee-historical-map-1860s-us-army/

 

It has Demonbreun st spelled as Demombrane. 

[MidTenn1]

[Will]

1 hour ago, PaulChinetti said:

So now that she is resigning, I assume everyone won't have a problem with the transit plan anymore correct? 

No sir. It's still a misdirected, unnecessarily expensive plan, regardless of who the mayor is or who came up with it.

[Binbin98]

we also can say bye to our chances of amazon as political scandals always chase away potential business operations in the short term. Oh well

[BnaBreaker]

My position was always that if it is found that Mayor Barry did use city funds for the advancement of her affair, then she should resign, especially if it negatively affected her ability to lead, and it appears as though she did, and she has.  From my perspective, for anyone who, like me, generally supported her agenda, it is probably for the better in the long run anyway, because as Ron stated, David Briley steps in in the interim, who is arguably even more progressive than Barry.  Plus, this presumably takes away any distractions and prevents those opposed to the transit plan from using her affair as a straw man against the plan itself.   

The only thing that really concerns me is that this will make it more difficult for future female mayoral candidates to get elected.  Of course,  this situation shouldn't have any bearing on anyone's future run, but you know how people can be sometimes.

Edited March 7, 2018 by BnaBreaker

[MidTenn1]

 

 

Dayum!! They updated that Wikipedia page in a hurry!!!

Sorry for the fuzzy picture, but here is what it says....

 

Quote

 

C. David Briley

(born January 8, 1964)

David Briley is the Mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. He was elected in 2015 as vice-mayor and is to be sworn-in as mayor after Megan Barry's resignation.

EDUCATION[edit]

David Briley is a legacy Nashvillian. His early education included Glendale Elementary School, Lipscomb Middle School, and Montgomery Bell Academy.

He earned a Bachelor's from Georgetown University before traveling to Latin America where he volunteered as a teacher of English. He completed his JD at Golden Gate University in San Francisco and received honors for administrative and environmental law.

POLITICAL[edit]

Briley was elected to serve as an At Large Metro Councilman for Davidson County from 1999 to 2007. He was the Vice-Chair of the Budget and Finance Committee and held seats on the Personnel, Public Information, Human Relations and Housing Committee, the Traffic and Parking Committee and the Greenways Committee. He was past Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Solid Waste and the Water Rate Oversight Committee.

David Briley was voted Best Council Member by the Nashville Scene in 2001, 2002 and 2006 and was spotlighted as one of "40 under 40" by Business Nashville magazine in June 2000.

In November 2006, David Briley announced his candidacy for Mayor of Nashville. His campaign included a number of familiar political faces, including Will Cheek Jr, and member of the Democratic National Committee and former chair of the Tennessee Democratic Party, and his son, Will Cheek III, an attorney at the firm of Bone McAllester Norton. Jerry Martin, who served at Finance Director under Congressman Jim Cooper in 2002, chaired the campaign's finance committee. Emily Passini was campaign manager; Drew Stanieuski was deputy campaign manager. Sarah Lingo was finance director and Alex Youn was director of field operations.

In 2015, David Briley was elected Vice Mayor of Nashville.

 

[Pdt2f]

1 hour ago, PaulChinetti said:

Looks like the whiners and complainers got their way. 

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2018/03/06/reports-mayor-barry-will-resign-today.html

 

So now that she is resigning, I assume everyone won't have a problem with the transit plan anymore correct? 

Whiners and complainers, hardly. Even some of the liberals on this board have been calling for her resignation. It’s just been a needless distraction for a month that we didn’t need, with the many investigations. Frankly she should be embarrassed, as Nashville deserved better from its first woman mayor. Now every time people learn about Nashville’s first non-white-male mayor they’ll learn the follow up, that she resigned rather than be arrested for using public money to pork the bodyguard. 

[markhollin]

OK, everybody...let's calm down.  She has resigned.  Let's let it go.  No need to get testy with each other...no matter what side of the fence you may be on, or even if you're an Independent.   Let's try and focus on how the city can learn and move forward from this.

[PaulChinetti]

Whiners and complainers was in relation to it just being an affair, like anyone is so perfect in their lives.

Stealing is not acceptable no matter who you are and what side you are on!

 

I know absolutely nothing about Briley, what are the odds that a person in the seat for a few months isn't going to be a lame duck?