Nashville Bits and Pieces

[MLBrumby]

Same here.  I learned in B-school first year that all corporate taxes are passed on to the customer.  But to avoid any surprises, I'd like to see tax and other surcharge information noted at the bottom. Just as you see now that a tip will be automatically added under certain conditions. 

[TNinVB]

Does anyone know if WTVF did away with Skycam? For the longest time on their website the cams hadn’t been refreshed  and now they are no longer available. I’ve noticed that the cams still appear to be mounted on the spire if the Batman building.  

[Nathan_in_DC]

14 hours ago, nashville_bound said:

Personally I like the transparency of listing taxes separately .... everyone should be aware when their pockets are trying to be picked.....then it is a more voluntary transaction if the purchase moves forward.

 

 

In the UK the value added tax (basically sales tax) is included in the marked price, and then broken down in the receipt. Seems to work pretty well and makes budgeting at the grocery store that much easier, since you don't have to hunt down what the local sales tax is.

[KJHburg]

Once again Nashville surprises the world!  Who knew you had coyotes all around downtown and even inside your convention center!

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article224555105.html

[NashRugger]

17 hours ago, TNinVB said:

Does anyone know if WTVF did away with Skycam? For the longest time on their website the cams hadn’t been refreshed  and now they are no longer available. I’ve noticed that the cams still appear to be mounted on the spire if the Batman building.  

Not sure, but none of them are working and all of their SkyNet cams stopped on December 11th. 

[smeagolsfree]

1 hour ago, KJHburg said:

Once again Nashville surprises the world!  Who knew you had coyotes all around downtown and even inside your convention center!

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article224555105.html

I cant believe this made the national media. 

[Mr_Bond]

5 hours ago, KJHburg said:

Once again Nashville surprises the world!  Who knew you had coyotes all around downtown and even inside your convention center!

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article224555105.html

I wonder if they found a roadrunner in the other restroom.   

[Hey_Hey]

We have been predicting a slowdown in the Nashville construction scene for a while, but are we actually getting ready to have the biggest year of construction that we have had since the recovery began in 2012?  

This year should see a tremendous amount of highly anticipated projects begin to rise (some have already started ground work/foundations): Grand Hyatt, Amazon HQ twin towers, Broadwest twin towers, W Hotel, Embassy Suites/Curio, 2nd & Demonbreun, Hyatt Centric, Asurion HQ, 805 Lea, Endeavor project at 12th & Demonbreun, the Federal Courthouse, Eakin/Peabody Plaza, 333 Market Street, Kenect residential, and The Joseph will all start to rise in earnest this year.  I'm sure I'm missing a few as well, and that's not even counting 5th & Broad, the Endeavor project on broadway, the Virgin Hotel, or the host of hotels in Sobro that have already risen substantially. 

Edited January 17, 2019 by Hey_Hey

[MLBrumby]

That's a lot. Will believe the Embassy project when I see it. Also, is there any reason to believe the Hensler tower will get started this year? 

[Hey_Hey]

5 hours ago, MLBrumby said:

That's a lot. Will believe the Embassy project when I see it. Also, is there any reason to believe the Hensler tower will get started this year? 

No, I messed that up. I was thinking of the office project that is ongoing  adjacent to the Hensler condo project. I switched that to Peabody Plaza in my list now.

I also failed to mention the Federal Courthouse beginning to rise and added it in.

Edited January 17, 2019 by Hey_Hey

[bigeasy]

Sounds like we need someone to photoshop a skyline picture of what Nashville will look like with all these new additions. Can't remember which member it was that has done it in the past

[MLBrumby]

That would be @PHofKS who does some great composites of the new buildings too. 

[titanhog]

Question:  Is there a widely-accepted definition of "urban"...as far as the difference between urban and suburban when it comes to persons per square mile?  Also...what parts of Davidson County do you consider urban / suburban...and are there any other true "urban" areas within the Nashville Metro area?

[BnaBreaker]

11 minutes ago, titanhog said:

Question:  Is there a widely-accepted definition of "urban"...as far as the difference between urban and suburban when it comes to persons per square mile?  Also...what parts of Davidson County do you consider urban / suburban...and are there any other true "urban" areas within the Nashville Metro area?

I suppose it's fairly subjective, but my personal definition has less to do with density figures and more to do with how pedestrian friendly an area is and how the buildings address the street, among other things.  For example, much of the suburban sprawl in the desert southwest is relatively dense, but it's still suburban sprawl.  On the other hand, I would consider a traditional walkable gridded street fronted with single family homes like you'd find in some areas of East Nashville to be more "urban" than, say, a community of insular housing project apartment blocks, even though the density numbers on the latter are likely far higher.

[titanhog]

19 minutes ago, BnaBreaker said:

I suppose it's fairly subjective, but my personal definition has less to do with density figures and more to do with how pedestrian friendly an area is and how the buildings address the street, among other things.  For example, much of the suburban sprawl in the desert southwest is relatively dense, but it's still suburban sprawl.  On the other hand, I would consider a traditional walkable gridded street fronted with single family homes like you'd find in some areas of East Nashville to be more "urban" than, say, a community of insular housing project apartment blocks, even though the density numbers on the latter are likely far higher.

So really, even some of the areas near downtown Franklin would have an urban feel to you...right?

[BnaBreaker]

1 hour ago, titanhog said:

So really, even some of the areas near downtown Franklin would have an urban feel to you...right?

Yeah for sure, downtown Franklin and some of the old residential neighborhoods around it would be, in my mind, "urban" in nature... again, just my own personal perception at work there... but many of Chicago's suburbs like Evanston for example are what I would consider "urban" for the most part, even though they're technically suburbs. 

[jmtunafish]

3 hours ago, titanhog said:

Question:  Is there a widely-accepted definition of "urban"...as far as the difference between urban and suburban when it comes to persons per square mile?  Also...what parts of Davidson County do you consider urban / suburban...and are there any other true "urban" areas within the Nashville Metro area?

Here's how "urban" is defined by the Census Bureau:

In order for a block to qualify as urban, it must have a density of 1,000 people per square mile (ppsm). Using an automated process, qualifying blocks are aggregated to form a central core area. Once the initial identification process is concluded, a second automated pass is initiated with a lower density threshold, 500 ppsm. This aids in identifying blocks that do not meet the initial density threshold, but may contain a mix of residential and nonresidential land use (parks, schools, commercial, retail, or industrial uses), and therefore should be included within the urban area.

https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/reference/ua/Defining_Rural.pdf

Contiguous urban blocks that reach a population of 50,000 are urbanized areas (and are part of metropolitan areas).  Contiguous urban blocks that have populations less than 50,000 but above 2,500 are called "urban clusters."  Here's how the Nashville area looked in 2010:

 

Edited January 19, 2019 by jmtunafish

[titanhog]

^^VERY interesting illustration!  Thanks for sharing.

[e-dub]

Nice one. Thanks for that, @jmtunafish!

Very much looking forward to seeing what the 2020 one will look like.

[MLBrumby]

That's a great illustration to use for those folks who love to cast aspersions at the fact the city is defined by the county lines (i.e. Metro) when comparing city sizes. It clearly shows the huge swath northwest of the core that is so sparsely populated. But there's a lot of density everywhere else. There must be some methodology behind the changing of color from blue to green in the area around Smyrna. 

Edit: I think I understand the change of colors now. 

Edited January 20, 2019 by MLBrumby

[titanhog]

46 minutes ago, MLBrumby said:

That's a great illustration to use for those folks who love to cast aspersions at the fact the city is defined by the county lines (i.e. Metro) when comparing city sizes. It clearly shows the huge swath northwest of the core that is so sparsely populated. But there's a lot of density everywhere else. There must be some methodology behind the changing of color from blue to green in the area around Smyrna. 

Edit: I think I understand the change of colors now. 

It seems to me, in many ways, that Nashville all the way to Murfreesboro is just one large urban extension of the same "piece", especially considering the growth of Antioch, Cane Ridge, Lavergne, Smyrna and M'boro.  That's not to say there aren't "suburban" failures all along the way (especially lack of walkability)...but that also exists all throughout areas close to downtown as well.

Edited January 20, 2019 by titanhog

[Guest]

cool video reel.... Nashville circa. 1900

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufASvuYF840&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1ImYIu6XZHlwv0oTA-t-KDMWOGSoQ8E1Z1hQYoXiX9TFhulxxuc9FAnT4

[Wilco615]

On 1/19/2019 at 3:53 PM, jmtunafish said:

Here's how "urban" is defined by the Census Bureau:

In order for a block to qualify as urban, it must have a density of 1,000 people per square mile (ppsm). Using an automated process, qualifying blocks are aggregated to form a central core area. Once the initial identification process is concluded, a second automated pass is initiated with a lower density threshold, 500 ppsm. This aids in identifying blocks that do not meet the initial density threshold, but may contain a mix of residential and nonresidential land use (parks, schools, commercial, retail, or industrial uses), and therefore should be included within the urban area.

https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/reference/ua/Defining_Rural.pdf

Contiguous urban blocks that reach a population of 50,000 are urbanized areas (and are part of metropolitan areas).  Contiguous urban blocks that have populations less than 50,000 but above 2,500 are called "urban clusters."  Here's how the Nashville area looked in 2010:

 

 

 

Spring Hill

[e-dub]

44 minutes ago, Wilco615 said:

 

 

Spring Hill

Bit of a jump, huh? Also, welcome!

[Wilco615]

34 minutes ago, e-dub said:

Bit of a jump, huh? Also, welcome!

Just a little. And thank you. 

I’m a Nashvillian. Born and raised. Grew up in Franklin. Now live in SH because it’s cheaper and I’m the one paying for it. 

I can remember when I was in HS around 2006, Spring Hill was what Thompson station is today. Now it’s pushing 40k. Crazy to see