Nashville Bits and Pieces

[Nashville Cliff]

Hmmm, Nashville didn't even make the graphic for this. I know a lot of our tower projects are wrapping up, but I know we have more than 4 cranes.

Seattle tops the nation . . .

[markhollin]

^ ^ ^ Just in Davidson County we have 25 tower cranes up as of today.  I don't make it down to Williamson County enough to keep track there, or Murfreesboro for that matter.  But I'm guessing in the metro we are well over 30.  

[e-dub]

Tower cranes only, excluding mobile ones?

[bigeasy]

Not having Atlanta, or any city from Texas makes me really question the validity of that article.  

[markhollin]

Buyers in Nashville area paid an average of $320,000 for a house in June, according to a RE/MAX analysis of Multiple Listing Service data. That price is $15,000 more than the average listed sale in May 2018 and $20,000 more than the average in June 2017 (+5%). 

Sales also jumped from 3,130 homes in June compared to 2,904 in May, according to the RE/MAX analysis.

A CoreLogic analysis found that Nashville home prices increased 7.5 percent compared to 7.1 percent nationally, from May 2017 to May 2018.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2018/07/23/nashville-housing-home-prices-soaring-temperatures-rise/808843002/

[Guest]

The crane report seems to be limited to the US markets in which the report's author, RLB, have offices.

http://www.rlbintelligence.com/us/

56 minutes ago, Nashville Cliff said:

Hmmm, Nashville didn't even make the graphic for this. I know a lot of our tower projects are wrapping up, but I know we have more than 4 cranes.

Seattle tops the nation . . .

 

[smeagolsfree]

I see this all the time from the Seattle paper here to the NY Post, these media outlets do not do their due diligence in the research when putting stories together of any type. Just remember the source as this is a rah rah Seattle homer article. The same thing happens in a lot of these cities, including Nashville saying look at me Ma, I am doing great.

[markhollin]

Another huge accounting firm,  Chicago-based RSM,  is opening an office in Nashville by Sept. 1st. No location or amount of employees noted as of yet.  They have 7,000 workers nationwide, and their offices in Birmingham and Charlotte have 107 and 223, respectively. 

More behind the NBJ paywall here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2018/07/23/one-of-the-countrys-biggest-accounting-firms-is.html

[dmillsphoto]

They'd be a great fit for Mainland building... just saying...

[markhollin]

As "Nashville" says goodbye (tonight is the final episode of the 6 year series), folks reflect on what it meant to the real Music City:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/07/25/tv-show-nashville-season-6-cmt/789804002/

[Guest]

Wow! Never a fan (wife watched season 1, 2...maybe 3), but I thought it had been if the air for a while. 

‘It was good PR for Nashville early on....not sure it was worth the $$$ flowing it’s way over the years. Seems like instead of general fund dollars, the excess in the hotel tax collections would have been a better source for incentive funds.

Edited July 26, 2018 by Guest

[markhollin]

I concur fully with today's editorial by the NBJ's Eric Snyder:

A new boogeyman lurks in Nashville.

It’s a malevolent force at the root of so much that supposedly ails Music City. This dark spirit is responsible for afternoon rush-hours, your favorite restaurant closing, long lines at Gulch murals and worse still: pedal taverns.

The monster in our midst: New Nashville, and it’s destroying every redeeming quality our quaint city ever enjoyed. 

At least, that’s what some would have you believe.

Don’t get me wrong: not everything is peaches ‘n’ cream in Nashville these days. New realities are proving harder to navigate, from the city’s costly real estate market to our crowded streets themselves.

When we mourn Old Nashville, though, we are often mourning something that never truly existed. Just as every generation of grandparents has done, we are romanticizing the good ol’ days that supposedly came before.

Take the imminent closure of downtown dive bar Paradise Park. While I’ve no beef with those who are heartbroken over the loss — a reporter here has been in a depressive funk since the news broke last month — some have moved beyond grief and into victimhood. 

“I am ashamed of you for closing Paradise Park,” one commenter tweeted at the owners of the 10-year-old bar. “It’s a Nashville staple, and I hate what you’re turning Nashville into.”

In the eyes of some, the closure of Paradise Park is a continuation of the eviction of locals from Broadway, now “overrun” with tourists and bachelorette parties.

When, exactly, was Broadway solely the domain of locals? When downtown was known for its pawnshops and peep shows, that’s when. As downtown got clean, locals didn’t have Tootsie’s and the like to themselves for very long before word got out to tourists. And why does that blip, which was over in an instant, define Old Nashville and The Way Things Are Meant To Be™?

The use of the phrase “New Nashville” drips with the same brew of scorn and derision as “new money,” and it’s another way that some here are attempting to draw distinctions between “us” locals and “them” newcomers. 

The phrase speaks to a small mindedness — one that is my least favorite thing about Old Nashville.

And besides, if you don’t like New Nashville — wait 15 minutes. Nashville will keep changing. Whether you like it or not.

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2018/07/27/from-the-editor-nashvilles-new-boogeyman.html

[grilled_cheese]

 

 

[Nash_12South]

Geez, that looks awful. And I generally enjoy reality TV.

[fishsticks176]

A good overview of the scourge of bachelorette parties across the nation, with several mentions of Nashville.

 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-bachelorette-partys-over-venues-snub-bridezillas-and-their-entourages-1532704297

[titanhog]

How would you guys like to be marrying one of these bachelorettes? 

[satalac]

5 hours ago, markhollin said:

 

Take the imminent closure of downtown dive bar Paradise Park. While I’ve no beef with those who are heartbroken over the loss — a reporter here has been in a depressive funk since the news broke last month — some have moved beyond grief and into victimhood. 

“I am ashamed of you for closing Paradise Park,” one commenter tweeted at the owners of the 10-year-old bar. “It’s a Nashville staple, and I hate what you’re turning Nashville into.”

In the eyes of some, the closure of Paradise Park is a continuation of the eviction of locals from Broadway, now “overrun” with tourists and bachelorette parties.

 

A Nashville staple? They must not have been a "true" local. Bars come and go. Unless it's Tootsies or Robert's, don't expect to see it in 10 years. That's how it's always been. 

[bigeasy]

How could anyone be attracted to someone like that? The part that I find the most disappointing is that reality TV is making this up, but girls on bachelorette parties are actually that disgusting. 

 

 

[Tennessine]

On 7/27/2018 at 9:37 AM, grilled_cheese said:

 

 

I think the extent of their vocabulary was high-pitched screaming and drunk laughing

 

[volsfanwill]

if I said how i really feel about that show, yall would ban me. 

[smeagolsfree]

The video in the story below was posted in the Tennessean  from 1994. That was about 6 months before I moved here. My, how things have changed.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2018/07/30/nashville-1994-youtube-video/851513002/

 

[Bos2Nash]

My girlfriend and I were having this discussion the other day about how the bachloerette party has turned into essentially a four day weekend party and we have no idea when. The Bach Weekend company that is the company at the front of this tv show is in the same building as 3rd and Lindsley, noticed the other week. 

The fact that it is the same producers of Jersey Shore says everything to me. These things are so so so scripted that it is really gonna drown the bachelorette parties. Who knows, maybe this is the beginning of the end for them in Nashville.

[TheRaglander]

16 minutes ago, Bos2Nash said:

My girlfriend and I were having this discussion the other day about how the bachloerette party has turned into essentially a four day weekend party and we have no idea when. The Bach Weekend company that is the company at the front of this tv show is in the same building as 3rd and Lindsley, noticed the other week. 

The fact that it is the same producers of Jersey Shore says everything to me. These things are so so so scripted that it is really gonna drown the bachelorette parties. Who knows, maybe this is the beginning of the end for them in Nashville.

I think it will do the opposite.  It will galmify (is that a word?) this event to ladies and bring in even more of these things.  Just like the show Nashville brought in more tourists and "see Nashville filming location" tours.  I think it will spike... then controls will need to take place as the pedal taverns double in number and the nightly crowds start to become a safety issue.  

I was downtown last Saturday night for the first time in a VERY long time.  I was down there to see a Cirque show at Bridgestone because I am old and not hip.  (Was an amazing show, btw)  I was shocked and the number of people downtown.  Even more shocked at the number of "gonna get married so lets get hammered" parties.  The ladies will keep coming.  Brace yourselves.

 

EDIT:  Oh yes, my original point:  look for dozens of new businesses that get formed to cater to Bach weekends.  The whole package kind of thing.  It will be a new frontier of business here.

Edited July 31, 2018 by TheRaglander

[Bos2Nash]

I would begin to wonder how revenue would change if these bars began to charge even a $5.00 cover.....

24 minutes ago, TheRaglander said:

I think it will do the opposite.  It will galmify (is that a word?) this event to ladies and bring in even more of these things.  Just like the show Nashville brought in more tourists and "see Nashville filming location" tours.  I think it will spike... then controls will need to take place as the pedal taverns double in number and the nightly crowds start to become a safety issue.  

I was downtown last Saturday night for the first time in a VERY long time.  I was down there to see a Cirque show at Bridgestone because I am old and not hip.  (Was an amazing show, btw)  I was shocked and the number of people downtown.  Even more shocked at the number of "gonna get married so lets get hammered" parties.  The ladies will keep coming.  Brace yourselves.

 

EDIT:  Oh yes, my original point:  look for dozens of new businesses that get formed to cater to Bach weekends.  The whole package kind of thing.  It will be a new frontier of business here.

In terms of safety I think we would still be a good ways away from where that capacity is. I will say this is just another reason/example as to why closing Lower Broadway off to motor vehicles could be a very beneficial thing and a proactive effort to remove certain risks from partying down there.

[MidTenn1]

I think the show is going to be a monster hit. People are hungry for Nashville stuff and adding drunk party girls and guys to the mix is going to be a winner.