Nashville Bits and Pieces

[PruneTracy]

12 hours ago, PHofKS said:

Also, has anyone notice the new Dodge Ram 1500 commercial was filmed in Nashville. It featured the Christmas parade and Vandy's Children's Hospital. 

It begs the question, why? Nissan and Bridgestone do locally filmed ads. Maybe Nashville had the only Christmas parade that would allow them to feature it in a commercial.

Can't remember exactly but I think a couple of years ago a Toyota or Honda commercial was airing that was filmed in Nashville.

[Chris Lee]

13 hours ago, PHofKS said:

Also, has anyone notice the new Dodge Ram 1500 commercial was filmed in Nashville. It featured the Christmas parade and Vandy's Children's Hospital. 

It begs the question, why? Nissan and Bridgestone do locally filmed ads. Maybe Nashville had the only Christmas parade that would allow them to feature it in a commercial.

Those commercials get made all over the country. There are regional and city-specific ones shot that are based on where they are marketing the specific vehicle for that sales period.

Here's one for the same vehicle that targets northern California.

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/IYHp/2019-ram-1500-work-or-play-most-capable-1500-ever-t2

[Bos2Nash]

15 hours ago, PHofKS said:

There is a replica at the Country Music Hall of Fame. What you see on the outside is the top half. The bottom part is within the interior. A neat tribute to the original. 

 

Very Cool! In talking to an architect who worked on this, I found out that one of the other influences was a mausoleum and lighting rod (think Frankenstein) to bring to life all the stars of country music past.

[satalac]

On 12/17/2018 at 12:00 PM, titanhog said:

Plus...didn’t the armed forces use the WSM tower to send war time messages to US submarines?  I’m thinking I read that somewhere.

That's correct. 

[Tennessine]

Is it true the WSM tower used to be taller than it is today?

[PruneTracy]

1 hour ago, nativetenn said:

Is it true the WSM tower used to be taller than it is today?

Yes, it was reduced by 70 feet in the 1930s. It's somewhat counterintuitive but this actually improves the broadcast range/quality. AM stations generally use the entire tower as an antenna and there is an optimum height for an antenna broadcasting at a given wavelength.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antenna_height_considerations

Also of note, the WSM tower, while distinctive today, is actually a mass-produced design.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaw-Knox_tower

[satalac]

8 hours ago, nativetenn said:

Is it true the WSM tower used to be taller than it is today?

Yeah, once it became a part of the Nashville MSA, they decided to shorten it to keep with the theme of "ehhh, what if we just went *this* high instead". 

[titanhog]

23 minutes ago, satalac said:

Yeah, once it became a part of the Nashville MSA, they decided to shorten it to keep with the theme of "ehhh, what if we just went *this* high instead". 

They thought about moving it to downtown...but they would have only allowed half of it.  Then...thought about moving it to Cool Springs and they would have only allowed it to lay on its side.  

[Tennessine]

Brentwood ain't afraid of height like SOME cities 

[bnacincy]

Just got back to Cincy from my beautiful hometown......some observations:

Nashville has a serious homeless problem-Cincinnati is still a slightly bigger city (for now) but a poorer one than Nashville but it's homeless problem isn't nearly as bad. Let Giarratanna do his thing on Church if only to lite a fire about this issue.

The development outside of downtown seems to be a bit haphazard with not much forethought to streetscaping and trying to build neighborhoods. If there is a  brownfield available then something gets put there but it does not seem to have any relationship to what is going on right around it. I noticed this particularly in Edgehill.

Which leads me to this....the problem in Nashville isn't that the streets are too wide but that the sidewalks are too narrow,,,,,12th ave needs to be streetscaped in Edgehill to widen the sidewalks which would help developers make their developments more attractive and bring more retail and hospitality options to that neighborhood.

Finally, on the way out this afternoon I was on the interstate next to Sobro; I was utterly stunned with what I saw.

I know we can bicker a lot on this page but I'm here to tell you be ever so grateful that there is so much going on in Nashville to bicker about!

I had a glorious couple of days back home with the family-Nashville is absolutely the best livin' available!

[TheRaglander]

Great observations, bnacincy.  
I do agree on the homeless situation in Nashville.  I walk a few blocks from the parking lot to work and also walk through downtown every day at lunch and I notice how bad it's getting.  I don't really seem them as much in the "core" downtown but they are more present in SoBro and KVB.  
 

I pose a question to the board... has anyone noticed the younger homeless crowd?  I don't really know what to call them other than "drifters", perhaps?  They hang around the Ascend park and railroad tracks.  Many of them have pets and tents.  I have seen them harass the pedal taverns (flirt with the girls until the operators yell at them to leave).  I don't really see them ask for money like the older homeless crowd, but they seem to "just exist" and their numbers seem to be growing exponentially.  

[Guest]

^^^

We stopped utilizing the small dog park near Ascend because of the roving youthful drifters and their dogs who (were) are constantly harassing passerbys. Many have pits and a rather confrontational demeanor ....no outright threats but tension in the air to give money or food. 

As for the larger question of Nashville homelessness.... the problem has gotten worse since the Contributor has entered the scene....

[markhollin]

Out of town sports fans big boost for local economy:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2018/12/20/why-patriots-blackhawks-eagles-fans-not-all-bad-nashville/2153435002/

[CenterHill]

2 hours ago, TheRaglander said:

I pose a question to the board... has anyone noticed the younger homeless crowd?  I don't really know what to call them other than "drifters", perhaps?  They hang around the Ascend park and railroad tracks.  Many of them have pets and tents.  I have seen them harass the pedal taverns (flirt with the girls until the operators yell at them to leave).  I don't really see them ask for money like the older homeless crowd, but they seem to "just exist" and their numbers seem to be growing exponentially.  

I've seen them.     Not sure who these folks are, but yeah they seem to have made Ascend park their basecamp.    

[bnacincy]

12 minutes ago, CenterHill said:

I've seen them.     Not sure who these folks are, but yeah they seem to have made Ascend park their basecamp.    

I wished they had built the Ascend on the East Bank-could have had an amphitheatre as big as Starwood and shared parking with Nissan Stadium.

[smeagolsfree]

Yep, I have seen them. Many times these folks are non conformist, or I guess you can  all them modern hippies. Some are anarchists or free sprits. My Neice and her husband traveled around like this. They were both artist/musicians and travled the west coast. Some may be run awaystoo that stay awayfrom the older adult homless community and they band together in numbers for safety and they have more in common.

[grilled_cheese]

This is what they are:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutter_punk

[Jamie Hall]

Regarding the homeless situation: Is there any guess as to how much of the Nashville homeless population is originally from this area and how many located here from elsewhere? I've always assumed that the homeless generally tend to gravitate to cities that offer the best chance of general survival -- better economy, friendlier/generous people, better shelter spaces, better climate, etc.

[nashvylle]

Hopefully Eakin's development and Hensler's future towers will prevent anyone from being aggressive / rude via more pedestrian presence in the area .

[donNdonelson2]

Houston’s Velvet Taco has a Nashville Hot Tofu Taco! The taste of Music City is spread far and wide.

https://velvettaco.com/

[Neigeville2]

^this looks like my kind of restaurant

[donNdonelson2]

Hot Tofu Taco

[Guest]

This is equally topical in several diffferent threads (Amazon, Paramount, CBID, Bits and Pieces....) so I will post here...

Using Seattle’s homeless coalition as an example, the article lays out a powerful indictment of the various stakeholders currently enabling our own homelessness crisis. 

https://www.city-journal.org/seattle-homelessness?utm_source=City+Journal+Update&utm_campaign=41374905ff-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_12_22_01_10&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6c08930f2b-41374905ff-109485629

[satalac]

On 12/22/2018 at 6:40 PM, donNdonelson2 said:

Houston’s Velvet Taco has a Nashville Hot Tofu Taco! The taste of Music City is spread far and wide.

https://velvettaco.com/

 

[titanhog]

12 year olds (estimated) ride Bird scooters into East Nashville and steal News 2 weekend anchor's car.  Can't wait to see how this ends up.

https://www.wkrn.com/news/anyone-can-become-a-crime-victim-this-time-the-victim-works-at-news-2/1674815855