Nashville Bits and Pieces

[smeagolsfree]

I can't remember where we were discussing the Dark Skies resolution but here is the Metro law that was passed.

Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, TN - File #: BL2020-535 (legistar.com)

[markhollin]

I am humbled that NashvilleNowNext did a feature on my photo work here at Urban Planet Nashville.

https://nashvillenownext.com/2021/04/02/the-hollingsworth-reel-vol-1-highlighting-the-work-of-nashvilles-mark-hollingsworth/

[titanhog]

I just saw someone post a photo on Facebook of a new “ride” that a group called King of Hustler Nashville is driving around Nashville.  I think King of Hustler may be some kind of Male Dance Club for bachelorette parties…and this ride is a huge (body part) with a saddle on it…kind of like a mechanical bull.  I would post a photo…but it’s definitely not suitable for work.  However…it’s driving around on Lower Broadway.

Anyone seen this thing?  I can’t believe something like that is allowed.  Really in poor taste and kinda takes us to a new low.

[donNdonelson2]

There was once a time when Nashville was referred to as the buckle on the “Bible Belt.” The buckle is officially tarnished!

[fishsticks176]

51 minutes ago, titanhog said:

I just saw someone post a photo on Facebook of a new “ride” that a group called King of Hustler Nashville is driving around Nashville.  I think King of Hustler may be some kind of Male Dance Club for bachelorette parties…and this ride is a huge (body part) with a saddle on it…kind of like a mechanical bull.  I would post a photo…but it’s definitely not suitable for work.  However…it’s driving around on Lower Broadway.

Anyone seen this thing?  I can’t believe something like that is allowed.  Really in poor taste and kinda takes us to a new low.

I saw that. I'm pretty sure it was just being transported. Looks like King Of Hustler is a new male strip club and I guess that'll be their mechanical bull? It's not a downtown "transportainment" thing though. And if it is, we should riot. 

Edited April 2, 2021 by fishsticks176

[satalac]

2 hours ago, titanhog said:

I just saw someone post a photo on Facebook of a new “ride” that a group called King of Hustler Nashville is driving around Nashville.  I think King of Hustler may be some kind of Male Dance Club for bachelorette parties…and this ride is a huge (body part) with a saddle on it…kind of like a mechanical bull.  I would post a photo…but it’s definitely not suitable for work.  However…it’s driving around on Lower Broadway.

Anyone seen this thing?  I can’t believe something like that is allowed.  Really in poor taste and kinda takes us to a new low.

I saw it too. What a prick.

[titanhog]

5 hours ago, fishsticks176 said:

I saw that. I'm pretty sure it was just being transported. Looks like King Of Hustler is a new male strip club and I guess that'll be their mechanical bull? It's not a downtown "transportainment" thing though. And if it is, we should riot. 

Yeah…I thought it was a downtown “ride”…but it’s actually going in the club.  I was like, “Surely you can’t drive that thing around Lower Broadway with a bachelorette riding that thing.” 

[BnaBreaker]

58 minutes ago, titanhog said:

Yeah…I thought it was a downtown “ride”…but it’s actually going in the club.  I was like, “Surely you can’t drive that thing around Lower Broadway with a bachelorette riding that thing.” 

I'm gonna guess though that they made an intentional swing past Broadway on the way there to possibly entice some drunken woo girls to stumble in their direction.  lol

[titanhog]

1 hour ago, BnaBreaker said:

I'm gonna guess though that they made an intentional swing past Broadway on the way there to possibly entice some drunken woo girls to stumble in their direction.  lol

Yeah…they got exactly what they wanted.  Took it to lower Broad and showed it off in front of hundreds of gawkers, taking photos and posting on Facebook.  Free publicity. 

[smeagolsfree]

Here is the link to the dink.

Kings Of Hustler Nashville - Home | Facebook

 

[titanhog]

37 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

Here is the link to the dink.

Kings Of Hustler Nashville - Home | Facebook

 

“Golden Boner” 

[LA_TN]

My eyes! My eyes! I'll never unsee that

And so that's what the bright light is on the south loop that nearly blinds you while driving down the interstate 

[TheRaglander]

Was wondering if someone could help me out.  I have a co-worker from St Louis coming to Nashville soon with friends to have a little vacation in an Air-BNB.   She's been to Memphis before and pointed out a place called Railgarten (link below) and wondered if there was something similar in the Nashville area?   Looks pretty sweet.  Thank you!

https://railgarten.com/

 

[PaulChinetti]

Probably the closet thing like that all together is 5th & Broadway now with all the restaurants and shops together. 

Maybe something like Avo over off Charolette. eatavo.com  They have volleyball and there are a few little shops and things around there too.

Hope that helps.

[MLBrumby]

What about the place that's opened at 11th and Porter (10 Pins or somesuch)?  Or the place at One City?  I've never been to either. 

[ArchitectBarbie]

14 minutes ago, MLBrumby said:

What about the place that's opened at 11th and Porter (10 Pins or somesuch)?  Or the place at One City?  I've never been to either. 

NASHVILLE — Pins Mechanical Company (pinsbar.com)

Game Terminal

 

[MTFAN]

L an L Marketplace  on Charlotte  

[MLBrumby]

Anyone familiar with this website? I still think Ron’s map is more excellent. 
https://www.berkadia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Nashville_Quarterly_Map_Reduced.pdf

 

[smeagolsfree]

9 hours ago, MLBrumby said:

Anyone familiar with this website? I still think Ron’s map is more excellent. 
https://www.berkadia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Nashville_Quarterly_Map_Reduced.pdf

 

Thanks for the props! I had  not seen before, but one thing I can say is that when you are dealing with different maps it does get confusing. You have to know which map to go to. Not bragging, but our development map goes back to 2000. It may not be pretty and exact like some of these but there is a lot of information on it. If you can zoom in to an exact location you have the project with the image. 

On that subject, it would be great to have help at some point. If something happens to me you guys are SOL.

[titanhog]

Ok…I’m gonna ask a really weird question…and I most definitely know this is 99.9% out of the realm of possibilities…but I’ve  always wondered if there is any way to control the Cumberland River, like a lake, in the downtown area?  At the least…from like Metro Center to Shelby Bottoms…and at the most, from John C Tune to Opryland.

Are there any places on Earth where a river is controlled like a lake as it goes through a downtown area?  I realize that would most likely mean you’d need a lock and dam of sorts…but is there anything out there that’s less than a lock and dam…some other kind of river control system that would allow 24/7 calm waters downtown to encourage more recreational usage and mitigate flooding?  Keep the water higher than normal…but never too high.

Edited April 9, 2021 by titanhog

[LA_TN]

1 hour ago, titanhog said:

Ok…I’m gonna ask a really weird question…and I most definitely know this is 99.9% out of the realm of possibilities…but I’ve  always wondered if there is any way to control the Cumberland River, like a lake, in the downtown area?  At the least…from like Metro Center to Shelby Bottoms…and at the most, from John C Tune to Opryland.

Are there any places on Earth where a river is controlled like a lake as it goes through a downtown area?  I realize that would most likely mean you’d need a lock and dam of sorts…but is there anything out there that’s less than a lock and dam…some other kind of river control system that would allow 24/7 calm waters downtown to encourage more recreational usage and mitigate flooding?  Keep the water higher than normal…but never too high.

Ummmmm......no

Unfortunately, you are asking the Corp of Engineers to build a new dam on the Cumberland. And those dam things cost more than $18.00

But downtown is too far upstream from Cheatham to control the water level, and Cheatham is a low dam, so not capable of raising the water level above the existing river banks. It's still about 15 nautical miles away

[billgregg]

11 hours ago, titanhog said:

Ok…I’m gonna ask a really weird question…and I most definitely know this is 99.9% out of the realm of possibilities…but I’ve  always wondered if there is any way to control the Cumberland River, like a lake, in the downtown area?  At the least…from like Metro Center to Shelby Bottoms…and at the most, from John C Tune to Opryland.

Are there any places on Earth where a river is controlled like a lake as it goes through a downtown area?  I realize that would most likely mean you’d need a lock and dam of sorts…but is there anything out there that’s less than a lock and dam…some other kind of river control system that would allow 24/7 calm waters downtown to encourage more recreational usage and mitigate flooding?  Keep the water higher than normal…but never too high.

I think you'd have divert the main flow away from the current channel. Dig a new riverbed through East Nashville (easy, right?) and keep the existing channel as a sort of oxbow lake, something nature does all the time, though not usually with bedrock-bound rivers like the Cumberland. Once you had an alternate main channel for the river and maybe a low levee to separate it from your oxbow, you could control the water flow into it.

There was a plan from a few years back that did envision a new channel cutting across the east bank. Don't remember the details, just the audacity of it.

Edited April 9, 2021 by billgregg

[bigeasy]

Maybe it was this? 

[billgregg]

5 minutes ago, bigeasy said:

Maybe it was this?

Yep, that's the one. Thanks.

[smeagolsfree]

There is also another expensive option and that is to dredge the river. Basically make it deeper to handle more water.