I give up!!

I don't dislike this building, I just wish it wasn't like so many other buildings I've seen pretty much everywhere in this country. It looks like so many buildings you find in suburban town centers and office parks. Would have been great for Brentwood, the airport area or even Metro Center. While I like that this building will anchor the development in the North Gulch, I hope that other development in the area will be more inspiring and out of the box. I assume there will be serious restrictions on the height of buildings in that area due to the proximity of the capitol and Nashville's desire to maintain unobstructed views of the capitol. I just wish developers would realize that buildings don't have to be super tall to have architectural significance.

I'd like to see the area as cross the bridge into Bordeaux completely revamped. Most of the housing in that includes trailers and non-historical style homes that in my opinion are taking up land that could be prized real estate if developed properly. I'm not suggesting 20 story buildings, but just imagine a couple of 10 story apartment buildings along the cliffs of the Cumberland as you cross the bridge. Think about the views such buildings would have. Then imagine adding in a couple of national chain restaurants and garden style apartment and townhome developments.

Whatever happened to the apartment development that was supposed to be built along West Hamilton?

While I understand the need for urban development and I love the way Nashville is growing in the CBD, I don't understand the need to kick people out of their houses, whether dilapidated or not, and replace them will million dollar condos, such as in North Nashville. If you want to revamp an area, make affordable housing to replace the run-down areas that are also architecturally significant. Do not just kick out people where they flood the suburbs, adding to more traffic. There are many areas around the country that are doing just this. Nashville, besides the redevelopment of the housing projects on by 17th and Charlotte, has not tried stop this, instead it's kicking the poor for the rich to come and replace. Yes it brings money to the city, but I think there is a certain moral value that must be evaluated. I think it would make the culture of Nashville more diverse and allow for more tourist attractions and shopping centers, other than country music or expensive boutiques.

Amazing developments!

I have no idea why that house on 19th and Broadway cannot simply be moved and then both sides are happy (and yes I see it from both sides as well).

Speaking of that area, I know Vanderbilt is a bottom feeder of the SEC and it would seem to me that sooner rather than later they are going to want to upgrade their sports facilities. But I don't see how they could do that given how tight they crammed their stadium, arena, and ballpark into the same lot. I hope this doesn't result in a lot of demolition.

One of the things I wanted to visit in Nashville when I went down for the Music City Bowl but didn't have time was the Parthenon in the Centennial Park. Looking back, it appears there used to be several other cool structures around it like a pyramid. What happened to these buildings and why won't the city build them back? The Parthenon looks isolated out there.

Centennial Park was the site of a statewide exposition in 1896. There were structures representing several cities within the state -- but they were intended to be temporary. The Parthenon was so popular, they rebuilt it in the 20s. I do think it would have been cool to keep all of the structures in the park.

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Interestingly enough, one other building survived....the Knights of Pythias Pavilion was bought and relocated to Franklin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights...thias_Pavilion

The pond shown in the lower left :yeahthat: is being reconstructed. It had be covered up after the exposition for public health reasons.

Midtown growth
 

Sorry, but moving the house at 19th & Broadway is completely unreasonable. I expressed my opinion on saving isolated structures recently but a drive to have the house moved is basically a nonstarter. Most of the value of the house (from a historic view) is in the well proportioned masonry skin. There are special terracotta/ brick, mouldings and stone elements. It is technically and financially infeasible to take the masonry down and restore it exactly on another site. Even matching the size, color and finish of the plain brick and mortar joints would be difficult (if not impossible). It would certainly be an expensive custom job. It was possible to move the Masonic building from the Centennial site to Franklin because the masony products used in the original (as well as the mason's skills) were still commonly available when it was moved. I doubt however that the masonry rebuilt was precisely a duplicate of the original. This can be done for buildings of greater significance but even if it were possible, the historic significance (what little there is) would still be diminished as the siting itself is part of any historic identity of the structure.

27-unit luxury condo project planned near Centennial Park
http://www.tennessean.com/story/mone...park/22001795/

Prices will range from $600K to $2.15M...:runaway:

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Weekly update to the Nashville Skyline Timeline.

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Just speculating on start dates for recently announced projects. Check back next week, I'm sure it will change. :thrasher:

North Gulch building targeted for renovation
 

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The Tennessean reported that a building in the North Gulch located at the corner of 11th Ave North and Grundy Street is targeted for renovation into office space and a high restaurant.

See full article here: http://www.tennessean.com/story/mone...site/22022803/

Apartments & Retail planned for Jefferson Street
 

An investment group is looking to developing an four story 18 unit apartment building with ground level retail located between Dr. D.B. Todd Blvd and 21st Ave N. The building will be 1821 Jefferson and will be built on 1/16 of an acre. MDHA has provided approval of the concept plan but requires more information on the project to include the type of materials that will be used.

This is a good sign that development in Nashville is branching out into areas that are underserved and undeveloped. While Jefferson Street has been targeted for other projects, those projects are near areas close to Germantown and just north of the North Gulch area. This project targets a portion of Jefferson street that is desperately in need of someone taking the initial leap to jumpstart redevelopment in the area. It will sit close to Meharry Medical College with Fisk University being just a few blocks to the east and Tennessee State University located to its west. This is an area that was heavily disrupted due to I-40 cutting through the area, ultimately killing the fabric of the community. If planned properly, the area along Jefferson Street between Dr. D.B. Todd Blvd (18th Ave. N) and Ed Temple Blvd (28th Ave. N) could be a nice corridor serving Fisk, General Hospital, Meharry, and TSU.

Extensive core drilling underway at the Bridgestone N.A. Headquarters site and caissons rising at The SoBro. Pretty hefty activity in just a 1.5 block stretch of on street.

Virgin Hotel team releases images of planned project
Developer enlists Atlanta-based architect

https://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2...lanned_project

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TopGolf negotiating for 14-acre Nashville site
http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville...ille-site.html

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If only the second tower in the picture was made taller.

Even with the larger floor-to-ceiling height, it's still 11 floors with the illusion of 18-20 stories compared to the one on the left (10 stories and a clubhouse/pool on the roof), and that's not even counting the two floors at the base.

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I'm assuming the residential part is the taller of tower buildings. It would have been nice if it was taller. I'm not thrilled with the hotel portion externally. I was hoping for a building with more color as well. I'm not sure what type of materials are being used for the non-glass portions of the building, but the Virgin red color on high gloss fiberglass panels would be a nice alternative the overused molded concrete. But overall I think the project will fit will into the Music Row round about area.

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"I'm assuming the residential part is the taller of tower buildings. It would have been nice if it was taller. I'm not thrilled with the hotel portion externally."


I think you misunderstand. All of it is hotel space. The "residential" part consists of 7 floors with 2 apartment sized suites and 1 top floor entirely one
suite. That is the 15 "residential" units in the description, not residential per se as in other nearby towers.

It's official: Google chooses Nashville for ultra-fast fiber network
http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville...for-ultra.html

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[QUOTE=Baronakim;6891288]Thanks for the clarification. Even with that, I still wish the taller tower could be taller.