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  1. Soccer in Nashville

    in Nashville

    Posted

    28 minutes ago, dmillsphoto said:

    I mean... given the fact that the scoreboard is already up and has been in operation since the ballpark opened... kinda late for that opinion... ;)

    Didn't even notice it was the current stadium. It's early. Sorry.

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  5. 505 CST - 545 feet - 45 Floors

    in Nashville

    Posted

    I know this is old news to y'all but man I can't help but what think of what this building could have been.
     
    Don't get me wrong, this is way better than a surface lot, but those original renderings of Siggie are what brought me on to this site when I was 14. I remember just dreaming about how beautiful that Tower would've been... and even the design concepts of 505 he released about four years ago were snazzy. Idk there are so many amazing projects I see when I go home I guess I shouldn't get hung up on one, but this sure ain't the 2007 tower that would make us taller than Atlanta 


    The more I see 505 fro different angles, the more I think that the 1000' version of Signature Tower actually would have been too much. Now 750 would have, and will be perfect once we get to that milestone.


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  6. 505 CST - 545 feet - 45 Floors

    in Nashville

    Posted

    You're in a great place.  When I lived in Valenciennes, France, I'd hop across the border to SHAPE to buy things I couldn't get in France (root beer, Cheerios, Doritos, peanut butter).  Thank you for your service!

    I'm back from Europe now and headed to Texas until I retire. I worked a bit on SHAPE, Chievres and the NSA site in Brussels. It was a busy three years to say the least.

    Smeagol, thanks, I appreciate it!


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  12. IKEA to Nashville

    in Nashville

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, Philip said:

    Image result for wat

    You can post a meme making fun of an elderly handicapped woman to get your point across if you want, but the truth is what it is. In Europe IKEA is low end.. a place to go for cheap 20 euro 5-drawer book case. As I said perfect for Antioch.. and perfect for Memphis. Cheers.

  14. Nashville International Airport Development thread

    in Nashville

    Posted

    Yep, it's time to stop trying to cater to the low-cost carriers and start trying to tow in the big boys. 

    That said, so happy JetBlue is returning because they're product is so much more complete and better than Southwest and won the customer service award from JD Power again. Also, bringing in Alaska Airlines is good stuff as well, direct to Seattle benefits both business and pleasure travelers

    +1 on the direct flight. I could have used that when I lived in Seattle and visited family in Smyrna about 10 times in a two year period. Instead I reached up miles on the sea to msp to bna route. Luckily msp is a great place to layover and get have some beers with miners catching hops to the Dakotas

  15. Nashville International Airport Development thread

    in Nashville

    Posted

    This link to the airport's long-term master plan map may be of interest:

     

    http://www.flynashville.com/about/Documents/2012%20Masterplan/05%20BNA-ALP-LAYT.pdf

     

    Among other things, it seems to show a relocated Donelson Pike (pushed east) with a new freeway interchange, significantly expanded terminal facilities, a future fifth runway, and a "future people-mover" rail line.

    Other files on the same topic can be found at this link:

     

    http://www.flynashville.com/about/Pages/master-plan-2012-update.aspx

    Is there a date for the additions and upgrades or is it fan as needed thing? All of those upgrades including the new runway would top $1B I would think...

  19. Nashville International Airport Development thread

    in Nashville

    Posted · Edited by bellinibean

    I have travelled quite a lot under similar circumstances as well, and I would disagree. For an airport it's age (the terminal is almost 30 years old now), it has held up splendidly. Have you flown through since they completed the overhaul of the interior space? The recent renovations are extremely well done, I believe. Detroit's main hall is quite impressive, but a terminal like that is beyond what we need right now unless a major carrier turns Nashville into an international hub. Minneapolis's airport is quite nice, but also much, much larger than the Nashville airport. Either way, the layout of both airport terminals (long, straight halls) is very land use intensive, and the space for that simply doesn't exist on the land that BNA is built on.

     

    Nashville's airport is as nice as it's going to get without a completely new terminal, and there are things the city needs to spend its money on before that. Unfortunately, terrain is also against us in this case. You'll note that the country's biggest, busiest airports (DEN, ORD, and DTW to name a few) were built in areas that benefitted from having large, flat, expanses of land to build a massive airport on. The other major airports in the country that are equally as big are shoehorned into whatever terrain they can get, and are only built that size at such great expense because the populations they serve (Washington DC, Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, etc.) require an airport with an overly large capacity.

    I concur with most of what you are saying. I guess my opinion is derived mostly from my initial impression upon getting off the plane. I'm currently home in Nashville right now, so I have been through the terminal recently. Personally, I just dont get the wow factor from Nashville as I do with other airports. We will get there when the time and money are right. Our city has major wow factor on a national level.

    As routes and airlines increase through BNA, more people will have that one impression of Nashville, especially if they are connecting. THe wow factor should match the rest of the city.

     

    I disagree about MSP but agree about DTW.  MSP is like a rabbit's warren with concourses and corridors all over the place.  There is nothing remarkable or redeeming about MSP's design nor its appearance.  DTW, however, was built from scratch to be a highly efficient hub for Northwest (now Delta).  It was from DTW where NW (now DL) launched flights to Asia, and DTW was designed to be a showplace for NW.  They succeeded.  The old DTW was dark and dingy, but the new one is full of natural light, soaring ceilings, bright colors, and a sleek tram (in NW red) that floats above the concourse.  I even like the psychedelic light display in the pedestrian tunnel linking the two concourses.

     

    I think BNA is a pretty nice airport.  It's much airier and lighter than MSP.  It's not as sleek as newer airports like DTW or HKG (or even the newer concourses at CDG in Paris), but it's nothing to be embarrassed about (unlike MEM).

    I think the reason I enjoyed MSP so much was because I was stuck there for 18 hours in January, Delta terminal, with a load of frac miners... Several beers and stories later, we were all best friends lol. Seriously though, I've been through MSP probably a dozen times, all with Delta, and that terminal is very nice.

  20. Nashville International Airport Development thread

    in Nashville

    Posted

    Having traveled alot while being in the military, I'm alway underwhelmed by Nashville's airport, especially inside. I would propose an overhaul of the interior atleast. I say this because as I travel almost all the airports I visit are generally nicer. I submit airports like Minneapolis and Detroit (yes Detroit) as examples of interior designs that are very nice. Maybe I'm wrong though. I just see the mundane interior and limited offerings for travelers becoming an issue down the road when larger carriers and traveler population increase.

  21. 5th & Broadway | 501 Commerce | NMAAM | 34 story apt, 26 story office, + 183,000 sq. ft. of Retail

    in Nashville

    Posted

    *Renaissance will keep the adjacent ballrooms

     

    On that last note, I'm not familiar with how the structure is laid out.  Does that mean that part of the old structure will remain and the new development will be built around it?  If so, that will be a pretty awkward look, especially if that section fronts the street.

     

    If you are walking into the front of the Renaissance, take a left, around the escalators and continue down the corridor. I'm pretty sure the ballrooms in question are on the right. If so, then yes they front Commerce St. There is a kind of lobby/mixer area in front of the entrance to the first ballroom. It's been a few years since I've been there.

     

    Oh and hello everyone. rarely post but check for updates daily. You all are how I keep up with things from Belgium. Cheers!

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  23. Perception of Charlotte Nationwide

    in Charlotte Coffee House

    Posted · Edited by HawaiianEagle

    http://time.com/money/3318962/best-big-city-bargains-best-places/

     

    I feel like these lists are making it more expensive. 

     

    Charlotte should be included, but being a Nashvillian whose city is arguable one of the most trending city in the nation, how can Time not include Nashville? city pop is 650k+ metro is 1.8m+  avg income to cost of living is great... oh and we have two pro sports teams that are extremely well supported (lookin at you Columbus)

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