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I wonder what the feasibility is for Nashville to build something similar to Vancouver's skytrain. It's an above grade system that doesn't require acrquiring ROW on existing roads to my understanding. I believe a skytrain line from the airport to downtown could be very successful. Not sure what the cost would be but apparently the Vancouver system startup cost was $854 million. Not sure how that would translate into today's dollars. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTrain_(Vancouver)

As someone who currently lives in the Atlanta area(right across from The Battery to be exact) I see no issue with potentially building the stadium on TSU’s campus. This would potentially incentivize the city and developers to invest in the necessary infrastructure to allow more connectivity between North Nashville and other parts of the city, mainly Downtown and East Nashville via Jefferson St, Rosa Parks and Buchanan St. The Battery is a good example to look to for creating a vibrant mixed use area in a side of town that has historically been neglected by the rest of the city due to a variety of reasons, also The Battery is actually further from Downtown/Midtown Atlanta than TSU’s campus is from Downtown Nashville. However, the main issue with The Battery is it’s located in Cobb County where there’s zero mass transit other than buses and the only access points are from I-75/285 via Cobb Pkwy. This leads to traffic jams every game day. There’s also insufficient parking for the area as there’s patrons for the stadium as well as the entertainment district around the stadium which leads people to park at other nearby business to walk. I believe if connected with transit, a stadium at TSU could work very well connected the site to other parts of the core of Nashville.

I currently live in the Atlanta area. Buckhead is roughly 7.4 miles from downtown/midtown Atlanta, almost the exact same distance as Green Hills is from downtown Nashville at 7.5 miles so technically Buckhead is a tiny bit closer to Atlanta than Green Hills is to Nashville. Buckhead’s skyline rivals some midsized southern cities and exceeds most smaller southern cities. As stated Green Hills would need a massive revamp of it’s infrastructure to be able to compete, though I do see the comparison. Both are essentially quasi upscale edge cities though Green Hills functions more like an extension of Nashville and feels more like a neighborhood. Buckhead essentially feels like it’s own thing away from other parts of Atlanta. I'd personally prefer places like Green Hills to develop more like the edge cities of DC, with an abundence of midrises lining the main corridors with a few 20-30 story buildings thrown in to break up the monotony. Buckhead, while nice to look at from a disrance leaves a lot to be desired at the street level.

Thought this was interesting video. The "This is interesting" channel discusses geography on youtube and appearantly ranks Jacksonville, Virginia Beach and Memphis along with Charlotte Houston and Atlanta in the tier one caterory ahead of both Nashville and Raleigh in tier two lol. It's clear this guy just randomly typed cities in Google and just used the first resources that popped up. Apparently there's some sites that still list Nashville being the smaller city. Here's the video: Can skip to the 29:24 mark. Here's a link to a site called macrotrends that lists the Nashville MSA at 1.2 million? Not sure how they got that number but it seems theres a lot of incorrect data out there. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/23077/nashville/population%23:~:text%3DThe%20metro%20area%20population%20of,a%202.04%25%20increase%20from%202019.&ved=2ahUKEwj1_fz84cX8AhWkQjABHUiRBKgQFnoECBEQBQ&usg=AOvVaw1wjZwdFQdEHQQ_6_li9k06

I’d say midtown north closer Charlotte Pk is ripe for high rise construction. Other possible candidates would be the Ewing development Riverside Nashville along Trinity LN. Maybe possibly rezoning Metro Center to allow for high rises. I wouldn’t even be apposed to rezoning for high rises of 20-30 stories along the major pikes closer to the core to increase density. I actually see no reason to really build tall in somewhere like Cool Springs. Nashville-Davidson County is over 525 square miles. To put that into perspective, New York City including all five boroughs is only 472 square miles but with over 8 million people. Not saying Nashville will ever reach that but there’s still plenty of room within Davidson to develop.

In my opinion it’s all about giving people options. Not everyone wants to live in a multifamily development. Like it or not, single family homes aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Why not allow more single family homes in these areas (planned of course) to capture those whom would otherwise move to Rutherford, Wilson or Williamson counties thereby creating even more sprawl further outside the core. A similar argument tends to be made when discussing mass transit vs expanding roads. There’s room for both, as we know most people aren’t willing to give up their cars. There’s room for both multi family developments in the core neighborhoods and a single family homes in Davidson County.

I’ll go a little further that there’s still the racial and economical stigma as well since North Nashville, Bordeaux, and the Brick Church Pk neighborhoods historically and culturally are predominantly Black and middle to working class. Mass development has never really hit those areas mainly due to the crime perception which kept developers and retailers from investing in those areas. Didn’t help that the city until very recently decided to start expanding the infrastructure that way. The widening of Clarksville Hwy being a prime example that should have been done 20 years ago.

I’m from Northwest Davidson County and there’s a staggering amount of undeveloped and underutilized land that way. Not just there but Southwest Davidson past Bellevue and West towards Ashland City. Not sure why developers couldn’t mimic cities like Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Chattanooga with housing and infrastructure in the hills. Heck there’s cities all over the planet that are built into mountains such as Hong Kong, Santiago Chile, Geneva Switzerland etc. I believe going forward Nashville is going to have to start getting creative with it’s land use.

Anyone familiar with this? From the Nashville Post Developer eyes 2.5 billion dollar project for Cumberland River. https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/developer-eyes-2-5b-project-for-cumberland-river/article_2c706142-372c-11ec-b53c-d3d5ff81e510.html

Saw this posted on another forum. Updated rendering of Nashville Yards. https://twitter.com/Gresham_Smith/status/1445449115819671558?s=20

There's actually a Nigerian/West African restaurant called Nico's Lounge Restaurant and Bar on Nolensville Rd. Never been but it looks to have some authentic Nigerian dishes like Jollof rice and fufu. I can also vouch for Korea House on Charlotte Pk. I've worked at Hankook in the past and very familiar with a lot of Korean dishes and they definitely have some authentic food there. Also VN Pho on Charlotte has some fantastic Vietnamese food.

Found this while searching online. Apparently the Nashville Civic Design Center has released some proposed renderings of the East Bank around the Titans stadium. https://www.civicdesigncenter.org/all-projects-blog/east-bank

That's actually the new Gateway Germantown apartment complex under construction on Rosa Parks Blvd. https://nashvillenownext.com/2021/07/08/construction-update-gateway-germantown-a-new-multi-family-development-in-north-nashville/

I actually agree with this. My view is more of an alternative based on current zoning laws.

I'd say regarding land use, there's tons of land in Davidson County, possibly hundreds if not thousands of acres of undeveloped and underutilized land. This includes the East Bank, River North, PSC metals, Midtown, all of the pikes (Gallatin, Dickerson, Nolensville, Charlotte, Brick Church etc. ) and that doesn't even include land outside the 440 and Briley Pky loop in areas like Bellevue, Joelton, Whites Creek, Madison, Hermitage etc. Since there is so much land these areas could potentially accommodate thousands and could be more affordable alternatives to more expensive areas.