[Project Thread/New Construction/Photo du jour/Const. CAMs]

3 hours ago, Flatrock said:

Happy Taco Tuesday, friends. From Ascension Saint Thomas' parking garage in midtown looking east. 

If it wasn’t for the TN tower and James K. Polk office building on the left, I’d could almost pass for a different city. I’m blown away how much the skyline has changed. 

[1010 Church Street (60 story/750', 500 unit residential tower, 7 story/60,000 sq. ft. YMCA addition), $350 million]

I thought it was interesting in his interview when he said he likes clean lines for his buildings with no appendages. Ummm Signature Tower had a giant appendage on top! His tastes have obviously changed lol. 

[Project Thread/New Construction/Photo du jour/Const. CAMs]

14 hours ago, titanhog said:

Noticed a story on Penny Adams and Penny Adams Photography on WKRN.   She took these photos in 2015 and 2024.  UNBELIEVABLE!

The photo print that’s for sale is one of the best skyline photos of Nashville I’ve ever seen.

 

Do you know where is south Nashville the photo was taken from? I didn’t hear her mention a name in her video. 

[Nashville Yards, 15 acres/4 million sq. ft./ $1 billion, Phase I: Grand Hyatt Hotel (25 stories), Phase II: Amazon (26 & 22 stories), Phase III: AEG District (4 K theater, 34 & 35 story apts); Phase IV: Pinnacle Tower (35 stories), Amazon 3 (43)]

I see the tagging didn’t take long on the content wall at the very bottom. 

[Huntsville Projects]

Since this thread popped back up I’ve been reading about Huntsville. I’ve never visited, and have only passed by to visit family in Birmingham many years ago. I never really thought much of the city. I mean you can’t even see it from the interstate. I was today days old when I found out it’s Alabama’s largest city. I always thought it was Birmingham. Mind blown! 

[1010 Church Street (60 story/750', 500 unit residential tower, 7 story/60,000 sq. ft. YMCA addition), $350 million]

Couldn’t someone ask one of the workers onsite if they know anything about the tower progress? 

[1010 Church Street (60 story/750', 500 unit residential tower, 7 story/60,000 sq. ft. YMCA addition), $350 million]

38 minutes ago, UTgrad09 said:

Just be patient, y’all 

[Travel observations and new developments of other cities and countries]

https://newyorkyimby.com/2024/03/renderings-revealed-for-the-torch-at-740-eighth-avenue-in-midtown-manhattan.html
 

Probably one of the strangest skyscrapers I’ve ever seen. 

11 hours ago, markhollin said:

New York City's The Torch (52 stories, 1,067', 825 room hotel,  and large public outdoor observation deck with a drop ride attraction above) has updated renderings (courtesy of YIMBY New York):

Haha you can delete my post. I noticed yours as soon as I posted. Possibly the strangest skyscraper I’ve seen.  

[Project Thread/New Construction/Photo du jour/Const. CAMs]

On 3/9/2024 at 6:39 AM, markhollin said:

Looking east from 6th floor of Hilton Tempo:

That paint job on the Renaissance didn’t last long. At least the dark grey portion. 

[Travel observations and new developments of other cities and countries]

Not all glass boxes have to be boring. Going up in Chicago at the old Chicago Spire site. 

[Tempo Hotel, 127 Rosa Parks, 16 story, 295 room hotel, 6,500 sq. ft. retail, 200 capacity garage, ground level retail]

On 1/22/2024 at 6:14 PM, CandyAisles said:

Fins will be lit but they can’t be uplit due to Dark Skies regulations. The intent is to be able to see these fins as a wayfinding element. Hop out of the doors of the Music City Center along Demonbreun or 5th Ave…look north. The fins are about all that pop over the Baptist church so it works as intended. So there’ll be light shining down on either side of each fin as of now.

Interesting.

https://statecapitallobbyist.com/energy/2021-dark-sky-legislation/
 

 

[Four Seasons Hotel and Residences, 40 stories, 542', $400 million]

On 2/7/2024 at 7:56 PM, Brichar4 said:

New “halo” light on the roof for the first time tonight, not as bright as it looks in the picture. I really like it from a skyline view when i was driving home. 

Well finally. Not like originally planned, but something. I wonder if that’s the finished product?

 

it wasn’t on tonight. 

[Four Seasons Hotel and Residences, 40 stories, 542', $400 million]

13 minutes ago, Brichar4 said:

New “halo” light on the roof for the first time tonight, not as bright as it looks in the picture. I really like it from a skyline view when i was driving home. 

Well finally. Not like originally planned, but something. I wonder if that’s the finished product? Also, it’s interesting that you can still see the vertical lines that were lit up in the renderings. 

[Peabody Union (27 story residential, 354 units, 251,000 sq. ft. office, 50,000 sq. ft. retail), Peabody Plaza (9-story, 280,000 sq. ft. office), & 4 smaller buildings, MDHA Trolley Barn sites]

5 hours ago, MontanaGuy said:

From everything that I've read about Tokyo it's such a massive city with such good mass transit that cars aren't commonly used by the general public.  There just isn't enough room for them and you can easily live there without one.

 

I was stationed in Japan for two years in the Tokyo area and visited all the time. That’s a normal crowd for Shibuya Crossing. Also, there are many elevated crosswalks throughout the area and many cars. It’s a very nice system and you’d never think you were in a metropolis of 38 million people.
 

My son is currently stationed in the same area with the Navy, and takes the train everywhere. He says he doesn’t miss driving at all, and has no desire to come back to the states anytime soon. He really loves it there. 

[Project Thread/New Construction/Photo du jour/Const. CAMs]

9 hours ago, markhollin said:

TBT: Lower Broadway, 1986.

You should post these photos on the "I Remember Nashville When" Facebook group for all the people that whine about how good that area was in the good old days.

[Paseo South Gulch (Phases 2 & 3: 30 & 16 stories w/ 390 residential units, 183 room hotel, 18,000 sq. ft. office, 14,000 sq. ft. retail; Phases 4 & 5: Another 30 story tower w/ 396 units, a 22 story office tower, 1,500 capacity internal garage)]

When does it start?

[Bridgestone Arena: further development of property]

On 1/26/2024 at 11:16 PM, donNdonelson2 said:

Finally found an old internet pic (rendering?)

Yes! I was trying to find that with no luck. 

On 1/26/2024 at 11:16 PM, donNdonelson2 said:

Finally found an old internet pic (rendering?)

I never really thought about this until seeing this picture, but intentional or not, the 6 lights look like the strings on a guitar fret. 

[Bridgestone Arena: further development of property]

21 minutes ago, GregH said:

I don't know where they are but someone downtown still uses spotlights, I can see them sometimes from my house in West Nashville when it's cloudy.

There are/were 6 of them. They were stationary and basically beamed straight up into the sky. Looked pretty cool from afar when lit. 

[Nashville Yards, 15 acres/4 million sq. ft./ $1 billion, Phase I: Grand Hyatt Hotel (25 stories), Phase II: Amazon (26 & 22 stories), Phase III: AEG District (4 K theater, 34 & 35 story apts); Phase IV: Pinnacle Tower (35 stories), Amazon 3 (43)]

Very underwhelming. But it fits Nashville because it’s a box. 

[Travel observations and new developments of other cities and countries]

This proposal in OkC sure is getting a lot of attention in the media. 

[Bridgestone Arena: further development of property]

21 hours ago, donNdonelson2 said:

I loved those! I’m guessing they were sacrificed in the furtherance of the cause of the “dark skies” movement.

Haha so that’s why Nashville is so lacking for exterior lighting on its towers.  

[Bridgestone Arena: further development of property]

Looking at these old pictures of the arena reminded me of something about its exterior lighting. Remember when it had spotlights on the roof that beamed up into the sky? Are they still used?

[IKEA to Nashville]

3 hours ago, PillowTalk4 said:

I thought I would share this google maps view of the Ikea in Woodbridge, VA which as previously mentioned is a suburb in the greater Washington, DC area.  This Ikea location sits across from Potomac Mills mall.  As you can see from the view, it doesn't have large parking lots for the store itself.  The store has a parking garage underneath it that is the full length and width of the building.  If Ikea builds in Nashville, I hope they follow suit with the Woodbridge store even if it is in the suburbs.  This store proves that you don't need massive parking lots for it to work well.  I know some will assume that since it is located next to a mall that customers may use the parking lots nearby for Ikea as well.  Actually that seems to be relatively rare.  It really isn't convenient to use the lot across the mall access road from the Ikea store due to the constant flow of traffic for the nearby Costco store and gas station.  The parking across the street designated as Ikea parking is really more for overflow than anything else.  

I would travel to this IKEA all the time before Hampton Roads (Norfolk/VA Beach) got one. The Woodbridge store is on a small parcel of land thanks to the parking garage. Even the store in Norfolk does not seem to take up a lot of land. There’s a small parking lot and a garage. I remember when the store location was announced thinking how the heck is an IKEA going to fit there? It’s right off of I-64 and Norfolk Premium Outlets is on the other side of the interstate, as well as the airport.

[Inner Loop - CBD, Downtown, East Bank, Germantown, Gulch, Rutledge]

I visited my folks for new year and  am currently on my way back to Virginia Beach. We did some driving around, and as usual I was blown away by all the new developments. SoBro, the Gulch, and NY have really transformed downtown. It’s like an entirely new city. My only complaint is that Middle Tennessee really needs to clean up. It’s so trashy along the interstate and interchanges. Road debris, garbage, dead animals, you name it. There was nowhere else like this on our long trip from Virginia Beach to Clarksville. What gives? Are people just littering more in MT? Is there no inmate workforce to pick up trash? Do people not care?  Tennessee and of course MT are so beautiful so it’s a little disheartening, and  embarrassing. I’m sure it being winter does not help since most of the vegetation is dead and trash is more visible. I don’t remember it appearing this bad in the summer months. 

[Nashville Bits and Pieces]

Wasn’t sure where to put this. But OKC??             https://www.archpaper.com/2023/12/supertall-ao-oklahoma-city-countrys-second-tallest-building/?