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    It's definitely funny to see how trends affect the names for these buildings...we've seen it go from mostly abstract concepts like Icon, Element, and Octave to more niche/historic family names like The Morris, The Harlowe, and now The Miles that must be an attempt to give the new buildings more of an established, urban feel. Not sure that it works in a very meaningful way, but probably a sort of interesting reflection of how the general impressions of urban living have changed.
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    The only positive thing that comes to mind for me is that the massing is sorta interesting when coming up the Division St connector, but this is ruined of course by the horrible, flat exterior. I really wish that this one could have been stopped or held to a higher design standard when it was proposed. It will only look worse too as the Albion rises next to it.
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    Pretty cool of them to include Tony Giarratana's new apartment towers in the renderings! No 1001 Church St though.
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    The 1 Hotel should have some signage going up soon as well, I passed by workers prepping it on Friday.
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    I really don't want either to be honest. Even if it was the party whose ideology I align much more closely with, it would be annoying regardless to deal with the protests and crowds that will inevitably be brought in by either of these conventions. This summer's Baptist convention at the MCC was already politically-charged enough with street preachers and demonstrators on every corner yelling throughout all hours of the day and being a general hassle to be around. And that was a much smaller affair than either of these would be.
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    This honestly may be worse than the original building. The old design was ugly, but it didn't attempt to stand out from its surroundings like this one will be doing. I'm very disappointed that this was the city's vision for this.
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    I think that a member of the leadership at Pinnacle literally said something like "Nashville's CBD is shifting west" and I'm starting to think there's a lot of truth to that. SoBro will likely continue to grow increasingly residential/retail/entertainment-focused and Nashville Yards will make that end of downtown along with Midtown more attractive for workplaces.
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    I was going to say the same! I did not like the old brick and stucco at all, but still was concerned that the white paint job would be a trendy solution that wouldn't fit. In reality, it looks really nice and has improved the aesthetics of that building significantly IMO.
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    Have there been any updates to what changes will be made to the site of the bombing, the telecommunications building itself? I don't have a photo, but I work downtown and have noticed that the entirety of the building is surrounded with some type of scaffolding or something and it almost looks as if some kind of work is beginning on the exterior. To be clear, I don't want to get anybody's hopes up since I don't have any sort of confirmation of this, it's just the impression that I have gotten this past week when driving by.
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    Nothing to worry about yet regarding a significant design change, a less HD version of this angle was shared along with the original project plans and there is very little difference if any when cross referenced with the one from today's article. The angle itself paired with the descending tiers of the building just creates a slight optical illusion.
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    I think that I missed that this building will be 575' tall It's going to look huge over there, and with a nice design too. Consider me excited!
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    This building desperately needs any kind of depth whatsoever on the facade, it's so flat and lifeless currently.
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    So excited just imagining Nashville's next media big media company relocations!!!
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    I still find the new design a lot more tasteful and interesting. There is definitely vintage inspiration behind it, but it's certainly executed in an elegant way. I may disagree with a lot here regarding this opinion, but to me, the only thing that was truly stunning about the original proposal was the ground level activation. The tower designs themselves were nice, but felt very mediocre to me outside of the slight curve on one side. I don't know, the whole thing just seemed very reluctant in establishing themselves as icons in the skyline, especially for a building that would have been the city and state's tallest. While the new proposal is shorter, I find it much more bold in design and the configuration a better fit for the surrounding neighborhood.
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    As usual, I really admire Tony's ambition and commitment to good urbanism. Design-wise, I think it looks like a very nice building and the jeweled facade would look great. If I'm being greedy, I just wish that there was one perhaps even one small element of flair that could bump up this proposal a bit as though to say "Hey, I'm the new tallest building and everybody knows it". Whether it be a setback, a slight taper to the crown, or even a spire, I can't help but think that a detail like that could elevate this one from really nice to gorgeous.
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    It's a concept created by UTK Architecture students for the Amazon HQ back in 2019 according to the site- "As Nashville was named one of 20 finalist cities in the Amazon HQ2 competition, out of a field of 278 submissions. UTK College of Architecture + Design’s Nashville Urban Studio students explored the potential of a very large, provocative Amazon HQ2 Campus site within the downtown as advocacy. The site is actually three different, contiguous sites on the East Bank of the Cumberland River, consisting of a “parking crater” surrounding the NFL Stadium, the PSC metal recycling operation, and an 18-acre truck stop." Definitely a cool image though and pretty much my ideal vision for that area.
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    I just don't understand how this one would work out for them financially...the configuration of the site is obviously incredibly wasteful and it can't possibly give the developer a proper return of investment, especially considering how much was spent to acquire it.
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    There is work being actively done on this building everyday as I see the large crews and equipment going back and forth frequently, but the exterior work has definitely almost stagnated since topping out. I'm guessing that the focus has moved toward the interior.
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    I adored the original design, but the most recently-updated version is a really interesting looking building too. The facade material finishes look really nice. The attention to-detail on the ground level looks really promising as well-
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    It's a sad story, yet it's also one that I am shocked hasn't happened before. All of the gimmicky party rides around Broadway have been out of control for too long. They literally run 7 days a week, many days starting as early as 9am and there are so many different varieties now that it's hard to miss them at any time of day if you're downtown. I have personally been stuck behind a tractor pull heading west at 10 mph on Demonbreun multiple times. I get the appeal for a tourist, but it's just grown too disruptive to locals and really shouldn't need to be operating so far outside of the Broadway/2nd Ave areas. Anecdotally, I've heard that the reason many of these seemingly not street legal party vehicles can operate in Nashville is due to the state's laws regarding agricultural vehicles that essentially states that you can't ban vehicles from the public roadways due to their weight, speed, size, etc and that many of these companies exploit these laws as a loophole. Is this true? And if so, will that make regulating these in Nashville more difficult?
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    I get that we all loved the height of the initial proposal, but as far as the design goes, I actually think that this iteration is a huge upgrade. The facade is really striking with the lattice patterns, and the angular shapes of the buildings are unique for Nashville and will strongly stand out in the crowd. They all have a very cosmopolitan flair to them that I love and I really think that they would look fantastic as southern bookends to our ever growing skyline.
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    I never saw this, appreciate the share! I found the bolded portion of the article particularly interesting, as it seems that the new development surrounding the stadium will be taking cues from 2nd Ave and its upcoming rebuild. If so, I love the sound of that.
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    Again, my labeling of urban Houston as "disorganized" is not meant to be mean or derogatory in anyway. I'm not denying that Houston is one of the most rapidly growing cities in the world or that it is a very nice place to live, I'm simply referring to their urban make-up, which is undeniably disorganized. The city has leaned much more heavily on expanding highways than developing other methods of getting around, and I think that is part of the reason why the city looks the way that it does. The Houston skyline is deceiving in comparison to its size because it has been stretched very thin and is not centralized. And very few other places around the world can say that they offer so many juxtapositions like this... https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Weirdest-images-from-Houston-s-lack-of-zoning-laws-9171688.php#photo-10774164 Of course that article offers a funnier angle on the subject, but it still illustrates my point.
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    You're definitely right, I can't argue with that logic. It's more of a personal gripe than anything as a very visual person.
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    I agree that rail isn't a requirement for population growth, Nashville itself is pretty strong proof of that. That said, rail or transit in general are key components to pretty much any efficient urban area and I have to think that's the original poster meant in their comment. Your examples of LA and Houston also happen to be two of the most sprawling, disorganized cities in the world and far from anything that I'd want Nashville to emulate as it grows. To be clear, I don't say that to belittle those two cities, they are world-class places with great culture. They both just also happen to share horrible traffic, environmental concerns, and lack of true urban identities that can be associated with things like the lack of a comprehensive transit alternative outside of a personal car.
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