Vrtigo

I imagine it's a compromise between protecting pedestrians and not killing passengers of the moving vehicle... kind of like a modern car's "crumple zones" to help absorb the force of an impact. Personally, I share your opinion: I'd rather these things be designed to shrug off basically any impact without any visible deformation. Granted, a friend involved in their installation mentioned to me that they are indeed very stout. Details in my memory are fuzzy and probably inaccurate, but I recall them saying it would take something like a 20-ton truck at high speed to completely demolish one.

Has there been any more murmuring of reuse of this massive parking lot? I know it belongs to the church and they have expressed no intention of selling it--I just loathe the fact that this entire stretch of Demonbreun is such a no-man's-land except for occasional activation during events at the MCC (hello again, btw! )

I'm hoping the relief of this structure in the background will emphasize the existence of this curve to the frequent (drunk?) passersby who wreck the southside bollards on a seemingly weekly basis.

^ Funny how these guys look downright tiny compared to 1000CS!

^ Yep! He's a really nice guy too and he's been here for a while. I sold him a computer once and we talked for twenty minutes about boots.

I die inside a little bit more every time I see photos of a vibrant, interactive waterfront done right. I love so much about Nashville, but this is one of those things that just crushes me.

^ Breaking News: Blue Parrot to become Nashville's first rooftop bar that is... just a rooftop bar. A 50-foot high honky tonk paradise on brick stilts.

I believe the curb strip requirement came out of a desire to increase neighborhood walkability and pedestrian safety. Your point about lawn equipment is valid, but I think this little strip adds an enormous amount of curb appeal and makes for a much more pleasant walking experience than the same width of sidewalk without.

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No... The prime views of I-40 are worth more than the river could ever provide! (sarcasm, of course)

^ The whole design of the thing is really terrible. Graffiti aside, the approach and angle heading away from the Gulch is such that any random lapse in attention as you crest the bridge will take you right into the bollards. I think they are replaced pretty regularly, but every other time I drive through they seem to have been freshly destroyed again by some inattentive (or worse) driver passing through.

I heard today there were less than 100k flights today nationwide, compared to approximately 2.1 million this same day last year. A 95% drop in service...

My first thought when seeing this shot was, "What the hell? That's not Nashville!" Very rarely have I been more glad to be wrong.

^ Seems likely! Probably intending to imply as much of a connection as can be inferred without paying massive licensing fees or getting sued into oblivion.

The crime is posting the same thing in multiple threads.