[The Transportation and Mass Transit Megathread]

1 hour ago, Bos2Nash said:

I like the sidewalk widening, pedestrian improvement and all, but I really wish the bollards were better / more sturdy. I was walking around a week or two ago and I noticed the ones at 1st ave on the Acme side were already beat up pretty bad. Not sure if it is a VE choice or what, but I don’t see how these bollards are that protective if they bend and give so easily to vehicles. 

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.

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On 2/10/2023 at 6:00 AM, markhollin said:

Looking SE from Cambria Suites (courtesy of Martin B. Cherry):

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! )

[Haven at The Gulch, 11 stories, 299 apts, $100 million]

3 hours ago, markhollin said:

Looking west from Division St.,  1/2 block west of 6th Ave. South:

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.

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

[Nashville Bits and Pieces]

^ 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.

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

On 10/26/2020 at 7:25 PM, chris holman said:

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.

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

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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.

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On 6/29/2020 at 3:35 PM, BnaBreaker said:

Lol... now someone is going to have to be paid to maintain that useless three foot piece of grass in front of each dwelling, or the residents will have to keep lawn care equipment on hand to tend to it.  Just pave over it for gods sake.  Geez louise.  It's like Nashville holds on to that grass strip because it feels like it's what keeps it  from becoming a full fledged urban environment and grounded to it's suburban sprawl roots.  

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.

[The Transportation and Mass Transit Megathread]

41 minutes ago, markhollin said:

...and a path for pedestrian parking.

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On 6/17/2020 at 10:37 PM, PianoKing03 said:

I would argue that Pinnacle is already more “premier” than this can possibly be...

No... The prime views of I-40 are worth more than the river could ever provide!

(sarcasm, of course)

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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.

[Nashville International Airport Development thread]

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...

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13 hours ago, LA_TN said:

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. 

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

^ 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.

[Nashville Bits and Pieces]

The crime is posting the same thing in multiple threads. 

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^ Those fine gentlemen must have many a bruise on their shins!

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Hashtag action shot from earlier in the day:

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On 3/8/2020 at 12:04 PM, smeagolsfree said:

I do think your accessment is correct about growing families which will have an impact that Metro seems to have overlooked and that is schools. They will have a shortage of classrooms as time goes on and these families grow. We will see what happens with this.

Not sure whether I agree with this or not... Your rationale makes sense if they stay where they are, but the majority of young families I know who live in the core are fleeing Metro for the 'burbs and their vastly superior school systems as their kids come of age.

[Davidson East: East Nashville, Inglewood, Madison, Donelson, Hermitage, Old Hickory]

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Was "East Nashville BBQ". Tasty, but never had enough clientele to sustain it, so it sat vacant for some time. Crossing my fingers it gets a positive replacement.

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^

In case anyone is curious of the perspective, my guess is this is a (very generous) rendering of the view from the sidewalk in front of the YMCA

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This was yesterday morning. They were already tearing up the street, presumably for the gas line cutoff mentioned by @CenterHill above?

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On 2/5/2020 at 3:21 PM, nativenashville said:

I heard he tore up the project plans in a petty rage.

#pelosi'd

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2 hours ago, nativenashville said:

Is this thing really going to be that much taller then 222?

From News 2:

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BREAKING: Nashville Four Seasons hotel development to be renamed "444" because it is twice as tall as 222.

More details at 6:00...

[J/K. ]

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Speaking of blocked-off sidewalks...

Seriously, didn't we pass some requirement a few years ago that was supposed to require sidewalks to remain open? What's the deal?

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On 11/20/2019 at 9:21 AM, PruneTracy said:

Millennials.