PruneTracy

I approve of this reference.

It's at the railroad crossing about five or six blocks to the west.

I came across a similar proposal (though spurred by a capstone design project) a couple of years ago while searching online for a good-quality MTA logo to use on a set of plans. http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnewclassroom/archives/nashville_mta_by_logan_hartline.php Wasn't real fond of the logo itself but I liked the color and consistency. But honestly I can see from the perspective of the agency why it's hard to put a lot of effort into a brand, especially when you'd rather have your main vehicle (in both the figurative and literal sense) wrapped in money-making vinyl than displaying your logo.

Was thinking more along the lines of a different design that included office space from the first floor up on the east side with the garage space completely within the west half. You'd lose some Class A space but the premiums on the park-facing space might make up for that. Would also give your observation deck (and corresponding greenery) more sunlight. I dunno. I'm not an architect, I just get paid to make their designs stand up.

While I'm firmly in the "beggars can't be choosers" camp, fronting what is practically permanent open space with ten stories of a garage is a huge missed opportunity. Why not construct the office and retail space on the eastern half of the block and reserve the west half for a garage? There appears to be plenty of room for a 25,000 SF floor plate that fronts the entire width of the block along First.

TDOT's 2013 AADT measurements for the southern end of this segment (near Interstate 440) topped 37,000 vehicles per day, which exceeds the capacity limits of a two-lane road even without intersection controls. So unfortunately, it looks like a road diet is a no-go, excepting the possibility of a bypass route, or of course, if the Hillsians to the southwest develop an affinity for transit. A little access control would be nice, though. I don't see a single driveway or parking area that couldn't be accessed from a side street.

Golf carts are for hoity-toity Floridian retirees. No self-respecting cosmopolitan redneck urbanite would be caught dead in a Club Car. No, he would ride in style.

Were it not for the Station Inn I would say that the block bordered by 11th, 12th, and Pine would be an ideal location for open space such as a square or plaza. If you can imagine standing in the middle of such a space with full build-out of the surrounding area you can see what I'm getting at. Or an extension (probably a re-extension) of Gleaves. In any case, the elevation change combined with the close quarters puts a damper on any such connection today.

It's the central comms office for AT&T (and colocators) for the Nashville area. Has lots of boring yet very expensive and slightly hazardous equipment inside. While I agree it's not ideally placed for downtown development it does allow for most everyone in the high-rises nearby to view pictures of cats on the Internet, among other important business tasks. If it makes you feel better the transmitter towers are gone.

Let's not throw the baby out with the bath water. Cook Out is pretty awesome. ... But yes, the scale of these two buildings is ridiculous.

Having worked with CSXT (among other Class I railroads) on several projects, and also noting that this new development originates from Senator Monorail, I remain skeptical.

Of course, there is a low-cost solution to regulate on-street parking that requires neither street furniture nor fancy smartphone apps— http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_parking —But while that fills the original role of metered parking, i.e., to increase turnover of spaces and discourage long-term parking, it doesn't serve as a revenue stream, and we simply can't do without that, now can we.

As I recall, It isn't (wouldn't have been) a tunnel proper, but more like a "cut and cover" without much of the cut. Don't think it would require such a change in the vertical alignment of 31st that geology becomes an issue.

Forty-two condos planned for the former Bellevue Grace Assembly church site. Glad to see suburban infill but hate the vehicular access directly to Highway 70 South. Hopefully the developer will give some more love to sidewalks than the adjacent developments.

They also have offices at 1816 Hayes (the brick building with red awnings in the background of your Street View capture) as well as Signature Center at 1900 Church (behind and to the right of the capture). It's a veritable campus. On a semi-related note, Middle Tennessee Erosion placed a construction entrance and sediment tubes on the 1818 Church site this morning. They didn't leave much room for the palm trees, but the night is young.