[805 Lea, 29 stories, 310', 356 residential units, 10,500 sq. ft. retail, 321 car garage]

20 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

I liked his sister better!

I think she was most peoples' favorite character.

[805 Lea, 29 stories, 310', 356 residential units, 10,500 sq. ft. retail, 321 car garage]

3 hours ago, titanhog said:

Too bad none of us instructed the rioters a few weeks ago to focus on these poles instead of the courthouse. 

I thought that too. We could have had a couple guys in MAGA hats say "No, not Stix! Anything but that!" Except, their lives would've been in danger.

[Nashville Bits and Pieces]

24 minutes ago, PaulChinetti said:

Who would even trust the police anymore. 
 

Meant to link to this comment specifically. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/gtsso9/there_was_no_warning_whatsoever_police_shoot_tear/fsebyk0/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

RIP public trust.

14 hours ago, downtownresident said:

Given how coordinated this seems to be across the country, I’m not sure it says much of anything about Nashville. 

Yep. Seems like Antifa types to me. 

[2010 West End Ave. residential tower, 25 stories, 299 ft., 358 units, 5,500 sq. ft. of retail, 420 capacity garage]

2 hours ago, nashvylle said:

Sorry had to do it. Mods- delete if you want. 

At least it didn't break wind, "That's what ParkAve said"

[Inside 440 - Berry Hill, Midtown, Vanderbilt, 12S, WeHo, Fairgrounds, etc.]

8 minutes ago, dmillsphoto said:

Why am I even still a mod?!

Chin up!

[What are you listening to?]

Molly Tuttle.

[What are you listening to?]

 

[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)]

5 hours ago, VSRJ said:

Yikes, it does not look so Grand from the back...

It's certainly no J-Lo.

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

6 hours ago, OnePointEast said:

It's so weird seeing so many trees from that perspective. Just can't seem to grasp where exactly this was taken at, though. 

The sign says exit 87 Trinity Lane, so it's where I-24 and I-65 meet north of downtown.

[19th & Broadway; Fallyn Apts. (26 stories, 295', 355 units); Fraye Hotel (16 stories/220 rooms); 2,500 sq. ft. ground retail; garage]

6 hours ago, CenterHill said:

it’s the reality of the market.  

   

I understand that. I just wanted to vent frustration. 

[19th & Broadway; Fallyn Apts. (26 stories, 295', 355 units); Fraye Hotel (16 stories/220 rooms); 2,500 sq. ft. ground retail; garage]

I always wonder why they use lots with historic and interesting buildings when there are so many surface parking lots, empty lots, fast food, 60s and newer houses or 1 story businesses which are obviously under-utilizing the property, etc.

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

Fantastic photos! That first one should replace the across-the-river skyline shot that we usually see on t.v. and whatnot.

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

1 hour ago, VSRJ said:

This might be controversial, but I would argue that Memphis is more of an "international destination" than Nashville is. While your average international traveler might not be able to point out Tennessee on a map, they would be more likely to have heard of Memphis. When I worked in Downtown Memphis, I was always amazed by the number of international visitors and different languages and accents I would hear while out and about.

I live in Memphis and I don't know of a single square inch of this city that's worth visiting from Arkansas or Mississippi. International tourists who come here must surely want their money back. People I've met from Germany, Switzerland, Austria and also some South American countries, however, love country music and express a strong desire to visit Music City. I will admit that my Middle Eastern friends have never heard of it though.... Too busy listening to Fayruz I guess.

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

17 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

Does it look like they are taking the building apart? William noticed this and wondered if they are going to reassemble the mural in another location. They seem to be doing this very carefully as they cold have it down in one hour with a large back hoe.

I sure hope it's reassembled! I was upset about losing it. Although, I suppose it's in disrepair anyway.

[Embassy Suites (30 stories, 500 rooms), 1 Hotel (18 stories, 221 rooms)]

I thought this one wasn't happening. What an emotional roller coaster!

[Paramount Tower, 65-68 stories, approx. 750', 200 units, $240 million, Church Street Park]

59 minutes ago, DeemonBruhn said:

 

To each their own. To me that looks like an early 2000’s era design for a building that belongs Houston.

 

I think it looks magnificent. Sort of like art deco.

[Paramount Tower, 65-68 stories, approx. 750', 200 units, $240 million, Church Street Park]

2 hours ago, Dale said:

I used to work with a homeless ministry. And I can attest that it is damned difficult to teach people to fish when they don’t want to.

Jesus teaching the 5000 was a different type of situation. My thought was: maybe the churches/charities should give to programs aimed at getting the homeless into the workforce, not just giving them handouts, which might make the ones giving them feel good about themselves, but doesn't really do anything for the homeless. I have worked with people in Memphis who were homeless, but now have a job and live in a house and pay bills etc.. That should be the aim. I've also known folks who don't think they should have to work and will never amount to anything. I have no sympathy for them.

[Paramount Tower, 65-68 stories, approx. 750', 200 units, $240 million, Church Street Park]

3 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

Homeless folks need a helping hand not to be enabled

So many people confuse the 2 though. I wonder if they've heard the proverb about giving a man a fish vs. teaching him to fish.

[Paramount Tower, 65-68 stories, approx. 750', 200 units, $240 million, Church Street Park]

1 hour ago, nashville_bound said:

Non a peep of complaint from Nashville residences who have been dealing with the crime-ridden ulcer of a park for a decade.

That's why it's a silent majority.

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

1 hour ago, Nashville Cliff said:

Point taken, but I doubt it. The construction quality, or relative lack of, of so much of the new crap practically guarantees their fairly quick passing into time.

I hope you're right! But I don't think there's any accountability for peoples' aesthetic tastes. I don't really know about the construction quality; I guess they'll stand until they're torn down during the next huge boom.

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

30 minutes ago, PruneTracy said:

"There's too much steak in this city." They're all real words, and the syntax and grammar seem to be in order, and yet the sentence is completely nonsensical.

That's because it breaks Aristotle's classic law of logic: non-contradiction.  "Steak" cannot exit with "too much" predicatin' it. Same with dunkel beer.

[Paramount Tower, 65-68 stories, approx. 750', 200 units, $240 million, Church Street Park]

1 hour ago, bigeasy said:

You forgot to mention the part where it loses about a quarter of the height from the original rendering.

Let's hope that step is skipped in regards to Paramount.

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

2 hours ago, PHofKS said:

I lived on Electric Avenue at a young age for a few months when we moved back from Alabama. We rented the two story log cabin which was beautiful inside. It was torn down a few years ago for some tall skinny crap. 

Some day someone will say that their tall-skinny was torn down for whatever thing comes in the future. Maybe log cabins will come back, you know, since fads and fashions are cyclical.

[Paramount Tower, 65-68 stories, approx. 750', 200 units, $240 million, Church Street Park]

Isn't this how it normally happens? It's announced, there's a flurry of excitement here, followed by a year or two of silence, then one day we see renderings and details but no start date.......Finally, someone on this board drives by and snaps a picture of workers on the site, followed by a fence and whatnot and it starts getting built.

[Davidson Southeast: Antioch, Century Farms, East of Brentwood]

39 minutes ago, titanhog said:

I just did a little research...and it looks like 10 years is the longest period (I think from 1991 to 2001).  This appears to be the 2nd longest growth period in US history...so it's probably about time for another recession...though it hopefully won't be anywhere close to 2007-2009.

I was looking at those recession numbers from the 1700's up through WWII...and WOW!  Talk about volatile!  Some of those would have like a -35% growth!

I knew gold coins were abandoned around the Depression and silver in 1964, but I was under the impression that the boom/bust pattern didn't come about until after that. I just researched it too to make sure, and it seems things didn't start fluctuating like crazy until after the War between the States, but I didn't understand why. The value of gold seems to have been conrolled by the ratio of gold production and gold exports, perhaps the war sent that on a spiral? Of course there were other things like President Jackson kicking out the national Bank that probably made an effect.....also the cause of the boom/bust cycle is from the use of credit supply which has always been around as far as I know.