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  1. archilove
    There is free curbside and garage parking at Capitol View and the Farmer's Market. You can then get around town on free circulator buses. The first one and a half hours is free at the library. You can park free at the stadium, walk across the pedestrian bridge, then use the free circulator buses.
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    Okay, enough fooling around. We're getting the infill taken care of. Now let's go for the sky with style.
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    Different for the sake of being different. Odd looking at best. Am glad Indigo expansion is keeping the old facade. It is far superior to the remake.
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    He reminds me of Bozo the clown.
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    We can't let that happen.
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    I have many fond associations with this station dating back to my childhood when I would take the Royal Palm to Chattanooga on summer vacation to visit my Dad. I still remember waking up as we came into Tennessee and going to the dining car for a Southern breakfast that I could not get in Detroit. It included grits, of course, bacon, biscuits, sunny side up eggs, etc., served on a starchy white tablecloth by a waiter in a starchy white apron. It was the highlight of my year to enjoy this breakfast as the scenery rolled by and the train, pulled by a 4-6-2 Pacific steam engine clickety-clacked ever closer to my destination where my Dad and Great Uncle would be waiting with my Uncle's model A Ford. So long ago and so far away.
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    I saw Bredesen at a Waffle House this morning. Wish we had him back.
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    He thinks he has a mandate from a group of Nashvillians who are against growth. And before he was mayor, was he not a leader of the opposition to Giarratana's tall building at the homeless encampment park on Church Street? His actions are harming us but in his rather narrow mind he thinks he is saving us. Those signs are perfectly tasteful. He doesn't really care about that, he just wants to stick it to the big guy.
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    The city really comes alive at night! Nice photos.
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    Great shot! (The nighttime shot).
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    My son is a scavenger and a meticulous craftsman. He built us patios and decorative walls using paving stones from the Church Street Viaduct and brick from old downtown houses and places such as Albion, Il and Brooklyn, NY. He is a rabid preservationist and hated it when they tore down the old train shed and the stone retainer wall where the Assurion construction is taking place. Speaking of scavengers, I knew an Illinois farmer who made off with a brick from the Colosseum in Rome by concealing it under his armpit. At least that was his story. He used to display it on his mantel and show it proudly to everyone. He died a couple of years ago, so guess he got away with it. Too bad.
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    This has become one of my favorite hangouts. I can have a cappuccino at Starbucks, then walk a block south where things open up and I can get a view of most of the new construction. And there is always free curbside parking.
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    They didn't go cheap on this one and it perfectly expresses the idea of an exclusive, quality academic institution. Nashville and West End are the lucky beneficiaries.
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    The rooftop extension makes the overall shape more definitively vertical, a good move.
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    Looks better in person. Its a goodie.
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    A jewel of a shot. Nice comp.
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    The old house was a beauty spot that leant character to the neighborhood. This is just a large spot that lends a little bulk to the skyline but does little for you up close. From a distance Manhatten's skyline is spectacular, but once you are down in one of the canyons something has to be going on up close in order for you to gain much from the experience. Nashville's strength is that there is a wealth of things going on up close.
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    That crown (Endeavor) would have created a more vertical thrust and made a stronger design shape.
  20. archilove
    That crown (Endeavor) would have given the building more of a vertical thrust and made a stronger design shape.
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    The glass on this one is decorative and contrasts nicely with the marble.
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    A nice addition to West End and a welcome relief from the plethora of glass.
  23. archilove
    Most major cities (other than New York, Chicago, etc.) have only a handful of supertalls, and they skew you're perception of the skyline as a whole. It would only take three or four supertalls added to that Nashville skyline to give the effect of a fairly large city. 505 may be 200 feet shorter than the Los Angeles building but appears taller than it actually is because it sits on a hill.
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    Aertson has both style and mass. One of the city's best additions.
  25. archilove
    Did you know that the word "detail" comes from the name of the french artist "Detaille," who put a lot of it in his paintings. Most people like detail. Which is why a lot of people don't like nondescript glass boxes.
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