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    Unbelievable. Say what you will about MDHA but this cost-cutting down to the bone would not have been allowed if it was in one of the redevelopment districts. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    I believe that patio will be for the Vinyl Lab (music venue, restaurant, bar). Il Forno pizzeria also opening in that building. The building further down the hill that is for lease is being marketed as meeting space.
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    In community meetings about their plans, they described the ‘greenspace’ along Houston Street as a public amenity. The fences they are putting up seem to indicate otherwise. I also hope there will be a way for pedestrians to move through the site or Brown St. to Parson’s. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Didn’t the renderings show blue ocean waves painted on the base/ parking structure? Those could make the Thing more hideous yet! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    I agree. This should be a great complement to other local businesses in the neighborhood. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Much of the deviation between buildings and population seems explainable by tourism. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    I find Cincinnati fascinating, especially from a historical perspective. From a Nashville perspective, it was once the closest big city. Then that became St. Louis. Now Atlanta. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    I appreciate the Nashville Urban Planet board for many reasons but there are two main issues that come up periodically that make me feel out of place: 1. people repeatedly posting that each proposed development should be taller (my own perspective is that quality design/development matters more and that there is a need for buildings of varying scales – not everything in/around downtown has to be aiming for as tall as possible or a new record height) 2. people bashing or expressing hostility toward anyone who might dare try to negotiate community benefits as part of development
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    At present this is a very odd little outpost of their campus. I hope they connect it to something else before long.
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    Agreed. That area needs good urban form more than it needs more height/ density. Not every building needs to be mid rise. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Can’t wait until Albion blocks this view of that thing taking shape up the hill! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Loss of a lot of shade trees. Gray St. is/was one of the only streets with a tree canopy in the neighborhood.
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    Good discussion! On most of these issues related to the overlay I agree with people saying that it's complicated and I can argue it both ways, but the one thing that doesn't seem complicated is that Wedgewood-Houston sorely lacks pedestrian and bike infrastructure. Good bike/ped infrastructure would help with adding density without equivalent congestion. The defeat of the proposed bike lanes on 8th Ave a few years ago was a major blow, and although there has been talk of bike lanes on Chestnut/ Edgehill, it seems like they recently repaved portions of this route and didn't change the striping. Key pieces of sidewalk infrastructure are also lacking. What's there in the neighborhood doesn't begin to account for the current level of density, much less what is on the way.
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    That makes sense to me. I think I've seen comments elsewhere on this board before suggesting that views from interstates need to be preserved, which strikes me as an awful idea. But I totally agree that there shouldn't be lower standards for materials or design quality just because a building is going in next to a highway, and it does seem like several of the worst buildings being built right now happen to hug the interstate.
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    If there’s one thing I think should never be factored into city planning, it’s views of the city from the interstate. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Erosion barriers went in today at the T3 Finery site on Merritt/ Gray. Looks like they are getting ready to do some grading work on the site.
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    My guess would be that the Douglas Corner area got funding for street improvements (lighting, etc.) at some point, similar to 12th South.
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    This would be a lot cooler if there was a pedestrian tunnel to it.
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    Discriminatory laws already on the books in TN mean that California has imposed a travel ban on state-funded travel to TN among other states. https://oag.ca.gov/ab1887 This leads any group that would have public employees (e.g., University of California researchers) attending to hold their events elsewhere. I'm not aware of it specifically deterring office relocations to TN, but wouldn't be surprised.
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    Nashville UP seems to have a handful of people who repeatedly post that they wish each project would have been taller, or just that Nashville would have some taller buildings. I'm not against tall buildings, but I tend to disagree with these posts. I am happier to see more buildings developed at smaller scales that create more contiguous urban areas. I wonder whether the difference boils down to whether people are thinking of the city more as a skyline or as an area to navigate on foot. The city still has a lot of gaps between walkable areas, but is in the process of closing some of them. For instance, downtown, the gulch, and midtown are growing closer toward a contiguous urbanized area. Some smaller and mid-sized cities that have gone "tall" seem kind of ridiculous to me. Oklahoma City is one example.
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    Views from the grave
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    Nashville could use a lot more buildings of about this height/scale along all of the major pikes.
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    First glimpse of the exterior cladding material (white corrugated panels) on the building going in on the corner of Humphreys & Martin (Martin Flats). This is looking east along Humphreys St.
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    Scaffolding coming off the top... aka circumcision Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    From the roof deck of the freight car project on Wingrove Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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