Mr Gain

He says you can't say they are losing too much other than nostalgia of what some people remember. It also seems like he wants to get rid of the street vendors because he believes street vendors open the door for panhandling. The rest of the article is nothing. It looks like there could be some kind of quota of negative articles on broadway. I guess the rag called this dupe to get a few quotes to do yet another hit piece on lower Broadway. What the dupe doesn't get is that the article is possibly another in a long line of stories meant to ratchet up emotions in order to shut down the lower Broadway entertainment district. This is what, the fourth article on Lower Broadway in a week? Who or what entities is this rag shilling for? Is it monied interests? If you shut down the entertainment district of lower broad, can you not shut down 2nd Ave., Printers Alley, or the entertainment options soon to be on the other side of the convention center? What's funny is that without lower Broadway, Nashville isn't getting all of the stores, restaurants, entertainment venues, and high rise construction that is occurring.

Young enough not to whine because people have a good time in live music venues. And the fact still stands those events ain't happening at the frequency they were on 2nd Ave. 10 years ago.

Notice how no one says there are regular, semi-regular, or constant: stabbings, shootings, and other violent acts like there were 10 years ago on the 2nd Avenue night scene. This seems like a bunch of aged people who seem mad at the world because people visit Nashville and are not interested in sitting at some table watching stoically while some songwriter or struggling musician strums his guitar. They seethe with anger because people come here and dance to music played by professional bands. Well tough the world changes. People need to grow up.

This article is so full holes that you couldn't even make a slice of swiss cheese out of it. No wonder newspaper readership is declining. Before they hid the story behind a paywall (maybe they understood how much it crumbles under scrutiny), the imbecilic story tried to imply that crime was going up downtown because of the tourists themselves. Well crime has gone up all over the city and all over the country for that matter. On top of that there is no mention of who the suspects are. You can bet if they were mostly or all tourists they would have said it. This person is either dumb or this is an intentional mislead. Secondly it mentions that a law firm and a bank are moving from downtown to Nashville Yards. Seemingly to imply that they left because of tourism. Then they try to hide the attempted deception afterwards by writing neither said why they had moved. So that brings up the question of why even mention it then? That's either incompetent high schooler journalism or an attempt at deception. Could one reason be that their rent was going up? Why would that same law firm and bank move next door to the AEG entertainment district with live entertainment and recreation directed at tourists? Why are companies signing leases in the fifth and broad complex whose dining, nightlife, and shopping are mainly filled with tourists?

The Smith guy specifically refers to the homeless and criminals including the drug dealers. He's not complaining about tourists. You have to wonder why dummies like Spyridon and his ilk going after hot dog and gyro street vendors instead of the homeless.

The ACME guy is crying that no one comes to Nashville just to sit on their hands stoically and watch songwriter's night. Yep Nashville tourism is out of control because tourists want to hear real bands perform. Don't make statements and expect not to be asked for facts to back it up.

Like who? Provide specifics.

He didn't say anything about "out of control". So yeah you made it up. He specifically refers to the homeless and criminals including the drug dealers. So the moaning about the tourists is out of place. This "story" is nothing more than a poorly constructed hit piece against the entertainment district probably on behalf of the real estate developers. This is the third such article by that sham of a paper in less than four months.

Don't make stuff up. Provide us with a quote.

We should get on board with this. The development companies need our support.

Man Vancouver style buildings are mundane.

Peabody Place has this beat by at least three years.

The quality of design (or lack thereof in Nashville's case) is a direct reflection of the city itself. It's time for Nashville developers to step up their game and be game changers.

I agree with the sentiment here. The buildings being put up in Nashville suck.

Where will the TSU students park?