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

[titanhog]

Sliver lot would be a decent place for some kind of Nashville observation tower to take in downtown.

 

[smeagolsfree]

Any news on the Cambria Hotel for the Goodyear site? I noticed they have started paving the lot where the credit union once stood and the Hume Fogg project is above ground now.

I don't think the Cambrian will happen anytime soon. The folks at Goodyear signe a three year lease in the fall and they were dumbfounded that there was going to be a hotel on that site. They would have to buy them out of their lease. I will even venture to say that the Cambrian may go somewhere else entirely.

[fieldmarshaldj]

^That is so weird. I had a dream the other night where I visited some mega-high rise a mile high that looked very much like that !

[Paramount747]

Sliver lot would be a decent place for some kind of Nashville observation tower to take in downtown.

 

What is this a rendering for?

[titanhog]

I'm actually serious about using it for something like an observation tower.  Doesn't seem suited for much else.  Of course it doesn't have to look like that illustration above (I think that's from the Beijing Olympics).

[nvestnbna]

The site now would almost be better suited for residential. I agree with you on this.  Maybe we can get some insight from skyscrapergeek.

My understanding is the parking revenue is about a third of what is was prior to the MCC opening their garage, lost the parking contract for Bridgestone which went to MCC. Not in the poor house but the cash cow is a little scrawny these days. 

[agentemo1]

crickets.

[Nashville Cliff]

 I am excited to be a part of the Capitol District and to get involved where I can. 

 

Welcome. The Capitol District is a new designation for me.  Is this another realtor-driven re-branding effort (replacing Buena Vista) or is it meant to be an umbrella term for Buena Vista, Hope Gardens, Germantown, etc.?

[Nashville Cliff]

With that in mind, they would have to re build the arena in another location because of ongoing commitments like the Predators. Now they could build in the First Baptist parking lot site, however they cannot use eminent domain on a church. They would have to buy it outright. Then after that is completed, they could expand the CC on the site where the Bridgestone currently sits.

 

The government still has to buy the land when you use eminent domain, the owner just has no choice on whether to sell (unless they prove that the offered price is unreasonable, the land isn't blighted, etc.).  A lot of folks think it means the government just takes the land.  We've already seen some SoBro landowners sue over the amount the city tried to force on them.

[Bezoar]

Welcome. The Capitol District is a new designation for me.  Is this another realtor-driven re-branding effort (replacing Buena Vista) or is it meant to be an umbrella term for Buena Vista, Hope Gardens, Germantown, etc.?

 

Capital district is an unofficial umbrella term that refers to the 4 neighborhoods north of the capital:  Germantown, Salemtown, Hope Gardens and HBV.  

[smeagolsfree]

All I was saying is eminent domain cannot be used on a church.

[Bezoar]

Butchertown Hall, from the people that brought us The Pharmacy, expected to open Jan 9th. Looking forward to this one.  

http://nashville.eater.com/2014/12/17/7399169/germantown-butchertown-hall-construction-jan-9-opening-date

[rookzie]

Capital district is an unofficial umbrella term that refers to the 4 neighborhoods north of the capital:  Germantown, Salemtown, Hope Gardens and HBV.  

 

Hadn't really considered that "Capital" basically is a moniker for the aggregate of these neighborhoods; makes sense though.  Sounds much better than what they did in my old town of DC.

 

 "Noma"

 

rebranding of the transitional residential district North of Massachussetts Ave. in NW DC Just north of Union Station.

 

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[rookzie]

The government still has to buy the land when you use eminent domain, the owner just has no choice on whether to sell (unless they prove that the offered price is unreasonable, the land isn't blighted, etc.).  A lot of folks think it means the government just takes the land.  We've already seen some SoBro landowners sue over the amount the city tried to force on them.

 

...and that in addition to what we were informed on Dec. 06, when you and I were at Provence. (recall?)

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[think365]

crickets.

Well another house was just demolished in HBV on Scovel.

...and the church at 1217 Rosa Parks is being marketed for lease as a restaurant space. That would also be good for the HBV side. There is a rendering on the website. http://www.colliers.com/p-usa1005992/?14a59f606a8

[Nashville Cliff]

I'm going to be the grammar police here and recommend people call it the Capitol District rather than Capital District.  Nashville is the capital, but I assume the moniker for the district refers to its proximity to the capitol building.

[Vrtigo]

Gulch Crossings today:

 

 

Notice the Demonbreun roundabout project beginning to peek up over the other apartment building on the horizon.

Edited December 17, 2014 by Vrtigo

[TheRaglander]

Merry Christmas Batman!

Sorry about the orientation.

Edited December 17, 2014 by TheRaglander

[Vrtigo]

From my viewpoint, one light is standard white that should be green and one light is dark blue that should be red.  And the whole thing still seems inadequate in its execution. 

 

Merry Christmas, though! At least we have some color so I shouldn't be so negative.

[TNinVB]

From my viewpoint, one light is standard white that should be green and one light is dark blue that should be red.  And the whole thing still seems inadequate in its execution. 

 

Merry Christmas, though! At least we have some color so I shouldn't be so negative.

Haha at least they are trying. I was wondering when they were going to try something like this. For the longest time the spires were white and one little section near the tip was blue. You'd think someone keeps an eye on the lighting. I just looked at the skyline from the Adventure Science Center Cam and their appears to be purple on one side. Lol they are trying

[TheRaglander]

The tips are white and on the other side, some parts were not green like on the front facing.  Some work to do, yes.  Wonder if they can pull off yellow when the NHL playoffs come to Nashville.

[TNinVB]

The tips are white and on the other side, some parts were not green like on the front facing.  Some work to do, yes.  Wonder if they can pull off yellow when the NHL playoffs come to Nashville.

That would be cool to see. I don't understand why it's so difficult for them to get the lights right. I'm guessing the LED installation is done and the lights along the bridge at the top and base of the sloped glass roof will never be turned on again. I guess At&t thinks it'll wash out their logo or something. It's going to really be a hot mess if the USBank signs go up

I guess I'll get to see it in person next week when I come home for Christmas. I plan on taking a lot of pics of all the development and of course Batman at night lol.

[TheRaglander]

Don't forget the Omni. They alternate red/green & red/white. With the Batman building doing this I wonder if other buildings will. I know the Pinaccle went pink once.

[TNinVB]

That's interesting. I didn't know the Pinnacle had the capability to change the color of its lighting.

[rookzie]

Back before "LED" was well recognized as being anything beyond a tense of the verb "[to] lead", some of you's guys' parents were barely into this world, when the once "tall" Life & Casualty tower used to don color combinations of its neon "L&C" signs, to indicate the current or forecast local weather.  The signs used primarily reds and blues (and white) in simulated animation, achievable using arrays of tubes to comprise each of the three characters.  The tubes would light in sequence to create a "filling" effect.  Yes, it was totally cheeseball" compared to today's technology and standard practices, especially during holidays, but it indeed had been quite eye-catching from all the arterials leading into town from all directions.

 

The Back Bay district of Boston also used a similar effect in its older (and shorter) original John Hancock tower. at least until the mid-'70s.  Of course, once all these "towers" turned to dwarfs, trends had begin to change.

 

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Edited December 18, 2014 by rookzie