1010 Church Street (60 story/750', 500 unit residential tower, 7 story/60,000 sq. ft. YMCA addition), $350 million

[MontanaGuy]

More activity in the new YMCA area, I couldn't quite see what those guys were doing with the orange piece of equipment.  
I'm not known for having a memory like a steel trap but I don't recall ever seeing that light post on the second and fifth photos before.  There's also some across the street that I think are new.  The humidity was awful today so I just took a few photos and headed home!

[MontanaGuy]

Not much happening today, I noticed that there's another pool of water in the same spot as yesterday and I recall that someone mentioned that this often means that they're going to pour concrete.  There's just one big pile of rocks left, I'm hoping that things will pick up after this heat wave.  There are some jobs that could be dangerous in heat this intense.

[MontanaGuy]

Not much happening today but I did notice that the attachment on the end of the machine on the third photo appears to be designed to smooth out the rock wall after they've removed as much rock as needed.  They've also added more water which I hope means that concrete will soon be poured.

[Bos2Nash]

25 minutes ago, MontanaGuy said:

Not much happening today but I did notice that the attachment on the end of the machine on the third photo appears to be designed to smooth out the rock wall after they've removed as much rock as needed.  They've also added more water which I hope means that concrete will soon be poured.

Thanks for the diligent photos. I don't know if that is a "smoothing" tool per say. They may be getting too close to the existing building or public ROW to use the chisels (cause too much vibration). To me, this looks like a grinder of sorts to allow them a more precise way of excavation as they are up against the constraints of the property and cannot "over excavate".

Then again, I could be completely wrong and someone with more experience please correct me  haha

[CenterHill]

9 hours ago, MontanaGuy said:

Not much happening today but I did notice that the attachment on the end of the machine on the third photo appears to be designed to smooth out the rock wall after they've removed as much rock as needed.  They've also added more water which I hope means that concrete will soon be poured.

 

 

Thanks for keeping us updated on the photos.   Re concrete, there are no forms built yet, so I doubt concrete is imminent.  I expect the water is sprayed on the walls during excavation to keep the dust down.  Just a guess.   

[MontanaGuy]

10 hours ago, CenterHill said:

Re concrete, there are no forms built yet, so I doubt concrete is imminent.

I'll bet you're right, I didn't even think about dust!  

[Rick Dalton]

He told us November.

[MontanaGuy]

44 minutes ago, Rick Dalton said:

He told us November.

Yes, I think it's going to be November for the tower itself but the new YMCA section is supposed to opening in September of next year according to this article: Major permit issued for YMCA site skyscraper | Development | nashvillepost.com

Two of the machines were working this afternoon but not much progress and it's seriously hot today!

[Azarat]

12 minutes ago, MontanaGuy said:

Yes, I think it's going to be November for the tower itself but the new YMCA section is supposed to opening in September of next year according to this article: Major permit issued for YMCA site skyscraper | Development | nashvillepost.com

Two of the machines were working this afternoon but not much progress and it's seriously hot today!

Any thoughts on where this will be by years end? Could it be at Church Street level? 

[MLBrumby]

I just checked the DT view from Fox 17 webcams and couldn't even see this crane in the view. Not long ago, it would have stuck out like a sore thumb, even at that 100' height. Now all of NY and buildings at 8th and Demonbreun block it from the south. 

[MontanaGuy]

Nothing happening today but they've smoothed out the rock walls around the YMCA area and all of the loose rock and debris is in one big pile.

[markhollin]

Downtown YMCA Addition's hole seems to have reached its final depth.

Looking NW from intersection of YMCA Way and Church St:

Looking NE from intersection of Church Street Viaduct and Upper 10th Ave. North (Platform Way):

[MontanaGuy]

It's very slow again today, I noticed some new Egyptian hieroglyphics in orange paint but I don't speak the language so I don't know what they say!

[MontanaGuy]

That machine was using the rotating head today which really tears into the rock.  It looks like it's hollowing out the walls in that corner, not lots of progress but at least they're continuing to work! 

[jjbradleyBrooklyn]

21 hours ago, MontanaGuy said:

That machine was using the rotating head today which really tears into the rock.  It looks like it's hollowing out the walls in that corner, not lots of progress but at least they're continuing to work! 

These almost daily updates are so amazing to see and super encouraging to watch the step by step process for this building.

It's funny how drawn in you get, expecting construction to move "much faster" when you see the update pictures LOL. 

But then I am reminded that skyscraper construction takes a long time. For example, the 1,073 foot Brooklyn Tower here in downtown Brooklyn, took about 4 years from excavation until topping off late last year.  But it was well worth the wait!

This tower is going to transform the Nashville skyline majorly. Putting Nashville into the "city big leagues" in terms of skylines. 

Edited August 30, 2023 by jjbradleyBrooklyn

[Luvemtall]

I know it’s beating the dead horse, but I still shake my head every time I think of the air traffic encircling  NYC and it’s 3 MAJOR airports ( 4 if you count White Plains) and think about all the towers over 800 feet. And the many above 1,000 feet, and yet with all the available open space here In Tennessee we are freaking capped at 750 feet! 

1 hour ago, jjbradleyBrooklyn said:

But then I am reminded that skyscraper construction takes a long time. For example, the 1,073 foot Brooklyn Tower here in downtown Brooklyn, took about 4 years from excavation until topping off late last year.  But it was well worth the wait

 

[MontanaGuy]

They were setting up the machine in the first photo today, not sure what it is but there's a few pieces of pipe laying along side of it.  Not much else going on.

[MontanaGuy]

3 hours ago, jjbradleyBrooklyn said:

But then I am reminded that skyscraper construction takes a long time. For example, the 1,073 foot Brooklyn Tower here in downtown Brooklyn, took about 4 years from excavation until topping off late last year.  But it was well worth the wait!

Yeah, I love that building and it seemed like it took forever to finally top out!  I think this one is supposed to take about three years!

[jjbradleyBrooklyn]

3 hours ago, Luvemtall said:

I know it’s beating the dead horse, but I still shake my head every time I think of the air traffic encircling  NYC and it’s 3 MAJOR airports ( 4 if you count White Plains) and think about all the towers over 800 feet. And the many above 1,000 feet, and yet with all the available open space here In Tennessee we are freaking capped at 750 feet! 

 

Oh man, this is true! I think at last count, New York City had almost 20 towers over 1,000 feet, and prob 30-35 over 800 feet. And there are 6 or 8 under construction now, in that range. 

And it's definitely in the top ranking areas for busiest airspace in the world! Insane.

 

EDIT: I went and counted them on Wikipedia, and it says NYC has 16 over 1,000 feet, and 41 over 800 feet! And another 8 under construction over 800 feet. 

Edited August 30, 2023 by jjbradleyBrooklyn

[MontanaGuy]

I noticed that there's a guy sitting in that machine with a shovelful of rock, I guess he's waiting for a truck to show up but it struck me funny!  The other machine is still grinding away on the walls, it's beautiful weather today but it's going to get hot again soon!

[MontanaGuy]

They removed most of that huge pile of rock that they were working on yesterday.  There's some long pipes laid out but I have no idea what they're for.

[smeagolsfree]

The tower crane IMO is for the YMCA and not the 1010 building. It is the wrong location for 1010. I have not been downtown for a walk in several months. I just walked today and saw.

Reaching out to TG to confirm.

[smeagolsfree]

It is the first 0f two cranes and this one will work on both. The second crane will go up in a few months.

[Sean blackdog]

Today this evening. 

[MontanaGuy]

They're back at it again today, removing more rock and debris as well as digging more rock from the wall.  I noticed that they had four big pieces of pipe in the last photo, they look like they've been dug up from that area.