Southern Photos of the Day

[TBurban]

Awesome photo, Nate I like all the colors in it.

[RestedTraveler]

Beautiful shots, everyone!!!

[RestedTraveler]

(Currently) the tallest building in the South:

[NCB]

^I really can't get enough of BOA Plaza. Great photo.

[richyb83]

Nice pic. I still don't consider that the building tallest in the south. The spire had to be added on the top of that cage to grab that title. Houston tallest skyscraper at 1,002 ft. needs to add a 100'ft spire and take the title back. Sorry. BOA is a "Great" building though. Atlanta is prime-time. I have always thought rules for tallest is debatable.

Edited July 3, 2006 by richyb83

[NCB]

The tallest building in the South...up until 1979

[richyb83]

Great photo ! I really like that view too. Wow ! I did not realize that was the tallest skyscraper in the south til 79'.

[NCB]

^Thanks Richy!

And I made an error, One Shell Square was the tallest building up until 1976, not '79. It was the tallest building in the South at 697 feet when it was completed in 1972, and the held the title until 1976 when the 722 foot Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta surpassed it.

Another example of how times have changed. 697 feet really isn't even that tall anymore compared to many other buildings in other Southern cities like Miami, Atlanta, Houston, and of course now Nashville. Charlotte's skyline is growing taller and taller as well.

[krazeeboi]

Chattanooga is SO scenic; awesome pictures.

[dimebag1980]

I'll start postings some of my photos of Chattanooga on the East Tennessee Photo of the day thread. I'll post them one day at a time until everyone get a chance to see them all. I hope eveyone enyoys them. Chattanooga's nickname is the Scenic City. After you get a chance to see them all, I think you will agree!

The first shot is taken from the corner of Georgia Ave and Martin Luther King in downtown Chattanooga. The building on the right is the 12 story Volunteer Life Building built in 1917, and the building in the background is the Dome Building. It was Chattanooga's first highrise and was built in 1899.

This shot is of my favorite downtown "watering hole", The Pickel Barrel. It's like a mini Flat Iron building and I love the atmoshere inside. You can dine on the roof, and there are great views up there.

Wow... how many of those flatiron-style buildings does Chattanooga have?? That first one is very cool, by the way!!

[TBurban]

Another shot of the new Terminal Building, Richmond International Airport

[dimebag1980]

Hello... Was tipped off that there was no Tennessee participation on this board. So here are a few photos of downtown Chattanooga!

These are all great photos, but this one in particular caught my eye. If we had a statue like that here, I'd have nothing but photos of that beautiful thing!

[NCB]

In honor of the 4th of July:

[TBurban]

Great shot Nate!

[dimebag1980]

In honor of the 4th of July:

Awesome!

Just to do my patriotic duty, I'll add one of my own!!

[TBurban]

Nice Brian!

Im going to have to make a trip out to the mailbox now to get a shot of one of mine

[NCB]

Thanks guys, and that's a nice flag you've got there yourself, Brian!

I always like taking pictures of American Flags, or buildings with American Flags, they've always been very photogenic to me.

[TBurban]

Happy 4th guys!

[Hankster]

Here's another Chattanooga pic for today. This is a shot of the new River Pier Landing project that has been recently completed. It is located on the downtown waterfront next to the Aquarium and is a mixed use retail / luxury condo project. Condos are in the $600,000 and up range. There are two excellent restaurants and a Coldstone Creamery ice cream store which have recently opened on the bottom level.

[Hankster]

Here's some pictures I took a little more than a month ago in Nashville. I decided to focus on projects currently under construction. There is quite a bit construction around Nashville these days and a lot of cranes dotting the skyline. I have enough pictures to require two posts. Here's the first ones:

Viridian (33 Stories) and SunTrust (13 Stories) Cranes

SunTrust construction

Viridian construction. The open area that I shot across in this picture is a parking lot where the 1,047 Ft, 65 Story Signature Tower is planned to be built. Construction is planned to begin in January, 2007. About 35% of the condo units worth nearly $100,000,000 have already been reserved.

Hampton Inn SoBro (6 Stories) construction

Leveled Encore Site (20 Story Condo construction should begin by the end of this month) with Hampton Inn crane in background. The Encore is now officially scheduled to begin construction on July 12th.

Davidson County Courthouse rehabilitation with construction crane

Schermerhorn Symphony Hall construction nearing completion (opening in September)

22 Story Icon under construction (crane by next month?) and 14 Story Terrazzo site (construction to start soon). The Terrazzo actually broke ground last week.

18 story Adelicia Condos construction (the crane is a whopper and too big to capture all of it in this shot)

Two cranes rising on the Vanderbilt Medical Center complex

The Bristol West End Condos

Meridian West End Condos

Park West Court Condos

Lots lined up to be sold for redevelopment across the street from the Park West Court condos

Edited July 3, 2006 by Hankster

[Hankster]

Here's the rest of the Nashville construction photos taken a little more than one month ago. I hope you enjoy!

Graymont Park Condos construction

Midtown Lofts construction

Regent Condos construction

The West End Condos (11 Stories) crane

The West End Condos construction

[dimebag1980]

Happy 4th guys!

You did it afterall, didn't ya...

Great shot, Tommy!!

Maybe I should run out and take a picture of that same flag with my new camera. Nah... it's 20 miles away and I'm getting hungry so I've got to stick close to the house.

[rusthebuss]

Nice shots guys!

[TBurban]

You did it afterall, didn't ya...

Great shot, Tommy!!

Maybe I should run out and take a picture of that same flag with my new camera. Nah... it's 20 miles away and I'm getting hungry so I've got to stick close to the house.

Haha, thanks man! I did feel awkward going out into the street holding a flag and taking pictures of it

And only 20 miles? Lazy bum Im right there with ya though!

Edited July 4, 2006 by TBurban

[bozooka]

Happy 4th! Long may she wave!

Bus window drive by photo in Key West.