Project Thread/New Construction/Photo du jour/Const. CAMs

[arkitekte]

17 hours ago, markhollin said:

Westin progress: A close-up of the curved crown on the western side that was put in place today. I guess it is officially topped-out now.  Other shots from Sunday.

 

 

Is there a tree on top? 

[PruneTracy]

41 minutes ago, arkitekte said:

Is there a tree on top? 

I can see the TripAdvisor reviews now. "2.5 stars. Walls very thin; could clearly hear wailing of displaced Scandinavian tree spirits. Would not recommend to a friend."

[CenterHill]

The drilling at JWM looks more like the excavation crew setting explosives.   Cummins Station should be rattling soon.     

[arkitekte]

1 hour ago, PruneTracy said:

I can see the TripAdvisor reviews now. "2.5 stars. Walls very thin; could clearly hear wailing of displaced Scandinavian tree spirits. Would not recommend to a friend."

Ha! I was being serious...most GC's (traditionally) will either fly an American flag or place a tree (think cedar at Christmas before it gets cluttered) once a building is officially topped out (you might have known that though). 

[lucegoose]

Here are a few Easter Sunday shots of Aertson Midtown. I tried to capture how much it is swallowing up the block(s) it occupies. It simply looms over everything.

[Vrtigo]

14 hours ago, CenterHill said:

The drilling at JWM looks more like the excavation crew setting explosives.   Cummins Station should be rattling soon.     

This might be more true than you realize...

I have difficulty telling the difference between a "core" drill and a "blow the effing thing to pieces" drill, but there has definitely been blasting over the past two weeks. In fact, there was a big one just a few moments ago...

[markhollin]

Foundational work at base of 505 Church St. is coming along nicely. These are shot from the corner of Church and Fourth Avenue:

 

[smeagolsfree]

As far as the JW goes, I would say they are in excavation mode and past core drilling. They are not going to be going down that deep and most of the hole is already there.

[TNinVB]

It seem like the core for 505 has not moved any higher. I wonder if they ware waiting for the rest of the levels to catch up a bit?

 

[bigeasy]

All those power lines by Aerston are so sexy................We need more

[chris holman]

[Nashvillain]

51 minutes ago, bigeasy said:

All those power lines by Aerston are so sexy................We need more

I didn't even notice them until you said something. 

[titanhog]

Welcome back Chris Holman.  Have missed your awesome photos!

 

[chris holman]

Yeah  thanks ive been so busy

[chris holman]

[MLBrumby]

Great pics. Starting to look like a real city now! I understand the Olmsted project has broken ground. 

Edited March 30, 2016 by MLBrumby

[smeagolsfree]

Yes, ML, they have been working on that one for several months now and the hole is about to be finished.

My gut is telling me that the Tri Branded Marriott may start soon, as they have been core drilling there for a while and NES has been working right next to the site.

[markhollin]

Olmstead Apartments foundational work is coming along.  The structure will be 7-8 stories tall at the north end (facing the MCC in these pics).  As the hill grades upward along Fourth Avenue heading south, the building will be 5 stories (see the schematic at the bottom of the post).

Looking north along Fourth Ave. South near Lea Ave:

 

Looking northwest from near corner of Fourth Ave. South and Lea:

 

Looking east from the alley that runs north/south between Peabody and Lea:

 

Looking north from the southwest portion of the property:

 

Looking southeast from the corner of Peabody and the alley on northwest side of property:

 

Schematic showing the south on the left and north on right looking from east side of Fourth Ave. South:

Edited March 30, 2016 by markhollin

[markhollin]

TBT: The old Roundhouse in the Gulch, around 1930. That is Cummins Station in the upper right (painted white), with the Union Station Railroad Shed (may it RIP) just catty-corner to it above/left.  This was before the Demonbreun viaduct was constructed across the railroad tracks. In the lower right corner you can see a portion of Cannery Row. The Roundhouse sat in the notch at the junction of 12th Ave. South and Gleaves, approximately between where The Icon and Velocity condos sit today. 

 

Edited March 31, 2016 by markhollin

[RonCamp]

2 hours ago, markhollin said:

TBT: The old Roundhouse in the Gulch, around 1930. That is Cummins Station in the upper right (painted white), with the Union Station Railroad Shed (may it RIP) just catty-corner to it above/left.  This was before the Demonbreun viaduct was constructed across the railroad tracks. In the lower right corner you can see a portion of Cannery Row. The Roundhouse sat in the notch at the junction of 12th Ave. South and Gleaves, approximately between where The Icon and Velocity condos sit today. 

 

Looks like the lefthand side of the Roundhouse is right up against that stone wall that's between Icon and Pine Street Flats - is that right?  I think that wall is one of the only remnants of the era pictured here.  

And thanks for posting old pics like these.  I absolutely love seeing them and learning more about our area's history.

Edited March 31, 2016 by RonCamp
Added last two sentences.

[rookzie]

7 minutes ago, RonCamp said:

Looks like the lefthand side of the Roundhouse is right up against that stone wall that's between Icon and Pine Street Flats - is that right?  I think that wall is one of the only remnants of the era pictured here.  

And thanks for posting old pics like these.  I absolutely love seeing them and learning more about our area's history.

nvestnbna posted this in Jan 2013 (Proj Thread), and I posted this in Apr 2015 and pointed out some remaining details of the vicinity of this view of L&N RR's Kayne Ave Yard

In recap, actually Kayne had been 11th Ave before renaming and it had been realigned to join 12th Ave. at that slant, until recent years when it got converted into the currently (supposedly) more manageable intersection during the last 10 or so years.  The source of the photo says around 1940, whereas a more authoritative (and separate) reference states that it was around 1918 that that roundhouse had been purposely dismantled, due to a then-new replacement one built at Radnor (which remains visible and in full operation as a diesel servicing facility off Trousdale Ave.)   Therefore, the photo most likely was taken sometime between 1920 and 1924, just before the Demonbreun Street viaduct was built, since it is absent from this aerial photo, and would pass immediately the north end of Cummins and the south end

That rectangular (four-square"), hipped-roof building in the lower-mid right of the photo, south of the Cummins Station building (former Keith-Simmons) and just north of what is now the Mercy Lounge at Cannery Row, was the Kayne Ave dispatch tower, that remained in use at least until 1993.  When the CSX moved all dispatch ops to Jacksonville, that tower was razed.  The building on site of former Marshall-Bruce Printing Co. (left-center) is now the current location of Urban Outfitters and Two Old Hippies, southwest corner of 11th and Pine. -==-

[bhibbs]

1 hour ago, rookzie said:

nvestnbna posted this in Jan 2013 (Proj Thread), and I posted this in Apr 2015 and pointed out some remaining details of the vicinity of this view of L&N RR's Kayne Ave Yard

In recap, actually Kayne had been 11th Ave before renaming and it had been realigned to join 12th Ave. 

 

Probably a stupid question, but, would this be where Kayne Prime got their name from?

 

Edited March 31, 2016 by bhibbs

[rookzie]

Just now, bhibbs said:

Probably a stupid question, but, would this be where Kayne Prine got their name from?

 

Far from being stupid.  The fact that you even picked up on it deserves merit.  @volsfanwill had arrived at a similar conclusion last April.  "Kayne" has become a local buzz term in revival, and as long as you don't piss me off by "mispelling" it as "Kanye" (*ahem-ahem*), then I won't get mad and consider it stupid.

[titanhog]

1 hour ago, rookzie said:

Far from being stupid.  The fact that you even picked up on it deserves merit.  @volsfanwill had arrived at a similar conclusion last April.  "Kayne" has become a local buzz term in revival, and as long as you don't piss me off by "mispelling" it as "Kanye" (*ahem-ahem*), then I won't get mad and consider it stupid.

Yo...I'm going down to eat at Kanye Prime. 

[rookzie]

1 minute ago, titanhog said:

Yo...I'm going down to eat at Kanye Prime. 

Hell, he might just try and buy it just to rename it to his namesake ─ "Kanye Krime" (Heaven help us ALL).