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

[markhollin]

To me, the AT&T Building is attractive from every angle...

Edited April 23, 2016 by markhollin

[chris holman]

[chris holman]

Public art #whatlifsyou  in the gulch

[rookzie]

..You Go Chris!  You never cease to amaze me...

You need to get some intellectual rights on some of those things. -==-

Edited April 24, 2016 by rookzie

[chris holman]

This piece has more interaction in any other or that I've ever seen if you go to the hashtag on Instagram for Facebook and so much interaction and it's so much positivity we need more artists to come and draw our city

[titanhog]

We're really starting to get some cool, eclectic street art going in different parts of town.

[chris holman]

In a couple of weeks this new spot called Crazy Town on Brodway will be open , contractors were inside finishing up the ventilation system
They were kind enough to let me come in and take some pictures ,
two levels two or three stages, open air on the second level

[BnaBreaker]

Crazy Town looks like The American Pickers threw up all over it!  lol

 

[SoundScan]

3 hours ago, titanhog said:

We're really starting to get some cool, eclectic street art going in different parts of town.

 

 

 

This mural is actually on the side of a private residence in Belle Meade at the corner of Harding and Jackson Blvd. Definitely a contrast relative to its surroundings.

[chris holman]

505 today

[markhollin]

North Capitol construction updates.  Carillon (306 units) and 909 Flats (232 units) should both be done by mid-late summer.  Along with those tow pictured below, there are also the new developments planned for Stockyard (400 units), Provident Realty (300+ units), the Sounds Group (400+ units), and Water Tower Condos (24 units) in this neighborhood, bringing the total coming online in the next few years to around 1,700 new residences.  And there are several additional blocks that are currently either surface lots or low-level industrial sites that are prime for even more residential.  Combine that with the buzz of First Tennessee Ballpark, the new Tennessee State Museum and eventual Tennessee State Library on either side of Bicentennial Mall, as well as some new restaurants and a possible motel, and you have a totally transformed area from the scourge that it was in leading up to the mid-90s when the State Park began the turnaround.  

Carillon development looking west from the corner of 4th Avenue and Jackson (Home Plate Entrance of First Tennessee Ballpark):

 

Carillon looking north along 4th Avenue from corner of Jackson w/ Germantown in distance on other side of Jefferson:

 

Carillon looking east along Jackson from corner of 5th and Jackson:

 

Carillon looking north along 5th Avenue at intersection of Jackson (that is Germantown in the distance on the other side of Jefferson):

 

Carillon looking south on along 5th Avenue at the intersection with Jefferson Street:

Carillon looking south on 4th Avenue from the intersection with Jefferson Street (that's the Home Plate Entrance of First Tennessee Ballpark in the distance):

909 Flats looking south along Rosa Parks Blvd:

 

909 Flats looking southeast from corner of Locklayer St. and 9th Avenue:

Edited April 25, 2016 by markhollin

[MidTenn1]

Compare the use of durable materials (stone & brick) on the Carillon to the facade of the 909 Flats (stucco and vinyl siding). No contest, Carillon wins!!

[CenterHill]

34 minutes ago, PHofKS said:

Compare the use of durable materials (stone & brick) on the Carillon to the facade of the 909 Flats (stucco and vinyl siding). No contest, Carillon wins!!

You are so correct.    Compare also the Broadstone apartments going up across the street from Carillon.     Broadstone is 85% stucco and cheap siding, and even the little brick that was used looks cheap.     Carillon uses a variety of stone/brick textures and tints, alternating facade setbacks, varying shapes for doors/windows, better quality window materials (just compare with 909 above).     Hate to say it, but the Carillon even upstages the First TN Park exterior.    

Will Embrey recoup the extra costs of quality materials when they sell?    Possibly, but it just shows that you don't have to build cheap.  

Thanks for the pics, MH!  

 

[chris holman]

In the gulch 60s Impala lowrider

Edited April 25, 2016 by chris holman

[chris holman]

[nashvillwill]

In regards to all the N. Capitol development;

It's absolutely ludicrous that most of those building have zero ground floor commercial space. It's neat that there are so many new buildings going up, but that area is going to be a boring, auto-dependent, pedestrian wasteland. For the love of God, two buildings going up spitting distance from the main entrance to a ballpark, and not a bar in sight.  

Wrap all of those buildings in restaurant/retail, and you would have an urban paradise.

I could care less if they are sided with stucco, or 24k gold. They are functionally deficient.

What an absolute waste. 

This city is "doing it wrong".

Edited April 25, 2016 by nashvillwill

[arkitekte]

22 hours ago, chris holman said:

This piece has more interaction in any other or that I've ever seen if you go to the hashtag on Instagram for Facebook and so much interaction and it's so much positivity we need more artists to come and draw our city

 

 They should...The price tag for that was around $20,000 (at least for the ones (2) here in San Antonio). 

[titanhog]

On April 18, 2016 at 6:15 PM, PHofKS said:

OK...try again...

The MDHA is a placeholder until the actual renderings are produced.

Happy to see so much happening, but other than the JWM, I wish we had at least one or two more exciting designs.  Most everything has taken the safe-route.

[BnaBreaker]

13 hours ago, nashvillwill said:

In regards to all the N. Capitol development;

It's absolutely ludicrous that most of those building have zero ground floor commercial space. It's neat that there are so many new buildings going up, but that area is going to be a boring, auto-dependent, pedestrian wasteland. For the love of God, two buildings going up spitting distance from the main entrance to a ballpark, and not a bar in sight.  

Wrap all of those buildings in restaurant/retail, and you would have an urban paradise.

I could care less if they are sided with stucco, or 24k gold. They are functionally deficient.

What an absolute waste. 

This city is "doing it wrong".

I just got a chance to examine those photos closer, and holy crap, you weren't joking.  Initially I had assumed that these were just 'in the neighborhood' of the ballpark. But they're literally right next door!  It is absolutely dumb-founding that these buildings that take up entire blocks next to and across from a major draw for the general public have zero retail to offer to speak of.  What the hell is even the point of surrounding the ball park with buildings that the general public that will be visiting said ball park has absolutely ZERO use for?  It makes no sense at all!!  Unreal.

[titanhog]

1 hour ago, BnaBreaker said:

I just got a chance to examine those photos closer, and holy crap, you weren't joking.  Initially I had assumed that these were just 'in the neighborhood' of the ballpark. But they're literally right next door!  It is absolutely dumb-founding that these buildings that take up entire blocks next to and across from a major draw for the general public have zero retail to offer to speak of.  What the hell is even the point of surrounding the ball park with buildings that the general public that will be visiting said ball park has absolutely ZERO use for?  It makes no sense at all!!  Unreal.

The city really acts like it's desperate when approving these developments.  With just a little foresight, they could have developed every single street in that area to address the needs of local citizens and visitors and made it into an even more vibrant neighborhood...and still kept the developer happy and able to make a buck.  Instead, they allow the developers to do the bare minimum and not even think about how much better it could be with some slight changes.

[markhollin]

Skyline from Fern Avenue condo plot on the north side:

 

[bhibbs]

[MLBrumby]

Was the photo from Fern Avenue taken today?  If so, I expected the Skyhouse to have a much greater impact on the midtown skyline, and thought the Sobro tower would be partially visible behind the Pinnacle.  Also would have hoped the Westin was tall enough to spot somewhere in the background.  Amazing how that view has not changed much since Pinnacle opened, despite Omni, MCC, Westin, 1212, HCA and Roundabout Tower added.  

[rookzie]

1 hour ago, bhibbs said:

Sticky way to "poll" the crane watch (cough, cough...; I know ─ tacky)

[RonCamp]

9 hours ago, titanhog said:

The city really acts like it's desperate when approving these developments.  With just a little foresight, they could have developed every single street in that area to address the needs of local citizens and visitors and made it into an even more vibrant neighborhood...and still kept the developer happy and able to make a buck.  Instead, they allow the developers to do the bare minimum and not even think about how much better it could be with some slight changes.

I agree that all the development around the ballpark, including the multifamily in general and specifically the Carillon, should be lined with street-level retail.  It's an absolute shame Metro doesn't require this.  

I can also tell you why developers often don't do it.  Developers like Embrey (doing the Carillon) are usually merchant developers; i.e. they want to build it, lease it up, and sell it for a profit as quickly as possible.  Financing is tougher to get for mixed-use projects, and mixing uses reduces the number of buyers for your exit.  So groups like that often choose not to include retail unless they are forced to.  

Edited April 26, 2016 by RonCamp
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