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

[donNdonelson2]

3 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

The large red building is AT&T, which I think is obsolete now.

I thought that big red bunker of a building on 2nd Avenue was still the functional central switching building for telecommunications in our area. The phone companies have these structures all over the country and they are built to be able to withstand most natural disasters. I'm posting a link to an old page with some info. I suspect that in a post 9-11 world they would keep mum on important communication centers nowadays. (All this might have changed, but I thought that the building is still there because it NEEDS to be there!)

http://www.thecentraloffice.com/tennessee/nashville tandem/nsvltandem.htm

[smeagolsfree]

I had just heard it was obsolete on here and they didn't need much of the building. Either way, it screams paint me with a Purrdy mural. 

[UTgrad09]

1 minute ago, smeagolsfree said:

I had just heard it was obsolete on here and they didn't need much of the building. Either way, it screams paint me with a Purrdy mural. 

How about a giant orange Power T?

[titanhog]

52 minutes ago, UTgrad09 said:

How about a giant orange Power T?

A big Razorback hog...

[Neigeville2]

2 hours ago, titanhog said:

A big Razorback hog...

They should commission artists to create projections to cover it at night.

Edited July 9, 2016 by Neigeville2

[MLBrumby]

Can someone photoshop a razorback's face with that sultry gaze like that woman's?  Or Smokey's face?  As a VU alum, I demand a Commodore's face! 

[fieldmarshaldj]

2 hours ago, MLBrumby said:

As a VU alum, I demand a Commodore's face! 

How about Commodore Matt Decker ?

[farm_boy]

8 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

I had just heard it was obsolete on here and they didn't need much of the building. Either way, it screams paint me with a Purrdy mural. 

The internet comes out of the ground there. It would be a wise decision to leave that building alone .........

[titanhog]

Good morning Nashville!

 

Edited July 9, 2016 by titanhog

[markhollin]

Lovely Deaderick Street.

Looking west towards War Memorial Building and Snodgrass Tower beyond that from intersection with 4th Avenue North:

 

Looking east towards Public Square Park from intersection with 5th Avenue North:

[fieldmarshaldj]

2 hours ago, markhollin said:

Lovely Deaderick Street.

Looking west towards War Memorial Building and Snodgrass Tower beyond that from intersection with 4th Avenue North:

If only they had kept the 19th century buildings that lined it at street level and built the newer structures above...

[TNinVB]

And only if the Snodgrass Tower was lit dramatically at night. Would look really impressive from this vantage point. 

[SoundScan]

6 hours ago, markhollin said:

Lovely Deaderick Street.

Looking west towards War Memorial Building and Snodgrass Tower beyond that from intersection with 4th Avenue North:

 

 

Our own mini version of Park Avenue, complete with mini Metlife Building and Grand Central Terminal...

[markhollin]

[Vrtigo]

On 7/10/2016 at 8:37 AM, markhollin said:

Lovely Deaderick Street.

Looking west towards War Memorial Building and Snodgrass Tower beyond that from intersection with 4th Avenue North:

The stark contrast between how beautifully this street is maintained, and the sheer uselessness it presents from a pedestrian or street-activation standpoint is absolutely mind-boggling.

[BnaBreaker]

It should be renamed 1983 street.  

[donNdonelson2]

Deaderick does look better now than it did in 1983. Admittedly, it was more active (and more littered) when the bus shelters lined two blocks of the street!

[Neigeville2]

They really need to find a way to activate this street.  You expect to see tumbleweeds rolling by.

[markhollin]

Municipal Auditorium has now posted large reproductions of ticket stubs from some of their most famous concerts near the main entrance on James Robertson Parkway as well as circling around the primary concourse.  Helps establish the rich history this building has experienced over the past 54 years.

 

[Flatrock]

Saw my first concert there. It was '73 or '74.... headliner was KISS, but Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band started the night with an enormous bang. No one i was with knew who they were at the time. Lots of good memories in that place. :-)

[rookzie]

While some of us here are older than I (yes actually), I saw my first concert in July or August '64, when the joint was half-way still new.  It was Dick Clark and his Caravan of Stars, many of whom no longer are even around anymore.  Many if not most of those, most members haven't even heard of.  Gene Pitney, The Dixie Cups, The Supremes, Bobby Darin ─ just a whole bus, just chock-full of 'em.  Indeed, it had been the main indoor venue back then, or course, along with the smaller Hippodrome on West End.  The post-bill listing shown for Omaha was similar to the line-up in Nashville during that period.  One artist not listed but present was Del Shannon, a very popular then-co-contemporary.

[donNdonelson2]

Nashville Ballet did a "dancing in the streets" photo shoot recently and included a couple of Municipal Auditorium pics in their Facebook posting. The new ticket stub decor makes a nice backdrop!

[wmaddbb2018]

24 minutes ago, donNdonelson2 said:

Nashville Ballet did a "dancing in the streets" photo shoot recently and included a couple of Municipal Auditorium pics in their Facebook posting. The new ticket stub decor makes a nice backdrop!

This is like when I was at UT (Fall 2005-Spring 2009) I saved nearly every student football ticket for games I went to.

[markhollin]

Skyline at 7 AM from 5th floor of St. Thomas Midtown Hospital:



 

[farm_boy]

1 hour ago, markhollin said:

Skyline at 7 AM from 5th floor of St. Thomas Midtown Hospital:

Get out of there!! You are too young to be there!!!!