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[PillowTalk4]

I never noticed till seeing the skyline picture posted by markhollin that 3rd Ave and 5th Ave are the only two streets that literally go from the south side of downtown to the north side uninterrupted. I know I've seen historical maps that show most of the streets continuing through.  I wonder what prompted the closing of certain streets in the north-south direction to build structures like the court house (closed of 2nd Ave.), why wasn't the Woodland Street Bridge connected directly with Union Street as opposed to putting the curve into Union and cutting off 1st Ave.  And, was it the introduction of James Robertson Pkwy that cut off 4th Ave.?  6th and 7th appears to have been impacted by the Capitol Building realigning streets on either side of it.

[fieldmarshaldj]

2 hours ago, PillowTalk4 said:

I never noticed till seeing the skyline picture posted by markhollin that 3rd Ave and 5th Ave are the only two streets that literally go from the south side of downtown to the north side uninterrupted. I know I've seen historical maps that show most of the streets continuing through.  I wonder what prompted the closing of certain streets in the north-south direction to build structures like the court house (closed of 2nd Ave.), why wasn't the Woodland Street Bridge connected directly with Union Street as opposed to putting the curve into Union and cutting off 1st Ave.  And, was it the introduction of James Robertson Pkwy that cut off 4th Ave.?  6th and 7th appears to have been impacted by the Capitol Building realigning streets on either side of it.

2nd ran north-south uninterrupted until the construction of the present Courthouse. 1st ran along the east side of the Courthouse but was closed after the demolition of the east side of the CH square and the Gay Street connector. Woodland Street Bridge was never built with the intention of connecting it to Union, as it was an extension of Deaderick, which once ran directly in front of the present Courthouse. There were 2 entire square blocks of buildings that ran between 3rd & 1st and Union & Deaderick, which were demolished in the '60s.

Yes, the intro of James Robertson Pkwy in the 1950s cut off 4th Ave. 6th and 7th and 8th (Rosa Parks) used to run up and over Capitol Hill down towards the infamous Hell's Half Acre (Black slum) at the north slope of Capitol Hill and with the Robertson Pkwy project, all were closed off. It was the largest urban renewal project in city history.

[Vrtigo]

3 hours ago, fieldmarshaldj said:

It was the largest urban "renewal" project in city history.

Fixed that for you. 

[markhollin]

Looking north from hillside along I-65 South (found a hole in the fencing along Cherry Avenue). Bridgestone Tower is peeking out above The Omni.



 

[fxvol]

5 hours ago, markhollin said:

Looking north from hillside along I-65 South (found a hole in the fencing along Cherry Avenue). Bridgestone Tower is peeking out above The Omni.

Great photograph, Mark, and it won't be long before basketball fans will return to Nashville for the SEC Men's Basketball Tournament at Bridgestone Arena March 8-12, and by that time the Bridgestone tower, 505 CST, and 222 2nd Ave., will all be close to being topped out. In addition, the view of Westin and the 33-story Sobro condo tower, and the ascent of the JW Marriott, when viewed from the park in front of the Hilton, will be very impressive. Plus, several hotels, new bars and new restaurants have opened since the last big college basketball tournament was here April 2014, when the NCAA held the Women's Final Four at Bridgestone Arena. The Tennessean ran an article quoting several visitors to Nashville including UConn coach Geno Auriemma:

Auriemma said Huskies fans let him know from the first day they arrived how much they enjoyed the experience, "I could probably count 50 people who traveled down here with us that don't want to go home," he said. "They said they want to move down here. The setting was just great. It's not overwhelming, not a place you're going to get lost in. You don't have to travel around for a half-hour or 40 minutes to go find stuff. It's all right there, and the people have been absolutely amazing, as you knew they would. This town has a great reputation."

As we all know, Downtown Nashville is the perfect venue for basketball, hockey and similar events, and I'm looking proudly forward to another great fan experience in March at the 2017 SEC Tournament.

 

[titanhog]

Yes...another of my crude mock-ups.  Just was waiting until Bridgestone finally peeked over the Omni so I could copy and paste some of the structure to see kinda what it would look like "framed out."  Did the same again with 505.

Of course, I could be off by a few feet on both...but this should at least give us a glance of what the silhouette of each building will look like in the skyline from this angle.

 

[titanhog]

^^Btw...what's crazy to me about this is that just a few years ago, Encore was the only building over there on the right side of this image...and because it was by itself, it looked like a pretty large structure.  However...look at it now with all of those buildings around it.  It looks tiny!

[wmaddbb2018]

[markhollin]

[claya91]

22 hours ago, titanhog said:

Yes...another of my crude mock-ups.  Just was waiting until Bridgestone finally peeked over the Omni so I could copy and paste some of the structure to see kinda what it would look like "framed out."  Did the same again with 505.

Of course, I could be off by a few feet on both...but this should at least give us a glance of what the silhouette of each building will look like in the skyline from this angle.

 

The taper 505 creates from the Sheraton on over to Regions is very aesthetic.

[markhollin]

TBT: The Parthenon in Centennial Park, December, 1958.

 

[wmaddbb2018]

I've posted similar pictures before as I work in the Viridian a lot but I thought I would post these from yesterday since 505 has grown a lot recently.

[markhollin]

View from Omni Hotel looking north along 4th Avenue:

 

[chris holman]

On 12/15/2016 at 1:46 PM, chris holman said:

 

[markhollin]

Merry Christmas, all my fellow Nashville Urban Planetites!  : )

[smeagolsfree]

Thanks Mark and a Merry Chritmas to everyone as well.

[donNdonelson2]

[timmay143]

3 hours ago, chris holman said:

SO MANY CRANES!

[MidTenn1]

Merry Christmas! 

 

[rookzie]

the lazy Xmas Ditto

 

Edited December 24, 2016 by rookzie

[smeagolsfree]

That last one looks like the Santa train that runs from KY to Kinsport every year.

[markhollin]

Cumberland River Park:

 

[titanhog]

Found this image that someone made after a Google search.  Listed under someone named Pierre Strong 2013.  Just thought it was cool...and maybe a dream of a "someday soon" skyline for us.

 

[Pyramid Scheme]

I can't tell if any of the fake buildings correspond to buildings under construction.

[dmillsphoto]

That image is giving me a headache. It's almost like one of those Google Dream pictures... it's just so wrong.