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

[MidTenn1]

My point in doing these mashups is to portray the incredible amount of construction rising or planned. (Maybe should have left the World One out).

Imagine driving through west Kansas and seeing this city suddenly. You would be incredibly impressed. This is just what is being added to Nashville at the moment....and it doesn't include Nashville Yards, River North, etc.

[markhollin]

Wyatt Center at Peabody College:

 

[rookzie]

13 minutes ago, markhollin said:

Wyatt Center at Peabody College:

 

This was simply referred to as the "S-R" (Social - Religious) Bldg., when I was graduated from high school and commenced on stage in front of that bldg. in May 1969. My H.S. was part of the former college and had separated from it, prior to the college's incorporation into Vandy during the late '70s.  Historically, the name "S-R" remains as the "old school" moniker.

[smeagolsfree]

7 hours ago, PHofKS said:

My point in doing these mashups is to portray the incredible amount of construction rising or planned. (Maybe should have left the World One out).

Imagine driving through west Kansas and seeing this city suddenly. You would be incredibly impressed. This is just what is being added to Nashville at the moment....and it doesn't include Nashville Yards, River North, etc.

I really don't like to imagine driving thru west Kansas as I have done it in reality and don't want to do it again, as Kansas is the most boring drive in the country.

[BnaBreaker]

20 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

I really don't like to imagine driving thru west Kansas as I have done it in reality and don't want to do it again, as Kansas is the most boring drive in the country.

I think the drive from Salt Lake City to Reno might give it a run for it's money!

[TNinVB]

1 hour ago, BnaBreaker said:

I think the drive from Salt Lake City to Reno might give it a run for it's money!

When I was in the Navy, the aircraft squadron I was stationed with would go to Fallon, Nevada every so often for Top Gun training. The drive from Fallon to Reno was the loneliest and most desolate drive. If I remember correctly, there were even signs along the highway that said something like loneliest highway in America. It reminded me of the type of place that one might be abducted by a U.F.O.

Edited March 7, 2017 by TNinVB

[BnaBreaker]

42 minutes ago, TNinVB said:

When I was in the Navy, the aircraft squadron I was stationed with would go to Fallon, Nevada every so often for Top Gun training. The drive from Fallon to Reno was the loneliest and most desolate drive. If I remember correctly, there were even signs along the highway that said something like loneliest highway in America. It reminded me of the type of place that one might be abducted by a U.F.O.

That sums it up perfectly!  Just mile after mile after mile of flat, brown, dusty, nothingness... not a soul in sight, not a sign of civilization for miles in all directions save for the occasional brothel or truck stop (sometimes one in the same) lol

[smeagolsfree]

Oh BTW, you need to take a drive on the extra terrestrial highway in Nevada. Nothing to see, but still loads better than hundreds of miles of treeless, fairly flat farmland.

 

Been on a lot of the roads out west and that drive from Denver to KC is grueling. At least there are tons of wind turbines to look at. I know this is off topic but I can't resist to complain about the drive from Montgomery to Mobile. Pine Trees and more pine trees. And more pine trees.

[claya91]

4 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

Oh BTW, you need to take a drive on the extra terrestrial highway in Nevada. Nothing to see, but still loads better than hundreds of miles of treeless, fairly flat farmland.

 

Been on a lot of the roads out west and that drive from Denver to KC is grueling. At least there are tons of wind turbines to look at. I know this is off topic but I can't resist to complain about the drive from Montgomery to Mobile. Pine Trees and more pine trees. And more pine trees.

That's the drive from anywhere to anywhere in South Alabama.

[markhollin]

From above Bicentennial Mall looking south:
 

[titanhog]

Nice evening in Nashville...

 

[Nashtitans]

Is the Bridgestone taller than the pinnacle now ?

[wmaddbb2018]

1 hour ago, Nashtitans said:

Is the Bridgestone taller than the pinnacle now ?

Depends on the angle you are looking at it from, but in general they seem just about even.

[markhollin]

Looking south from Viridian a few months ago:

 

[Titans10]

I've said this many times before and probably will again but Pinnacle is a beautiful building and totally deserves to be 300 ft taller. 

[BnaBreaker]

Here is a rare night shot I found that shows a view of downtown looking toward West End from, I assume, Life & Casualty Tower, in around 1965.  There are a lot of gems in this photo that are, tragically, no longer with us.

Edited March 8, 2017 by BnaBreaker

[VSRJ]

Would anyone mind pointing out which buildings are gone? I'm still relatively new to Nashville, so it's hard to tell, especially with all the buildup in the area.

[MLBrumby]

The light colored masonry in foreground right (Sudekum Building with the art deco Tennessee Theatre at first level) demolished about twenty years ago by none other than Tony Giarratana.  Everything in the next block (where the Library is now) is gone. You can see the side and rear of the old Paramount Theater. Behind that (to the left) is the 13/14 (?) story Sam Davis hotel which stood at the corner of Commerce and 7th. Demolished when Commerce was widened about 30 years ago.  To the left of that is the James Robertson Hotel with is still standing. Across 7th Avenue is the old Genesco HQ building which was demolished some time in the 1970s.  That's my stab at the question because I wondered the same thing. 

[CenterHill]

I've not seen that photo, but this was the night Mount Love Circle erupted and lava flowed through the streets of Nashville.   This is how we lost the Sam Davis Hotel, the Paramount Theater, Sudekum building and other gems.    

[titanhog]

1 hour ago, CenterHill said:

I've not seen that photo, but this was the night Mount Love Circle erupted and lava flowed through the streets of Nashville.   This is how we lost the Sam Davis Hotel, the Paramount Theater, Sudekum building and other gems.    

For some reason, Mount Love Circle makes me giggle. 

[VSRJ]

2 hours ago, MLBrumby said:

The light colored masonry in foreground right (Sudekum Building with the art deco Tennessee Theatre at first level) demolished about twenty years ago by none other than Tony Giarratana.  Everything in the next block (where the Library is now) is gone. You can see the side and rear of the old Paramount Theater. Behind that (to the left) is the 13/14 (?) story Sam Davis hotel which stood at the corner of Commerce and 7th. Demolished when Commerce was widened about 30 years ago.  To the left of that is the James Robertson Hotel with is still standing. Across 7th Avenue is the old Genesco HQ building which was demolished some time in the 1970s.  That's my stab at the question because I wondered the same thing. 

Thanks. That's really unfortunate...

[Flatrock]

Taken this evening at Famous' rooftop bar ....Pre-SEC Tourney libations.

[markhollin]

TBT: Looking from the Nashville Bridge Building around 1986. Renaissance Hotel and 5th Third Band (at the time Third National Bank) towers UC. No AT&T Building yet.

 

[donNdonelson2]

The General Jackson showboat was only one year old as of this photo. Rolling on the river for over 30 years now-i had the honor of being a passenger on her maiden voyage. 

[TNinVB]

2 hours ago, markhollin said:

TBT: Looking from the Nashville Bridge Building around 1986. Renaissance Hotel and 5th Third Band (at the time Third National Bank) towers UC. No AT&T Building yet.

 

The R2-D2 building looks like a very forward thinking design for Nashville at the time.I can remember when me moved to the area in 1988 and it had the argon lights on the crown. Having just moved from Germany (my dad was in the Army) it was a very impressive thing to see. It seems like yesterday and funny to think that the convention center and Renaissance Hotel were only a couple of years old the first time I saw it. I think what really impressed me the most was seeing the TN Tower lit with the messages in the window as we drove by on our way to our new life in Clarksville. Having spent most of my young life in Germany and Columbia, S.C., I had never really seen tall building. I can remember driving through Atlanta in 1983 to visit my grandmother in Birmingham but for some reason the Atlanta skyline doesn't stand out in my memory. I'd say aside from seeing NYC from the air while flying in to JFK on our way to Germany, Nashville is the first skyline I can remember having an impact on me. I can remember coming home to visit in 1995 after being stationed in Japan (I was in the Navy at this point) and seeing the Batman building after coming off of I40 to I24 heading to Clarksville. At this time I had lived in the Tokyo area and had visited Hong Kong and Singapore a few times but was still blown away at the site of the Batman building. Even when I drive home today from Virginia Beach and see the spires of the Batman building from afar (especially in the winter when most of the trees are dead making them more visible) I know that I am home. I am so pleased to see all the progress Nashville has made. No we don't have a 800 footer but I am happy with what we have. One can only think how much our skyline will change in another 31 years. Man I feel old now after typing that lol.

Edited March 9, 2017 by TNinVB