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

[markhollin]

Drone shot looking down at intersection of 4th Ave. North and Commerce Street (courtesy of Annette Dillinger):
 

[markhollin]

Bicentennial Mall and Carillon (courtesy of Chris Cole):
 

[Vrtigo]

A few from last Saturday, as seen from the upper floor of the Adventure Science Center:

@UTgrad09: Is this what you were looking at on Saturday?

Edited July 3, 2017 by Vrtigo

[titanhog]

Prepping for the 4th downtown...

 

 

Edited July 3, 2017 by titanhog

[markhollin]

Happy 4th of July to all my U.P. Smashville friends!  

 

[bhibbs]

Watching fireworks from the new connector bridge


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[chris holman]

Happy Fourth of July 

[markhollin]

Here's video footage of the WKRN feed from last night's riverfront fireworks show:
 

[wmaddbb2018]

Happy post 4th, I'm visiting San Francisco and really enjoying their skyline. Here is my view from St. Francis Westin in Union Station. Makes our Westin look even worse. 

Edited July 5, 2017 by wreynol4

[Titans101]

Don't forget to walk a few blocks to checkout their Target that sat on the corner from the convention center.

[NissanvilleTitans]

It's funny how 99% of those buildings are square and there aren't a zillion complaints on here. 

[TheRaglander]

53 minutes ago, NissanvilleTitans said:

It's funny how 99% of those buildings are square and there aren't a zillion complaints on here. 

In my opinion, it's not the fact that the building is square but that all the tops are flat.  Look at the new buildings in and around the gulch, BStone, 222, 505...  not a lot of creativity as far as a crown goes.  Everyone on here would give up a first born for the original Signature building.  Yes, from the ground up it's square but you hit the higher floors and crown... WOW.

[BnaBreaker]

1 hour ago, NissanvilleTitans said:

It's funny how 99% of those buildings are square and there aren't a zillion complaints on here. 

Well, to be fair, when you've got a world class experience at street level like San Francisco does, then the aesthetics of the skyline sort of become a more distant concern.  

[nashvillwill]

7 hours ago, wreynol4 said:

Happy post 4th, I'm visiting San Francisco and really enjoying their skyline. Here is my view from St. Francis Westin in Union Station. Makes our Westin look even worse. 

 

Make time to visit the cable car powerhouse/museum. It's one of the coolest spots in S.F. and is mostly overlooked by tourists. Everyone knows about the cable cars, but few understand how they work. Seeing it in person is a modern marvel. It's on Nob Hill on Mason St. 

[urbanplanet17]

 

2 hours ago, BnaBreaker said:

Well, to be fair, when you've got a world class experience at street level like San Francisco does, then the aesthetics of the skyline sort of become a more distant concern.  

Agreed.

I've always thought San Francisco was great in spite of its uninspiring skyline. 

Edited July 5, 2017 by urbanplanet17

[urbanplanet17]

2 hours ago, TheRaglander said:

In my opinion, it's not the fact that the building is square but that all the tops are flat.  Look at the new buildings in and around the gulch, BStone, 222, 505...  not a lot of creativity as far as a crown goes.  Everyone on here would give up a first born for the original Signature building.  Yes, from the ground up it's square but you hit the higher floors and crown... WOW.

IMO, infill is far more important than super tall / "creative" skyscrapers. 

Nashville has or will have almost filled all of its downtown surface lots (within a decade's time at that), which is a good thing. For someone who wants an urban experience, nothing's more frustrating than having to walk pass and see a bunch of surface lots. 

Besides, from the street level, frankly the average joe can't tell the difference (nor are there concerned about the difference) between a 15-20 story high rise with a flat top or a 45-50 story high rise with a rod / antenna on top.

Edited July 5, 2017 by urbanplanet17

[BnaBreaker]

54 minutes ago, urbanplanet17 said:

IMO, infill is far more important than super tall / "creative" skyscrapers. 

Nashville has or will have almost filled all of its downtown surface lots (within a decade's time at that), which is a good thing. For someone who wants an urban experience, nothing's more frustrating than having to walk pass and see a bunch of surface lots. 

Besides, from the street level, frankly the average joe can't tell the difference (nor are there concerned about the difference) between a 15-20 story high rise with a flat top or a 45-50 story high rise with a rod / antenna on top.

Yeah, I mean let's be honest, as much as folks like us like to obsess over architecture and building height, those are really only good for bragging rights and postcard shots for the most part.  What really makes a city great is how it functions and what the experience of actually being in that city and using it is like.  Most of the world's great cities have fairly forgettable skylines.  Do you think the people of London give a rats ass that they don't have a thousand footer?  Why would they?  They live in fathertrucking London!

[bigeasy]

25 minutes ago, BnaBreaker said:

Yeah, I mean let's be honest, as much as folks like us like to obsess over architecture and building height, those are really only good for bragging rights and postcard shots for the most part.  What really makes a city great is how it functions and what the experience of actually being in that city and using it is like.  Most of the world's great cities have fairly forgettable skylines.  Do you think the people of London give a rats ass that they don't have a thousand footer?  Why would they?  They live in fathertrucking London!

London is probably a bad example because a large % of their buildings are very unique. They also have a thousand footer (The Shard).

 

[BnaBreaker]

34 minutes ago, bigeasy said:

London is probably a bad example because a large % of their buildings are very unique. They also have a thousand footer (The Shard).

 

Fair enough... but most of those have only been there for a decade or less of London's 2000 plus year history, so I think it still applies.

[jmtunafish]

16 hours ago, BnaBreaker said:

Fair enough... but most of those have only been there for a decade or less of London's 2000 plus year history, so I think it still applies.

Not to mention some of those skyscrapers are just fugly and ruin London's great skyline.  I like how Paris did it; its skyscrapers were banished to a large development just outside the city, keeping Paris's 18th century skyline intact while also attracting the largest commercial district in Europe.  The La Défense district is 400 acres, has 38 million square feet of office space, 2.3 million square feet of retail, 25,000 residents, and 3.3 million square feet of sidewalks.  And it makes for a nice skyline, at least for a 2,000 year old city.

 

Edited July 6, 2017 by jmtunafish

[Neigeville2]

Interestingly, The Shard, which I think is really cool and is the tallest building in Western Europe, hasn't sold a single condo five years after opening and has lots of empty office space.  Most of the rented space is leased to Qatari companies (the government of Qatar is co-owner of the building).  Not a commercially successful building yet.   https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jul/05/shard-apartments-empty-flats-london-market

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_and_structures_in_London  is a list of the tallest buildings in London, but the most surprising thing to me in the article is that Warsaw has 11 buildings taller than 150 meters/492 feet.  I had no idea.

[donNdonelson2]

Throwback photo for today. December 9, 2012 screenshot from Adventure Science Center webcam.

[markhollin]

TBT: Looking NE at James Robertson Hotel (now being remodeled as Holston House Hotel) and Sam Davis Hotel.  Around 1950:

 

[fieldmarshaldj]

3 hours ago, markhollin said:

TBT: Looking NE at James Robertson Hotel (now being remodeled as Holston House Hotel) and Sam Davis Hotel.  Around 1950:

 

I lament that that the James Robertson's "twin" across the street (Genesco Bldg, IIRC) was demolished (along with the church at Commerce, the Sam Davis, the magnificent onion-domed Vine Street Temple...)

[PillowTalk4]

Totally amused by the discussion regarding high rises in London and Paris in relation to Nashville's density... LMAO!!!