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[timmay143]

[nvestnbna]

Ron,

Looks to me like the 'One City Project' is on the Parks property site on your aerial and I believe it's actually across the rail road tracks on the Charlotte side.

Ron,

Great job with the aerials.

WW

[smeagolsfree]

Your right Shelby . I had it right on one map and wrong on the last one. I dont have time to correct just yet but will .

Thanks

[East Side Urbanite]

Agree with Volanova and UTGrad, but all brick would have been nice.

WW

[chris holman]

Did anyone know about this proposal by Tony G for 5th and Church : http://the-wood-family.org/tom/healthcare-history/

[fieldmarshaldj]

Yes, that was a big deal at the time (then-Mayor Bredesen was trying to land it for downtown)... BUT... I never knew there was a rendering for it (and neither the Tennessean nor the Nashville Business Journal featured any, to my recollection). I never thought it got past the proposal stage. Thanks for finding that, I always wondered what it was going to look like !

[MLBrumby]

Yes... I was working at Columbia-HCA (as it was known then) when they killed this project. It was at the height of the HillaryCare debates, and it suddenly became very unpopular for healthcare organizations (least of all, hospital companies... gasp!) to make a profit. So corporate healthcare companies pulled back on both office development and advertising. Do you remember that HCA hospitals were rebadged as TriStar? That was the beginning of a trend that still exists, as healthcare companies are now very happy to stay in the background, with not showy buildings (on the outside anyway) and splashy advertising. Ironically, it was the beginning of the big building boom in the hospitals themselves. As that facebook link demonstrates, nowadays they are not seeking high profile buildings... that's frowned upon. LOL

Edited May 10, 2012 by MLBrumby

[MTSUBlueraider86]

That would have been quite a tower that would be sitting vacant by now.

[arkitekte]

[fieldmarshaldj]

Great pics, Arkitekte ! Keep 'em coming !

[dmillsphoto]

Well, this doesn't ruin my photo trip tomorrow... Massive update coming, but agreed with FMDJ, great pics!!!

[MTSUBlueraider86]

Nice photos! In regards to the 11 North. I am fine without brick, I just have a problem with the light color. Darker colors are simply better in the city. Keep the light colors for the suburban projects.

[East Side Urbanite]

Fantastic photos. And agree with MTSU. Dark stucco/tile works better for an urban setting.

[dmillsphoto]

Preparing for launch.

Edited May 12, 2012 by dmillsphoto

[dmillsphoto]

Here we go.

Rolling Mill Hill

The Artist Lofts/Trolley Barns

Lofts/Convention Center/Hotel

[dmillsphoto]

View of MCC/Omni/Cleared site for Hyatt Place

View of KVB/Omni/MCC street "activation"

Omni Hotel

Street Art.

[dmillsphoto]

Pine Street Flats

11 North

Germantown Vista (south face)

Germantown Vista (east face)

Germantown Vista (northern activation)

Edited May 12, 2012 by dmillsphoto

[dmillsphoto]

Why football players shouldn't build buildings.

Elliston 23 (north face)

Elliston 23 (south face + parking structure)

FYE/Tower Complex gone...

Core Development behind Scarritt Bennett

Hilton Home2 Suites + Garden Inn + Bristol on Broadway...

JUST BREAK GROUND ALREADY!!!

[BnaBreaker]

Wow!!! Fantastic tour dmills...I think Germantown East and 11North are some of my favorite projects to hit this city in quite sometime. They're overall footprint and the impact they have on creating a true urban streetscape simply cannot be understated. Although, not to be negative, but I can't look at some of these shots, without wanting to scream: "PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD AND HOLY, BURY THE POWER LINES ALREADY!"

particularly this one:

Edited May 12, 2012 by BnaBreaker

[fieldmarshaldj]

^I bet some of those are still telegraph poles from the 19th century.

[East Side Urbanite]

Excellent shots, DMills. Given I was with you on the "photo tour," I'm enjoying them even more so than I would have otherwise. Quality work.

WW

[BnaBreaker]

^I bet some of those are still telegraph poles from the 19th century.

LOL! I wouldn't be too surprised if that were true! haha

[East Side Urbanite]

No doubt, the power lines mar the visual impact. For an OCD sufferer such as myself, it's painful.

WW

[MTSUBlueraider86]

Great work Daniel! Looking forward to photos of Park 25, The Hyatt Place, and the Sobro in the future.

MT

[dmillsphoto]

Great work Daniel! Looking forward to photos of Park 25, The Hyatt Place, and the Sobro in the future.

MT

All you have to do for Hyatt and SoBro is look out your front window man! Don't need photos of those LOL