2011 ColDay Series:

 

Part 1: Cincinnati

Part 2: Lexington & Frankfort

Part 3: I-95

Part 4: Indianapolis

Part 5: Random Ohio

Part 6: Las Vegas

Part 7: Chicago

Part 8: Nashville

 

 

Nashville

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you MayDay for the suggestion.  It was delicious.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodnight, from Nashville...

 

 

 

And have a wonderful Veterans Day weekend from Cincinnati!

 

 

 

 

 

(and Covington too!)

Nice! Tennessee as a whole is immensely underrated IMO. It's one of those states that completely flies under the radar and no one really talks about. I've been to Nashville a few times, love the nightlife, and the chatty women! I liked Memphis also, but large portions of the city appeared to be in bad shape. I was pleasantly surprised by Knoxville also.

That neighborhood towards the end of the thread is very impressive looking! Is that near Vanderbilt? I heard the neighborhood around Vandy and Belmont was really nice.

Nashville is very charming! The Music City is definitely on my list of cities to visit! Love the Cincy skyline shots as well! Great tours, again, ColDayMan!

That neighborhood towards the end of the thread is very impressive looking! Is that near Vanderbilt? I heard the neighborhood around Vandy and Belmont was really nice.

 

It's Germantown, and it's west of downtown (or north of the Vanderbilt area).

What took you to NashVegas?

Nashville is definitely *not* charming.  There are a few very small historic areas, but nothing on par with what's in Ohio's cities or the small towns like Granville or Athens.  The fact that there are so few historic areas and traditional business districts has worked to their advantage, because all of them have been rehabbed. 

What took you to NashVegas?

 

Meh, I was hungry.

Thanks, ColDayMan, for the mix of shots of this vibrant music-capital--it's a city undergoing a transformation (rehab?) as your #8-#9 seem to show.  Nashville's certainly on the move!  (Oh, by the way... Loved how you wrapped up this tour with five shots of "that other city."  I never tire of seeing "that" place...)

Nice historic residential and commercial building stock, and it's good to see that what remains is valued. It looks like some of those areas, with music, food, and night life, have good density.

thanks for this. i havent been there in 25yrs and even the handful of new office buildings are quite a shock. otherwise, does not seem to have changed much. its an ok place and the people are nice. glad you found something to eat there i never did, although to be fair it was (and no doubt still is) a good city to hang out and have fun in.

Yeah Germantown!- its my hood.  You never leave Monell's hungry, by the way.  I would argue that parts of Nashville are *very* charming.  The neighborhoods over in East Nashville maybe the most so.  Although I agree there is no place like OTR or German Village in Nashville.  Part of the issue are these southern cities not on the coast are so much younger, and were not truly large cities until relatively recently, they never received the waves of immigrants that tended to build these sorts of locations.

The one thing I do like about Nashville is that they have turned a lot of single-family homes into bars, which is rare in Ohio.  East Nashville is not "historic", but there is something pretty interesting about it from an urbanist's standpoint.  The small homes are affordable for young people and are very close to downtown.  I just wish the whole business around the football stadium didn't create such a harsh disconnect, and that the bridges were more inviting.   

Got some character that one.  And I like the mix of Downtown and stately homes on the perimeter.

I love the first two shots, I've always thought Nashville's skyline looked great from a couple miles out.  Great set!

Nice! Tennessee as a whole is immensely underrated IMO. It's one of those states that completely flies under the radar and no one really talks about. I've been to Nashville a few times, love the nightlife, and the chatty women! I liked Memphis also, but large portions of the city appeared to be in bad shape. I was pleasantly surprised by Knoxville also.

 

Actually, I find that both places are highly overrated. I lived in both cities for a combined total of 5 years. If anything, Memphis is underrated and Nashville is overrated. I echo Jmecklenborg's about the historic districts. There are very very few neighborhoods. The City grew after the 60s and therefore it is very auto-oriented. Sidewalks can be a rare find. Because the city is so auto-oriented and has so few areas with traditional storefront fabric (Hillsboro Village's one block is probably the only area in the city with a continuous string of storefront buildings), the population is very ignorant regarding urban planning and good urban design.  It just isn't in their blood.

My favorite road quirk in Nashville is how Church and Demunbreun parallel West End and are sort of like two of Cincinnati's Short Vines.  There are some strong V intersections in that area and a very vague resemblence to the walkable areas of Los Angeles.

 

I do like the casual mood of East Nashville, but the commercial strips of West End/Hwy 100 and Hillsboro south of 440 are disgusting, and that's where the big money is. Belle Mead is okay if you have $10 million dollars.

 

If you took any one of 10 Cincinnati neighborhoods to Tennessee, they would be the best neighborhood of their type in the South.  Mt. Adams, Clifton, Wyoming, Glendale, etc.