I'll take Knoxville any day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I dig the arcade.

Akron?

 

It looks like a small city with some tall buildings thrown in randomly. 

NashVegas...yawn

The Parthenon is not even made of stone. It is concrete. One of the weirdest sites that I've come across. Maybe they'll build a stonehenge next to it some day.

Looks pretty interesting, but I don't trust those crosswalks one bit.

I was in Nashville last October for the first time and loved - it is a great city, especially the individual neighborhoods. I stayed with a friend who lives in East Nashville - it is a great city with funky shops, great restaurants and cafes, and some great bars. The Parthenon was quite a surprise as well - the grounds it sits on were impeccable.

Nashville's a city I probably shouldn't like...a bit too glitzy, a bit too suburban, a little too country (and not enough rock and Roll- ha ha), and not too old....

 

But for some reason, i like it. Like Strawberry Pretzel Salad.

I like it

i was just there.  my company submitted a propsal for a centennial park re-design.  but yes, the parthenon is big and tacky, imo.  Parts of the park are quite nice though.  Overall, the city was very underwhelming outside of downtown.  Downtown itself surpirsed me (not the touristy area), with narrow streets and great alleys, etc. 

i was just there.  my company submitted a propsal for a centennial park re-design.  but yes, the parthenon is big and tacky, imo.  Parts of the park are quite nice though.  Overall, the city was very underwhelming outside of downtown.  Downtown itself surpirsed me (not the touristy area), with narrow streets and great alleys, etc. 

 

You're such an alley connoisseur aren't you?  So classy!

The downtown is cool...narrow streets, hills, and that arcade, which isnt climate controlled...its like the Dayton one used to be...And they still have that row of old commercial buidlings along the Cumberland River, too. 

 

 

I like it. Some of the buildings are blah and some of the streets are too wide, but some of the buildings are striking. Overall I'd give it two thumbs up.

Wow, there are some rather large odd buildings there.  I hate to say it, but this thread kind of hurt my eyes.  I think I need to visit there to actually appreciate how this city is put together.  My impression right now is that it seems like what Disney would build if they threw a city together.

 

Thank you for the thread.  I had no clue what Nashville looked like.

There basically wasn't anything good built in Nashville between 1930 and 2005. I'll repeat: 1950-2005 was absolutely horrible to Nashville.  The new Pinnacle office building isn't very tall, about 20 floors, and it's a rip-off of a few like it in Atlanta and elsewhere, but it's the best skyscraper in Nashville. Also, the Schimerhorn(sp?) symphony hall is a great neo-classic building finished around 05 or 06.  Those two are next to each other, and SE of Broadway in a former sea of parking lots.  They're really solid anchors to what's going to happen next in that area.  Up until now Broadway was both the center and the edge of downtown Nashville, which sounds odd but makes sense if you go there.  Also, Broadway in Nashville is probably the only example I know of of a ridiculously wide street that is actually pedestrian-friendly and has a sense of nieghborhood.