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Originally Posted by PillowTalk4
I don't think developers are all the interested in demolishing buildings on 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th avenues. They seem to be more about re-purposing them over demolishing them.
As for the locations north of Broadway where there are opportunities to expand the skyline, there are a lot more locations than you might think. Some of that opportunity will depend on just how much the city is willing to let go of views of the Capitol.
So, excluding the Nashville Yards area, you have the North Gulch. I'm not sure where the Gulch becomes North, but there are plenty of surface lots behind the Tennessean between Broadway and Church Street. There are also still lots between Church and Charlotte Pike as well. The North Gulch area where the HCA building is located also will have plenty of room for more high rises. Unfortunately, the developers there seem to be interested in mid-rise buildings more so than high rises.
Then you can jump over the railroad tracks and there are huge surface lots north of Charlotte and west of Rosa Parks. You also have the TSU downtown campus parking lots that could easily be included in a garage at the base of a high rise. Arrangements would have to be made to allow TSU students and visitors to park for free.
Moving around James Robertson Parkway, you have surface parking lots and non-historical buildings that could be opportunities for buildings that are 20 stories or taller.
Again the only real obstacle is the Capitol. If Nashville wants to protect the views of the Capitol then we'll see no more tall structure the area.
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Yes, all those locations are available. But VERY unlikely. The question was directed to sites north of Broadway, but excluding the Gulch and Midtown as viewed in the photo submitted.
However, adding these areas to discussion..... the North Gulch at the HCA building is already filled with buildings under construction or reserved for
planned elements. No room for other proposals there. The vast parking areas at the base of the State Capitol are owned by the state mostly and you can be assured that they will not likely be sold for private development. Most likely they will be developed (in decades hence?) for state purposes as the Bicentennial Mall sites are being filled in. The parking lots at the TSU downtown I believe are included in the Nashville Yards proposal unless I have misunderstood the plans. The big lot behind NES would be an awesome site
if the Nashville buracracy would move the function to an appropriate suburban site. Older buildings wrapping around James Robertson Parkway would be ok if you could justify buying out the residential ones. Some of the low rise like CBS would be no great loss either.
Back to the original question, I would nominate the old Nashville library as it commands a very high elevation. Maybe the surface parking areas behind Hume Fogg off Commerce would be a choice site too. Other than those, I can't think of better locations. At any rate, new tall construction in Nashville is very likely to be limited to the inner interstate loop and Midtown. That is the central and south area. Germantown on the north 1/3 is going to be almost exclusively 5 or 6 story residential IMO. The big proposal for highrise on the east bank over by TOP Golf is IMO a pipe dream.
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) that might make it seem more plausible? Thanks!
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