Creating Places: A Citizen Observer's Look at Nashville's Built Environment


Writer's Note: William Williams' interest in the manmade environment dates to 1970, at which point the then-young Williams started a collection of postcards of city skylines. The collection now numbers 1,000-plus cards. Among the writer's specific interests are exterior building design, city district planning, demographics, signage, mixed-use development, mass transit and green/sustainable construction and living. Williams began his Creating Places column with The City Paper in February 2005. The column in its original form was discontinued in September 2008 and reinvented via this blog in November 2008. Creating Places can be found on the home page of the website of The City Paper, at which Williams has worked in various capacities since October 2000.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Creating Places: A Fiddle Breakdown

The Comfort Inn at 14th Avenue South and Demonbruen Street was recently affixed with absurd looking fiddles. Of cheap materials and a cartoonish design, the fiddles create the effect of unsightly zits on the non-descript structure. It never ceases to puzzle me that some folks think this type junk is aesthetically appealing. 
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2009 at 11:48 PM

    Not surprizing. Afterall, look at all the fish and guitars around the city. Remember when someone wanted to build a restaurant in Sobro with giant goofball records on the building?

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  2. William WilliamsSeptember 23, 2009 at 8:25 PM

    Anonymous,

    Yeah, it's typical and pathetic.

    Sad,

    WW

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  3. AnonymousOctober 7, 2009 at 11:33 AM

    Too bad there is no photo posted of what you're talking about.

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