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, December 9, 2012

Creating Places: A cool aerial photo of Bowling Green

I have made no secret of my admiration for the work done by the fine folks at Aerial Innovations of Tennessee. Based in East Nashville, this boutique company always delivers. On that note, check out this stellar shot of underrated Kentucky small city Bowling Green. For a better view, simply click on the image.



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  1. AnonymousDecember 10, 2012 at 10:32 AM

    I love aerial photography of cities. Bowling Green, KY has always been somewhat of a mystery exit from I-65 to most folks I know, even though it is so close to Nashville and has a decent size population. I had no idea it had any buildings of even modest height. Thanks for sharing this.

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    1. AnonymousDecember 10, 2012 at 3:50 PM

      This is a decent photo of downtown Bowling Green capturing the buildings as they climb the hill at the edge of the WKU campus. I disagree BG is under-rated as Rand Paul is from Bowling Green and WKU just hired Bobby Petrino as coach. The city has over 200 restuarants and the Corvette Plant is in BG, so the city is on the radar on a national stage on a regular if infrequent basis. It is however a small city which is close to Nashville, TN and Louisvie, KY. Unfortunately, BG does not offer the type of shopping you can get in Nashville or Louisville. Yes - it rates for a small city, but it still has a long way to go!Perhaps some changes in their city management and county judge executive would aid in that arena and really put BG on the map!

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    2. William WilliamsDecember 10, 2012 at 9:03 PM

      I think we can all agree the Bowling Green has strong potential. The city has a fairly large university, some quality vintage architecture, a few buildings in the five- to 15-story range, and a solid collection of restaurants. It is not a small town, by any means. Will be interesting to see how the city's future unfolds.

      WW

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  2. AnonymousDecember 11, 2012 at 7:39 AM

    Bowling Green is boring and bland. Just an exit number on the interstate between Nashville and Louisville

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    1. WRDecember 11, 2012 at 11:24 AM

      Well, no, it's not just an exit number, it's an actual town, with many people living fulfilling lives there. Many of whom have active, curious minds, not the boring and bland one you apparently have. Glad not to be your company on a drive from Nashville to Louisville, as you'd find nothing interesting along the way.

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  3. AnonymousDecember 11, 2012 at 1:23 PM

    Yawn, what is worst? watching paint dry on the big brown wall or aerial photos of Bowling Green?

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    1. WRDecember 11, 2012 at 8:10 PM

      Dull minds are bored easily. You're probably bored and yawning most of the time.

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    2. AnonymousDecember 12, 2012 at 7:49 AM

      I agree with Yawner. The most substantive line of this bit of journalism is, "...check out this stellar shot..." This blog is all good and well if you want to post musings about new developments in Kentuc...I mean, Nashville, except that the City Paper promotes this. The City Paper should not promote this.

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    3. WRDecember 12, 2012 at 9:12 AM

      Except that Yawner's complaint said nothing like "This isn't Nashville, so I don't care". What he said was Bowling Green is boring and bland, which is what we've been discussing.

      So what you've posted here isn't agreeing with him at all.

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  4. AnonymousDecember 12, 2012 at 8:46 AM

    I'd prefer more info about all the development that's going on in Nashville today. Sorry, but I could care less about Bowling Green, KY.

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