tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372532189502857584.post2313325273774396786..comments2023-11-05T02:12:42.976-06:00Comments on William Williams: Creating Places: Creating Places: Good-bye, Mr. HullWilliam Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06478081230861320969noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372532189502857584.post-68708040242046315712013-02-23T04:03:28.290-06:002013-02-23T04:03:28.290-06:00As an artist myself, I enjoy reading Philip Koch&#...As an artist myself, I enjoy reading Philip Koch's sensitive writing about Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth, who along with Whistler and Rothko, are my favorite American painters.<br />I don't live in the United States but have traveled and passed a short time there. But even with the little time spent in your beautiful country, especially in small-town America, I can relate to some of the poetical feel that Hopper and Wyeth had captured in their art, which is for me part of the attraction of their paintings.<br />Browsing at wahooart.com the other day, as I do now and then, I find a good selection of Edward Hopper's work, <a href="http://EN.WahooArt.com/@/EdwardHopper/" rel="nofollow"> http://EN.WahooArt.com/@/EdwardHopper </a>,in the big archive of Western Art, that customers can order online for canvas prints and even hand-painted, oil-painting reproductions can be made and sent to them.<br />Hopper's surrealistic and depersonalized world is there again. Timeless, yes, as it is still there now in the roadside cafes and diners that I ate at all over America.<br />scott davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07185110800919351863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372532189502857584.post-78288773030622677532013-02-04T23:12:18.324-06:002013-02-04T23:12:18.324-06:00AMous,
Strongly written. I agree with your sentim...AMous,<br /><br />Strongly written. I agree with your sentiments. <br /><br />WW<br /><br />William Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478081230861320969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372532189502857584.post-33762398953952517772013-02-03T17:21:51.352-06:002013-02-03T17:21:51.352-06:00This is ridiculous. I cannot imagine the state arc...This is ridiculous. I cannot imagine the state architect was okay with this. (Let's find out.) Not only will we lose a magnificent and unique piece of our city, but I cannot picture any worse designation for this site than "open space." What an idiotic use! Who is going to go there? The only potential audience would be the people who currently work in the office building we are apparently going to demolish only to regret it soon thereafter and put its black-and-white photo in a coffee table book lamenting our addiction to demolition. Leave it to a Knoxvillian governor--my vote for whom I have started to regret--to come to town and wreck our city. The state treats the north end of the city as if it were a twilight zone in which the condemned are forced to stagger thirstily across the asphalt desert in hopes of finding the fabled farmer's market oasis encased in its center. What self-respecting city tolerates that sort of parking dystopia blanketing half of downtown? There is a reason SoBro is exploding while the north end of the city has languished in the landscape of bureaucracy since the 1960s; read: Tennessee has established a blacktop swamp holding Germantown and downtown at bay from one another. The state has already made too much hash of our city, and this is a last straw. I think we should see if some other gullible town (Murfreesboro? Dickson? Lynchburg?) wants to be the capitol for a while so that we Nashvillians can salvage some urbanity for ourselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372532189502857584.post-32048921041913347702013-02-01T17:17:17.926-06:002013-02-01T17:17:17.926-06:00Friends,
Thanks for your words of encouragement. ...Friends,<br /><br />Thanks for your words of encouragement. I think TCP is looking into a story. Will keep you posted.<br /><br />WW<br />William Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10881070396473654186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372532189502857584.post-33580676628975525442013-02-01T10:26:31.590-06:002013-02-01T10:26:31.590-06:00This story needs a lot of news coverage, not only ...This story needs a lot of news coverage, not only in the City Paper, but ALL other media outlets, including tv news. What exactly are the reasons Cordell Hull needs to be razed? What are the comparisons to Hume Fogg High School and Union Station? Surely this building is not that far gone?! William, I hope you will lead the charge on this one. It could be a defining time in Metro Nashville's preservation and re-purposing efforts. Look forward to at least some more reportingRuth Annnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372532189502857584.post-90811846632863814702013-02-01T09:57:33.931-06:002013-02-01T09:57:33.931-06:00Indeed William, instead of just getting depressed,...Indeed William, instead of just getting depressed, why not use journalism and the City Paper to try and draw attention to this issue and try to get the state to take action. Please, please report the details about this. Get the other news and preservation organizations involved. I'm sure Mayor Dean would not want this building torn down. How about Martha Ingram and other potential leaders who might have influence. Come on WW, let's not give up! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372532189502857584.post-52635736119011296932013-02-01T09:07:31.853-06:002013-02-01T09:07:31.853-06:00Where are the local news reporters looking into th...Where are the local news reporters looking into the validity of the state's claims? If there are problems with the structure, who has certified those problems? What is the cost of rehabbing versus demolition? What were the reasons given to you as to why the State Library and Archives would not be a suitable use for the Hull. If you ask me, the purported demolition costs of $22 million, plus the budget for the proposed new Library and Archives building at the Bicentennial Mall ($70 million) is a high bar to ignore when looking at alternatives that the Hull Building might provide. Are we all just supposed to take the state government's word on this? I also understand that there is an underground portion of the capitol that will be disused... or will it be demolished/filled-in as well? Questions, Mr. Williams, questions!! Clark Barrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372532189502857584.post-77248615434854176712013-02-01T08:56:09.240-06:002013-02-01T08:56:09.240-06:00It would be tragic if this building is demolished....It would be tragic if this building is demolished. But, a green space is better than something new and ugly in that spot.<br /><br />What exactly are the conditions of this building that are so bad that will require it to be demolished? Can you elaborate exactly what is going on with the structure to require such drastic action?<br /><br />How was the building neglected over the years? Are there major structural problems? <br /><br />This is the story we would like to see reported. Thanks. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com