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* The under-construction Pinnacle financial center in Belle Meade (in front of the new Publix) is looking strong. Hastings Architecture Associates has given the building a handsome 21st century design. I'm digging it.
* The vintage brick building home to Smack and located on Elliston Place continues to see its east wall defaced with graffiti. The amount of spray-painted mess seemingly accumulates each month. Sad, as this old-school gem deserves the utmost of care.
* The little brick buildings on Church Street and across from the new-look YMCA are gone. LifeWay owns the land and had the structures demolished, citing their poor condition. No doubt, rehabbing would have been costly. But it could have been done. If downtown is lucky, what eventually replaces the fallen structures will be architecturally noteworthy. This writer, however, is anything by hopeful.
* One of the best street-level urban views of Nashville can be enjoyed while standing at the intersection of Church Street and Fifth Avenue and looking both north and south. On a similar theme, check the views of the city from the Baptist Hospital crosswalk that spans Church Street. Quite something.
Another stunning street level urban view is from the Q-Doba parking lot on West End Avenue. Looking across the street and back toward a downtown of uninspiring taller buildings, one is greeted by a stunning kaleidoscope of kitsch in the form of colorful fast food eateries and their prominent and striking signage. Such presentation is vibrant and life-affirming, even if the foodstuffs offered therein are dangerous to our digestive tracts and waistlines. La critique est aisée, mais l'art est difficile!
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