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.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Creating Places: Nashville vs. ?????

I've decided to begin a series of comparisons between Nashville and other mid-size U.S. cities. Not sure with which city I'll start. Leaning toward Charlotte.

More to follow soon ...

7 comments:

  1. Charlotte
    Indy
    Austin
    Denver
    Cleveland
    Milwaukee

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  2. Great idea!

    Asheville
    Birmingham
    Cincinnati
    Indianapolis
    Louisville
    St. Louis

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  3. Portland, OR
    Boise, ID
    Palo Alto, CA
    Austin, TX

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  4. Charlotte
    Memphis
    Birmingham
    Indy
    Louisville
    Cincinnati
    Columbus
    Jacksonville
    Austin

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  5. I'm surprised no one's mentioned Raleigh.

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  6. Great list, everybody. I've been to all the cities listed except for Boise, Palo Alto and Austin.

    Post coming soon.

    WW

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