Nashville, Tennessee Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Cityscape=== {{See also|List of tallest buildings in Nashville}} {{wide image|Nashville skyline from Fort Negley 2018.jpg|800px|Nashville skyline, 2018}} [[File:Blue Angels honored frontline workers with formation flights over Nashville and Little Rock. (49897946906).jpg|thumb|U.S. Navy [[Blue Angels]] over Nashville in 2020]] Nashville's downtown area features a diverse assortment of entertainment, dining, cultural and architectural attractions. The Broadway and 2nd Avenue areas feature entertainment venues, night clubs and an assortment of restaurants. North of Broadway lie Nashville's central business district, Legislative Plaza, Capitol Hill and the [[Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park|Tennessee Bicentennial Mall]]. Cultural and architectural attractions can be found throughout the city. Three major interstate highways (I-40, I-65 and I-24) converge near the core area of downtown, and many regional cities are within a day's driving distance. Nashville's first skyscraper, the [[Life & Casualty Tower]], was completed in 1957 and launched the construction of other high rises in downtown Nashville. After the construction of the [[AT&T Building (Nashville)|AT&T Building]] (commonly referred to by locals as the "Batman Building") in 1994, the downtown area saw little construction until the mid-2000s. [[The Pinnacle at Symphony Place|The Pinnacle]], a high rise office building which opened in 2010, was the first skyscraper in Nashville to be built in the preceding 15 years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gallery: Grand opening for Pinnacle tower |work=Nashville Business Journal |date=February 11, 2010 |url=http://nashville.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2010/02/08/daily23.html |access-date=February 17, 2010}}</ref> Since 2000, Nashville has seen two urban construction booms (one prior to the Great Recession and the other after) that have yielded multiple high-rises (defined by Emporis as buildings of a minimum of 115 feet tall). Of the city's 33 towers of 300 feet tall or taller (as of April 2023), 24 have been completed since 2000. Of note, Nashville has a disproportionate number of buildings 300 feet and taller in relation to its overall metropolitan statistical area (MSA) population of about 2 million (2021 U.S. Census Bureau estimate). This is due, in part, to the tourism-centric city's multiple hotel towers and to many condominium towers having multiple unit owners who also own other residential properties in both Nashville and in other markets. In contrast, and for comparison, Phoenix, with an MSA population of about 4.95 million (2021 estimate) offers only 21 buildings of 300 feet and taller. Many civic and infrastructure projects are being planned, in progress, or recently completed. A new MTA bus hub was recently completed in downtown Nashville, as was the Music City Star (now known as the [[WeGo Star]]) pilot project. Several public parks have been constructed, such as the Public Square. Riverfront Park is scheduled to be extensively updated. The [[Music City Center]] opened in May 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About {{!}} nashvillemusiccitycenter.com |url=https://www.nashvillemusiccitycenter.com/about |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=www.nashvillemusiccitycenter.com}}</ref> It is a {{convert|1200000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} convention center with {{convert|350000|sqft|m2}} of exhibit space.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 22, 2019 |title=Music City Center in Nashville |url=https://www.visitmusiccity.com/meetings/music-city-center |access-date=March 1, 2024 |website=Visit Nashville TN |language=en}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page