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Off the Wagon Tours are off Nashville’s streets. How are other party bus companies responding to new regulations?

Char Daston

December 21, 2023

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Earlier this month, judge David Briley fined Carney of Off the Wagon Tours $1500 for operating his wagons full of partiers, pulled by John Deere tractors, through Downtown Nashville without a license. Carney also faces 40 days in jail for continuing his tours after the judge ordered him to stop.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: downtown, NDOT, party buses, transportainment, transportation

Wildlife in ‘the middle of honky-tonk land’: Thousands of purple martins will be in downtown Nashville for just a few more weeks

Caroline Eggers

September 1, 2023

Every night, as soon as the sky fades to lilac, thousands and thousands of purple martin birds descend next to the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in downtown Nashville. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Birds, conservation, downtown, Nashville Symphony, purple martins

For sale in downtown Nashville: one beach. Curious Nashville takes a look at how this sandy triangle came to be.

Cynthia Abrams

June 15, 2023

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Something new has hit Nashville’s hot real estate market: a beach, right smack in the middle of downtown Nashville. But, until it’s sold, Nashvillians driving through the intersection of Lafayette, Division and 4th Avenue may wonder: What is that sandy triangle doing there?

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, WPLN News Tagged With: Beach, downtown, downtown Nashville, Little Chill Beach, Nashville real estate, Real Estate, SoBro, traffic

Parking in Nashville is about to change

Rose Gilbert

February 3, 2023

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How will these changes be implemented? And what do they mean for the city’s budget and priorities? We’re talking all about it with local residents, government officials and members of the Traffic and Parking Commission.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: downtown, downtown Nashville

‘I can’t imagine the Arcade without the Post Office’: After a century, Arcade customers need to find new mailboxes

Cynthia Abrams

January 10, 2023

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For over 100 years, downtown Nashvillians have depended on the centerpiece of the Nashville Arcade: the post office. But, the century-old institution has shut its doors.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Arcade, downtown, Downtown Businesses, downtown Nashville, Nashville Arcade, Post Office, USPS

Curious Nashville: How Stick Figures Spotted Downtown Fit Into A Global Street Art Project

Blair McDonald

April 6, 2021

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Have you noticed stick figures printed in downtown Nashville crosswalks? Curious Nashville finds there’s an anonymous artist who makes them.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Curious Nashville Tagged With: Curious Nashville, downtown, public art, stikman

Forecast: More Places to Work and Play Downtown

Nina Cardona

January 2, 2013

A new study predicts more growth in downtown Nashville, especially when it comes to retail and office space. But it comes with the caveat: parking must improve.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: development, downtown, MDHA

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