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NashVillager Podcast: Opryland’s evolution

Nina Cardona

November 26, 2024

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How do changes to the Opryland Hotel tell the Nashville story? Plus the local news for November 26, 2024.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: downtown Nashville, Gaylord Opryland Hotel, Opryland

NashVillager Podcast: Fundamental change in store for the East Bank

Tony GonzalezandNina Cardona

November 12, 2024

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Why did Nashville ever let the East Bank get so industrial, anyway? Plus the local news for Nov. 12, 2024.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: downtown Nashville, East Bank, history, PSC Metals

Birds are crashing into downtown Nashville buildings. Treating windows could help.

Caroline Eggers

June 16, 2024

Glass kills as many as 1 billion to 5 billion birds every year in the U.S. New Nashville recommendations could make it better.

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

Three years after the bombing, Nashville wants downtown tourists to give Second Avenue a chance

Cynthia Abrams

May 2, 2024

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Many Second Avenue businesses rely on pedestrians and tourists to turn onto the street from Broadway. That’s prompted the “Turn the Corner” campaign to boost foot traffic.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: 2nd Avenue, Businesses, Christmas bombing, Downtown Businesses, downtown Nashville, Nashville Christmas blast, Nashville Downtown Partnership, Nashville Metro Council, second avenue, small business

Missing college student’s body found in Cumberland River; no foul play suspected

Kimberlee Kruesi, AP

March 22, 2024

Police previously said the 22-year-old Strain was last seen just before 10 p.m. on March 8 after drinking downtown. A massive search had been underway ever since, with just small clues available to help investigators trying to find him.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Cumberland River, downtown Nashville, Metro Nashville Police Department, tourism

After years of preservation efforts, downtown Nashville’s Morris Memorial Building heads toward redevelopment

Cynthia Abrams

November 16, 2023

One of downtown Nashville’s oldest buildings looks to be headed for redevelopment, as a hotel-development company is currently under contract to acquire the building.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: black businesses, Black history, boutique hotel, civil rights, downtown Nashville, Freddie O'Connell, growth and development, hotel, hotel developer, hotel development, mayor, metro, Metro Human Relations Commission, MHRC, Morris Building, Morris Memorial Building, Nashville mayor

Once at risk of redevelopment, downtown Nashville’s Church Street ‘pocket park’ now has a plan for 4 years of activities and upkeep

Owen Laubscher

June 20, 2023

Programs are year-round, free and include activities such as yoga, pet zones, kids’ activities and live music.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Church Street Park, downtown Nashville, Metro Parks

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

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