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Oversight of Nashville’s historic buildings shifts as officials mull local and state measures

By Cynthia Abrams

March 19, 2025

Restaurants and bars along Lower Broadway

Nashville’s Metro Council advanced a bill that would move Metro’s Historic Zoning Commission under the city’s Planning Department.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Emily Benedict, Metro Historical Commission, Nashville Metro Council, preservation

Churches, music venues and family cemeteries listed as endangered on 2024 Nashville Nine list

By Cynthia AbramsandNina Cardona

November 22, 2024

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Every year, the nonprofit Historic Nashville Inc. selects nine properties to highlight in hopes of protecting the buildings and landmarks against demolition, disrepair or redevelopment.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: cemeteries, historic homes, music venues, preservation

Nashville preservationists worry developers will tear down homes tied to Civil Rights movement

By Tony Gonzalez

November 21, 2023

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The endangered sites appear on this year’s “Nashville Nine,” the annual listing by the nonprofit Historic Nashville Inc. The group has adopted a thematic focus this time in honor of the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Black history, history, Housing, Nashville Nine, preservation

Nashville’s newest list of endangered properties warns of development pressures within neighborhoods

By Tony Gonzalez

November 28, 2022

Renraw home East Nashville

A Nashville preservation group has released its latest list of endangered buildings and landmarks with the hope of inspiring protective measures.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: cemeteries, civil rights movement, Fisk University, history, preservation

A year after the bombing, the future of Second Avenue is tangled in construction delays despite some progress

By Damon Mitchell

December 20, 2021

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Second Avenue between Church and Commerce streets is still a construction site.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: downtown Nashville, Nashville Christmas blast, preservation, second avenue

Second Avenue Building Owners Ditch Demolition, Seek New Pedestrian-Friendly Plan

By Damon Mitchell

September 24, 2021

downtown nashville blast damage
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The newly proposed project includes sidewalk cafes and green spaces.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Nashville Christmas blast, preservation, second avenue

Nashville Designers To Begin Developing Streetscape Proposals For Second Avenue

By Damon Mitchell

August 9, 2021

After months of soliciting feedback, local architects tasked with reshaping Nashville’s Second Avenue after the Christmas Day bombing are moving into a new phase of developing design proposals.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Nashville Christmas blast, preservation, second avenue

Curious Nashville: Those Sculptures You Wondered About In Centennial Park Are Finally On Track For Repairs

By Tony Gonzalez

July 28, 2021

Centennial Park concrete sculptures

A combination of local fundraising and a state grant will bring some attention and care to historic concrete structures in Nashville’s Centennial Park.

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, WPLN News Tagged With: Centennial Park, Curious Nashville, history, Metro Parks, preservation

Museum, Street Renaming Among The Ideas As Nashville Rebuilds Battered Second Avenue

By Damon Mitchell

April 23, 2021

Nashville firefighters displayed a U.S. flag near the bombing site in early January.

Metro’s Second Avenue project management team, made up of city leaders, has begun the process of evaluating design recommendations submitted over the past few months.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Nashville Christmas blast, preservation, second avenue

Nashville’s Fort Negley Has Deteriorated For Decades, But Some Rare City Funding Will Help With Upkeep

By Tony Gonzalez

March 15, 2021

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It’s been 20 years since Nashville’s Civil War-era Fort Negley has gotten any meaningful maintenance for its crumbling stone walls. But a recent $1 million Metro allotment will allow some restoration at the former Union stronghold on its hill south of downtown.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Fort Negley, Metro budget, preservation

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