Bright & Early: You Win Some, You Lose Some Edition

February 6, 2009 9:30 AM 8 comments

Good morning, Nashville. We have to admint we’re not real surprised to hear the news this morning that those super-ugly condos on the corner of 5th and Main in East Nashville aren’t actually selling like they were supposed to. The sorry state of the economy and housing market and probably the fact that they’re kind of atrocious-looking may have something to do with only seven or eight of the 130 units selling. Consequently, Wachovia has stepped in and taken control because the owners are, oh, about $29 million in the hole.

  • School daze. Metro Police arrested 12 Hunters Lane High School students yesterday and charged two with assaulting an assistant principal and campus supervisor. As Channel 5 astutely observes, “[n]o parent wants to see teens hauled out of their child’s school in handcuffs.” Uh, yeah.
  • Sob stories. Because it’s apparently illegal to let your car heat up in the morning without you in it, Metro Police have been taking advantage of the cold snap to dole out some extra tickets. So if your 6-month old kid has a fever and it’s 17 degrees outside, don’t go heat up your car before you take them to the hospital. Lesson learned.
  • Bits & pieces. The Preds won their third in a row last night and Steve Sullivan didn’t keel over … The Metro Council is considering some small improvements to the city’s water system to the tune of $500 million … The TVA is settling in for the long haul with the ash spill cleanup in Kingston … The parents of the two kidnapped Middle Tennessee kids who turned up 20 years later are hoping to meet them out in California.

Photo by kjamesh89.

  • matt

    Why are they ugly? The ugliest ones I've seen are the ones on 8th Ave S a couple of blocks south of Zanies. I actually like 5th & Main. It's well proportioned, aesthetically pleasing, and is harmonious with its location while still be interesting (though I wish we could have voted on which restaurants bought space there).

  • http://nashvillest.com Christy Frink

    Mostly because of the paint color. They used who different shades of red that are close enough together that you wonder if they actually intended to or if they just ran out of paint halfway through. The ones that aren't visible from the road don't look bad, but the red ones… yuck.

  • Lalaroo

    Yeah, I think 5th and Main are really cute as well. I love modern design, though, so maybe that's why I like them and you think they're atrocious?

  • Little Me

    Yeah, I think they're attractive as well. I'm just thrilled that they're not yet another fake neo-classical pile like the library or the hideous Schermerhorn.

  • matt

    Why are they ugly? The ugliest ones I've seen are the ones on 8th Ave S a couple of blocks south of Zanies. I actually like 5th & Main. It's well proportioned, aesthetically pleasing, and is harmonious with its location while still be interesting (though I wish we could have voted on which restaurants bought space there).

  • http://nashvillest.com Christy Frink

    Mostly because of the paint color. They used who different shades of red that are close enough together that you wonder if they actually intended to or if they just ran out of paint halfway through. The ones that aren't visible from the road don't look bad, but the red ones… yuck.

  • Lalaroo

    Yeah, I think 5th and Main are really cute as well. I love modern design, though, so maybe that's why I like them and you think they're atrocious?

  • Little Me

    Yeah, I think they're attractive as well. I'm just thrilled that they're not yet another fake neo-classical pile like the library or the hideous Schermerhorn.