This Legionnaires thing...
That is a horrible story to have to deal with during your first year of operation. What in the world could have happened? Doesn't chlorine kill the germs?
(07-06-2017 11:48 AM)Latilleon Wrote: [ -> ]This Legionnaires thing...
That is a horrible story to have to deal with during your first year of operation. What in the world could have happened? Doesn't chlorine kill the germs?
hopefully this does not hamper things for them, it is a big plus for Memphis having a decent hotel in Whitehaven
I haven't been on that end of Elvis Presley (Hwy 51) in over 30 years since I worked at the corner of Brooks and Directors Row.
Don't plan on it anytime soon either.
What was it then? Desperado?
(07-08-2017 09:28 AM)fathergoose714 Wrote: [ -> ]What was it then? Desperado?
No, that was across the street.
GMAC.
(07-06-2017 11:48 AM)Latilleon Wrote: [ -> ]This Legionnaires thing...
That is a horrible story to have to deal with during your first year of operation. What in the world could have happened? Doesn't chlorine kill the germs?
Doesn't seem logical to have an outbreak at a virtually brand new facility
TG4 that Hotel has made a great improvement of the area & i don't think that's the end of improvements
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(07-08-2017 05:52 PM)Cletus Wrote: [ -> ] (07-06-2017 11:48 AM)Latilleon Wrote: [ -> ]This Legionnaires thing...
That is a horrible story to have to deal with during your first year of operation. What in the world could have happened? Doesn't chlorine kill the germs?
Doesn't seem logical to have an outbreak at a virtually brand new facility
TG4 that Hotel has made a great improvement of the area & i don't think that's the end of improvements
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Maybe so Cletus but I'm not a "pioneer". If you still have to go through the "Badlands" to get there, I'll wait for the full gentrification.
(07-08-2017 03:08 PM)TG4 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-08-2017 09:28 AM)fathergoose714 Wrote: [ -> ]What was it then? Desperado?
No, that was across the street.
GMAC.
I remember when they moved from there to Great Oaks. An entrepreneur decided to set out a card table on Directors Row to collect people's car notes. Some people were actually ignorant enough to pay him their car notes, many with cash. Believe it or not, he had nothing to do with GMAC and those people lost their money. Fun memories of Directors Row and Vantech area.
(07-09-2017 06:50 AM)TG4 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-08-2017 05:52 PM)Cletus Wrote: [ -> ] (07-06-2017 11:48 AM)Latilleon Wrote: [ -> ]This Legionnaires thing...
That is a horrible story to have to deal with during your first year of operation. What in the world could have happened? Doesn't chlorine kill the germs?
Doesn't seem logical to have an outbreak at a virtually brand new facility
TG4 that Hotel has made a great improvement of the area & i don't think that's the end of improvements
.
Maybe so Cletus but I'm not a "pioneer". If you still have to go through the "Badlands" to get there, I'll wait for the full gentrification.
Graceland has done an awesome job with the immediate area. Too bad Brooks Rd looks like a Third World country and when Tag Truck Center moves, Smith Nephew will be the only bright spot left. Unless you count the hookers wearing bright red shorts and fishnet stockings.
(07-09-2017 06:11 PM)karter25 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-08-2017 03:08 PM)TG4 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-08-2017 09:28 AM)fathergoose714 Wrote: [ -> ]What was it then? Desperado?
No, that was across the street.
GMAC.
I remember when they moved from there to Great Oaks. An entrepreneur decided to set out a card table on Directors Row to collect people's car notes. Some people were actually ignorant enough to pay him their car notes, many with cash. Believe it or not, he had nothing to do with GMAC and those people lost their money. Fun memories of Directors Row and Vantech area.
I had an office at two different buildings in Airport Office Park on Democrat right across from the FedEx Hub for years & then moved it to Directors Cove.
My Directors Cove office had a covered front porch entrance for the three bays we leased. When I'd arrive back at work on Monday mornings the front porch would be covered with used condoms left by the street walkers over the weekend.
Not a pretty sight.
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(07-09-2017 08:05 PM)Cletus Wrote: [ -> ] (07-09-2017 06:11 PM)karter25 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-08-2017 03:08 PM)TG4 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-08-2017 09:28 AM)fathergoose714 Wrote: [ -> ]What was it then? Desperado?
No, that was across the street.
GMAC.
I remember when they moved from there to Great Oaks. An entrepreneur decided to set out a card table on Directors Row to collect people's car notes. Some people were actually ignorant enough to pay him their car notes, many with cash. Believe it or not, he had nothing to do with GMAC and those people lost their money. Fun memories of Directors Row and Vantech area.
I had an office at two different buildings in Airport Office Park on Democrat right across from the FedEx Hub for years & then moved it to Directors Cove.
My Directors Cove office had a covered front porch entrance for the three bays we leased. When I'd arrive back at work on Monday mornings the front porch would be covered with used condoms left by the street walkers over the weekend.
Not a pretty sight.
.
Good memories in Directors Cove. Did business with Advertising Checking Bureau for years there. Would walk over the curb to the Sawmill Restaurant and the business on the dead end of Democrat. That area was kicking back then. I believe Fedex had the entire area rented at 1 time plus Nonconnah. Now Nonconnah is a ghost town except for Medtronic and with the recent layoffs of several hundred there, that area is looking bleaker by the day.
(07-07-2017 07:42 PM)TG4 Wrote: [ -> ]I haven't been on that end of Elvis Presley (Hwy 51) in over 30 years since I worked at the corner of Brooks and Directors Row.
Don't plan on it anytime soon either.
I haven't been in Antioch, Tn. since I took my son to see Phish at Starwood.
Don't plan on it anytime soon either.
(07-10-2017 06:20 PM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote: [ -> ] (07-07-2017 07:42 PM)TG4 Wrote: [ -> ]I haven't been on that end of Elvis Presley (Hwy 51) in over 30 years since I worked at the corner of Brooks and Directors Row.
Don't plan on it anytime soon either.
I haven't been in Antioch, Tn. since I took my son to see Phish at Starwood.
Don't plan on it anytime soon either.
They got a nice new amphitheater downtown right in the river. Van Morrison is playing there in October.
(07-09-2017 06:50 AM)TG4 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-08-2017 05:52 PM)Cletus Wrote: [ -> ] (07-06-2017 11:48 AM)Latilleon Wrote: [ -> ]This Legionnaires thing...
That is a horrible story to have to deal with during your first year of operation. What in the world could have happened? Doesn't chlorine kill the germs?
Doesn't seem logical to have an outbreak at a virtually brand new facility
TG4 that Hotel has made a great improvement of the area & i don't think that's the end of improvements
.
Maybe so Cletus but I'm not a "pioneer". If you still have to go through the "Badlands" to get there, I'll wait for the full gentrification.
I did an IT project for Methodist South awhile back. So I traveled down EP Boulevard a lot, it ain't so bad. Graceland has done a good job with their end, it would be nice if the neighborhood and the City could try to keep up. Methodist does a decent job with their facility.
(07-10-2017 06:20 PM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote: [ -> ] (07-07-2017 07:42 PM)TG4 Wrote: [ -> ]I haven't been on that end of Elvis Presley (Hwy 51) in over 30 years since I worked at the corner of Brooks and Directors Row.
Don't plan on it anytime soon either.
I haven't been in Antioch, Tn. since I took my son to see Phish at Starwood.
Don't plan on it anytime soon either.
I worked in Antioch for a while back in the 80's. First bar manager at the prototype O'Charley's next to the mall. Lived in Nashboro Village. Heard that place went WAY down but Nashville is so hot it is kind of coming back. I don't see Hickory Hill ever coming back here.
(07-11-2017 04:08 PM)TiggerFan Wrote: [ -> ] (07-10-2017 06:20 PM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote: [ -> ] (07-07-2017 07:42 PM)TG4 Wrote: [ -> ]I haven't been on that end of Elvis Presley (Hwy 51) in over 30 years since I worked at the corner of Brooks and Directors Row.
Don't plan on it anytime soon either.
I haven't been in Antioch, Tn. since I took my son to see Phish at Starwood.
Don't plan on it anytime soon either.
I worked in Antioch for a while back in the 80's. First bar manager at the prototype O'Charley's next to the mall. Lived in Nashboro Village. Heard that place went WAY down but Nashville is so hot it is kind of coming back. I don't see Hickory Hill ever coming back here.
There's not much left around Nashville that hasn't been gobbled up by developers. Even in Antioch.
http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/re.../99492706/
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(07-09-2017 08:05 PM)Cletus Wrote: [ -> ] (07-09-2017 06:11 PM)karter25 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-08-2017 03:08 PM)TG4 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-08-2017 09:28 AM)fathergoose714 Wrote: [ -> ]What was it then? Desperado?
No, that was across the street.
GMAC.
I remember when they moved from there to Great Oaks. An entrepreneur decided to set out a card table on Directors Row to collect people's car notes. Some people were actually ignorant enough to pay him their car notes, many with cash. Believe it or not, he had nothing to do with GMAC and those people lost their money. Fun memories of Directors Row and Vantech area.
I had an office at two different buildings in Airport Office Park on Democrat right across from the FedEx Hub for years & then moved it to Directors Cove.
My Directors Cove office had a covered front porch entrance for the three bays we leased. When I'd arrive back at work on Monday mornings the front porch would be covered with used condoms left by the street walkers over the weekend.
Not a pretty sight.
.
I had forgotten about FedEx Corp. HQ being in Airport Office Park during that time. Coach Williamson worked there briefly before taking a position as Exec. Dir. of the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl in Houston. We met for lunch at Fred Gang's Meat Market on Airways. One of my old teammates ran that establishment right out of college.
(07-10-2017 08:03 PM)3601 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-10-2017 06:20 PM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote: [ -> ] (07-07-2017 07:42 PM)TG4 Wrote: [ -> ]I haven't been on that end of Elvis Presley (Hwy 51) in over 30 years since I worked at the corner of Brooks and Directors Row.
Don't plan on it anytime soon either.
I haven't been in Antioch, Tn. since I took my son to see Phish at Starwood.
Don't plan on it anytime soon either.
They got a nice new amphitheater downtown right in the river. Van Morrison is playing there in October.
I know. I have been trying to get up there and check it out. I will be there in September.
(07-11-2017 04:08 PM)TiggerFan Wrote: [ -> ] (07-10-2017 06:20 PM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote: [ -> ] (07-07-2017 07:42 PM)TG4 Wrote: [ -> ]I haven't been on that end of Elvis Presley (Hwy 51) in over 30 years since I worked at the corner of Brooks and Directors Row.
Don't plan on it anytime soon either.
I haven't been in Antioch, Tn. since I took my son to see Phish at Starwood.
Don't plan on it anytime soon either.
I worked in Antioch for a while back in the 80's. First bar manager at the prototype O'Charley's next to the mall. Lived in Nashboro Village. Heard that place went WAY down but Nashville is so hot it is kind of coming back. I don't see Hickory Hill ever coming back here.
But you do see Crosstown Concourse "coming back", and Broad Street, and The Edge, and the Medical Center area, and south of South Main. My point, obviously, is that Nashville has a ton of crime and lots of blighted areas, too.
Nashville has allowed developers to run roughshod and destroy uncountable historic structures in their rush to lure new residents and tourists and serve up touristy, plastic experiences on Broad Street. I have no idea why Nashville does not seem to have a group of vocal preservationists who will advocate and advise on creative repurposing of their architectural heritage and historic buildings, like Memphis Heritage and Midtown Action Coalition do in Memphis. It's a sad commentary. That city lacks soul, and their vision is the dollar.
I heard an interesting discussion the other day about the tiers of cities in this country, ranked by economic vitality. You have the five biggies: New York, Dallas, Houston, LA, Miami, and then, the second tier, smaller, but vibrant hot cities like Nashville, Austin, Atlanta, Denver, where rents are rising to astronomical heights, there is overbuilding and horrendous traffic. That second tier is about to start losing its luster to cities with a lower cost of living, less traffic, an authentic and unique vibe and culture, opportunity, and less hassle of living there, like Memphis, Chattanooga, even places like Oxford, ha ha, Mississippi, which is exploding with retirees and young creatives.
Unfortunately, older landmarks like the Sterick Bldg. present structural and environmental issues creating budget constraints that make renovation and restoration impossible. Getting preservationists to grasp the concept of making a project profitable is even tougher when it's not their money they want to dictate how it's spent. Better yet, let the property sit dormant and MFD put out the fires created by homeless people who turn it into a de facto affordable housing initiative.