Category Archives: Cities

Metro Nashville Turns 50!

Today is a joyous celebration for Nashville’s 50th birthday! Downtown will be a buzz with music and fun in the afternoon and in the morning a cool art installation will be unveiled on Deaderick Street. It is all very exciting for this native…well, native since she was three. I have seen this town change and grow from a small, not much to do, no good restaurants, no good events ever come here to this city to a WORLD CLASS CITY. I am proud to be a Nashvillian and to share this year with her, having turned 50 myself in February. So many stories to tell and to be told.

Last week I attended a networking event with some of my fellow business owners “high atop the L&C tower” (if you are from Nashville and watch channel 5 news you will understand that reference ) and came away with these images . Please share and contact me directly to order prints.

Mary Claire Crow © 2013, POOL TOP, digital photo image

Mary Claire Crow © 2013, SPRING WESTERN VIEW, digital photo image

Mary Claire Crow © 2013, LIGHTS: MARCH 27th, digital photo image27

Mary Claire Crow © 2013, BAT BUILDING VISTA, digital photo image

Mary Claire Crow © 2013, FULL MOON RISING, MARCH 27, digital photo image

Mary Claire Crow © 2013, MARBLE REFLECTION, digital photo image

Mary Claire Crow © 2013, JUST BEFORE DUSK, digital photo image

Mary Claire Crow © 2013, DON'T LOOK DOWN, digital photo image

Downtown Nashville Photo Walk

Last week I met up with two photo friends downtown and we went out and took photos. Nashville is changing so much. So many tall buildings have popped up changing the light. I decided to do this as a way of re-aquainting myself with my city. Being that there were many events going on in downtown last Thursday, parking was $20!! Yikes!!

Sea of Green

Checkered Past

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Pavers

Windows of Bluegrass

Fifth Avenue

Alley View of Tootsie Sign

Huey at Hatch Show Print

Fire Escape

Rust Shadows and Chain Link

Building Detail

Chained

Southern Turf Building

Shadows on Sixth

War Memorial Plaza

Hatch Show Fan

Union Pigeon Wooly WormSpring is on It's Way

Red Bug Passanger

Color Bubbles

Good Day Sunshine

Nashville Nature Photographer: The Epic Nashville Flood

This past weekend our beautiful city and middle Tennessee received a record amount of rain. 13 inches was recorded and I heard reports from others of as much as 22 inches. My neighborhood and house are fine. I had just a little water in my basement thanks to the All Dry system and a sump pump. Other neighbors had feet of water in their basements and lost very precious belongings. Another neighborhood across the main road was wiped out …. people lost everything! The mighty Cumberland River could not contain itself, nor the Stones River or Old Hickory Lake north of town. It took several days for me to even pick up my camera… I think I was in shock. Yesterday after I finished a kiddo session I drove into downtown from East Nashville, parked my car in a lot off 1st Ave/Hermitage Ave and walked around. While it was really devastating, it was not as bad as I thought, this due to the water starting to recede. Downtown is still without power and Nashville is being asked to conserve water.

Second Ave South.

Second Ave Abstract

Korean Vets Bridge from Second Ave South

more of Second Ave South

Hoses from the Schermerhorn

What Would Johnny Cash Think?

Fence Abstract

The street by the Encore... it was like a ghost town.

Electricity is out from 1st to 4th Ave's both sides of Broadway.

looking at 2nd ave from 3rd ave... the water really is this color... yuck!

Malloy St. .... across from this building is the back of the Encore building. I loved the light streaks on the building.

light stripes

Muddy Leaf

Birds Eye View of First Avenue Plaza

Signs at First Avenue Plaza

A bleak First Avenue from the Shelby Street Bridge

Should be called water street.

Second Avenue South #1

Second Avenue South #2

Reporting from across the Schermerhorn and in front of the Hilton.

Titans parking lot abstract with tracks.

Parking Lot Receding

Parking lot #3

First Avenue

Glimmer of Hope

Old Hickory Village Harvest Festival

So excited as this weekend, on Saturday the 3rd will be the very first Old Hickory Village Harvest Festival! From 11-2! This is sure to be fun for both kids and adults!

We are starting off with a children’s parade starting at the Library parking lot at 10:45. Come dressed in your harvest attire with your wagons, tricycles, bicycles, roller skates!! Also dogs are welcome just make sure they are leashed. And if you like to play a musical instrument bring that as well! We will walk around the block to the parking lot at Hadley and 11th (across the street from the Baptist church) were the festival will take place.

We have over 20 vendors and organizations taking part as well as games, food, a bouncy house and a cake walk. Also you can come visit the Community Garden! I hope ya’ll can come out and have some fun!

Visit the Historic Old Hickory Village Neighborhood Association or if you are a Facebook member visit our event page, 1st Annual Old Hickory Village Harvest Festival.

Hope to see familiar faces there!!

Worldwide Photo Walk, July 18th

These are some of my favorites from the Worldwide Photo Walk day last weekend. I attended the one in downtown Historic Franklin. There was another walk the same day, at night in downtown Nashville. I think next year I might try to get a walk here in Historic Old Hickory Village.