East Nashville, Tennessee
Many would also state that with I-65 and I-24 as the western border and Briley Parkway as the northern boundary, this defines an area that constitutes Greater East Nashville.
It includes the area of Smaller East Nashville and extends to the west to reach I-65 and moves as far north as Briley Parkway.
The Edgefield village became Nashville's most exclusive suburb, with streets lined of commanding Italianate, Renaissance Revival, and Queen Anne homes.
Streetcar suburbs formed in the Lockeland and East End areas as farmland and country estates were sold off and subdivided.
The more recent portion with an entrance to the north and the tower, facing west toward Woodland Street, was added long after the property had passed out of the ownership of the Weakley family.
[5] Cornelia Fort Airpark was a privately owned, public-use airport located five nautical miles (9 km) northeast of the central business district of Nashville, in Davidson County, Tennessee, United States.
In 2011 Nashville bought the private Cornelia Fort Airpark which was the destination of singer Patsy Cline in her 1963 fatal plane crash.
On the morning of Wednesday, March 22, 1916, a fire erupted in East Nashville, destroying over 500 houses and leaving over 2,500 people homeless.
The fire originated at the home of Joe Jennings, who lived next to the Seagraves Planing Mill located on North First Street.
Desperate to contain the fire, residents formed "bucket brigades" to help fight the flames, and many hastily removed furniture from their homes in an effort to save their belongings.
Buildings belonging to the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged, Woodland Street Presbyterian Church, Warner Public School, and Engine Company No.
A powerful cold front lay to the northwest, and centers of low pressure sat over the Great Lakes and western Arkansas.
As a persistent southerly wind fed air from the Gulf of Mexico several hundred miles northward the days before.
The sky remained mostly cloudy on the 14th, the thermometer climbed to a remarkable 80 degrees at 3:00 p.m., which is unusually early in the year for such a warm temperature.
The fast moving cold front pushed a storm through the city rather quickly, dumping 0.81 inches of rainfall in a relatively short time.
By the early evening, while the air was still warm and humid, destruction began four miles west of downtown over the rim of hills, near Charlotte Pike and Fifty-first Avenue.
Then the storm hit with force on the north side of the Public Square downtown, significantly damaging several buildings, and passing within 400 feet of the Weather Bureau.
The tornado thereafter crossed the Cumberland River to reach East Nashville north of the Woodland Street Bridge, and traveled eastward.
Weather Bureau meteorologist Roger M. Williamson, whose home on Eastland Avenue narrowly escaped the storm's destruction, reported "for a terrifying fraction of a minute...walls, roofs, chimneys, garages and trees were crashing only a few yards away."
Every available policeman and substitute rushed to the area, joined soon by National Guardsmen, legionnaires, Red Cross workers, Boy Scouts, and Salvation Army members.
The guardsmen continued on duty throughout the damaged areas until the city was declared under control by civil officers on the morning of March 16.
Coordinated by the American Red Cross, the city's relief agencies were providing shelter, clothing, and food to storm victims.
A tornado touched down in far western Davidson County about half an hour past midnight local time on March 3, 2020.
It has a trendy, progressive atmosphere and after 15 or so years of rising incomes the neighborhood has managed to keep its eclectic, artsy vibe and draw a diverse mix of newcomers.
The Tomato Art Fest is a popular summer festival in East Nashville held at Five Points, the intersection where Woodland, Clearview and 11th streets meet.
Residential redevelopment that begain in the Edgefield area has spread to the outer neighborhoods and has significantly raised home prices.
[12] On December 10, 2017, Mayor Megan Barry dedicated the first historical marker in Tennessee to honor an LGBT activist, Penny Campbell, in East Nashville.
[13] Today East Nashville has three public housing projects within it: James A. Cayce, Sam Levy Homes, and Parkway Terrace.
In the Plan of Nashville the east bank of the Cumberland River will be greatly changed as Nissan Stadium will be surrounded by greenways and walkable streets.
