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May 11, 2017 By Bob Henderson 2 Comments

Imminent Development

Possible Development of Fort Negley Park:

The Old Greer Stadium 

photo by: Blake Henderson

 

Besides the tourism/historic value of this American Civil War icon, why is the city wanting to decrease public green space downtown? There is too little of it now. This 31 acre parcel has been in the public park inventory since the 1920’s. Over half of it is proposed for commercial development by the Metro Council. That could be around 18 acres of public downtown Green Space. As downtown explodes in development, we need more, not less, open space.

Cannibalizing an existing park for a revenue stream, sets a dangerous precedent for Nashville City Parks.

Key Points

  • Fort Negley is the largest Civil War stone fort (inland)
  • Few Civil War sites remain in Nashville
  • African American Contraband Camps were located here
  • A former cemetery of over 11,000 Union soldiers – some of which could still be there
  • Water run-off improvements
  • Green space
  • More traffic congestion
  • Monarch butterfly habitat
  • Rare fossil site

If you live in Davidson County, Tennessee please contact your council person here.

Download the Friends of Fort Negley Plan

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1100 Fort Negley Blvd.

Nashville, TN 37203

615-862-8470

– Bob Henderson (former Metro Historical Commission member)

Historic Nashville – In Defense of Fort Negley – May 22, 2017

Additional reading: Developers Propose the Desecration of Fort Negley – Nashville Scene April 28, 2017 by Betty Phillips

 

@savingplaces #thisplacematters #fortnegley

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Filed Under: Forts, Nashville, Preservation, USCT

About Bob Henderson

I am a Certified Trusted Google Street View and Business View photographer. I shoot and produce 360º Virtual Tours in a variety of formats. Former Metro Historical Commission member. Native Nashvillian, served as an officer in the US Navy and Tennessee Air National Guard. Follow Bob on LinkedIn | Facebook

Comments

  1. Christopher Coleman says

    July 11, 2017 at 9:13 pm

    Thoreau: “If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer; but if he spends his whole day as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making earth bald before her time, he is esteemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. As if a town had no interest in its forests but to cut them down!”

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  2. Bob Henderson says

    July 14, 2017 at 9:29 am

    The Civil War Trust has weighed in. I will publish their letter shortly.

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