I was 4 yrs old in 1970. We lived off of West End Ave on Princeton Ave in Nashville. Nashville was an amazing place to grow up. Still an amazing city... I live North of downtown Nashville now in Montgomery County.
My Grandparents used to live at the corner of Princeton and Harvard at the white house there in the center. They built the house and my Mom grew up there. I still remember so many trips there with my parents from the 60's to the early 80's. I remember the train at night where Harvard dead ended into the train tracks, the lightning bugs, and just the earthy smell of the place.
I love finding old videos of my home city. I know there must be so much more out there yet to be seen. I wish I could also find video of Nashville from the 60s to even the 1900s.
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This is great! I was in Nashville late 1969 then early 1970 to do some recording. Good memories! Thanks!
I actually recognize many of those places, although most are gone now. Estimating winter 1970. There was the old downtown YMCA (where the Sheraton now stands) and of course Varallo's... the under-construction Snodgrass (National LIfe at the time) Tower (completed 1970)... The Andrew Jackson State office building (completed 1969) still has its wooden sidewalk barrier. Some housing projects around Charlotte Avenue... A ride up 21st Avenue and past Vanderbilt Medical Office Building... Hillsboro Village (Hills Grocery)... Cooper Martin grocery store in Green Hills, which is now a Wallgreens... and a very early shot of the pre-enclosed shopping strip that is now Mall at Green Hills. There is also Yanni's which was an early local chain restaurant. Fascinating...but I wonder what the opening shots include. There is a brief clip in front of Moon Drugs... but I cannot identify the neighborhood shot (near Welch College???). Anyone have any ideas?
This is when Nashville used to be a run down city just like Memphis was but nowadays its a booming metropolis (AKA the Country Music capital of the world).
I was 4 yrs old in 1970. We lived off of West End Ave on Princeton Ave in Nashville. Nashville was an amazing place to grow up. Still an amazing city... I live North of downtown Nashville now in Montgomery County.
My Grandparents used to live at the corner of Princeton and Harvard at the white house there in the center. They built the house and my Mom grew up there. I still remember so many trips there with my parents from the 60's to the early 80's. I remember the train at night where Harvard dead ended into the train tracks, the lightning bugs, and just the earthy smell of the place.
This is so cool to see, I grew up in Nashville TN and was a little kid in the 70's, love this piece of nostalgia! Thanks!
I love finding old videos of my home city. I know there must be so much more out there yet to be seen. I wish I could also find video of Nashville from the 60s to even the 1900s.
This is great! I was in Nashville late 1969 then early 1970 to do some recording. Good memories! Thanks!
I actually recognize many of those places, although most are gone now. Estimating winter 1970.
There was the old downtown YMCA (where the Sheraton now stands) and of course Varallo's... the under-construction Snodgrass (National LIfe at the time) Tower (completed 1970)... The Andrew Jackson State office building (completed 1969) still has its wooden sidewalk barrier. Some housing projects around Charlotte Avenue... A ride up 21st Avenue and past Vanderbilt Medical Office Building... Hillsboro Village (Hills Grocery)... Cooper Martin grocery store in Green Hills, which is now a Wallgreens... and a very early shot of the pre-enclosed shopping strip that is now Mall at Green Hills. There is also Yanni's which was an early local chain restaurant.
Fascinating...but I wonder what the opening shots include. There is a brief clip in front of Moon Drugs... but I cannot identify the neighborhood shot (near Welch College???). Anyone have any ideas?
I went to High School downtown Nashville at Hume Fogg 8th and Broad
You can see the old Varallo's Chile parlor at 1:30. I miss that place.
This is when Nashville used to be a run down city just like Memphis was but nowadays its a booming metropolis (AKA the Country Music capital of the world).
also bachelorette party capital of the world
@Jim Yep you got it
Nashville was not a run down City in the 70’s. I grew up in Nashville, and the 70’s was a great time in Nashville.
I was there!
Are you one of the kids in this video?
It's fun to stay at the 1:32
Puffy shirt!
Growing up here is lame
The guys at the 6:35 mark were all 17