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They also began to lease some land to local farmers as evidenced by this photograph.

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Photograph of the Old Hickory Munitions Plant with a farmer plowing.

Date unknown, but it’s between 1928-1958.
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Photo is from the Tennessee State Library & Archives.

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The US government purchased over 3,000 acres and contracted with the DuPont Corp. to construct the facility as well as worker housing and the Old Hickory Village. The munitions plant closed at the end of WWI. By 1928, DuPont returned and manufactured other products.

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Patrons are enjoying the late night outside of the Café Coco at 210 Louise Avenue off Elliston Place June 28, 1997.
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My interview with Cathy, of Sidekicks Cafe and Kickin’ Coffee & Tea, is live on Apple Podcasts. We talk about coffee, old Nashville and more. Y’all check it out!

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A view of Fountain Square in MetroCenter on a hot muggy day June 21, 1989.
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Do you remember Houston’s?
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A packed lunch crowd is enjoying their lunch June 10, 1988 at Houston’s, a West End landmark.

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@ESP_62 @Tennessean Wow! Thats a big number. I’d much rather support a local business than watch it sold to a big corporation. That’s just me though.

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Scenes from the 1988 Summer Lights Festival.
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Thoughts?

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Proposed data center next to Nashville Zoo draws pushback https://t.co/LKHqT0Ralz

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I wish we had forty years of memories at Starwood.

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Starwood Amphitheatre opened in 1986.

The first photo is from the "One for the Sun" concert June 21, 1986.

The second photo is Bill Cosby and Mayor Richard Fulton opens the Starwood Amphitheatre by cutting the ribbon June 26, 1986.

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@freeeventphoto @Tennessean I wish they would’ve preserved more of the old buildings.

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The property of Neely Harwell & Co., located March 30, 1962, on the southeast corner of the Public Square, would be taken for the proposed construction of the new Woodland Street Bridge.
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@ESP_62 @NowatNPL The last location is the only one I ate at too. I enjoyed it but always heard the stories about the previous location.

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The Gerst House Restaurant, located at 315 2nd Avenue North. First opened in 1955 by William J. Gerst after the closure of the Gerst Brewing Company.
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Information and photo from the Metro Nashville Archives.

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Urban development led to the Gerst House being moved to 301 Woodland Street in 1970, and it later changed its name to "Gerst Haus" in 1988. The restaurant closed permanently in 2018.

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The restaurant served German-American food and beer, and it was a popular gathering place for journalists, politicians, and attorneys due to its proximity to the Davidson County Courthouse.

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the World's Fair in Knoxville.

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Doris King and James Gorin perform in the aisle during a show in the Jukebox Theatre at Opryland USA theme park on May 25, 1982. The park went to a longer daily schedule earlier in the season because of heavy tourist traffic resulting from…
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