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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. -Pe...
06/05/2026

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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Peyton Hoge / The Tennessean

My interview with Cathy, of SideKicks Cafe and Kickin' Coffee & Tea, is live on Apple Podcasts. We talk about coffee, ol...
06/04/2026

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!

A view of Fountain Square in MetroCenter on a hot muggy day June 21, 1989. -Mike DuBose / The Tennessean
06/04/2026

A view of Fountain Square in MetroCenter on a hot muggy day June 21, 1989.
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Mike DuBose / The Tennessean

Do you remember Houston’s? -A packed lunch crowd is enjoying their lunch June 10, 1988 at Houston’s, a West End landmark...
06/03/2026

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.

Mike DuBose / The Tennessean

Scenes from the 1988 Summer Lights Festival. -Photos are from the Tennessean
06/02/2026

Scenes from the 1988 Summer Lights Festival.
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Photos are from the Tennessean

06/02/2026
Thoughts?
06/01/2026

Thoughts?

A proposed data center next to the Nashville Zoo is raising concern from zoo officials and adding momentum to Metro Council discussions about where similar facilities should be allowed in Davidson County. Details in the comments below.

Starwood Amphitheatre opened in 1986. The first photo is from the "One for the Sun" concert June 21, 1986. The second ph...
06/01/2026

Starwood Amphitheatre opened in 1986.

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

The second photo shows Bill Cosby and Mayor Richard Fulton as they open Starwood by cutting the ribbon June 26, 1986.

I wish we could’ve had forty years of memories here.
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Photos are from the Tennessean.

Keep Bill Cody in your prayers.
05/31/2026

Keep Bill Cody in your prayers.

The property of Neely Harwell & Co., located March 30, 1962, on the southeast corner of the Public Square, would be take...
05/31/2026

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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Gerald Holly / The Tennessean

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