tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post5661949872976558175..comments2023-10-21T03:07:18.017-05:00Comments on Enclave: Newspaper Attempts to Rename Sulphur Dell Area Around Bicentennial MallS-townMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05948307051485318061noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-53223557174415800182007-12-04T06:51:00.000-06:002007-12-04T06:51:00.000-06:00Is there anything left in the "East End" that qual...Is there anything left in the "East End" that qualifies it as an "End"? What is so "German" about "Germantown"? Why do we continue to use a term like "Printers Alley" for a sidestreet devoid of printers?<BR/><BR/>Calling Sulphur Dell "The Market District" seems arbitrary to me. For each person whom I've met in the real estate community who knows where it is I've met 10 outside who have no idea where it is.<BR/><BR/>I don't see any connotation within the word "Market" that would lead me to the term "Farmers," and I am just as likely to think of "Market Street Beer," which actually comes from a part of Nashville long known as "The District" before Sulphur Dell was. Planning/Design/Real Estate folk need to be more careful than capricious in naming, it seems to me.<BR/><BR/>Lots of ideas are thrown around at Plan of Nashville gatherings, I'm sure. That fact alone does not give them more merit with me.S-townMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05948307051485318061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-81614039117563210132007-12-03T23:33:00.000-06:002007-12-03T23:33:00.000-06:00"Market district" was used many times during discu..."Market district" was used many times during discussions at Plan of Nashville meetings a few years ago, and I knew exactly the area Williams referred to in the article because of that. Real estate listings in the area often use the term "Market District" when identifying the location of the condos currently for sale, which are known as the District Lofts and Harrison Square. Correct me if I am wrong, but there is absolutely nothing left in the area that indicates the existence of Sulphur Dell, save for the history signs located on the French Lick Greenway. I acknowledge the historic importance of Sulphur Dell, but what we have today is an expanded Farmer's Market lining the park, which is much more of an visual identifier for the area in 2007. Nashvillians, visitors and recent transplants are more likely to know the location of the Farmer's Market over the spring/creek/baseball field that was Sulphur Dell. When the city's Civic Design Center, local media and real estate agents are promoting the Market District moniker, that's what will stick in the minds of those who knew nothing prior of the area to begin with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com