City Cast Nashville
🏙️ Does downtown have ‘hostile’ architecture?
August 25, 2025 · 💌 Margaret Kingsbury
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What's CITY Talking About?
🏙️ “Hostile Architecture” Comes to Downtown
On today’s City Cast Nashville podcast, we’re going downtown for a look at the newly-expanded Central Business Improvement District and how private security and “hostile architecture” are impacting our unhoused community, cyclists, and everyone else who ventures through. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
📚 Library Closure Impacts Unhoused Nashvillians
Unhoused Nashvillians are struggling months after the downtown library branch closed due to its garage catching fire. Many rely on the library for computer access to find jobs and resources, and for its air conditioning, especially during our record-breaking heat this summer. The library is waiting for an independent safety verification from a third party before reopening. [Nashville Banner]
🛣️ Conflicting Visions of the East Bank
Advocates for a more walkable and bikeable Nashville have joined together to create a plan for the East Bank Boulevard that includes a large green promenade in the middle of a two-lane road with a carousel. However, a current proposal has the road as a major six-lane highway. Mayor O’Connell says Metro is still weighing the options. [WPLN]
- It’s part of an ongoing conversation about Nashville’s bikeability. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
🤠 Our Male-Revue Scene
Nashville’s male-revue businesses are establishing themselves as part of the essential downtown scene for bachelorettes, but it’s not always easy to get people to take them seriously as a business. [Nashville Scene]
- The life of a local male entertainer [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
What To Do
Monday, Aug. 25
- 🥫 Prep and Package Meals with Mercy Chefs, 6:30-8:30 a.m. (Volunteer)
- 🎶 Lunchtime Music at Church Street Park, Noon-1 p.m. (Free)
- 🎥 Summer Family Movie Night: “A Minecraft Movie” at Goodlettsville Library Branch, 4-6 p.m. (Free)
- 📚 Silent Book Club at Drift Hotel’s Sun Room, 6-8 p.m. (Free)
- 😆 Nateland Live at The Lab at Zanies, 7 p.m.
- 🎤 Fitz and The Tantrums at Ryman Auditorium, 8 p.m.
- 🎵 Texans in Tennessee: Texas Heritage Songwriters Association Flood Benefit at The Listening Room Cafe, 8:30 p.m.
- 🤠 Hot Country Mondays at Skinny Dennis, 9 p.m.-Midnight (Free entry)
Tuesday, Aug. 26
- 🧷 Diaper Bank Sorting and Packaging with Nashville Diaper Connection, 9:30 a.m. & Noon (Volunteer)
- 🧶 The Happy Froggers Knitting and Crochet Social Club at Edmonson Pike Library Branch, 10:30-11:30 a.m. (Free)
- 🧑🌾 East Nashville Farmers Market at 5th & Woodland Streets, 3:30-6:30 p.m.
- 🎥 Summer of Sound: “Amazing Grace” at Riverside Revival, 6-9:30 p.m. (Free)
- ⚾ Tito’s Tail Waggin’ Tuesday: Nashville Sounds vs. Charlotte Knights at First Horizon Park, 6:35 p.m.
- 📽️ Le Movie Night: “Dirty Dancing” at Pont Neuf, 7 p.m.
- 🤠 Honky Tonk Tuesday with The Cowpokes at Eastside Bowl, 7 p.m.
- 🎭 DOLLY: A True Original Musical at The Fisher Center, 7:30 p.m.
- 🎵 311 Unity Tour at The Pinnacle, 6:30 p.m.
⭐ My event pick of the week: Come hang out with us at Musicians Corner on Sunday, August 31! It’s a free musical event at Centennial Park, and we’ll have some City Cast Nashville swag to give away. 😻
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