Additional images and a name have been released related to the future public greenspace for which work remains underway at Capitol View. In addition, the space will be called Frankie Pierce Park, named for the late and influential African-American suffrage movement leader Juno Frankie Pierce. Pierce Park will open in the spring as part of the 32-acre mixed-use urban district …
Green spaces are in the works across some of downtown’s most gray areas, where frenetic construction has transformed neighborhoods into grids of boxes and asphalt. Mega-projects Nashville Yards, Capitol View and Peabody Plaza are plotting sizable parks around their towers. In the process, they’re forgoing more profitable choices. “It looks good,” said John Eakin, whose firm is now building the …
