Half Mast

Half Mast for Ft. Hood

Tennessee Tower

Nov 2009**

City Tree

Nov 2009

The Parthenon- Nashville

Originally built for Tennessee's 1897 Centennial Exposition, this replica of the original Parthenon in Athens serves as a monument to what is considered the pinnacle of classical architecture. The plaster replicas of the Parthenon Marbles found in the Naos are direct casts of the original sculptures which adorned the pediments of the Athenian Parthenon, dating back to 438 B.C. The originals of these powerful fragments are housed in the British Museum in London.

Aug 2009

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Union Station

Nashville's Union Station is a former railroad terminal opened in 1900 to serve the passenger operations of the eight railroads then providing passenger service to Nashville, Tennessee.

The tower was originally topped by a bronze statue of the Roman god Mercury; this was toppled in a storm in 1951.

By the mid-1990s they had restored Mercury to his place atop the tower, albeit in a two-dimensional form painted in trompe l'oeil style to replicate the original. This was destroyed in the 1998 downtown Nashville tornado but was soon replaced.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Station_(Nashville)

http://www.unionstationhotelnashville.com/index.cfm
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Aug 2009

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General Jackson Showboat

General Jackson turns around at LP Field.