The " Strip" is beyond awful

[Mose Phillip's Watch]

Went there yesterday for dinner & was blown away how awful it is. How could the zoning people allow all those 6 story apartments to be built right on the edge of the road & more coming ? It has no character anymore, no locally owned restaurants or bars hardly left. Nothing about it is fun or charming anymore.

 

[Panthro]

I have to agree with you. Granted, I haven’t been down there on a Friday night in a long time, but I can’t imagine it’s nearly like what it once was.
I’m remembering when O’Charley’s had Matt and Erick playing twice a week, Hannah’s would occasionally have Peyton stop by for a drink, and Campus Pub was selling $.50 beers. Those were the days!

 

[golfballs]

Went there yesterday for dinner & was blown away how awful it is. How could the zoning people allow all those 6 story apartments to be built right on the edge of the road & more coming ? It has no character anymore, no locally owned restaurants or bars hardly left. Nothing about it is fun or charming anymore.

The strip used to be charming?

 

[davethevol]

Went there yesterday for dinner & was blown away how awful it is. How could the zoning people allow all those 6 story apartments to be built right on the edge of the road & more coming ? It has no character anymore, no locally owned restaurants or bars hardly left. Nothing about it is fun or charming anymore.

It was changed due to the influence of a big investor who grew up in San Francisco and moved to TN with his business. He wanted the strip to be more like one of his favorite areas in Miami. I have first hand knowledge of this and he explained to me in detail his plans before all the construction started.

 

[Jackcrevol]

The strip used to be charming?

said no one ever

 

[Mose Phillip's Watch]

The strip used to be charming?

Well it had great character

 

[SDV]

RIP Lap/Library

 

[clarksvol00]

I have to agree with you. Granted, I haven’t been down there on a Friday night in a long time, but I can’t imagine it’s nearly like what it once was.
I’m remembering when O’Charley’s had Matt and Erick playing twice a week, Hannah’s would occasionally have Peyton stop by for a drink, and Campus Pub was selling $.50 beers. Those were the days!

Campus Pub. No ID, problem.

 

[clarksvol00]

The closing of the Krystal burger was the official death of the Strip.

 

[vols 30]

Early 90's on the strip was fun.

 

[Panthro]

Campus Pub. No ID, problem.

Until that time when someone decided to start throwing beer bottles into the dancing crowd. That ended things.

 

[clarksvol00]

Until that time when someone decided to start throwing beer bottles into the dancing crowd. That ended things.

It may have shut down while I was in school up there.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Liquor by the drink and the 18 year old drinking age developed the strip into what it once was. The Old City is the closest alternative but it’s not the same without thousands of 18, 19, and 20 year olds living a short walk away.

The city gets considerably more revenue in the form of property tax from the 6 story apartment buildings as opposed to some sales taxes and a fraction of the property tax from derelict real estate. Plus there’s still some sales taxes coming from the street level retail spaces.

 

[ToineMac]

Are

The closing of the Krystal burger was the official death of the Strip.

No more walking over to get a sackful to soak up the liquor at 3 am only to be begging God at noon to let you get off the toilet. Tragic

 

[IluvdoubleD's]

The closing of the Krystal burger was the official death of the Strip.

under rated.

 

[vols 30]

Are

No more walking over to get a sackful to soak up the liquor at 3 am only to be begging God at noon to let you get off the toilet. Tragic

That place used to be packed late night. Looking back at it now, I feel sorry the workers. They had to put up with a lot of BS

 

[clarksvol00]

Are

No more walking over to get a sackful to soak up the liquor at 3 am only to be begging God at noon to let you get off the toilet. Tragic

I had a cast-iron belly at the time I frequented the Krystal burger at 3am. Now if I tried that, I'd definitely be praying for relief.

 

[vols 30]

I had a cast-iron belly at the time I frequented the Krystal burger at 3am. Now if I tried that, I'd definitely be praying for relief.

At my age now , I can't handle Krystals at 3pm let alone 3am.

 

[IluvdoubleD's]

there was a time krystals was the whip all. At some point the quality of the worker fell, same happened to king hardees before the collapse. They feel that offering a cheaper burger wins, when the "better" burger wins. Krystals, in particular, git dirty. Like, the restaurants got dirty, and that shows workers don't care. They had some of the top five best tasting griddles i've ever experienced at one time tho. Those griddles will be collectors, they still have the flavor.

 

[CAVPUT]

The strip used to be charming?

Tiny was a real charmer when he was busting heads back in the day.

 

[imw8n4u]

Until that time when someone decided to start throwing beer bottles into the dancing crowd. That ended things.

Tyler Bray?

 

[golfballs]

I like the strip now vs what it used to be, except that OCI/Tap Room no longer exist, but that doesn’t havent anything to do w the development plans.

 

[Devo182]

Well it had great character

"character" if you mean that of a butthole. Krystals, taco bell, billboards/signs every 5 feet. What a mess of unplanned suburbia that place was.

Now it at least looks pretty clean, organized, attractive.

 

[Panthro]

Tyler Bray?

This was about a decade before he was in college.

 

[Mose Phillip's Watch]

"character" if you mean that of a butthole. Krystals, taco bell, billboards/signs every 5 feet. What a mess of unplanned suburbia that place was.

Now it at least looks pretty clean, organized, attractive.

Totally disagree...looks awful & several old buildings abandoned