A fascinating controversy going on in Nashville on historic Lower Broad: Developers of a Jimmy Buffet-style bar want windows that open to mimic what you'd see in Key West. Preservationists say nay to the changes. Pictured is the building that would be affected.
As a Music City fan, I gotta side with the history nuts. Lower Broad has been gentrified and generically gussied up enough already.
If you want Key West, go there.
If you want Honkytonk heritage, seek out Nashville.
Used to be on Lower Broad, you could swap stories with homeless people at a dive bar like the Wagon Wheel (and get two tall-boy cans of Budweiser for $5). All that's left to stop Nashville from turning into another soul-less Myrtle Beach is nattering historic organizations. Good on them.
So head to Guitar Town sometime. Save your flip-flops for your Florida trip and opt for boots instead; it's always raining in Nashville anyway and god knows what you might step in on those Second-Avenue sidewalks.
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