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      <![CDATA[thanks "W" / that's interesting  information, especially on Bush Lake and the old airport site. I will check out your maps.
        
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      <![CDATA[I remember seeing the huge glass dumps at Metro Center. Also, in pioneer days it<br>
was considered  to be an unhealthy area.
        
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      <![CDATA[As for the lake versus levee discussion... Let's just say both parts were necessary for things to get where they are today.
        
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      <![CDATA[Henry you should take a look at my new post with old maps of the area. http://wp.me/p1xl3V-gP<br>
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There was a small  airfield called Cumberland Airfield in the vicinity of where Metro's sports fields are now at the corner of Rosa Parks and Mainstream Drive.
        
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      <![CDATA[Interesting Tom; I also enjoyed rereading the article you did for the CP about the history of Nashville floods. Here also is an article on the same topic by our friend Bill Carey.
        
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      <![CDATA[The owners/developers of that property put on a full-court PR press during and after the flood to counteract the "we almost lost MetroCenter" meme that was emerging. They sent reporters a pdf detailing their argument that the buildings in the bowl were never in danger.
        
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      <![CDATA[The historical inadequacies are as probably more about the effort I put into it than my admittedly weak research skills. The historical narrative in that post is mostly intended as background for the levee discussion.
        
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      <![CDATA[Thanks for pointing me to that blogger. He writes well and, as an engineer, seems to know what he is talking about in regard to the levies along the river.
        
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