In 1967, the City of Morristown, Tennessee developed a plan to make their downtown Main Street compete with a suburban shopping complex on the west side of the city.
They constructed an overhead sidewalk allowing businesses to form on the second floor of buildings along Main Street.
They constructed an overhead sidewalk allowing businesses to form on the second floor of buildings along Main Street.
They constructed an overhead sidewalk allowing businesses to form on the second floor of buildings along Main Street.
They constructed an overhead sidewalk allowing businesses to form on the second floor of buildings along Main Street.
They constructed an overhead sidewalk allowing businesses to form on the second floor of buildings along Main Street.
When the rest of the US was completing urban renewal projects that privileged the automobile, tearing down vast neighborhoods, displacing families, shoving highways through the middle of communities, Morristown bucked the trend with their own plan.
When the rest of the US was completing urban renewal projects that privileged the automobile, tearing down vast neighborhoods, displacing families, shoving highways through the middle of communities, Morristown bucked the trend with their own plan.
When the rest of the US was completing urban renewal projects that privileged the automobile, tearing down vast neighborhoods, displacing families, shoving highways through the middle of communities, Morristown bucked the trend with their own plan.
While the desired impact may not have entirely manifested, visiting the town was a feast for my imagination and I felt like Morristown was/is on the edge of reimagining itself as an odd little Appalachian destination.
While the desired impact may not have entirely manifested, visiting the town was a feast for my imagination and I felt like Morristown was/is on the edge of reimagining itself as an odd little Appalachian destination.
While the desired impact may not have entirely manifested, visiting the town was a feast for my imagination and I felt like Morristown was/is on the edge of reimagining itself as an odd little Appalachian destination.
The skywalk gives you the chance to explore the details of the building cornices up close in a very surreal way.
The skywalk gives you the chance to explore the details of the building cornices up close in a very surreal way.
The skywalk gives you the chance to explore the details of the building cornices up close in a very surreal way.
The skywalk gives you the chance to explore the details of the building cornices up close in a very surreal way.
The skywalk gives you the chance to explore the details of the building cornices up close in a very surreal way.
Access doesn’t conform to ADA guidelines (happy 30th bday to all the other 1990 babies like me and the ADA) but I could imagine some easy modifications that would make it compliant.
Access doesn’t conform to ADA guidelines (happy 30th bday to all the other 1990 babies like me and the ADA) but I could imagine some easy modifications that would make it compliant.
Access doesn’t conform to ADA guidelines (happy 30th bday to all the other 1990 babies like me and the ADA) but I could imagine some easy modifications that would make it compliant.
Access doesn’t conform to ADA guidelines (happy 30th bday to all the other 1990 babies like me and the ADA) but I could imagine some easy modifications that would make it compliant.
Since this thread has blown up in terms of my twitter experience, I’d like to give the city of @MorristownTenn + @TNMACC a huge shoutout! Urbanist, Architecture, and Weird Stuff Twitter loves you! (and a few sad people don’t understand you)
We stopped by Barkery Tails pet store and got these beautiful dog treats for Neptune and a hot dog chew toy. Lol
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