Not New Nashville

In most of the local publications and people I speak to, there's a lot of chatter about "New Nashville" - a catch-all term used to describe the terrible new construction, the influx of people and overall gentrification of the area. It's not a wholly inappropriate term but it does tend to wax overly nostalgic.

Photographer Jennifer Bair started an instagram feed called Not New Nashville, in which she shares photos from the Nashville / middle Tennessee area circa early 2000s. there are bizarre bar decorations, strip mall destinations and long closed beloved restaurants within the offerings.

I'm not sure if Bair has a particular perspective on if Not New Nashville is superior to New Nashville or just that it was simply more unique. Regardless, it's clear from the photos that it really was a different time.