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160 2nd Avenue N. in Nashville, Tennessee

After a tragic Christmas morning bombing rocked the downtown entertainment district, we performed a structural condition assessment and designed emergency stabilization for a historic masonry building.

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Project Partners
Brewer, Krause, Brooks & Chastain, PLLC
Location
Nashville, Tennessee
Completion Date
Area
50,000 ft²
Number of Stories
4
Nashville Explosion at 160 2nd Avenue N.
Nashville Explosion at 160 2nd Avenue N. Thornton Tomasetti
Nashville Explosion at 160 2nd Avenue N.
Nashville Explosion at 160 2nd Avenue N. Thornton Tomasetti
Nashville Explosion at 160 2nd Avenue N.
Nashville Explosion at 160 2nd Avenue N. Thornton Tomasetti
Nashville Explosion at 160 2nd Avenue N.
Nashville Explosion at 160 2nd Avenue N. Thornton Tomasetti
Nashville Explosion at 160 2nd Avenue N.
Nashville Explosion at 160 2nd Avenue N. Thornton Tomasetti
Nashville Explosion at 160 2nd Avenue N.
Nashville Explosion at 160 2nd Avenue N. Thornton Tomasetti

On 6:30 a.m. Christmas morning in 2020, Downtown Nashville was rocked by a bomb that affected the 160 block of the Second Avenue North in the city’s entertainment district. The four-story historic masonry building at 160 2nd Avenue N., which was home to the Old Spaghetti Factory restaurant for 40 years, sustained heavy structural damage from the bombing.

We performed a structural condition assessment and designed emergency stabilization for the building. After determining the structure could be stabilized and repaired, we designed and administered the installation of “make-safe “shoring and bracing, liaising with the local building authority throughout the process.

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