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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

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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