eastside (part 3)
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East Nashville graphic design thesis project part 3TRANSCRIPT
Rusty Bottle Cap
Found next to the Taco Bell Weave
Found over by the Suntrust bank in the parking lot.
Nails and stuff
Picked up all along the journey
Corroded Rubber
Picked up outside of Gallatin Road Tire
Corroded Rubber
Picked up outside of Gallatin Road Tire
Envelope
Stolen from the Pawn shop after they wouldn’t let me interview them
Electrical Wire
Picked up over by Jerry’s house under the bridge.
Electrical Wire
Picked up over by Jerry’s house under the bridge.
Car Freshener
Picked up in the parking lot to the graffiti building
Dry cleaning Tags
Found outside McPhearson Cleaners
Faygo wrapper
Bought at the Inglewood Drive-In Market and consumed at Bolton’s with my fried chicken..
Hall Pass?
Found outside Jere Baxter ALC
Part of a Marlboro Cigarette pack
Found outside the old Caudle Vet’s office.
Receipt for copies
Found behind Bolton’s
Piece of a broken bottle
Picked up by Street Customs in the road
Piece of plastic– I’m not sure what it is
Found by the old weathered building that used to be a silk screen place
Price Tag
Found stuck to a telephone pole
Feather
Found floating through the air
Piece of glass from someones car window
Could be found anywhere on the street out here
Some sort of receipt for something
Found stuck to a bus bench
Some sort of receipt for something
Found stuck to a bus bench
Can Lid
Found in alley beside Eastend Appliances
Piece of painted wood
Picked up on the steps of Instant Rental
Guitar Pick
Found in the parking lot of the old Krispy Kreme
Rusty Battery or something?
Found on the street beside the weirdly shaped aluminum building
Calendar from Household Pawn
Also stolen when they wouldn’t let me interview them
Octopus Card
Found outside of Beauty and Beyond
Calendar from Household Pawn
Also stolen when they wouldn’t let me interview them Lottery Tickets
Found everywhere you look on the ground
colors
colors
I ended up with hundreds of pictures of East Nashville at the end
from all my photo shoots and footage. I needed a way to approach the
project and this huge amount of photos that was easy for me to under-
stand and wrap my head around. So I decided to split the pictures up
into categories so that they would be more organized. The categories
I immediately came up with when looking through the pictures were
color categories– the signs along the street and buildings are all bright
colors, which split easily up into red, blue, yellow and white catego-
ries. I cropped the photos down for this section of the book so that they
would function as textures and be more abstract than some of the other
chapters. In this chapter we look back at Gallatin Road and see all the
uniqueness and beauty that is present there in the details.
red
blue
yellow
white
eastside,i love youalways.
eastside,i love youalways.
So this is my look at East Nashville through the study of Gallatin Road. I hope
you have enjoyed this look at the street which is the heart of East Nashville and
connects the hip trendy side with the more urban grit of old East Nashville. I
want to thank every place I went into, whether they spoke to me or not, they
are the reason this project is so full of life and vitality, and they are the ones
who make East Nashville so unique and interesting. I do want to see this street
change. I want the crime to stop and the fear to become a thing of the past. But
I believe that the history and uniqueness should be preserved and I understand
that this is what makes it so special. I have wanted to do this for a long time,
because this area speaks to me and my childhood. I have loved every moment
of this experience because I love this place. It is my home and where I know I
have a place in this world.