Last summer Mr. Case’s landlord announced that he was selling the site and four adjacent buildings to a developer. (All five evicted businesses are quintessentially Music City: a clothing store called So Nashville, a guitar repair shop, a music academy, a music publisher, and Bobby’s.) Short of the kind of 11th-hour miracle that saved Studio A, Bobby’s Idle Hour (“The only live music venue on Music Row!” according to its website) would end its seven-decade run, and yet another office building would rise in its place. “There are practical solutions that would balance development with the preservation of Music Row’s historic fabric and retain the music businesses that fill them. Mr. Case has until the end of the month to clear everything out.
Source: New York Times January 21, 2019 10:52 UTC