FRIDAY
周五
1. Welcome Aboard | 4 p.m.
1. 歡迎參觀|下午4點
The Music City Center, the new $598-million convention center with the curvy roof and guitar-shaped ballroom, gets all the attention as a totem of Nashville’s bright future, but Union Station is an anchor to the past. Built in 1900, and all but abandoned by 1979, the stately Gothic railway terminal was spared demolition by a group of Nashville investors. Today, limestone fireplaces, oak doors and panels, and a 65-foot vaulted ceiling marked by golden yellow stained glass distinguish the building, now a hotel, that sits on a hill, just south of the Capitol and a stone’s throw from the live music downtown. Both buildings are open to the public; for a free tour of the mammoth convention center, reserve online well in advance.
音樂城市中心是一座投資5.98億美元新建的會議中心,有著曼妙的曲線屋頂和吉他造型的舞廳。作為納什維爾燦爛未來的圖騰,它得到了所有人的關注,而城市內的另一個地方——聯合車站,卻是通向過去的鐵錨。它建造于20世紀,在1979年卻差點被棄置。這座莊嚴的哥特式火車站能幸免于拆除,要歸功于納什維爾的一群投資人。而今,它石灰巖的壁爐、橡木門和嵌板以及鑲嵌金色玻璃的65英尺高的穹頂天花板,勾勒出了這座建筑與眾不同的模樣,現在,它成了一座酒店,坐落在田納西州議會大廈南面的山上,距離市中心的現場音樂表演只有一石之遙。兩座建筑都向公眾開放。若打算在巨大的會議中心免費游覽,需要提前網上預約。