David Wharton, Constructed Views: New Meets Old in Mid-South Cities

Legends Corner bills itself as "an authentic downtown honky-tonk." It is one of several bars on Nashville's Lower Broadway catering to tourists. The brick building in the left background is the Ryman Auditorium, home of the Grand Ole Opry from 1943 to 1974. The alley between the Ryman and the back of the bars on Lower Broadway is called Ryman Alley. Country music lore holds that Ryman Alley was the scene of legendary jams (and more than a few fistfights), as musicians ducked into the bars' back doors before and after performances. The skyscraper in the far background is the Bell South Building.



	Tourists and Legends Corner, Lower Broadway, Nashville David Wharton jpg image cite this image Legends Corner bills itself as "an authentic downtown honky-tonk." It is one of several bars on Nashville's Lower Broadway catering to tourists. The brick building in the left background is the Ryman Auditorium, home of the Grand Ole Opry from 1943 to 1974. The alley between the Ryman and the back of the bars on Lower Broadway is called Ryman Alley. Country music lore holds that Ryman Alley was the scene of legendary jams (and more than a few fistfights), as musicians ducked into the bars' back doors before and after performances. The skyscraper in the far background is the Bell South Building.

Published: 28 February 2007 © 2007 David Wharton and Southern Spaces