Note: This photo was taken in 2015 and the description was based on a newspaper article from 2016. The demolition did not happen and instead the building was restored to now become Natura Nashville.
Check out this Feb 18, 2016 article from the Tennesseean newspaper
Printers Alley developers to demolish 19th-century brothel
www.tennessean.com/story/money/real-estate/2016/02/18/pri...
To paraphrase, Developers are planning to convert this building, plus the others seen in the corners of this photo into a new Boutique hotel called Utopia. The original design was to save as much of this building as possible, with intricate exterior design and vintage interior elements. As it turns out, most of the building is beyond repair as the upper two floors haven't been used in 70 years.
Over the decades, the Embers has been an important part of Printer's Alley (which is the other side of the building, this view is 4th Ave.) The building started in 1887 as a brothel known as the Climax Saloon. For many years, the main floor was the Embers restaurant, but now is an abandoned Greek restaurant.
Historic Nashville Inc. had included the Embers building as part of the Printers Alley Historic District on its 2014 Nashville Nine list of the city's most endangered historic places. If you view this photo at original size, to the left of the Kabab sign is ornamentation face of a lion on either side of the door. The upper floors contain ornate metal columns. If too many of these buildings are removed, the district could lose it's status on the National Register of Historic Places.
Update story on preservation efforts.
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