NASHVILLE, TN (December 7, 2010)—Nashville architects, engineers and contractors built an entire town of gingerbread at the Loews Vanderbilt Plaza on November 30. Sections of the town are being donated this week to the Monroe Carell Jr. Hospital for Children at Vanderbilt, Hospital Hospitality House and the Cumberland at Green Hills senior living community.
Architectural firm Earl Swensson Associates, Inc. (ESa) led the first annual Nashville Gingertown initiative. Gingertown is a one-of-a-kind holiday event that brings together leading architects, designers, engineers and contractors as well as the Nashville community. The premise is to create a town made completely of gingerbread.
The “town” had a total of 40 sites, with each team of participants responsible for constructing and decorating one site within a three-hour period. The town is approximately 4’ 6” wide and over 12’ long. Sites of the holiday town included the elf airport, elf medical clinic and everything in-between. Nashville bakeries donated the gingerbread and icing.
The idea of creating a magical town containing streets of sugary cereals and candy cane lampposts was originated by Washington, D.C.-based David M. Schwarz Architects.