Out with the old and in with the new

Nashville is an ever-changing city in an ever-changing world. But even though we said good-bye to a landmark or two in 2001, we welcomed buildings and ideas sure to make Country Music USA greater than it was a year ago.

An era ended when Midtown's 30 year-old International House of Pancakes served its final flapjacks on Halloween night. We bid adieu to the downtown public library, a repository of knowledge for knowledge 35 years, but we cheered its magnificent replacement in June.

We stood by and watched an early 1930's art deco post office take on a new life as a world-class museum with the opening of the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in April.

We tapped our toes at the opening of the new Country Music Hall of Fame, although we were slightly nostalgic for its old barn-like home that welcomed fans since 1967.

In the coming year we