Environment

Stalled Development Created an Accidental Lake in Nashville

It’s really just a very, very deep puddle.
David Antis/flickr

When I was little, I swam in a man-made pond in our neighborhood. It was dug into the corner of a grassy park, but despite the pastoral surroundings, it looked really unnatural. The whole thing was painted inky black; you could never see the bottom. It freaked out my mom, who grew up swimming in clear lakes where you could see your toes (and any nibbling fish swimming towards them).

She’d really hate Nashville.