Pensacola Oddities (11/2/2014)

Saturday, November 1, 2014
Lunch at Maguire's:

Can you believe this liverwurst sandwich? (KSS)

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Beach Ball Water Tower (2005)

The unique houses in Pensacola Beach:

Dome of a Home (2002) at 1005 Ariola Drive;
designed by Bob Bissett; available for vacation rentals

Futuro Home (1968) at 1304 Panferio Drive;
manufactured by Finnish company Oy Polykem Ab
after design by architect Matti Suuronen

Back in Pensacola:

Graffiti Bridge (1888) painted pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Former Junior's Drive Thru Funeral Home
at 609 N Alcaniz Street
(viewing window added 1986),
now the Mission Anglican Church

The deceased was displayed in an open casket in the window to allow people to drive up for the viewing. (Junior's Funeral Home was owned by Willie Junior, one of the Escambia County Commissioners who was convicted on corruption charges, but he disappeared before sentencing.)

The Chappie James Memorial Plaza:

Birthplace of Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr at 1606 MLK Drive;
the first African-American to reach the rank of a four-star general;
listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000

General James was an Air Force Pilot and Tuskegee Airman

The steps of the first African-American school in Pensacola
that was founded by General James's mother

Granite Memorial for "Chappie" James

At the corner of N Davis Highway and E Jordan Street:

Crystal Ice House (1932) at 2024 N Davis Highway;
listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983

Crystal Ice House panel illustrates
the hand signals used to indicate how much ice you want