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Giant Globes (page 2)

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Globe
Fort Lauderdale, FL
This revolving Globe in Fort Lauderdale was installed around 2015 in the Plaza del Mar strip mall. By 2024, the globe was painted red. [map]

More Florida:
Titus Harvest Dome Spectrum Church (Jacksonville)
former Food World (Lakeland)
Pan Am Globe: 1, 2 (Miami)

Spaceship Earth [gone]
Kennesaw, GA
This Spaceship Earth sculpture was created by Eino, a Finnish-American artist, and installed in 2006. It was 15 feet in diameter and decorated with Brazilian blue quartzite and bronze pieces. The bronze figure represented environmentalist David Brower. In 2007, it collapsed and was reassembled. In 2023, it was found to be unsafe and permanently dismantled.

Globe
Savannah, GA
The Globe was built in 1956-1957 by the Savannah Gas Company as a 100,000-gallon natural gas storage tank. It was painted as a globe by the company a couple of years later. The globe measures 60 feet in diameter. It was in use until the 1970s. It deteriorated until it was purchased and repainted in 2000. The new look featured simulated satellite photography with a hurricane heading for Savannah. In 2005, the globe was sold to the Savannah Mortgage Co. for $450,000. The cottage next door to the globe housed their office. They added their own lettering to the globe. The mailbox was meant to represent the moon. In 2020, the property was sold. These photos are from 2021. In 2022, the buildings were demolished and the moon mailbox removed. A Parker's Kitchen, a Starbucks and Chick-fil-A were built on the property and the globe was restored. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

Globe [gone]
Idaho Falls, ID
 Globe [gone?]
Rantoul, IL
 Globe
Elmhurst, IL
The Globe in Idaho Falls was installed in front of Andersen Manufacturing Inc. This photo is from 2014. By 2015, the globe was gone.

I believe the Globe in Rantoul was located near the Furniture World building. However, I can't match up any of the building details in this photo from 2009 with anything at Google Street View. So, if anyone knows where this globe is/was or anything else about it, I'd love to hear from you. It appears that it was installed on a safe.

This stainless steel Globe in Elmhurst is 25 feet in diameter. It was designed by Archigrafika and built and installed by Poblocki Sign Co. in 2010 in front of Willis Tower in Chicago. In 2018, the globe was restored and installed at Christopher Glass & Aluminum in Elmhurst. For more, see this website. [map]

Globe
Arcola, IL
This etched, black marble Globe was installed on Memorial Day 2002. The memorial features quotes from generals, the Bible, and others. A time capsule is buried inside. [map]

Globes
Chicago, IL
These Globes have been on display at the Northerly Island Visitor Center, the former Meigs Field airport terminal building, since at least 2011. [map]

The globe on the left, titled "Creative Innovation," was created by Alfonso "Piloto" Nieves, J. Omar Magana, and Todd Hoffman. It was part of the Cool Globes exhibition, which focused on creative solutions to address climate change. There were over 120 five-food-wide globes put on display in 2007 along Chicago's lakefront.

The globe on the right, titled "Be a Volunteer," was created by Carla Winterbottom. It represents a call to action to address climate change through volunteering. I can't find any info to confirm that it was part of Cool Globes but it seems highly likely.

More Illinois:
Hand with Globe (Pana)

Halliburton Globe
Hugoton, KS
 Global Flyer Monument
Salina, KS
The Halliburton Globe in Hugoton is installed at the Gas Museum. Halliburton makes products used in the oil and gas industries. The local Halliburton supplier donated the globe to the museum around 1990. The company's "winged H" logo with a globe was designed in 1947. [map]

The Global Flyer Monument in Salina was installed at Fosset Plaza at the Salina Airport in 2018. It is 16 feet tall and was produced by B&B Metal Arts from stainless steel. The monument marks the spot where Steve Fossett began and ended his solo flight around the world in 2005. [map]

More Kansas:
Floral Globe (Wadsworth) [vintage; gone]

Kentucky:
Courier-Journal (Louisville) [vintage; gone?]
Globe (Louisville) [gone]

Globe
Roseland, LA
 Globe
Wellesley, MA
 Globe
Germantown, MD
This Globe in Roseland is installed at Smitty's Supply Inc.'s world headquarters. The company moved here around 2015 and this globe was installed then. [map]

The Globe in Wellesley is 28 feet in diameter and weighs 25 tons. It was designed in 1947 and finished in 1955. The tiles fell off in 1984 and, by 1991, it was just a rusty ball. The revolving mechanism broke in 1993 and it hasn't spun since then. It was restored in 1993 with the help of DeLorme. It is on the campus of Babson College, outside the former Coleman Map Building (now Coleman Hall, a residence hall). In 2018, it was announced that the globe would be restored. It was reinstalled in 2019 in Kerry Murphy Healey Park. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

The Globe in Germantown is a steel water tank which was built in 1980. It is located on the property of Montgomery College. The tank is 100 feet in diameter and holds two million gallons of water. It cost nearly $2 million to build. This photo is from 2004. In 2011, the globe was repainted. [map]

More Massachusetts:
Mapparium (Boston)

Globe
Yarmouth, ME
 Globe
Minot, ND
This Globe in Yarmouth, nicknamed "Eartha", is located at DeLorme's headquarters. It was built in 1998 and is 41 feet in diameter. It is the world's largest, revolving globe. It is on display in a three-story atrium, quite visible from the highway. DeLorme also has an incredible map store. For more, see this website. [map]

This Globe in Minot was probably installed by I. Keating Furniture World which shares this shopping strip with a couple of other tenants. It has been there since at least 2008 and I assume a lot longer than that. There appears to be a motor box below the globe, indicating that it revolved originally. [map]

North Carolina:
Daily Planet (Raleigh) [map]

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