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This 60-foot-tall spherical gas tank was built in the 1950s by the Savannah Gas Company and is painted to look like a globe. Originally painted by Eric Henn in 1999 and retouched in 2023. Located in a parking lot next to a Starbucks and a Parkers Kitchen.
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Historic Grayson Stadium
It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Savannah Bananas, a professional exhibition team. From 2016 to 2022, the Bananas played in the Coastal Plain League collegiate summer baseball league, but in 2020 started a professional exhibition team, playing a game with unique rule variations that it calls "Banana Ball". Thanks to their unique promotions, over-the-top entertainment, and distinctive take on professional play, the Bananas achieved major internet fame and sold out every game for both their college summer and professional operations. The professional side also regularly tours minor-league and even major-league ballparks around the country. After the 2022 season, the Bananas shut down their college summer team and went all-in on "Banana Ball". The Bananas play about 30 games in Savannah each season, as well as about 40 in different locations around the U.S. As for the stadium, it was also the part-time home of the Savannah State University college baseball team. It was used from 1927 until 1959 for the annual Thanksgiving Day game between Savannah High School and Benedictine Academy. Known as "Historic Grayson Stadium" it was built in 1926. It holds 4,000 people.
This large public park, which marks the southern edge of the Historic District, is ringed with bed and breakfasts and crowned with a beautiful fountain. They filmed Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil here. So stay in the park, admire the Spanish moss, and imagine yourself next to John Cusack under the dripping Spanish moss.
An original Taco Bell sign that has remained unchanged. The actual sign is next to a Wendy's.
An outdoor sculpture depicting a pair of hands smashing an atom in honor of the school and its team name, the Atom Smashers. A gift from the Johnson High School class of 1962. Note that this sculpture is located at the entrance of a high school; visiting on weekends or during the summer may be best.
Calhoun Square was laid out in 1851, one of the last squares. It is on Abercorn Street with the cross streets being Taylor and Gordon. It was named for John C. Calhoun a well-known South Carolina politician. Massie School and Wesley Monumental Methodist Church are on this square.
In 1847, the Irish Jasper Greens, a Savannah military group, returned from the Mexican war and this name (Monterey) was given to honor one of the battles in that war. All of the buildings on this square except one (the United Way building) are original to the square.