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What’s up with the giant globe?
You can’t miss the massive globe looming over the surrounding buildings if you’re crossing DeRenne Avenue and White Bluff Road. The Savannah Gas Company built the sixty-foot-diameter natural gas storage tank in 1957 and used it for that purpose until the 1970s. Ted Turner’s father, R.E. Turner, Jr., is said to have given the company the idea to paint it to look like a globe. It was painted to look like a school globe by Leo Berkemeier and another man. According to his grandson, Berkemeier fell from the structure during the job, sustaining serious injuries. The original paint job depicted all of the national boundaries, but it was later painted to resemble Earth as it appears from space.
International mural artist Eric Henn repainted the globe in 1998, including Hurricane Floyd threatening the Georgia coast. Still, it had to be fixed after it was pointed out that the hurricane was spinning the wrong way. The globe has appeared in a few films, including Sandra Bullock and Ben Affleck’s Forces of Nature and Michael Caine and Katie Holmes’ Dear Dictator.
You’d be correct if you thought the massive landmark would be a natural point of reference. Many Savannah residents who return to town rely on the globe to tell them they’ve arrived. Until recently, there was a signpost next to the globe that displayed the distance in miles to various locations worldwide, including Amsterdam, Tokyo, and Mumbai.
News bites
 Mountainfilm on Tour-Savannah is scheduled for January 26–29, 2022, and will screen over thirty films throughout the four-day festival. The mission of Mountainfilm on Tour-Savannah is to educate and inspire… Read more. |
 The long anticipated opening of the Enmarket Arena on Savannah’s westside has been pushed back due to several COVID-related issues, including supply chain disruptions. The city announced the delay on… Read more. |
 Savannah VOICE Festival (SVF) has partnered with leading arts organizations in the city of Savannah including Historic Savannah Foundation/Davenport House Museum and Savannah African Art Museum for a weekend of… Read more. |
EVENTS
Today
 telfair.org Contemporary Spotlight: New Acquisitions from the Brandywine Workshop is an exhibition at Telfair Museums . Read more. |
 gumption.city Sips at the Station is Savannah’s best networking event benefiting our community and encouraging guests to discover all things local! Read more. |
Thursday
Bluffton Farmer’s Market is open from 12 noon until 5:00pm. Read more. |
9:30 am – Celebrate the completion of the Enmarket Arena with a ribbon cutting. Read more. |
Friday
Eventbrite gives you all the online tools you need to bring people together for an event and sell tickets. Read more. |
Saturday
 ⭐Featured Celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. at Plant Riverside District with an official dedication, monument unveiling and live music.Plant Riverside District, known as Savannah’s Entertainment District, will officially… Read more. |
 ⭐Featured WrightLane Productions and The Wormhole Presents Breakout Banger 2022!Yosemite in Black are back and bringing the Bang to Savannah. Special guest Defy the Tyrant, Tooth Rat, and Soniq Armada. Doors… Read more. |
Sunday
 ⭐Featured The Ben Rosenblum Trio, a Savannah favorite!This concert is free for members, $20 for guests.Cocktails at 4:20, Doors open at 4:40DUE TO LIMITED SPACE, ALL MEMBERS MUST RSVP TO RESERVE… Read more. |
 ⭐Featured Cathedral Basilica Choir, Wesley Monumental United Methodist Choir, and Christ Church Anglican Choir sing together.Experience the grandeur of more than 120 voices with the Cathedral Basilica Choir, Brass, and organ.The… Read more. |
 ⭐Featured Brunch Drag ShowJoin us on Sunday, January 16th, as we welcome Jordan Sophia Alexander and their special guests to the stage for a “Brunch with the Legends”! Each $20 ticket… Read more. |
Monday
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