Which Way to the Beach…?
April 21, 2009 by Jon Rochetti
Filed under Home & Living
Location: Gulf Breeze Parkway
Destination: Pensacola Beach, Florida
Country: United States
Year Taken: 2008
Photographer: Jessica Whittle
Blog: Flickr Photos
This 1960s era neon sign and swordfish points the way (Turn Right) to Pensacola Beach along the Florida Gulf. Visitors must cross two bridges to get to the beach, so this sign was erected to guide tourists who often missed the beach.
In the Spanish first discovered Pensacola Harbor in 1539. The first permanent settlement was established just 20 years later, no on the site of the Pensacola Naval air station.
The sign was heavily damaged during Hurricane Ivan in 2004, which also destroyed over 650 homes in the area.
The area also boasts a couple novelty styled homes. One being a Jetson’s-like flying saucer pod shaped Futuro house, designed by Matti Suuronen. The second is the concrete Dome of a Home, a dome-shaped bunker-like home designed to withstand just about any hurricane.
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