Savannah, Georgia: World Globe Storage Tank

The World Storage Globe (formerly a natural gas storage tank) has been repainted and now serves as the world's most unique drive-thru service lane at a new Starbucks. You literally drive around the world to get service here!

International large scale mural artist Eric Henn painted this storage tank in 1999 to look like the Earth. 24 years later in 2023 he is back repainting it, giving it a fresh coat.

I came across old info about this globe at an estate sale in Atlanta.

The World Globe tank looks good from a distance. but up close it could use a little TLC. And the tank has its own mailbox that needs a lot of TLC.

The World Globe Storage Tank in Savannah was originally painted by my grandfather, Leo Berkemeier, and one other gentleman, to look like the kind of globe one would see in school. My grandfather was in his rigging, painting an arrow to show the location of Savannah, when his cabling broke and he fell to the ground with severe injuries. This was around 1956-1957. There was a woman named Mary who is/was employed at the Visitor's Center, and her mother was the nurse who took care of grandpa.