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All pelican designs have been reproduced in the form of scale replicas, which are available for purchase from the Pensacola News Journal. Other Pelicans in Paradise products include T-shirts, posters and magnets. All proceeds from sponsorship and merchandise go to benefit the News Journal's [[Newspapers in Education]] literacy program.
 
All pelican designs have been reproduced in the form of scale replicas, which are available for purchase from the Pensacola News Journal. Other Pelicans in Paradise products include T-shirts, posters and magnets. All proceeds from sponsorship and merchandise go to benefit the News Journal's [[Newspapers in Education]] literacy program.
  
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==Gallery of Pelicans==
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<gallery>
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Image:PelicanFiveFlags.jpg|'''Five Flags'''<br/>Designer: [[Damon Bowie]]<br/>Artist: Charles Bendzans<br/>Sponsor: [[Pensacola News Journal]]
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Image:PelicanSpiritCatcher.jpg|'''Spirit Catcher'''<br/>Designer: [[Washington Ledesma]]<br/>Sponsor:[[Pensacola News Journal]]
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Image:PelicanBuck.jpg|'''Buck'''<br/>Designer: [[Larry Paulsen]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Wachovia Bank]]
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Image:PelicanPcolaParadise.jpg|'''Pensacola is a Paradise'''<br/>Designer: [[Valerie Aune]]<br/>Sponsor:[[Cox Communications]]
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Image:PelicanBlueAngels1.jpg|'''Blue Angels 1'''<br/>Sponsor:[[Naval Aviation Museum Foundation]]
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Image:PelicanDrPeliPain.jpg|'''Dr. Peli-Pain'''<br/>Designer: [[Evan Levin]]<br/>Sponsor: Dr. [[Kurt A. Krueger]] of [[Pain Consultants of West Florida]]
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Image:PelicanEmeraldCoast.jpg|'''Emerald Coast'''<br/>Designer: [[Patsy Pennington]]<br/>Sponsor:[[Shirley Mertins]]
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Image:PelicanPatriot.jpg|'''Patriot'''<br/>Designer: [[Patti Russell]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Gulf Power]]
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Image:PelicanDrSurgiCan.jpg|'''Dr. SurgiCan'''<br/>Designer: [[Chip Spirson]]<br/>Sponsor:[[Baptist Health Care]]
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Image:PelicanPelikini.jpg|'''Pelikini'''<br/>Designer: [[Sherry Barnett]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Gwen Appelquist]] of [[Coldwell Banker JME Realty]]
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Image:PelicanBriefs.jpg|'''Pelican Brief(s)'''<br/>Designer: [[Sherry Barnett]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Clark Partington Hart Larry Bond & Stackhouse]]
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Image:PelicanGodfeather.jpg|'''The Godfeather'''<br/>Designer: [[Evan Levin]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Portofino Island Resort]]
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Image:PelicanGoldenPeliTriever.jpg|'''Golden Peli-Triever'''<br/>Designer: [[Lydia Davis]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Dee Krueger|Dee]] and [[Kurt Krueger]]
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Image:PelicanSegradoPelicano.jpg|'''Segrado Pelicano'''<br/>Designer: [[Joseph A. Hobbs]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Sacred Heart Health System]]
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Image:PelicanCommunitySpirit.jpg|'''Community Spirit'''<br/>Designer: [[Larry Paulsen]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Northwest Florida Blood Center]]
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Image:PelicanConsumingPelican.jpg|'''The Consuming Pelican'''<br/>Designer: [[Felic Fussner]]<br/>[[Ron Stewart]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Ken Andrews|Ken]] and [[Jackie Andrews]]
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Image:PelicanHomer.jpg|'''Homer'''<br/>Designer: [[Larry Paulsen]]<br/>Sponsor:[[Pensacola Pelicans]]
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Image:PelicanDonTristan.jpg|'''Don Tristan de Pelican'''<br/>Designer: [[Thomas Jacob Cawthon]] (armor)<br/>Artists: [[Joan Bullock|Joan]] and [[Ellis Bullock]], [[Sarah Turner]]<br/>Sponsor: [[E.W. Bullock Associates]]
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Image:PelicanFlossie.jpg|'''Flossie'''<br/>Designer: [[Evan Levin]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Stu Bonnin]]
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Image:PelicanNatural.jpg|'''Natural Pelican'''<br/>Designer: [[Ron Stewart]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Santa Rosa Medical Center]]
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Image:PelicanMermaidsParadise.jpg|'''Mermaids in Paradise'''<br/>Designer: [[Quenby Mitchell]]<br/>Sponsor: [[J-J Properties of Pensacola]]
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Image:PelicanPresston.jpg|'''"Press"ton'''<br/>Designer: [[Marcia Moritz]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Pensacola News Journal]]
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Image:PelicanElizabeakI.jpg|'''Peli-Queen Elizabeak I'''<br/>Designer: [[Diane Goeller]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Trinity Collection Jewelry]]
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Image:PelicanPatrioticPappy.jpg|'''Patriotic Pappy'''<br/>Designer: [[Bill Brown]]<br/>Sponsor: Dr. [[Max Kattner|Max]] and [[Patty Kattner]]
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Image:PelicanDewey.jpg|'''Dewey D. Pelican'''<br/>Designer: [[Suzanne Robbert]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Friends of the Pensacola Public Library]]
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Image:PelicanPelvis.jpg|'''Pelvis'''<br/>Designer: [[Patsy Pennington]]<br/>Sponsor: [[AmSouth Bank]]
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Image:PelicanAzalican.jpg|'''Azalican'''<br/>Designer: [[Toni New]]<br/>Sponsor: [[STOA/Carlos + Law Architects]]
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Image:PelicanReachingBeyondWing.jpg|'''Reaching Beyond the Wing'''<br/>Designer: [[Lydia Davis]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Roy Jones, Jr.]]
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Image:PelicanRoboPelican.jpg|'''Robo Pelican'''<br/>Designer: [[Charles Kunze]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Institute for Human and Machine Cognition]]
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Image:PelicanMrPeliclean.jpg|'''Mr. Peliclean'''<br/>Designer: [[Chip Spirson]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Thompson-Briggs Developers]]
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Image:PelicanEPelicusUnum.jpg|'''E Pelicus Unum'''<br/>Designer: Dr. [[Steve Zieman]]<br/>Sponsor: [[John S. Carr]], [[Neal Nash]], [Eric Nickelsen]], [[Ed Chadbourne, Jr.]] and [[Ronald Swaine]] of [[Nature Walk]]
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Image:PelicanBlues.jpg|'''Pelican Blues'''<br/>Designer: [[Patti Russell]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Network Telephone]]
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Image:PelicanPerdiPelican.jpg|'''Perdi Pelican'''<br/>Designer: [[Valerie Aune]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Pointe South Real Estate]]
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Image:PelicanSmilinPsychedelican.jpg|'''Smilin' Psychedelican'''<br/>Designer: [[Quenby Mitchell]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Woodfin Cabassa Orthodontics]]
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Image:PelicanPegLegPete.jpg|'''Peg Leg Pete'''<br/>Designer: [[Marcia Moritz]]<br/>[[Sherry Barnett]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Marcus Schmitz|Marcus]] and [[Karla Schmitz]]
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Image:PelicanJeremiahLighthouse.jpg|'''Jeremiah Pelican Lighthouse Keeper'''<br/>Designer: [[Gordon Levi]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Jim Johnson|Jim]] and [[Norma Johnson]]
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Image:PelicanPeliJustice.jpg|'''PeliJustice'''<br/>Designer: [[Craig Granger]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Ezra Friedlander]]
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Image:PelicanElPelicano.jpg|'''El Perdido Pelicano'''<br/>Designer: [[Ron Roland]]<br/>Sponsor: [[WCI Communities]]
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Image:PelicanGrandpa-elican.jpg|'''Grandpa-elican'''<br/>Designer: [[Diane Goeller]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Delta Health Group]]
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Image:PelicanTailTwoCities.jpg|'''Tail of Two Cities'''<br/>Designer: [[Riece Walton]]<br/>Sponsor: [[Kerrigan Estess Rankin McLeod and Thompson, LLP]]
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Image:PelicanPaperDottie.jpg|'''Paper Dottie'''<br/>Designer: [[Linda McNeill]]<br/>Sponsor: [[International Paper Company]]
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==Pelican locations==
 
==Pelican locations==
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30.409209, -87.213786, <table><tr><td style="padding-right:10px">[[Image:PelicanSegradoPelicano.jpg|right|50px]]</td><td>'''Segrado Pelicano'''<br/>Northeast corner of [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]]</td></table>
 
30.409209, -87.213786, <table><tr><td style="padding-right:10px">[[Image:PelicanSegradoPelicano.jpg|right|50px]]</td><td>'''Segrado Pelicano'''<br/>Northeast corner of [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]]</td></table>
 
30.409431, -87.214837, <table><tr><td style="padding-right:10px">[[Image:PelicanAzalican.jpg|right|50px]]</td><td>'''Azalican'''<br/>[[Old County Courthouse]], intersection of [[Government Street|Government]] and [[Palafox Street|Palafox]]</td></table>
 
30.409431, -87.214837, <table><tr><td style="padding-right:10px">[[Image:PelicanAzalican.jpg|right|50px]]</td><td>'''Azalican'''<br/>[[Old County Courthouse]], intersection of [[Government Street|Government]] and [[Palafox Street|Palafox]]</td></table>
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30.415112, -87.219021, <table><tr><td style="padding-right:10px">[[Image:PelicanDewey.jpg|right|50px]]</td><td>'''Dewey D. Pelican'''<br/>[[Downtown Library]], intersection of [[Wright Street|Wright]] and [[Spring Street|Spring]]</td></table>
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30.415112, -87.219021, <table><tr><td style="padding-right:10px">[[Image:PelicanDewey.jpg|right|50px]]</td><td>'''Dewey D. Pelican'''<br/>[[Downtown Library]], intersection of [[Gregory Street|Gregory]] and [[Spring Street|Spring]]</td></table>
 
30.412207, -87.215416, <table><tr><td style="padding-right:10px">[[Image:PelicanEmeraldCoast.jpg|right|50px]]</td><td>'''Emerald Coast'''<br/>[[Palafox Street|Palafox]] south of [[Garden Street|Garden]]</td></table>
 
30.412207, -87.215416, <table><tr><td style="padding-right:10px">[[Image:PelicanEmeraldCoast.jpg|right|50px]]</td><td>'''Emerald Coast'''<br/>[[Palafox Street|Palafox]] south of [[Garden Street|Garden]]</td></table>
 
30.416315, -87.216275, <table><tr><td style="padding-right:10px">[[Image:PelicanElizabeakI.jpg|right|50px]]</td><td>'''Peli-Queen Elizabeak I'''<br/>N [[Palafox Street]] median (westside)</td></table>
 
30.416315, -87.216275, <table><tr><td style="padding-right:10px">[[Image:PelicanElizabeakI.jpg|right|50px]]</td><td>'''Peli-Queen Elizabeak I'''<br/>N [[Palafox Street]] median (westside)</td></table>

Latest revision as of 14:40, 18 July 2024

"Press"ton Pelican in front of the Pensacola News Journal building on Romana Street

Pelicans in Paradise is a public art project organized by the Pensacola News Journal in which pelican statues of reinforced fiberglass are decorated by various artists, selected by the statues' sponsors, and placed at various outdoor locations around the downtown Pensacola area.

Pelicans in Paradise was inspired by the similar CowParade project, which Pensacola News Journal president & publisher Denise Ivey witnessed during a 2002 trip to Portland, Oregon. Each fiberglass pelican is nearly 5 feet tall and weighs about 70 pounds; each pelican sits on a 48 inch by 40 inch, 450-pound cement "perch."

A total of 41 pelicans have been commissioned for the project: the initial project included twenty-one pelicans launched between June 23-July 2, 2004, followed by a "Second Flight" between November 15-19, and five more in Spring 2005. One remains unfinished. On May 9, 2005, the pelicans began to be removed, cleaned and returned to their owners/sponsors. Many have remained in the same place.

All pelican designs have been reproduced in the form of scale replicas, which are available for purchase from the Pensacola News Journal. Other Pelicans in Paradise products include T-shirts, posters and magnets. All proceeds from sponsorship and merchandise go to benefit the News Journal's Newspapers in Education literacy program.

Gallery of Pelicans[edit]

Pelican locations[edit]

Initially located in close proximity to each other in the downtown area, the Pelican statues were returned to the original sponsors or sold to the highest bidder after the program's end in 2005. Sadly, some were vandalized or stolen and will never be relocated. The map below is imported from a Google Maps project by User:RenegadeSith.

Map incomplete. Any user who is interested in contributing to this map is strongly urged to contact the map author.

<googlemap version="0.9" lat="30.420848" lon="-87.237625" zoom="11" height="500" width="100%"> http://www.pensapedia.com/mediawiki/files/pelicans.kml </googlemap>

Original Pelican Locations (map inaccurate)[edit]

Finding the pelicans became a popular scavenger hunt during the program's run. Incomplete map below. See also: Pelican Map and PDF <googlemap lat="30.412928" lon="-87.215223" type="map" zoom="16" width="650">

30.411728, -87.21252,

PelicanFiveFlags.jpg
Five Flags
101 E Romana St

30.41167, -87.212978,

PelicanPresston.jpg
"Press"ton
101 E Romana Street

30.411605, -87.213426,

PelicanPegLegPete.jpg
Peg Leg Pete
101 E Romana Street

30.411529, -87.213829,

PelicanSpiritCatcher.jpg
Spirit Catcher
101 E Romana Street

30.413139, -87.214172,

PelicanBuck.jpg
Buck
101 E Romana Street

30.412986, -87.215167,

PelicanPcolaParadise.jpg
Pensacola is a Paradise
Intersection of Garden and Palafox (east)

30.412887, -87.215738,

PelicanBlueAngels1.jpg
Blue Angels 1
Intersection of Garden and Palafox (west)

30.412614, -87.215116,

PelicanPatrioticPappy.jpg
Patriotic Pappy
Palafox south of Garden

30.411911, -87.214987,

PelicanBlues.jpg
Pelican Blues
40 S Palafox Street

30.410578, -87.21473,

PelicanPatriot.jpg
Patriot
100 block S Palafox Street

30.409116, -87.214344,

PelicanPcolaParadise.jpg
Pelican Brief(s)
Northwest corner of Plaza Ferdinand VII

30.408487, -87.214172,

PelicanGodfeather.jpg
The Godfeather
Southwest corner of Plaza Ferdinand VII

30.409209, -87.213786,

PelicanSegradoPelicano.jpg
Segrado Pelicano
Northeast corner of Plaza Ferdinand VII

30.409431, -87.214837,

PelicanAzalican.jpg
Azalican
Old County Courthouse, intersection of Government and Palafox

30.415112, -87.219021,

PelicanDewey.jpg
Dewey D. Pelican
Downtown Library, intersection of Gregory and Spring

30.412207, -87.215416,

PelicanEmeraldCoast.jpg
Emerald Coast
Palafox south of Garden

30.416315, -87.216275,

PelicanElizabeakI.jpg
Peli-Queen Elizabeak I
N Palafox Street median (westside)

30.416352, -87.216082,

PelicanElPelicano.jpg
El Perdido Pelicano
N Palafox Street median (eastside)

30.415649, -87.215974,

PelicanPerdiPelican.jpg
Perdi Pelican
N Palafox Street median (eastside)

30.41563, -87.216125,

PelicanSmilinPsychedelican.jpg
Smilin' Psychedelican
N Palafox Street median (westside)

</googlemap>

External Links[edit]

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