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Cocoa Beach Glass Bank

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The Cocoa Beach Glass Bank, officially known as The First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Cocoa – Cocoa Beach Branch, was a five-story glass building in Cocoa Beach, Florida. It officially opened in April 1962, and fell into disrepair in the late 1970s after the end of the space race.

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Cocoa Beach Glass Bank
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C-34 Mosquito Impoundment Project

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