Tacoma – Java Jive

Bob’s Java Jive is a great example of a ‘Duck’ – a building shaped like an oversized object to promote its business. Built in 1927 by Otis G. Button, it was bought by Bob and Lylabelle Radernich in the 50s and has bee in operation since then as a bar/lounge.

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Other nice little tidbits from the Java Jive history:

 – there used to be two chimps living in the Jungle room, named “Java” and “Jive”

– it is rumored that D.B. Cooper was last seen in one of the bus seat booths at the bar before his infamous ‘windfall’.

http://www.worldslargestthings.com/washington/bobsjavajive.htm