Eye of the Beholder

     They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  I'd like to add that ugly is also in the beholder's eye.  A recent Yahoo article features photographs of ten buildings so ugly they should be demolished.  These ten buildings were selected by "architects (and other people with opinions)." One of those buildings, Meadowlands Xanadu, is in New Jersey and has been described by our Governor Chris Christie as, "... the ugliest damn building in New Jersey, and maybe America."  http://realestate.yahoo.com/news/10-buildings-that-should-be-demolished.html  I have to agree with the Gov.  That's one ugly building.  I also never liked Barbie's Dream Home, even as a kid. The other eight buildings on the list aren't so bad in my opinion.  In fact, I really liked the Trump Tower.
     There is no shortage of ugly or unusual.  Hainesport is one of the finest places on earth, but there are some structures around town that could win a prize for being unique.  I got a group of "people with opinions" together, and this is our list of some of Hainesport's remarkable architecture:

This geodesic dome home (or the igloo) is probably Hainesport's most unusual residence.

So, why does Aziza's Restaurant have a Mexican flair?  Back in the late 1950's and early 1960's it was a diner called El Toro's.

The kids on the school bus called this the butterfly house because the roof looked like flapping wings.

This little cottage could be the smallest house in Hainesport.

Well, this house was not selected for it's architecture, but for it's lawn ornaments.

My parent's referred to this tidy row of homes as "the barracks."  Originally, they were army barracks from Ft. Dix or McGuire.  They were purchased by someone in the Sokolowski family, moved to Hainesport, and rented out.