Tiki Motel in Tucson - General Tiki

T tikijackalope Tiki Socialite KS/MO Joined: Oct 23, 2003 Posts: 835	T tikijackalope Posted posted on Thu, Nov 11, 2004 12:27 PM Thanks Tikitucson; its great to hear that the Tiki Motel sign has been painted. Mrsmiley, let us know what the No-Tel is like if you stay there. Last time I stopped in, the owner was glad, (though perplexed) to give me a matchbook. I wonder how many of their clientel have been undone by a forgotten matchbook when the wife does the laundry. I love the colors in the sign; if adult places shared a flag, it'd be red and yellow. Sound? Boom-a-chuka-chow-chow, boom-a-chuka-chow-chow. christiki295 wrote: Has anyone actually stayed in one of these mid-Century marvels? Or would you? I'd like to before they are all gone, although one the other hand, maybe a photo safari would suffice. I might stay in such a place as the No-Tel or the Tiki (IF I saw a room and it was clean - more or less), especially as I hate banal corporate motels. I would be careful though as that area has a lot of obvious drug dealing. I think I'm about two years past my "I'll stay anywhere that has a cool sign" period. One of my sadder street people encounters happened when I was shooting in that neighborhood. A woman yelled at me to put away my camera as she approached (as is usual in such cases, I wasn't even shooting in her direction). She declared that she was carrying a letter from the Governor stating that nobody could shoot her picture. She walked past without stopping, and her eye contact shifted to a point beyond me though it was clearly me she was still yelling at. She passed on by, ranting at the now imaginary me in front of her and waving her letter, which looked suspiciously like a Wendys wrapper. I guess I joined the cast of people that live in her head. If you can handle such encounters, the Miracle Mile/Oracle/Drachman/Stone zig-zag is a rewarding photo safari with over a dozen mid-century motels. Here's an example: The clock is ticking on such places. When I was there last year, The Hacienda on Ocacle took down part of it's sign just as I was shooting it in order to come into compliance with a chain of extended stay places they had joined. The next day, instead of "Hacienda" it had a plastic banner for something like "USA Extended Stay." [ Edited by: tikijackalope on 2004-11-12 14:23 ]

Thanks Tikitucson; its great to hear that the Tiki Motel sign has been painted.

Mrsmiley, let us know what the No-Tel is like if you stay there. Last time I stopped in, the owner was glad, (though perplexed) to give me a matchbook. I wonder how many of their clientel have been undone by a forgotten matchbook when the wife does the laundry. I love the colors in the sign; if adult places shared a flag, it'd be red and yellow.

Sound? Boom-a-chuka-chow-chow, boom-a-chuka-chow-chow.

christiki295 wrote:

Has anyone actually stayed in one of these mid-Century marvels?

Or would you?

I'd like to before they are all gone, although one the other hand, maybe a photo safari would suffice.

I might stay in such a place as the No-Tel or the Tiki (IF I saw a room and it was clean - more or less), especially as I hate banal corporate motels. I would be careful though as that area has a lot of obvious drug dealing. I think I'm about two years past my "I'll stay anywhere that has a cool sign" period.

One of my sadder street people encounters happened when I was shooting in that neighborhood. A woman yelled at me to put away my camera as she approached (as is usual in such cases, I wasn't even shooting in her direction). She declared that she was carrying a letter from the Governor stating that nobody could shoot her picture. She walked past without stopping, and her eye contact shifted to a point beyond me though it was clearly me she was still yelling at. She passed on by, ranting at the now imaginary me in front of her and waving her letter, which looked suspiciously like a Wendys wrapper. I guess I joined the cast of people that live in her head.

If you can handle such encounters, the Miracle Mile/Oracle/Drachman/Stone zig-zag is a rewarding photo safari with over a dozen mid-century motels. Here's an example:

The clock is ticking on such places. When I was there last year, The Hacienda on Ocacle took down part of it's sign just as I was shooting it in order to come into compliance with a chain of extended stay places they had joined. The next day, instead of "Hacienda" it had a plastic banner for something like "USA Extended Stay."

[ Edited by: tikijackalope on 2004-11-12 14:23 ]

Post #124987 by tikijackalope on Thu, Nov 11, 2004 12:27 PM