Wrecking Ball to Kiss the butt of the Kon Tiki Theater. - General Tiki

T the75stingray Member Dayton, Ohio Joined: Mar 24, 2002 Posts: 447	T the75stingray Posted posted on Thu, Jan 6, 2005 6:11 AM BigBro, thanks for the encouragement. The photographer I spoke with said he worked for the City of Trotwood. He was driving a white Chevy van and should not be hard for me to find. I'll see what I can do. As far as old news stories, I had looked at one of the public libraries in the Dayton area and found nothing. I had actually been looking for articles or adds for The Tropics and any reference to a Tiki Too Lounge on Brandt Pike. Nothing found. But I honestly didn't have the time to really invest those days. I'll try again. Certainly someone, somewhere has some pictures of the theater. AND, since the Levins are obviously still around, (as mentioned in the news article) I would be interested in contacting them as they would certainly have some pictures, if not some artifacts. Tikialope- Unfortunately, there is nothing tiki left in the Dayton area. When you come up, I can show you the Pancake House which has the A-framed architecture that the tiki style is often associated with...that is on Salem Ave as well. I can show you the empty pharmacy and lot on which the Georgie Rudins Tropics once stoof on main Street. Or an hours drive east and I can show you where the Walgreens sits in place of the beloved Kahiki in Columbus. Short of that, everything is gone. There are no bars with the theme, no buildings, no hidden tiki's lurking in the bushes like in California. It's a tiki wasteland. There is no evidence that tiki ever existed here in the Dayton area. Tangora- Thanks for posting the article. I tried and it locked up my damn computer! Damn Dayton Daily News! Personally, I think the building should have received a better, bigger article, more information, more attention. But in that area, no one really cares.

BigBro, thanks for the encouragement. The photographer I spoke with said he worked for the City of Trotwood. He was driving a white Chevy van and should not be hard for me to find. I'll see what I can do.
As far as old news stories, I had looked at one of the public libraries in the Dayton area and found nothing. I had actually been looking for articles or adds for The Tropics and any reference to a Tiki Too Lounge on Brandt Pike. Nothing found. But I honestly didn't have the time to really invest those days. I'll try again. Certainly someone, somewhere has some pictures of the theater. AND, since the Levins are obviously still around, (as mentioned in the news article) I would be interested in contacting them as they would certainly have some pictures, if not some artifacts.

Tikialope- Unfortunately, there is nothing tiki left in the Dayton area. When you come up, I can show you the Pancake House which has the A-framed architecture that the tiki style is often associated with...that is on Salem Ave as well. I can show you the empty pharmacy and lot on which the Georgie Rudins Tropics once stoof on main Street. Or an hours drive east and I can show you where the Walgreens sits in place of the beloved Kahiki in Columbus.
Short of that, everything is gone. There are no bars with the theme, no buildings, no hidden tiki's lurking in the bushes like in California. It's a tiki wasteland. There is no evidence that tiki ever existed here in the Dayton area.

Tangora- Thanks for posting the article. I tried and it locked up my damn computer! Damn Dayton Daily News! Personally, I think the building should have received a better, bigger article, more information, more attention. But in that area, no one really cares.

Post #134155 by the75stingray on Thu, Jan 6, 2005 6:11 AM