Post #139694 by TikiGardener on Sun, Feb 6, 2005 2:21 AM

A long while ago in a thread about the demolition of the Shelter Isle Apartments,

https://tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=7170&forum=1

I pondered about a complex I saw, but couldn't remember the location of. And the descriptions of places Sven offered didn't match my recollections.

So today I decided to do a third try at finding the location again. I had time to kill as my wife is out in NYC right now. So with the map I made out of several pages of a Thomas Guide, I set out. I drove and drove and drove eastward. Basically I made my first turn to begin the hunt, and I knew I had made the correct turn. Half a block up, and there they were. Keep in mind that we had tried to find this place once, and drove around for hours and came up empty handed.

So the place doesn't have a name on the side of the building. And the only reference I've been able to find on TC is to its general location under the name Tiki Apts. After looking in BOT I think this Refrence is to a diferent Tiki Apartments

But here are the photos I took.

From the street.

The first entrance with Tiki rail poles.

Looking up at some wonderful A frame carvings. It is also nice that the hangning lamps are still there unlike the apartments on Rosemeade.

A closeup of a section of an A frame carving.

Looking down from the A frame, you get a fine look at the first entry tiki.

Tiki Mail Boxes grace each entrance.

A now non functional fountain that sits just in front of the tall entry tiki.

The second entry.

A shot of one of the second entryway poles.

A detail of said pole.

The interior courtyard. The grounds are amazingly well kept.

The great thing was getting there at sundown and watching the place transform befroe my eyes into a lost polynesian paradise.

Even though the hanging lamps don't work, they are nicely backlit.

A fine day for apartment hunting.

TG

[ Edited by: Tikigardener on 2005-02-06 13:02 ]