Other nostalgia interests besides tiki and exotica - Beyond Tiki

J johntiki Member MD Joined: Mar 31, 2002 Posts: 1528	J johntiki Posted posted on Mon, Aug 8, 2005 9:58 PM I'm diggin' this topic! Another of my interests is the Empire State Building. I don't know how I got into it but ever since I went to New York for the first time (on the same trip as the visit to the automat) and I stood on that observation deck freezing my ass off admiring the view from above, I was hooked. Now even when I was a kid it wasn't the tallest building in the world but to me it was still the coolest! My parents bought me a skyline poster at the gift-shop with the ESB predominantly featured and it hung on the wall in my bedroom until I was about 17 years old! When I got older and I discovered Ebay I started collecting the hand-out pamphlets and brochures that tourists were given (I have them dating back to the mid-30's), tickets to the observation deck, miniature buildings (some before the massive antenna was added), matchbooks, menus from the restaurant that used to occupy a large part of the 82nd floor, postcards and even a hand-out magazine with a sparkling silver ESB on the cover that was given to people attending the grand opening of the building in 1931. And of course I visit the observation deck every time I go to New York City... it's kind of weird but I always manage to get a little choked up just gazing at that 2 story chromium and granite art deco representation of the building hanging in the lobby.

I'm diggin' this topic!

Another of my interests is the Empire State Building. I don't know how I got into it but ever since I went to New York for the first time (on the same trip as the visit to the automat) and I stood on that observation deck freezing my ass off admiring the view from above, I was hooked. Now even when I was a kid it wasn't the tallest building in the world but to me it was still the coolest! My parents bought me a skyline poster at the gift-shop with the ESB predominantly featured and it hung on the wall in my bedroom until I was about 17 years old!

When I got older and I discovered Ebay I started collecting the hand-out pamphlets and brochures that tourists were given (I have them dating back to the mid-30's), tickets to the observation deck, miniature buildings (some before the massive antenna was added), matchbooks, menus from the restaurant that used to occupy a large part of the 82nd floor, postcards and even a hand-out magazine with a sparkling silver ESB on the cover that was given to people attending the grand opening of the building in 1931. And of course I visit the observation deck every time I go to New York City... it's kind of weird but I always manage to get a little choked up just gazing at that 2 story chromium and granite art deco representation of the building hanging in the lobby.

Post #178217 by johntiki on Mon, Aug 8, 2005 9:58 PM