Post #18650 by SugarCaddyDaddy on Wed, Jan 8, 2003 10:06 AM

JohnnieVelour~

You have a couple of months. If at all possible, try to "get in good" with the person in charge of ok'ing the demolition/remodeling. You probably can't change their minds about tearing the place down, but see if you can at least get those tiki profiles in that area where you couldn't talk your way into.

Let me tell you my little story:
This Googie-type art was on the fence of a school facing a street literally 1/2 mile from my house. It's even on the SpaceAgeCity.com site. The school is doing a renovation of their property, and when I passed by, this art you see was just scattered all over the ground covered by dirt. I asked the workers (through a closed chain-link fence) if I could get "the wood" that was on the ground. They said no (liability reasons), and they couldn't even hand it to me over the fence. I tried speaking with the supervisor and he said that it's school property.....(yeah right! On the ground covered with dirt!). So I call the school district, I get transfered a dozen times, left many voicemails for just about everyone in the city, and get put on eternal hold by the city's reception desk. I finally get an answer of "just ask the construction people to give it to you". Of course, they can't give it to me in writing, and upon my return to the (now leveled) site the next day, the whole area is flattened and all pieces of the building are gone. I asked where 'the pieces' were and no one knew. Hopefully someone else had better luck than me in saving them....or maybe not.

The Art Work

This was an attempt by me at the last minute. I had no idea construction was going on. YOU have a couple of months.

TRY TO SAVE THOSE TIKIS!

Maybe the Tiki Gods will be on your side.

Sorry for the long read.

SugarCaddyDaddy