Post #251013 by tikicleen on Sun, Aug 27, 2006 10:31 AM

thanks for the great compliments everyone. having a great group of people back you on these types of projects further motivates us to do more digging in the urban jungle. we really appreciate the positive responses to our post.

quickiki, you hit the nail on the head. there have been swirls of talks about someone maybe scooping up the building and moving it elsewhere. but in reality, even if one had the money to do such a thing, there would be much restoration and repair jobs to perform. it just is not feasible, unfortunately.

i know the antique dealer you speak of quickiki, yet i cannot recall his name. we always referred to him as "chuckles" and he had a huge lot of stockton islander postcards that he found in a dumpster. he closed up shop a couple years ago, but still would show up to sell at the alameda swap meet time to time. as for your question, nope that wasnt us. it was always our intention to do research on the islander to satisfy our curiosities, and then report back all that we found on tc for everyone to see. :wink:

when are we going to be able to coerce you into coming down to our place? :)