polynesia americana museum of polynesian pop. exhibit design project - General Tiki

H Humuhumu Member San Francisco Joined: Aug 22, 2002 Posts: 3691	H Humuhumu Posted posted on Mon, Nov 6, 2006 11:17 AM On 2006-11-06 10:53, Swanky wrote: But I would hope that you could tear down a Walgreens to build the museum myself... I love that idea! Let's go one better -- tear down one of Walgreen's oldest locations. According to company testimony to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Walgreen's opens a new location every 17 hours -- they're not likely to notice if one gets bulldozed. Although it looks like Walgreen's has already bulldozed most of their own old locations -- only a couple of old locations still exist, despite it's 100 year history. But I digress... I would love to help out any way I can! I've personally been kicking around the idea of a sort of Historical Preservation Society for Polynesian Pop -- a group of people who could act as a resource to owners and managers of historic tiki locations, providing them with reference materials, historic background information, and directing them to craftsmen who specialize in Polynesian Pop and can do good restoration work. Really, not all that different from what we try to do anyway, but a bit more organized and official, with a logo & a website & everything. It would be great to see a "This Restaurant is on the Register of Historic Polynesian Pop" seal at the entrance to great old tiki places! Perhaps that could be a part of the museum's efforts? Critiki - Ooga-Mooga - Humu Kon Tiki [ Edited by: Humuhumu 2006-11-06 11:21 ]

On 2006-11-06 10:53, Swanky wrote:
But I would hope that you could tear down a Walgreens to build the museum myself...

I love that idea! Let's go one better -- tear down one of Walgreen's oldest locations. According to company testimony to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Walgreen's opens a new location every 17 hours -- they're not likely to notice if one gets bulldozed. Although it looks like Walgreen's has already bulldozed most of their own old locations -- only a couple of old locations still exist, despite it's 100 year history.

But I digress...

I would love to help out any way I can! I've personally been kicking around the idea of a sort of Historical Preservation Society for Polynesian Pop -- a group of people who could act as a resource to owners and managers of historic tiki locations, providing them with reference materials, historic background information, and directing them to craftsmen who specialize in Polynesian Pop and can do good restoration work. Really, not all that different from what we try to do anyway, but a bit more organized and official, with a logo & a website & everything. It would be great to see a "This Restaurant is on the Register of Historic Polynesian Pop" seal at the entrance to great old tiki places! Perhaps that could be a part of the museum's efforts?

Critiki - Ooga-Mooga - Humu Kon Tiki

[ Edited by: Humuhumu 2006-11-06 11:21 ]

Post #264822 by Humuhumu on Mon, Nov 6, 2006 11:17 AM