Post #267186 by Dr.TikiMojo on Thu, Nov 16, 2006 2:36 PM

Thank you Gator for your most recent post!

Call me sentimental, (or just "Mental" :P ), but I do weep for the Kahiki Supper Club and it's loss to our Tiki Community! :cry:

Your info on the old homes is also correct. In our city, in the 1970's, (oddly enough the beginning of the decline of Tiki as well), the city started tearing down 100 plus year old buildings right and left and putting up boxy, stucco crap instead....they're all over the city now, including one HUGE High Rise apartment building that sticks up out of the Historic Old Town like a ripened pimple!

Here's another loss I just can't figure:

To quote Wikipedia:

** Donn Beach (born Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt February 22, 1907 – June 7, 1989) is the acknowledged founding father of tiki restaurants, bars, and nightclubs. The many so-called "Polynesian" restaurants and pubs that enjoyed great popularity are directly descended from what he created. After years of being called Don the Beachcomber because of his original bar/restaurant, Gantt legally changed his name to "Donn Beach".

The original Don the Beachcomber restaurants are no longer in existence **

To think that this didn't fall into Historic Preservation? :cry: