Post #27969 by ZuluMagoo on Tue, Mar 25, 2003 10:25 PM

I found these places (along with a few more) several years ago here in Denver and the surrounding area. Just thought I'd share them with you.

This is the front entrance to Aloha Glorya's Gentelmans Club in Pueblo (about 100 miles south of Denver). It used to be a piano bar, but the owners converted it to a strip club years ago. They removed most of the interior items, except for the basement which could be rented out at the time for private parties (I think James describes this place in his soon to be published Tiki Roadtrip). Interesting side note - "The Drugstore" (that red and white soda fountain shop that the Food Network shoots it's Unwrapped episodes in) is right across the street from this place in downtown Pueblo.

A close up of one of the tiki titty guardians

This is the Kona Kai apartment complex (built in 1971), also located in Pueblo (only about 10 blocks north of Aloha Glorya's). The manager told me that the fellow who built the place died a few years back. He loved tropical foliage, so he enclosed the complex. It is loaded with all types of palms and ferns, etc. (but no tikis). Not too bad for Colorado, especially considering the five feet of snow we got here in Denver last week.

All of the apartments have balconies that face out onto the garden.

Up here in Denver I found this basic brick multi-story apartment complex...

But look closer under the foliage (easier in the winter when the vines are dormant) and we found the Moana (built in 1961).

Finally, not tiki style, but a great space age/googie sign down in Colorado Springs (about 60 miles south of Denver) for the Satellite Motel and Apartments. FYI-that's Pikes Peak in the background.

a nice close-up

[ Edited by: ZuluMagoo 2006-07-22 08:25 ]