Pics of Vics (fond memories of Trader Vcs LA) - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, May 13, 2007 12:52 PM I am very sad that there are NO photos of the ORIGINAL Trader's, neither any of the exterior, with the early name, nor of the interiors, except for that one postcard shown below. The rendering is great, but can't be trusted for the actual end result: ..it did have those Chinese tiles in it! Here's the bar with the view of the side room, which used to be much nicer. But also, in 1955, the Trader Vic's style was simple, still. Then, in the 60s, it was probably really decked out, and then in the 80s major renovations scaled back on the decor again. So far, this is all conjecture to a large degree, I have never seen any photos of the heyday. Last is a rendering of a corner of the restaurant that has a fascinating history. Florian Gabriel gave it to me as a present, and told me its story: When Gabe applied for the designer job at The Luau, Steve Crane gave him this task: "Go around the corner to Trader Vic's and make a sketch of the decor" ...which he did, and the rest is (Tiki) history. This is the rendering that got him the job at SCA:

I am very sad that there are NO photos of the ORIGINAL Trader's, neither any of the exterior, with the early name, nor of the interiors, except for that one postcard shown below.

The rendering is great, but can't be trusted for the actual end result:

..it did have those Chinese tiles in it!

Here's the bar with the view of the side room, which used to be much nicer. But also, in 1955, the Trader Vic's style was simple, still. Then, in the 60s, it was probably really decked out, and then in the 80s major renovations scaled back on the decor again. So far, this is all conjecture to a large degree, I have never seen any photos of the heyday.

Last is a rendering of a corner of the restaurant that has a fascinating history. Florian Gabriel gave it to me as a present, and told me its story:
When Gabe applied for the designer job at The Luau, Steve Crane gave him this task: "Go around the corner to Trader Vic's and make a sketch of the decor" ...which he did, and the rest is (Tiki) history. This is the rendering that got him the job at SCA:

Post #306051 by bigbrotiki on Sun, May 13, 2007 12:52 PM