Post #30775 by SpaceAgeCity on Fri, Apr 18, 2003 12:40 AM

Actually, my tour plans encompass much more than tiki. It includes everything I always wanted to see in L.A., but never got around to before. I've got movie studios, historic sites, Googie architecture, and all kinds of other stuff in the mix.

I'll try to boil out the tiki stuff for y'all. Here's what I have, minus OA and a sites already mentioned in this thread...

ALHAMBRA
·Exotic Isle Apts., 109 S Almansor St.

BEVERLY HILLS
·Trader Vic’s (1955) Beverly Hilton, 9876 Wilshire Blvd.

CANOGA PARK
·Kona Kai Mobile Home Village, 8800 Eton Ave.

EAGLE ROCK
·Islander Motel, 1460 Colorado Blvd.

HOLLYWOOD
·Royal Hawaiian Motel, 1632 S. La Brea.

LONG BEACH
·Java Lanes (1958, Pat B. DeRosa) 3800 E. PCH.

L.A.
·Tiki Apts, 1111 S. Highland Ave.

MANHATTAN BEACH
·Fry's Electronics, 3600 S. Sepulveda Blvd.
·Pacific Lanai Apts., 777 Manhattan Beach Blvd.

MONTEREY PARK
·The Tikis, 1001 N. Potrero Grande Dr. (Anything left?)

PACIFIC PALISADES
·Tahitian Terrace, 16001 Pacific Coast Hwy.

PASADENA
·The Tahitian, 137 S. Lake Ave. (Still standing?)

SAN PEDRO
·Samoan Sea Apts, 661 N. Harbor Blvd.

STUDIO CITY
·The Tahitian, 12010 Ventura Blvd. (Still standing?)

TORRANCE
·Eli Kai Apts., near 226th & Hawthorne Blvd.
·Kona-Kai Apartments, 22413 Ocean Ave.
·Gable House Bowl (1960) 22501 Hawthorne Blvd.
·Tropic Isle Apts., 3344 Redondo Beach Blvd.

WEST COVINA
·Mauna Loa Garden Apts, 2000 W. Pacific Ave.
·Maui Apts, 217 N Sunset Ave.
·Pacific Isle Apts, 1829 E Workman Ave.

WOODLAND HILLS
·Aku Aku Motor Inn, 21830 Ventura Blvd.

I can't vouch for the existance or tiki-ness of all these places, which is why I'm going to check them out. Again, if you know which of these have been turned into Walgreens, that would make my job that much easier. :-/

BTW, does anyone have any tips on places in L.A. to stay FAR away from? (Other than the corner of Florance and Normanie, where I understand Reyn Spooner shirts are underappreciated.)

CJ