Post #30830 by SpaceAgeCity on Fri, Apr 18, 2003 9:22 PM

Wow! Thanks for the info and for offering your tour guide services, Dr. Z! That would be cool! For the record, I was also planning to visit some non-tiki mid-century buildings. Here's some other South Bay spots I was hoping to visit:

Bowl-O-Drome, 21915 S Western Ave, Torrance
Magnavox Building (1960 Risley & Gould) 2829 Maricopa St, Torrance
Palos Verdes Bowl, 24600 Crenshaw Bl, Torrance
Rolling Hills Country Club (1969 DeRosa) 27000 Palos Verdes Dr E, Rolling Hills Estates (Lounge)
Hot 'n' Tot Coffee Shop, 2347 PCH, Lomita
South Bay Bowl, 1515 Hawthorne Bl, Redondo Beach
Riviera Methodist Church (1958 Neutra & Robt. Alexander) 375 Palos Verdes Bl, Redondo Beach
Palos Verdes Intermediate School (1961 Neutra) 600 Cloyden Rd, Palos Verdes Estates
Wayfarers Chapel (1949 Lloyd Wright) 5755 Palos Verdes Dr S, Rancho Palos Verdes

Let me know what you think. If you'd rather stick to just tiki, that's fine too -- I can hit the Googie and Modern stuff on another trip.

By the way, I should have mentioned (in my earlier post) that Friendly Hills Bowl on Whittier Blvd. in Whittier has a small tropical garden that MUST have included tikis at some point. The flagstone fountains are dry now, but it's still a neat place to get South Seas landscaping ideas.

CJ