Post #319458 by tikiyaki on Wed, Jul 18, 2007 12:22 AM

So,

I was on my way home from the Purple Orchid tonite, and figured I would drive thru an old neighborhood I used to work in..Playa Del Rey. I used to work at this sandwich shop there delivering, this is Spring 95'.

I remember there was this cool Apartment complex, that was Full On Tiki...They had big Tikis in the front with waterfalls,lava rock, and the grounds were all tropical, and the actual architecture was Polynesian style too, as I remember. It was on Pershing...anyone in here familiar with Playa Del Rey...remember this place ?

Well, like most cool buildings in SoCal, it was basically decimated and remodeled in that new "modern", Mediterranian, Posh looking...whatever you call it style...What a HUGE disappointment.

I havent been in PDR since then, but I really wasn't expecting to see the whole place gone..I figured they'd remove the tikis, but keep the waterfalls, maybe paint and change it a little. What a bummer...The rest of the neighborhood on the sidestreets looked the same, but this one great piece of Tiki architecture was just erased.

What is it about Tiki style that people want to get rid of so bad ?

Of course, with it's proximity to the Ocean, Playa Del Rey, even tho it's RIGHT NEXT TO the airport has also totally changed....Now it's all posh, expensive looking restaurants etc...Well, at least the Shack is still there.

Anyone in here know when this great Tiki Apartment building was wiped out ?

Anyway, I was bummed.