Post #323378 by telescopes on Sun, Aug 5, 2007 12:10 PM

On 2007-08-05 11:07, Tikinaut wrote:
They should have just removed the A-frame and the torches because now it makes a mockery out of something a lot of us here cherish.

That's like suggesting we should tear down the remnents of the grand theaters in the Jewelry district in downtown town LA because they no longer fit in with their current usage. The fact is usage is fluid - it is our live spans that are not. And while it may appear to be incongruent with the theme of a sports bar to utilize the past tiki props and infrastructure, places like the Tonga Hut would never have returned to their past purposes.

Actually, the destruction of tiki infastructure is the real crime. I'd rather see a Walgreens in the old Kahiki then the sad realization that the Kahiki is no longer. Things have a way of returning to their original purposes if the restorationist are allowed the time it takes to convince the public of the need to preserve something of archetectual uniqueness. By not destroying the tiki background of this site, the owners of this establishment are buying time for a new owner to return the site to something everyone on this site would be thankful to see.

We are a young country, and all too often we eredicate our young past in the desire to make something new. If we continue to do this, we won't have any vestiges of our past to remind us of who we once were and are.

Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

[ Edited by: telescopes 2007-08-05 12:13 ]